Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear an oath. He had said, “God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up with you from this place.” (Exodus 13:19 NIV84) I would imagine after 430 years, that to the average […]
10/30/23 Daily Devotion – So you don’t forget!
“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 […]
10/25/23 Daily Devotion – Generational responsibility!
“And when your children ask you, ‘What does this ceremony mean to you?’ then tell them, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the Lord, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt and spared our homes when he struck down the Egyptians.’ Then the people bowed down and worshiped.” (Exodus 12:26, 27 NIV84) If […]
10/18/23 Daily Devotion – God changes the calendar!
“The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in Egypt, ‘This month is to be for you the first month, the first month of your year.’” (Exodus 12:1, 2 NIV84) How significant was the Passover to the Hebrew people? It was so significant that the Lord changed the entire way His people saw their present and […]
10/17/23 Daily Devotion – Enough is enough!
So Moses said, “This is what the Lord says: ‘About midnight I will go throughout Egypt. Every firstborn son in Egypt will die, from the firstborn son of Pharaoh, who sits on the throne, to the firstborn son of the slave girl, who is at her hand mill, and all the firstborn of the cattle […]
10/16/23 Daily Devotion – Nature speaks!
“Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Stretch out your hand toward the sky so that darkness will spread over Egypt — darkness that can be felt.’ So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and total darkness covered all Egypt for three days. No one could see anyone else or leave his place for […]
10/15/23 Daily Devotion – Spiritual darkness is blinding!
“Pharaoh’s officials said to him, ‘How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship the Lord their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt is ruined?’” (Exodus 10:7 NIV84) The Apostle Paul says in 1 Corinthians 2:14, “The natural man cannot accept the things […]
10/12/23 Daily Devotion – Our God is the real thing!
“Pharaoh then summoned wise men and sorcerers, and the Egyptian magicians also did the same things by their secret arts: Each one threw down his staff and it became a snake. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs.” — Exodus 7:11&12 (NIV84) As the Lord commanded Moses, he performed the same miracle with his staff […]
10/11/23 Daily Devotion – God can use anyone!
“Moses was eighty years old and Aaron eighty-three when they spoke to Pharaoh.” — Exodus 7:7 (NIV84) No wonder Moses thought someone else should do the job he was called to do. He and Aaron were in their 80s when they were called to deliver the Israelites from Egypt. Their eyes of sight saw the illogical […]
10/9/23 Daily Devotion – ‘I love it when God starts using repetitive I’s!’
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh: Because of my mighty hand he will let them go; because of my mighty hand he will drive them out of his country.” God also said to Moses, “I am the Lord. I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and […]
