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6 She opened it and saw the baby. He was crying, and she felt sorry for him. “This is one of the Hebrew babies,” she said. There is something about a crying infant that touches almost everyone. Some are overwhelmed with compassion, like the woman in this story. Some simply get frustrated because they can’tContinue reading “7Jan2009 Exodus 2:6”

3 But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket for him and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in it and put it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile. Sometimes you have to disobey governing authorities. This passage is in contrast toContinue reading “6Jan2009 Exodus 2:3”

1Now a man of the house of Levi married a Levite woman, Who you marry can make a big difference in your life. That is because much of our personality and character have already been formed by the time we get married. And changing personality is almost impossible, and character only gets changed over timeContinue reading “5Jan2009 Exodus 2:2”

20 So God was kind to the midwives and the people increased and became even more numerous. 21 And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families of their own. When is it OK to lie? Is it every OK to lie? You might think that it is never OK to lie, but outContinue reading “4Jan2009 Exodus 1:20-21”

17 The midwives, however, feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them to do; they let the boys live. The fate of a nation was held in the hands of two midwives. They were given orders to kill the male babies born and allow the girls to live. TheyContinue reading “3Jan2009 Exodus 1:17”

12 But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites Often the blessing of God is misunderstood by those who are not participants in it. When outsiders look at God’s blessing they often see something very different than the reality. Their view is partialContinue reading “2Jan2009 Exodus 1:12”

6 Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died, Last year is dead. We can do nothing to change what happened. So also, the last decade, with all its monumental world events, cannot be changed. We have today. We can make choices today that change our future. In fact, the choices today,Continue reading “1Jan2009 Exodus 1:5”