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“One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to where his own people were and watched them at their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people. Glancing this way and that and seeing no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. The…
“Then his sister asked Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and get one of the Hebrew women to nurse the baby for you?” “Yes, go,” she answered. And the girl went and got the baby’s mother. Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this baby and nurse him for me, and I will pay you.” So the…
When the child grew older, she took him to Pharaoh’s daughter and he became her son. She named him Moses, saying, “I drew him out of the water.” (Exodus 2:10 NIV84) Moses gets his name not from his mother, but from his adoptive Egyptian mother (the daughter of Pharaoh). She was the one who saw…
“She opened it and saw the baby. He was crying, and she felt sorry for him. “This is one of the Hebrew babies,” she said.” (Exodus 2:6 NIV84) Moses’ mother could not bear the thought of leaving the fate of her newly born son in the hands of Pharaoh’s misguided policies. She decided that if…
“Then Pharaoh gave this order to all his people: ‘Every boy that is born you must throw into the Nile, but let every girl live.’” (Exodus 1:22 NIV84) In our last devotion we started our discussion about the danger of forgetting the past. A Pharaoh had come to power who did not know Joseph. He…
“Then a new king, who did not know about Joseph, came to power in Egypt. ‘Look,’ he said to his people, ‘the Israelites have become much too numerous for us. Come, we must deal shrewdly with them or they will become even more numerous and, if war breaks out, will join our enemies, fight against…
“But the Israelites were fruitful and multiplied greatly and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.” (Exodus 1:7 NIV84) You’ve had those times, so have I, when it seems like God is a million miles away from your reality. You sense He is so far away that He doesn’t see your…
“May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.” (2 Corinthians 13:14 NIV84) If you’re anything like me, the benediction simply means “the end.” When I see it coming closer and closer in my Sunday bulletin, I know we are…
“Finally, brothers, good-bye. Aim for perfection, listen to my appeal, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.” (2 Corinthians 13:11 NIV84) Who of us doesn’t want God’s love and peace present with us at all times? When we experienced it the first time it…
“For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth.” (2 Corinthians 13:8 NIV84) Take this sentence, “For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth,” to people at a university campus, a high school anywhere in the country, even the White House, and you would be surprised…