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SABBATH / MATTHEW 12:1

START YOUR DAY RIGHT DAILY DEVOTION

(KJV) Matthew 12:1

At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn and to eat.

SABBATH / MATTHEW 12:1

The weekly Sabbath (Greek sabbaton, meaning rest, ceasing) was the seventh day of the week, set apart by the Law of Moses as a day for ceasing from normal work and for resting and worshiping the Lord (Exodus 20:8,10; Deuteronomy 5:14). There are strong reasons to believe that the Sabbath principles are still valid for Christians and that we should still set aside one day in seven as a day of rest and worship. 

  1. The concept of a God-given day of rest was established before the Jewish law: “God blessed the seventh day and made it holy” (Genesis 2:3; Exodus 20:11). This indicated that from the time of creation God set the example that one day in seven should be a source of benefit and relief for everyone, not just for the Jewish race. 
  2. Jesus never canceled or eliminated the principle of a day of rest; He only condemned the extreme misuse of the law by Jewish leaders (Matthew 12:1-8; Luke 13:10-17; 14:1-6). He said that the day of rest was given for our spiritual and physical well-being (Mark 2:27). Nowhere does the Bible teach that this principle is no longer valid. 
  3. The spiritual purpose of a day of rest still benefits Christians. In the Old Testament, it was used as a day of rest from work and to dedicate oneself to God – a special time to get to know God, to worship Him and to focus privately and publicly on God (Leviticus 24:8; Numbers 28:9). Today it provides an opportunity for us to reaffirm that our trust and delight are centered on the Lord and not on our own efforts, desires, material goods or selfish pleasures (Exodus 20:10; 34:21; Isaiah 38:13). We can use this day to refresh our commitment to Christ, to build our unity with other believers and to acknowledge that our entire lives – not just one-seventh – belong to God (Hebrews 4:9-10). 
  4. The Sabbath was a sign of the Israelites’ devotion to God’s covenant (His “life agreement” with them based on His laws and promises and on their faithfulness and obedience to Him); it was an indication that they were God’s people (Exodus 31:16-17). Even so, the Christian day of worship (usually Sunday) can be a good indication to the world that we belong to Christ and that He is our Lord. Christians in the New Testament set aside the first day of the week to worship God and to commemorate the resurrection of Christ (Acts 20:7; 1 Corinthians 16:2).
  5. The Sabbath was set apart by God as a holy day – reserved for Him (Genesis 2:3; Exodus 16:23; 20:11; 31:14; Isaiah 58:13). Those who set aside one day in seven are reminded that they themselves are set apart by God as holy (morally pure, spiritually whole, separated from evil and devoted to God) even though the world around them is perverse and rebellious against God (Exodus 31:13; 1 Peter 2:9).

Finally, the Sabbath can be seen as God’s commitment to His people that He will carry out His purposes for them and that He is constantly available to meet their needs. He is always open to their prayers and devoted to their best interests (Exodus 31:13; Ezekiel 20:12).

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Some of our Post That Might Interest You, All Out of the Current Book / Chapter

