“The enemy boasted, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake them. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword and my hand will destroy them.’ But you blew with your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.” — Exodus 15:9&10 (NIV84) The […]

Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the Lord: “I will sing to the Lord, for he is highly exalted.  The horse and its rider he has hurled into the sea.  The Lord is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation.  He is my God, and I will praise him, […]

Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the Lord drove the sea back with a strong east wind and turned it into dry land. The waters were divided, and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left. […]

The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.”…Then the angel of God, who had been traveling in front of Israel’s army, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from in front and stood behind them, coming between the armies of Egypt and Israel. Throughout the night the […]

“By day the Lord went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to guide them on their way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel by day or night. Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left […]

“This observance will be for you like a sign on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the law of the Lord is to be on your lips. For the Lord brought you out of Egypt with his mighty hand.” (Exodus 13:9 NIV84) Sometimes we just have the wrong perspective when it comes to […]

“The Lord said to Moses, ‘Consecrate to me every firstborn male. The first offspring of every womb among the Israelites belongs to me, whether man or animal.’” (Exodus 13:1, 2 NIV84) I find this section of Scripture fascinating! The Lord had just saved the firstborn of all the Israelites from the 10th plague via the […]

“And on that very day the Lord brought the Israelites out of Egypt by their divisions. (Exodus 12:51 NIV84) Homeward bound, for me, is the feeling after being away, for example in Haiti, and going home to see my bride. I love being in Haiti. I love traveling for business. But when you know it’s time […]

“The whole community of Israel must celebrate it. ‘An alien living among you who wants to celebrate the Lord’s Passover must have all the males in his household circumcised; then he may take part like one born in the land. No uncircumcised male may eat of it. The same law applies to the native-born and […]

“But when the magicians tried to produce gnats by their secret arts, they could not. And the gnats were on men and animals. The magicians said to Pharaoh, ‘This is the finger of God.’ But Pharaoh’s heart was hard and he would not listen, just as the Lord had said.” — Exodus 8:18&19 You face a real […]