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12 And God said, “I will be with you. And this will be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you will worship God on this mountain.” As the Lord speaks from the burning bush, the only other assurance He givesContinue reading “16Jan2009 Exodus 3:12”

11 But Moses said to God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?” 12 And God said, “I will be with you. Moses has begun a conversation with this voice coming from the bush that burns but is not consumed. The voice claims to be theContinue reading “15Jan2009 Exodus 3:11-12a”

6 Then he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God. The Lord begins his relationship with Moses by defining the relationship. He does this in the firstContinue reading “14Jan2009 Exodus 3:6”

5 “Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”  God is always in charge of His space. Since He created everything, He gets to define the meaning of that space. In one place God says that heaven is His throne andContinue reading “13Jan2009 Exodus 3:5”

4 When the LORD saw that he had gone over to look, God called to him from within the bush, “Moses! Moses!” And Moses said, “Here I am.” This is such a wonderful verse. Moses has fled Egypt. He had sensed that God had a place for him, that his life was going to matter.Continue reading “12Jan2009 Exodus 3:4”

24 God heard their groaning and he remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob. 25 So God looked on the Israelites and was concerned about them. As you read these verses you might be thinking, “Was God asleep and was awoken by the groaning?” God doesn’t need sleep. He lives on doubleContinue reading “11Jan2009 Exodus 2:24-25”

17 Some shepherds came along and drove them away, but Moses got up and came to their rescue and watered their flock. The same quality that got Moses in trouble with the ruler of Egypt and with his own countrymen, now comes to his rescue. There are seven sisters who are trying to help theirContinue reading “10Jan2009 Exodus 2:17”

16 Now a priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock. Here is a man with a big problem. He has seven daughters! That means seven dowries, seven weddings, seven courtships, seven sets of hands that don’t do men’s work, and sevenContinue reading “9Jan2009 Exodus 2:16”

14 The man said, “Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you thinking of killing me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “What I did must have become known.” Moses never thought what he had done would come out into the open. He had done everything he couldContinue reading “8Jan2009 Exodus 2:14”

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”