  1. COME TO ME / MATTHEW 11:28
  2. FORCEFUL MEN LAY HOLD OF IT / MATTHEW 11:12
  3. GREATER THAN HE / MATTHEW 11:11
  4. JOHN / MATTHEW 11:7
  5. PROPHET … RIGHTEOUS MAN / MATTHEW 10:41
  6. I DID NOT COME TO BRING PEACE / MATTHEW 10:31
  7. ACKNOWLEDGES ME BEFORE MEN / MATTHEW 10:32
  8. HELL / MATTHEW 10:28
  9. DO NOT BE AFRAID OF THEM / MATTHEW 10:26
  10. CITIES OF ISRAEL / MATTHEW 10:23
  11. GIVEN WHAT TO SAY / MATTHEW 10:19-20
  12. PREACH … THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 10:7
  13. AUTHORITY TO DRIVE OUT EVIL SPIRITS / MATTHEW 10:1
  14. ASK THE LORD TO SEND / MATTHEW 9:38
  15. THE HARVEST IS PLENTIFUL / MATTHEW 9:37
  16. NEW WINE INTO OLD WINESKINS / NEW WINE PRESERVED / MATTHEW 9:17
  17. THEN THEY WILL FAST / MATTHEW 9:15
  18. EAT WITH ‘SINNERS’ / MATTHEW 9:11
  19. THEY PLEADED WITH HIM TO LEAVE / MATTHEW 8:34
  20. LET THE DEAD BURY THEIR OWN DEAD / MATTHEW 8:22
  21. GREAT FAITH / MATTHEW 8:10
  22. DON’T TELL ANYONE / MATTHEW 8:4
  23. JESUSE TOUCHED THE MAN / MATTHEW 8:3
  24. I NEVER KNEW YOU / MATTHEW 7:23
  25. MANY WILL SAY LORD, LORD / MATTHEW 7:22
  26. DOES THE WILL OF MY FATHER / MATTHEW 7:21
  27. BY THEIR FRUIT YOU WILL RECOGNIZE THEM / MATTHEW 7:16
  28. SMALL IS THE GATE … AND ONLY A FEW FIND IT / MATTHEW 7:14
  29. YOUR FATHER … GIVE GOOD GIFTS / MATTHEW 7:11
  30. ASK … SEEK … KNOCK / MATTHEW 7:7-8
  31. DO NOT JUDGE / MATTHEW 7:1
  32. SEEK … KINGDOM … RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 6:33
  33. IF THAT IS HOW GOD CLOTHES / MATTHEW 6:30
  34. DO NOT WORRY / MATTHEW 6:25
  35. EYE IS THE LAMP OF THE BODY / MATTHEW 6:22
  36. WHEN YOU FAST / MATTHEW 6:16
  37. IF YOU DO NOT FORGIVE / MATTHEW 6:15
  38. IF YOU FORGIVE / MATTHEW 6:14
  39. DELIVER US FROM THE EVIL ONE / MATTHEW 6:13
  40. FORGIVE AS WE ALSO HAVE FORGIVEN / MATTHEW 6:12
  41. DAILY BREAD / MATTHEW 6:11
  42. YOUR KINGDOM COME – YOUR WILL BE DONE / MATTHEW 6:10
  43. THIS THEN IS HOW YOU SHOULD PRAY / MATTHEW 6:9
  44. PRAY IN SECRET / MATTHEW 6:6
  45. ‘ACTS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS’ BEFORE MEN / MATTHEW 6:1
  46. DO NOT RESIST AN EVIL PERSON / MATTHEW 5:39
  47. LOOKS LUSTFULLY / MATTHEW 5:28
  48. ANGRY … RACA … FOOL / MATTHEW 5:22
  49. UNLESS YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:20
  50. GREAT IN THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 5:19
  51. THE LAW TO FULFILL / MATTHEW 5:17
  52. LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR GOOD DEEDS / MATTHEW 5:14-16
  53. PERSECUTED BECAUSE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:10
  54. THE PEACEMAKERS / MATTHEW 5:9
  55. THE PURE IN HEART / MATTHEW 5:8
  56. THE MERCIFUL / MATTHEW 5:7
  57. HUNGER AND THIRST FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:6
  58. THE MEEK / MATTHEW 5:5
  59. THOSE WHO MOURN / MATTHEW 5:4
  60. BLESSED POOR IN SPIRIT / MATTHEW 5:3
  61. SERMON ON THE MONT / MATTHEW 5-7
  62. THE KINGDOM AND HEALING / MATTHEW 4:23
  63. FISHERS OF MEN / MATTHEW 4:19
  64. IT IS WRITTEN / MATTHEW 4:6
  65. FASTING FORTY DAYS / MATTHEW 4:2
  66. JESUS … TEMPTED / MATTHEW 4:1-11
  67. THE TRINITY IN EXAMPLE / MATTHEW 3:17
  68. SPIRIT … ON HIM / MATTHEW 3:16
  69. JESUS … BAPTIZED / MATTHEW 3:13
  70. WILL BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / MATTHEW 3:11
  71. FRUIT IN KEEPING WITH REPENTANCE / MATTHEW 3:8
  72. PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES / MATTHEW 3:7
  73. KINGDOM OF HEAVEN – REPENT / MATTHEW 3:2
  74. WARNED IN A DREAM / MATTHEW 2:22-23
  75. ESCAPE TO EGYPT / MATTHEW 2:13
  76. CHIEF PRIESTS AND TEACHERS OF THE LAW / MATTHEW 2:4
  77. HEROD – MAGI / MATTHEW 2:1
  78. NO UNION WITH HER UNTIL / MATTHEW 1:25
  79. VIRGIN … GIVE BIRTH TO A SON / MATTHEW 1:23
  80. JESUS / MATTHEW 1:21
  81. MARY … JESUS / MATTHEW 1:16
  82. CHRIST – SON OF DAVID / MATTHEW 1:1
  83. GENEALOGY OF JESUS CHRIST / MATTHEW 1:1-16
  84. I AM WITH YOU / MATTHEW 28:20
  85. KILL ALL THE BOYS / MATTHEW 2:16
  86. FORGIVENESS OF SINS / MATTHEW 26:28
  87. SATAN / MATTHEW 4:10
  88. DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS / MATTHEW 25:41
  89. MONEY / MATTHEW 6:24
  90. GO … MAKE DISCIPLES … BAPTIZING / MATTHEW 28:19
  91. SALT OF THE EARTH / MATTHEW 5:13
  92. YOU ARE WORTH MORE / MATTHEW 10:31
  93. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

Thank you for taking the time to read my Daily Devotion
Blessings,
Margarita & Stace

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THUNDER AND LIGHTNING / EXODUS 19:16

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(KJV) Exodus 19:16

And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.

