Obedient now

When Moses went and told the people all the Lord’s words and laws, they responded with one voice, “Everything the Lord has said we will do.” 

Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people. They responded, “We will do everything the Lord has said; we will obey.”

To the Israelites the glory of the Lord looked like a consuming fire on top of the mountain.

Lord God my Father,

Give me a heart that not only hears your desires but follows them with proper action. Convince me in my sinful disobedience and give me your strength and purpose to reveal your glory with all my actions. Thank you for your patience, help me to not cause you to exercise it with me by my procrastination.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

Blindly follow.

“We will do everything the Lord has said.”

The Lord descended to the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the top of the mountain. So Moses went up 

“Go down and warn the people so they do not force their way through to see the Lord and many of them perish.

“Speak to us yourself and we will listen. But do not have God speak to us or we will die.”

“Do not be afraid. God has come to test you, so that the fear of God will be with you to keep you from sinning.”

Wherever I cause my name to be honored, I will come to you and bless you. 

Lord God my Father,

Help me to know you and follow your way above my own desires. As I see you in everything around me, help me to not turn from you. Show me where I worship my own desires above you and give me your power to defeat them. Test me and make me strong in my decisions and bless my thoughts and actions.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

Delivered all day

“If only we had died by the Lord’s hand in Egypt! There we sat around pots of meat and ate all the food we wanted, but you have brought us out into this desert to starve this entire assembly to death.”

However, some of them paid no attention to Moses; they kept part of it until morning, but it was full of maggots and began to smell. So Moses was angry with them.

“How long will you refuse to keep my commands and my instructions? 

So they quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water to drink.”

because they tested the Lord saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”

Lord God my Father,

Keep me from focusing on the struggles of the day but to trust on your delivery, you have never let me down. Keep me from acting in defiance of your Peaceful Truth on my own, help me see when I am tempted. Help me to be satisfied with every moment of today.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

Blessed, period!

“In days to come, when your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ say to him, ‘With a mighty hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.

Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place in front of the people.

 But I will gain glory for myself through Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord.” 

Didn’t we say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone; let us serve the Egyptians’? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!”

Moses answered the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today.

the entire army of Pharaoh that had followed the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived.

Then Moses cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a piece of wood. He threw it into the water, and the water became fit to drink.

Lord God my Father,

Help me to remember the blessings of the past and have expectations of blessing in the future. Help me to trust you to deliver me from all struggles to come and not be afraid.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

Quiet Strength

“Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials so that I may perform these signs of mine among them 2that you may tell your children and grandchildren how I dealt harshly with the Egyptians and how I performed my signs among them, and that you may know that I am the Lord.”

Pharaoh’s officials said to him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship the Lord their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt is ruined?”

Pharaoh said, “The Lord be with you—if I let you go, along with your women and children! Clearly you are bent on evil.

Even your women and children may go with you; only leave your flocks and herds behind.”

“Just as you say,” Moses replied. “I will never appear before you again.”

“Pharaoh will refuse to listen to you—so that my wonders may be multiplied in Egypt.” 

Lord God my Father,

Keep my heart close to you and cause your stillness to rest well with me. Your plan is perfect, show me how to be quiet and obedient to your peaceful order for me. Allow your stillness and delight to rest on those I come into contact with today so I may represent you well. With your Peace filled strength alive in me, slaughter the darkness that wants to distract me.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

Transparent

He raised his staff in the presence of Pharaoh and his officials and struck the water of the Nile, and all the water was changed into blood. 

But the Egyptian magicians did the same things by their secret arts, and Pharaoh’s heart became hard; 

Moses replied, “It will be as you say, so that you may know there is no one like the Lord our God. 

But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had said.

I will make a distinction between my people and your people. This sign will occur tomorrow.’ ”

But this time also Pharaoh hardened his heart and would not let the people go.

Pharaoh investigated and found that not even one of the animals of the Israelites had died. Yet his heart was unyielding and he would not let the people go.

But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might show you my power and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth. 

 “This time I have sinned,” he said to them. “The Lord is in the right, and I and my people are in the wrong. 

When Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder had stopped, he sinned again: He and his officials hardened their hearts.

Lord God my Father,

Soften my heart so I don’t need signs to follow you, place in me an obedience that knows you and follows without question. Show me what to do to bring your purpose to my life and witness it go others so your kingdom will grow.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

Courageous Peace

Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to me and say, ‘The Lord did not appear to you’?”

Moses said to the Lord, “Pardon your servant, Lord. I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue.”

Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say.”

But Moses said, “Pardon your servant, Lord. Please send someone else.”

And when they heard that the Lord was concerned about them and had seen their misery, they bowed down and worshiped.

Make the work harder for the people so that they keep working and pay no attention to lies.”

Pharaoh said, “Lazy, that’s what you are—lazy! That is why you keep saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.’ 18Now get to work. You will not be given any straw, yet you must produce your full quota of bricks.”

Moses returned to the Lord and said, “Why, Lord, why have you brought trouble on this people? Is this why you sent me?

Moses reported this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and harsh labor.

Lord God my Father,

Help me to remove doubt from my thoughts and trust in your plan without question. Help me to be quiet so I may hear your words and give me the courage to speak them without fear. Help me to not see the hardship but see the blessing trusting you brings.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

His Mighty Love

So God was kind to the midwives and the people increased and became even more numerous. 21And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families of their own.

God heard their groaning and he remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob. 25So God looked on the Israelites and was concerned about them.

But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go unless a mighty hand compels him. 

Lord God my Father

Your plan is so much greater than I can imagine, help me to endure what I see as a struggle to trust in your deliverance, which is greater than any survival I can imagine. I know your promise is good, help me trust in your timing but keep me from not moving forward daily. Thank you for your mighty love for me.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

Love His way

“What if Joseph holds a grudge against us and pays us back for all the wrongs we did to him?”

 When their message came to him, Joseph wept.

So then, don’t be afraid. I will provide for you and your children.” And he reassured them and spoke kindly to them.

Lord God my Father,

Keep me from expecting reaction from others, allow your desire to be clear to me. Create in me your Love as you desire it so fear has no place to rest in me.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

Blessed

And if you know of any among them with special ability, put them in charge of my own livestock.”

Lord God my Father,

Reveal any special ability I may have and cause me to not waste it. Use your gifts to me for your glory.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen