Archive for March 2024
God’s deep tissue work
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ai74d-15ca161 The same way we have to care for our physical muscles, that is how we must care for our spiritual muscles. Once used, they require rest and rejuvenation. Sometimes God has to get in there to get out some knots or release tightness, and that can be uncomfortable and painful, but it is necessary. …
Read MoreS211P8 – Lessons from captivity: the instant of deliverance
Exo. 12:37-39 Now the Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides the women and the children. A mixed multitude also went with them, along with both flocks and herds, a very large number of livestock. And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought from Egypt;…
Read MoreS211P7 – Lessons from captivity: the counterfeits will be revealed
Exo. 7:10-12 So Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh, and did just as the Lord had commanded; Aaron threw down his staff before Pharaoh and his servants, and it became a serpent. Then Pharaoh called for the wise men and the sorcerers, and they also, these magicians of Egypt, did the same with their secret…
Read MoreS211P6 – Lessons from captivity: this is no popularity contest
Exo. 5:19-21 The Hebrew foremen saw that they were in a bad situation because they were told, “You must not reduce [in the least] your daily quota of bricks.” When they left Pharaoh’s presence, the foremen met Moses and Aaron, who were waiting for them. And the foremen said to them, “May the Lord look…
Read MoreS211P5 – Lessons from captivity: reminders of who God is
Exo. 6:2-5 Then God spoke further to Moses and said to him, “I am the Lord. I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by My name, Lord, I did not make Myself known to them. I also established My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan,…
Read MoreS211P4 – Lessons from captivity: glory to God above all
Exo. 4:21-23 The Lord said to Moses, “When you return to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in your hand, but I will harden his heart and make him stubborn so that he will not let the people go. Then you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says…
Read MoreS211P3 – Lessons from captivity: The lowly will be used by God
Exo. 3:10-12 “So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt.” But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?” And God said, “I will be with you. And this will be the sign to you that it…
Read MoreS211P2 – Lessons from captivity: God will hear our cries
Exo. 2:23-25 During that long period, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned in their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help because of their slavery went up to God. God heard their groaning and he remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob. So God looked on the Israelites and was concerned about them. At the…
Read MoreThe art of seduction
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-bcibe-15beaa0 The story of Samson and Delilah is short but compelling. We will encounter many people, things, and ideas in this world which might seem good to us in one way or another but really have seduced us for our harm. Let us pray to have more discernment than Samson, to see the seductress for…
Read MoreS211P1 – Lessons from captivity: God’s plan prevails
This series highlights some of the many valuable lessons that God’s chosen people learned while living through one of the darkest periods in their history. Spending multiple generations captive in Egypt, we can be sure that many never lived to see the promised land. Even so, God’s power and faithfulness were on display, and we…
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