You have rejected us. You have broken us … You have made Your people experience hardship … God has spoken in His holiness … Through God we shall do valiantly, and it is He who will tread down our adversaries. Psalm 60:1, 3, 6, 12 NASB As happened often, David […]

He sends from heaven and saves me, rebuking those who hotly pursue me – God sends forth his love and his faithfulness.  Psalm 57:3 NIV David was fleeing for his life. Trying to escape the relentless pursuit of King Saul, he hid in a cave. Still feeling vulnerable, he wrote […]

You number and record my wanderings; put my tears into Your bottle – are they not in Your book … This I know, for God is for me … In God have I put my trust and confident reliance; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? […]

We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. 2 Corinthians 5:20-21 ESV Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. Traditionally, this […]

You shall speak all that I command you. Exodus 7:2 NKJV Moses faced a complex situation. God had called him to return to Egypt to free the Israelites from bondage. After his arrival, he and his brother Aaron told the Israelite elders the words that God had given them. They […]

Because they are lazy, therefore they cry out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God. Exodus 5:8 NASB When Moses asked to let the Israelites go, Pharaoh evaluated this request in light of his own experience and worldview. To him, Moses’ explanation seemed absurd. He could not conceive that the […]

Who is the Lord that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, and besides, I will not let Israel go. Exodus 5:2 NASB Approaching Pharaoh, Moses and Aaron positioned themselves as messengers for “the Lord, the God of Israel” (v. 1). Pharaoh […]

Moses and Aaron came and said to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, Let My people go that they may celebrate a feast to Me in the wilderness. Exodus 5:1 NASB God asked Moses to deliver a message to Pharaoh: He wanted His people to “celebrate a […]

O, Lord, please send someone else.’ Then the Lord’s anger burned against Moses. Exodus 4:13-14 NIV God told Moses He wanted him to leave the service of his father-in-law, Jethro, and return to Egypt to lead His people into freedom. God described the task and even the response he could […]

Surely men of low degree are a vapor, men of high degree are a lie; if they are weighed on the scales, they are altogether lighter than vapor … if riches increase, do not set your heart on them … power belongs to God. Psalm 62:9-11 NKJV Trusting in other […]