THUNDER AND LIGHTNING / EXODUS 19:16

There were several primary reasons for the awesome sins that appeared with God’s presence:

  1. To demonstrate, or show, God’s holiness, power and authority over everything (Exodus 19:9).
  2. To inspire Israel’s faith in God and make it clear that Moses was God’s chosen servant and God’s choice as their leader (Exodus 19:9).
  3. To teach Israel to respect and honor God so that they would be able to avoid sin (Exodus 19:16; 20:20; Hebrews 12:18-21).
  4. To convince the people that willful disobedience to God would bring judgment and death (Exodus 19:12-25; Hebrews 10:26-31).

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  1. A KINGDOM OF PRIESTS AND A HOLY NATION / EXODUS 19:6
  2. IF YOU OBEY ME FULLY – MY TREASURED POSSESSION / EXODUS 19:5
  3. I CARRIED YOU ON EAGLES’ WINGS / EXODUS 19:4
  4. THE DESERT OF SINAI / EXODUS 19:1
  5. SELECT CAPABLE MEN / EXODUS 18:21
  6. NOW I KNOW THAT THE LORD IS GREATER / EXODUS 18:11
  7. JETHRO RECEIVED HER / EXODUS 18:2-5
  8. MOSES HELD UP HIS HANDS / EXODUS 17:11
  9. JOSHUA / EXODUS 17:9
  10. STRIKE THE ROCK / EXODUS 17:6
  11. RESTED ON THE SEVENTH DAY / EXODUS 16:30
  12. EACH MORNING / EXODUS 16:21
  13. BREAD FROM HEAVEN – IN THIS WAY I WILL TEST THEM / EXODUS 16:4
  14. GRUMBLED AGAINST MOSES / EXODUS 16:2
  15. I AM THE LORD WHO HEALS YOU / EXODUS 15:26
  16. PROPHETESS / EXODUS 15:20
  17. THEN MOSES SANG THIS SONG / EXODUS 15:1-18
  18. FEARED THE LORD AND PUT THEIR TRUST IN HIM / EXODUS 14:13
  19. THE WATER FLOWED BACK / EXODUS 14:28
  20. THROUGH THE SEA ON DRY GROUND – A WALL OF WATER ON THEIR RIGHT AND ON THEIR LEFT / EXODUS 14:21-22
  21. THE PILLAR OF CLOUD / EXODUS 14:19-20
  22. THE LORD WILL FIGHT FOR YOU / EXODUS 14:14
  23. A PILLAR OF CLOUD / EXODUS 13:21
  24. NOTHING WITH YEAST IN IT IS TO BE SEEN / EXODUS 13:7
  25. CONSECRATE TO ME EVERY FIRSTBORN MALE / EXODUS 13:1-2
  26. WHAT DOES THIS CEREMONY MEAN TO YOU? / EXODUS 12:26-27
  27. THE FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD / EXODUS 12:17
  28. MUST BE CUT OFF FROM ISRAEL / EXODUS 12:15
  29. A LASTING ORDINANCE / EXODUS 12:14
  30. YOUR CLOAK TUCKED INTO YOUR BELT YOUR SANDALS ON YOUR FEET / EXODUS 12:11
  31. BITTER HERBS AND BREAD MADE WITHOUT YEAST / EXODUS 12:8
  32. THEY ARE TO TAKE SOME OF THE BLOOD / EXODUS 12:7
  33. THE FIRST MONTH OF YOUR YEAR / EXODUS 12:1-2
  34. FIRSTBORN … WILL DIE / EXODUS 11:5
  35. A FESTIVAL / EXODUS 10:9
  36. YOU MAY TELL YOUR CHILDREN / EXODUS 10:1-2
  37. I HAVE RAISED YOU UP FOR THIS VERY PURPOSE / EXODUS 9:15-16
  38. LIVETOCK OF THE EGYPTIANS / EXODUS 9:6
  39. YOUR CATTLE / EXODUS 9:2-3
  40. THIS IS THE FINGER OF GOD / EXODUS 8:18-19
  41. FROGS / EXODUS 8:2
  42. HE STRUCK THE WATER / EXODUS 7:20
  43. IT BECAME A SNAKE / EXODUS 7:12
  44. I WILL HARDEN PHARAOH’S HEART / EXODUS 7:3-4
  45. THEY DID NOT LISTEN TO HIM / EXODUS 6:9
  46. I WILL TAKE YOU AS MY OWN PEOPLE AND I WILL BE YOUR GOD / EXODUS 6:7
  47. BY MY NAME THE LORD I DID NOT MAKE MYSELF KNOW TO THEM / EXODUS 6:3
  48. YOU HAVE NOT RESCUED YOUR PEOPLE AT ALL / EXODUS 5:23
  49. IS THIS WHY YOU SENT ME? / EXODUS 5:22
  50. THIS IS WHAT THE LORD – THE GOD OF ISRAEL SAYS / EXODUS 5:1
  51. THE LORD WAS ABOUT TO KILL HIM / EXODUS 4:24
  52. ISRAEL MY FIRSTBORN / EXODUS 4:22
  53. WHO MAKES HIM BLIND? / EXODUS 4:11
  54. I AM SLOW OF SPEECH / EXODUS 4:10
  55. STAFF … BECAME A SNAKE / EXODUS 4:2-3
  56. ASK … PLUNDER THE EGYPTIANS / EXODUS 3:22
  57. I AM WHO I AM / EXODUS 3:14
  58. MILK AND HONEY / EXODUS 3:8
  59. SEEN THE MISERY OF MY PEOPLE / EXODUS 3:7
  60. HOLY GROUND / EXODUS 3:5
  61. THE ANGEL OF THE LORD / EXODUS 3:2
  62. MOSES WAS TENDING THE FLOCK / EXODUS 3:1
  63. THEIR CRY WENT UP TO GOD / EXODUS 2:23
  64. MIDIAN / EXODUS 2:15
  65. KILLED THE EGYPTIAN / EXODUS 2:12
  66. MOSES / EXODUS 2:11
  67. A SON / EXODUS 2:1-2
  68. SLAVE MASTERS OVER THEM TO OPPRES THEM / EXODUS 1:11
  69. WHO DID NOT KNOW ABOUT JOSEPH / EXODUS 1:8
  70. MULTIPLIED GREATLEY / EXODUS 1:6-7
  71. THE SONS OF ISRAEL / EXODUS 1:1-5
  72. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

