SCRIPTURE: Exodus 5 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: (Read my reflection from 2008) The Israelite overseers realized they were in trouble when they were told, “You are not to reduce the number of bricks required of you for each day.” When they left Pharaoh, they found Moses and Aaron waiting to meet them, and they said, “May the LORD look on…
this strikes me as very true
“The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.” – Michelangelo
everything we need to succeed
SCRIPTURE: Exodus 4 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: (Read my reflection from 2008) The LORD said to him, “Who gave human beings their mouths? Who makes them deaf or mute? Who gives them sight or makes them blind? Is it not I, the LORD? Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say.” [Exodus 4:11-12] God calls…
who am I, Who is He?
SCRIPTURE: Exodus 3 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: (Read my reflection from 2008) God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’” [Exodus 3:14] God wants Moses to go back to Egypt and stand up for God against Pharoah. Moses understandably asks, ‘who am I’…
behind the scenes
SCRIPTURE: Exodus 2 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: (Read my reflection from 2008) 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. [Exodus 2:24-25] This chapter gives a quick review of Moses’ life up until the point that God calls him. God is at…
faith perspective
SCRIPTURE: Exodus 1 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: (Read my reflection from 2008) So God was kind to the midwives and the people increased and became even more numerous. [Exodus 1:20] In this world, it’s only a matter of time before injustice or oppression occur. And yet faith does not focus on the evil, but on the God Who remains sovereign over…
resurrection living!
SCRIPTURE: Matthew 28 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: (Read my reflection from 2008) “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And…
a love worth imitating
SCRIPTURE: Matthew 27 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: (Read my reflection from 2008) “He saved others,” they said, “but he can’t save himself! He’s the king of Israel! Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him. He trusts in God. Let God rescue him now if he wants him, for he said, ‘I am the…
more like Peter?
SCRIPTURE: Matthew 26 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: (Read my reflection from 2008) But Peter declared, “Even if I have to die with you, I will never disown you.” [Matthew 26:35] This reminds me of our bold declarations of worship when we sing as Christians: I have decided to follow Jesus, no turning back! All to Jesus, I surrender, I surrender all!…