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 […]
10/26/23 Daily Devotion – We’ve got to trust the will of God!
“The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth. There were about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides women and children. Many other people went up with them, as well as large droves of livestock, both flocks and herds.” (Exodus 12:37, 38 NIV84) There are times when God just doesn’t make sense. I read some historic […]
10/21/23 Daily Devotion – Live like you’re leaving!
“This is how you are to eat it: with your cloak tucked into your belt, your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. Eat it in haste; it is the Lord’s Passover.” (Exodus 12:11 NIV84) As you read the instructions the Lord gave the Israelites, you can’t help but see a constant theme. […]
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 […]
10/15/23 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 […]
10/7/23 Daily Devotion – Even in the Old Testament they had to walk by faith, and not by sight!
That same day Pharaoh gave this order to the slave drivers and foremen in charge of the people: “You are no longer to supply the people with straw for making bricks; let them go and gather their own straw. But require them to make the same number of bricks as before; don’t reduce the quota. […]
09/16/23 Daily Devotion – The gracious side of divine irony!
“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 […]
09/15/23 Daily Devotion – Moses – What a prophetic name!
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 […]
09/14/23 Daily Devotion – Divine Irony!
“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 […]
09/13/23 Daily Devotion – The danger of forgetting the past (Part 2)
“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 […]