Thank you for taking the time to read my Daily Devotion
Blessings,
Margarita & Stace

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A KINGDOM OF PRIESTS AND A HOLY NATION / EXODUS 19:6

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(KJV) Exodus 19:6

And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.

A KINGDOM OF PRIESTS AND A HOLY NATION / EXODUS 19:6

Part of God’s purpose for bringing the Israelites out of Egypt was to create a “kingdom of priests” (a people set apart for God’s service) and a “holy nation.” In the same way, followers of Jesus under the new covenant are to be a kingdom of priests (1 Peter 2:5-9; Revelation 1:6; 5:10; 20:6) and a holy people. This requires us to separate ourselves from ungodly behavior. Only then can we follow God’s righteous plans and purposes (Acts 9:13).

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  1. IF YOU OBEY ME FULLY – MY TREASURED POSSESSION / EXODUS 19:5
  2. I CARRIED YOU ON EAGLES’ WINGS / EXODUS 19:4
  3. THE DESERT OF SINAI / EXODUS 19:1
  4. SELECT CAPABLE MEN / EXODUS 18:21
  5. NOW I KNOW THAT THE LORD IS GREATER / EXODUS 18:11
  6. JETHRO RECEIVED HER / EXODUS 18:2-5
  7. MOSES HELD UP HIS HANDS / EXODUS 17:11
  8. JOSHUA / EXODUS 17:9
  9. STRIKE THE ROCK / EXODUS 17:6
  10. RESTED ON THE SEVENTH DAY / EXODUS 16:30
  11. EACH MORNING / EXODUS 16:21
  12. BREAD FROM HEAVEN – IN THIS WAY I WILL TEST THEM / EXODUS 16:4
  13. GRUMBLED AGAINST MOSES / EXODUS 16:2
  14. I AM THE LORD WHO HEALS YOU / EXODUS 15:26
  15. PROPHETESS / EXODUS 15:20
  16. THEN MOSES SANG THIS SONG / EXODUS 15:1-18
  17. FEARED THE LORD AND PUT THEIR TRUST IN HIM / EXODUS 14:13
  18. THE WATER FLOWED BACK / EXODUS 14:28
  19. THROUGH THE SEA ON DRY GROUND – A WALL OF WATER ON THEIR RIGHT AND ON THEIR LEFT / EXODUS 14:21-22
  20. THE PILLAR OF CLOUD / EXODUS 14:19-20
  21. THE LORD WILL FIGHT FOR YOU / EXODUS 14:14
  22. A PILLAR OF CLOUD / EXODUS 13:21
  23. NOTHING WITH YEAST IN IT IS TO BE SEEN / EXODUS 13:7
  24. CONSECRATE TO ME EVERY FIRSTBORN MALE / EXODUS 13:1-2
  25. WHAT DOES THIS CEREMONY MEAN TO YOU? / EXODUS 12:26-27
  26. THE FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD / EXODUS 12:17
  27. MUST BE CUT OFF FROM ISRAEL / EXODUS 12:15
  28. A LASTING ORDINANCE / EXODUS 12:14
  29. YOUR CLOAK TUCKED INTO YOUR BELT YOUR SANDALS ON YOUR FEET / EXODUS 12:11
  30. BITTER HERBS AND BREAD MADE WITHOUT YEAST / EXODUS 12:8
  31. THEY ARE TO TAKE SOME OF THE BLOOD / EXODUS 12:7
  32. THE FIRST MONTH OF YOUR YEAR / EXODUS 12:1-2
  33. FIRSTBORN … WILL DIE / EXODUS 11:5
  34. A FESTIVAL / EXODUS 10:9
  35. YOU MAY TELL YOUR CHILDREN / EXODUS 10:1-2
