S211P12 – Lessons from captivity: that which follows deliverance

Exo. 15:23-25a And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah. And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink? And he cried unto Jehovah; and Jehovah showed him a tree, and he cast it…

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S211P11 – Lessons from captivity: God will not shame his servants

Exo. 14:30-31 Thus Jehovah saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea-shore. And Israel saw the great work which Jehovah did upon the Egyptians, and the people feared Jehovah: and they believed in Jehovah, and in his servant Moses. Their aim was singular;…

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S211P10 – Lessons from captivity: God will finish the plan

Exo. 14:15-18 The Lord said to Moses, “Why do you cry to me? Tell the people of Israel to go forward. Lift up your staff, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, that the people of Israel may go through the sea on dry ground. And I will harden the hearts…

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Faith lifted up

This great faith of ours at times can be a mystery.  This mysterious nature can lead us to think of the walk of our Christian faith in a spiritual context that lacks practical considerations.  It is no surprise, then, that the words of our Savior and the remainder of the scriptures are rife with practical…

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