Moses and Aaron did just as the Lord commanded them Exodus 7:6 Moses’s first encounter with Pharaoh didn’t go as expected. He likely imagined God doing the groundwork: saying “Let my people go”, Pharaoh trembling in obedience and the Israelites…
Category: Devotionals
“I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob as God Almighty,[a] but by my name the Lord[b] I did not make myself fully known to them.” Exodus 6:3 When Moses encountered opposition from Pharaoh and was despised by the…
Moses returned to the Lord and said, “Why, Lord, why have you brought trouble on this people? Is this why you sent me?” Exodus 5:22 We have been taught many times that having faith in God is all we need….
“Afterward Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Let my people go, so that they may hold a festival to me in the wilderness.’” Exodus 5:1 I have an…
At a lodging place on the way, the Lord met Moses[b] and was about to kill him. Exodus 4:24 Chapter 4 of the book of Exodus is a long conversation between God and Moses. However, the content paints a picture…
Then Moses went back to Jethro his father-in-law and said to him, “Let me return to my own people in Egypt to see if any of them are still alive.” Jethro said, “Go, and I wish you well. Exodus 4:18…
Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say Exodus 4:12 Put yourself in Moses’ shoes for a minute! Imagine that you were a special student on the American government scholarship. Every week you meet…
This,” said the Lord, “is so that they may believe that the Lord, the God of their fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob—has appeared to you Exodus 4:5 There were two signs that…
The Lord said, “Throw it on the ground. Moses threw it on the ground and it became a snake, and he ran from it. Exodus 4:3 Yesterday, we discussed how things can be more than they appear, and mentioned that…
Then the Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?” “A staff,” he replied. Exodus 4:2 Have you ever heard the phrase, “things are usually not what they appear to be”? I’ve found it to be true most…