  36. I HAVE RAISED YOU UP FOR THIS VERY PURPOSE / EXODUS 9:15-16
  37. LIVETOCK OF THE EGYPTIANS / EXODUS 9:6
  38. YOUR CATTLE / EXODUS 9:2-3
  39. THIS IS THE FINGER OF GOD / EXODUS 8:18-19
  40. FROGS / EXODUS 8:2
  41. HE STRUCK THE WATER / EXODUS 7:20
  42. IT BECAME A SNAKE / EXODUS 7:12
  43. I WILL HARDEN PHARAOH’S HEART / EXODUS 7:3-4
  44. THEY DID NOT LISTEN TO HIM / EXODUS 6:9
  45. I WILL TAKE YOU AS MY OWN PEOPLE AND I WILL BE YOUR GOD / EXODUS 6:7
  46. BY MY NAME THE LORD I DID NOT MAKE MYSELF KNOW TO THEM / EXODUS 6:3
  47. YOU HAVE NOT RESCUED YOUR PEOPLE AT ALL / EXODUS 5:23
  48. IS THIS WHY YOU SENT ME? / EXODUS 5:22
  49. THIS IS WHAT THE LORD – THE GOD OF ISRAEL SAYS / EXODUS 5:1
  50. THE LORD WAS ABOUT TO KILL HIM / EXODUS 4:24
  51. ISRAEL MY FIRSTBORN / EXODUS 4:22
  52. WHO MAKES HIM BLIND? / EXODUS 4:11
  53. I AM SLOW OF SPEECH / EXODUS 4:10
  54. STAFF … BECAME A SNAKE / EXODUS 4:2-3
  55. ASK … PLUNDER THE EGYPTIANS / EXODUS 3:22
  56. I AM WHO I AM / EXODUS 3:14
  57. MILK AND HONEY / EXODUS 3:8
  58. SEEN THE MISERY OF MY PEOPLE / EXODUS 3:7
  59. HOLY GROUND / EXODUS 3:5
  60. THE ANGEL OF THE LORD / EXODUS 3:2
  61. MOSES WAS TENDING THE FLOCK / EXODUS 3:1
  62. THEIR CRY WENT UP TO GOD / EXODUS 2:23
  63. MIDIAN / EXODUS 2:15
  64. KILLED THE EGYPTIAN / EXODUS 2:12
  65. MOSES / EXODUS 2:11
  66. A SON / EXODUS 2:1-2
  67. SLAVE MASTERS OVER THEM TO OPPRES THEM / EXODUS 1:11
  68. WHO DID NOT KNOW ABOUT JOSEPH / EXODUS 1:8
  69. MULTIPLIED GREATLEY / EXODUS 1:6-7
  70. THE SONS OF ISRAEL / EXODUS 1:1-5
  71. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

Thank you for taking the time to read my Daily Devotion
Blessings,
Margarita & Stace

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IF YOU OBEY ME FULLY – MY TREASURED POSSESSION / EXODUS 19:5

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(KJV) Exodus 19:5

Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:

IF YOU OBEY ME FULLY – MY TREASURED POSSESSION / EXODUS 19:5

IF YOU OBEY ME FULLY

Israel’s place as God’s chosen people depended on their obedience to Him as their Lord. That is why this verse (and many other places in God’s covenant) begins with the word “if” and is followed by the word “then.” Israel’s obedience was the most important element in fulfilling God’s future purposes for them (Exodus 19:5-6). It was not too much to expect of them. God had shown His love, power and constant mercies since bringing them out of Egypt. He wanted their love and obedience in return (Exodus 19:4; Deuteronomy 6:5). Jesus expects the same principle to be practiced as we walk in the new covenant relationship with Him (John 8:31; 14:21; Romans 4:12: Hebrews 3:7-19).

MY TREASURED POSSESSION

Israel was to be God’s special treasure (Deuteronomy 4:10; Amos 3:2; 9:7). God values all people. All nations are accountable to Him as their Creator, but Israel had a unique relationship with God because of the way He had rescued them and revealed Himself to them. He was their Redeemer – the One who brought them out of slavery. This purpose for Israel was a prophetic picture of God’s purpose for the New Testament church (1 Corinthians 3:16; Titus 2:14; 1 Peter 2:5, 9).

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Some of our Post That Might Interest You, All Out of the Current Book / Chapter

  1. I CARRIED YOU ON EAGLES’ WINGS / EXODUS 19:4
  2. THE DESERT OF SINAI / EXODUS 19:1
  3. SELECT CAPABLE MEN / EXODUS 18:21
  4. NOW I KNOW THAT THE LORD IS GREATER / EXODUS 18:11
  5. JETHRO RECEIVED HER / EXODUS 18:2-5
  6. MOSES HELD UP HIS HANDS / EXODUS 17:11
  7. JOSHUA / EXODUS 17:9
  8. STRIKE THE ROCK / EXODUS 17:6
  9. RESTED ON THE SEVENTH DAY / EXODUS 16:30
  10. EACH MORNING / EXODUS 16:21
  11. BREAD FROM HEAVEN – IN THIS WAY I WILL TEST THEM / EXODUS 16:4
  12. GRUMBLED AGAINST MOSES / EXODUS 16:2
  13. I AM THE LORD WHO HEALS YOU / EXODUS 15:26
  14. PROPHETESS / EXODUS 15:20
  15. THEN MOSES SANG THIS SONG / EXODUS 15:1-18
  16. FEARED THE LORD AND PUT THEIR TRUST IN HIM / EXODUS 14:13
  17. THE WATER FLOWED BACK / EXODUS 14:28
  18. THROUGH THE SEA ON DRY GROUND – A WALL OF WATER ON THEIR RIGHT AND ON THEIR LEFT / EXODUS 14:21-22
  19. THE PILLAR OF CLOUD / EXODUS 14:19-20
  20. THE LORD WILL FIGHT FOR YOU / EXODUS 14:14
  21. A PILLAR OF CLOUD / EXODUS 13:21
  22. NOTHING WITH YEAST IN IT IS TO BE SEEN / EXODUS 13:7
  23. CONSECRATE TO ME EVERY FIRSTBORN MALE / EXODUS 13:1-2
  24. WHAT DOES THIS CEREMONY MEAN TO YOU? / EXODUS 12:26-27
  25. THE FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD / EXODUS 12:17
  26. MUST BE CUT OFF FROM ISRAEL / EXODUS 12:15
  27. A LASTING ORDINANCE / EXODUS 12:14
  28. YOUR CLOAK TUCKED INTO YOUR BELT YOUR SANDALS ON YOUR FEET / EXODUS 12:11
  29. BITTER HERBS AND BREAD MADE WITHOUT YEAST / EXODUS 12:8
  30. THEY ARE TO TAKE SOME OF THE BLOOD / EXODUS 12:7
  31. THE FIRST MONTH OF YOUR YEAR / EXODUS 12:1-2
  32. FIRSTBORN … WILL DIE / EXODUS 11:5
  33. A FESTIVAL / EXODUS 10:9
  34. YOU MAY TELL YOUR CHILDREN / EXODUS 10:1-2
  35. I HAVE RAISED YOU UP FOR THIS VERY PURPOSE / EXODUS 9:15-16
  36. LIVETOCK OF THE EGYPTIANS / EXODUS 9:6
  37. YOUR CATTLE / EXODUS 9:2-3
  38. THIS IS THE FINGER OF GOD / EXODUS 8:18-19
  39. FROGS / EXODUS 8:2
  40. HE STRUCK THE WATER / EXODUS 7:20
  41. IT BECAME A SNAKE / EXODUS 7:12
  42. I WILL HARDEN PHARAOH’S HEART / EXODUS 7:3-4
  43. THEY DID NOT LISTEN TO HIM / EXODUS 6:9
  44. I WILL TAKE YOU AS MY OWN PEOPLE AND I WILL BE YOUR GOD / EXODUS 6:7
  45. BY MY NAME THE LORD I DID NOT MAKE MYSELF KNOW TO THEM / EXODUS 6:3
  46. YOU HAVE NOT RESCUED YOUR PEOPLE AT ALL / EXODUS 5:23
  47. IS THIS WHY YOU SENT ME? / EXODUS 5:22
  48. THIS IS WHAT THE LORD – THE GOD OF ISRAEL SAYS / EXODUS 5:1
  49. THE LORD WAS ABOUT TO KILL HIM / EXODUS 4:24
  50. ISRAEL MY FIRSTBORN / EXODUS 4:22
  51. WHO MAKES HIM BLIND? / EXODUS 4:11
  52. I AM SLOW OF SPEECH / EXODUS 4:10
  53. STAFF … BECAME A SNAKE / EXODUS 4:2-3
  54. ASK … PLUNDER THE EGYPTIANS / EXODUS 3:22
  55. I AM WHO I AM / EXODUS 3:14
  56. MILK AND HONEY / EXODUS 3:8
  57. SEEN THE MISERY OF MY PEOPLE / EXODUS 3:7
  58. HOLY GROUND / EXODUS 3:5
  59. THE ANGEL OF THE LORD / EXODUS 3:2
  60. MOSES WAS TENDING THE FLOCK / EXODUS 3:1
  61. THEIR CRY WENT UP TO GOD / EXODUS 2:23
  62. MIDIAN / EXODUS 2:15
  63. KILLED THE EGYPTIAN / EXODUS 2:12
  64. MOSES / EXODUS 2:11
  65. A SON / EXODUS 2:1-2
  66. SLAVE MASTERS OVER THEM TO OPPRES THEM / EXODUS 1:11
  67. WHO DID NOT KNOW ABOUT JOSEPH / EXODUS 1:8
  68. MULTIPLIED GREATLEY / EXODUS 1:6-7
  69. THE SONS OF ISRAEL / EXODUS 1:1-5
  70. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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I CARRIED YOU ON EAGLES’ WINGS / EXODUS 19:4

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(KJV) Exodus 19:4

Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself.

I CARRIED YOU ON EAGLES’ WINGS / EXODUS 19:4

A mother eagle swoops down and catches her young on her wings to keep them from crashing while learning to fly. In a similar way, God was caring for Israel as He brought them closer to Himself (Deuteronomy 32:11; Isaiah 43:1-4). This beautiful word picture is an expression of God’s tender love, which is one of the greatest reasons for obeying God and following His plan (Exodus 19:5).

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  1. THE DESERT OF SINAI / EXODUS 19:1
  2. SELECT CAPABLE MEN / EXODUS 18:21
  3. NOW I KNOW THAT THE LORD IS GREATER / EXODUS 18:11
  4. JETHRO RECEIVED HER / EXODUS 18:2-5
  5. MOSES HELD UP HIS HANDS / EXODUS 17:11
  6. JOSHUA / EXODUS 17:9
  7. STRIKE THE ROCK / EXODUS 17:6
  8. RESTED ON THE SEVENTH DAY / EXODUS 16:30
  9. EACH MORNING / EXODUS 16:21
  10. BREAD FROM HEAVEN – IN THIS WAY I WILL TEST THEM / EXODUS 16:4
  11. GRUMBLED AGAINST MOSES / EXODUS 16:2
  12. I AM THE LORD WHO HEALS YOU / EXODUS 15:26
  13. PROPHETESS / EXODUS 15:20
  14. THEN MOSES SANG THIS SONG / EXODUS 15:1-18
  15. FEARED THE LORD AND PUT THEIR TRUST IN HIM / EXODUS 14:13
  16. THE WATER FLOWED BACK / EXODUS 14:28
  17. THROUGH THE SEA ON DRY GROUND – A WALL OF WATER ON THEIR RIGHT AND ON THEIR LEFT / EXODUS 14:21-22
  18. THE PILLAR OF CLOUD / EXODUS 14:19-20
  19. THE LORD WILL FIGHT FOR YOU / EXODUS 14:14
  20. A PILLAR OF CLOUD / EXODUS 13:21
  21. NOTHING WITH YEAST IN IT IS TO BE SEEN / EXODUS 13:7
  22. CONSECRATE TO ME EVERY FIRSTBORN MALE / EXODUS 13:1-2
  23. WHAT DOES THIS CEREMONY MEAN TO YOU? / EXODUS 12:26-27
  24. THE FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD / EXODUS 12:17
  25. MUST BE CUT OFF FROM ISRAEL / EXODUS 12:15
  26. A LASTING ORDINANCE / EXODUS 12:14
  27. YOUR CLOAK TUCKED INTO YOUR BELT YOUR SANDALS ON YOUR FEET / EXODUS 12:11
  28. BITTER HERBS AND BREAD MADE WITHOUT YEAST / EXODUS 12:8
  29. THEY ARE TO TAKE SOME OF THE BLOOD / EXODUS 12:7
  30. THE FIRST MONTH OF YOUR YEAR / EXODUS 12:1-2
  31. FIRSTBORN … WILL DIE / EXODUS 11:5
  32. A FESTIVAL / EXODUS 10:9
  33. YOU MAY TELL YOUR CHILDREN / EXODUS 10:1-2
  34. I HAVE RAISED YOU UP FOR THIS VERY PURPOSE / EXODUS 9:15-16
  35. LIVETOCK OF THE EGYPTIANS / EXODUS 9:6
  36. YOUR CATTLE / EXODUS 9:2-3
  37. THIS IS THE FINGER OF GOD / EXODUS 8:18-19
  38. FROGS / EXODUS 8:2
  39. HE STRUCK THE WATER / EXODUS 7:20
  40. IT BECAME A SNAKE / EXODUS 7:12
  41. I WILL HARDEN PHARAOH’S HEART / EXODUS 7:3-4
  42. THEY DID NOT LISTEN TO HIM / EXODUS 6:9
  43. I WILL TAKE YOU AS MY OWN PEOPLE AND I WILL BE YOUR GOD / EXODUS 6:7
  44. BY MY NAME THE LORD I DID NOT MAKE MYSELF KNOW TO THEM / EXODUS 6:3
  45. YOU HAVE NOT RESCUED YOUR PEOPLE AT ALL / EXODUS 5:23
  46. IS THIS WHY YOU SENT ME? / EXODUS 5:22
  47. THIS IS WHAT THE LORD – THE GOD OF ISRAEL SAYS / EXODUS 5:1
  48. THE LORD WAS ABOUT TO KILL HIM / EXODUS 4:24
  49. ISRAEL MY FIRSTBORN / EXODUS 4:22
  50. WHO MAKES HIM BLIND? / EXODUS 4:11
  51. I AM SLOW OF SPEECH / EXODUS 4:10
  52. STAFF … BECAME A SNAKE / EXODUS 4:2-3
  53. ASK … PLUNDER THE EGYPTIANS / EXODUS 3:22
  54. I AM WHO I AM / EXODUS 3:14
  55. MILK AND HONEY / EXODUS 3:8
  56. SEEN THE MISERY OF MY PEOPLE / EXODUS 3:7
  57. HOLY GROUND / EXODUS 3:5
  58. THE ANGEL OF THE LORD / EXODUS 3:2
  59. MOSES WAS TENDING THE FLOCK / EXODUS 3:1
  60. THEIR CRY WENT UP TO GOD / EXODUS 2:23
  61. MIDIAN / EXODUS 2:15
  62. KILLED THE EGYPTIAN / EXODUS 2:12
  63. MOSES / EXODUS 2:11
  64. A SON / EXODUS 2:1-2
  65. SLAVE MASTERS OVER THEM TO OPPRES THEM / EXODUS 1:11
  66. WHO DID NOT KNOW ABOUT JOSEPH / EXODUS 1:8
  67. MULTIPLIED GREATLEY / EXODUS 1:6-7
  68. THE SONS OF ISRAEL / EXODUS 1:1-5
  69. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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THE DESERT OF SINAI / EXODUS 19:1

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(KJV) Exodus 19:1

In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.

THE DESERT OF SINAI / EXODUS 19:1

Exodus 19 describes how God prepared the people of Israel to receive the terms of His covenant – His “life agreement”- with them. This covenant continues and extends the covenant with Abraham and his descendants (Genesis 15:6 Genesis 15: 18; Genesis 17:6-7; Genesis 22:15-18).

  1. The covenant was based on the fact that God had chosen Israel to have a special relationship with Him. It showed how the people could continue in that relationship with God. It also included how they could experience God’s blessing. And it explained Israel’s part in God’s plan for the nations (Genesis 12:1-2; Genesis 12:3; Genesis 26:2-4).
  2. God chose Israel for the unique purpose of revealing His plan of redemption (bringing people back into a right relationship with God) to all nations. The Law He was about to give them would begin to point the way. God expected the people to show their gratitude by obeying His commandments and offering the sacrifices described in His covenant. As a result, they would continue to be God’s special people (Amos 3:2; 9:7) – a “kingdom of priests” who served God in holiness and purity (Exodus 19:6).

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  1. SELECT CAPABLE MEN / EXODUS 18:21
  2. NOW I KNOW THAT THE LORD IS GREATER / EXODUS 18:11
  3. JETHRO RECEIVED HER / EXODUS 18:2-5
  4. MOSES HELD UP HIS HANDS / EXODUS 17:11
  5. JOSHUA / EXODUS 17:9
  6. STRIKE THE ROCK / EXODUS 17:6
  7. RESTED ON THE SEVENTH DAY / EXODUS 16:30
  8. EACH MORNING / EXODUS 16:21
  9. BREAD FROM HEAVEN – IN THIS WAY I WILL TEST THEM / EXODUS 16:4
  10. GRUMBLED AGAINST MOSES / EXODUS 16:2
  11. I AM THE LORD WHO HEALS YOU / EXODUS 15:26
  12. PROPHETESS / EXODUS 15:20
  13. THEN MOSES SANG THIS SONG / EXODUS 15:1-18
  14. FEARED THE LORD AND PUT THEIR TRUST IN HIM / EXODUS 14:13
  15. THE WATER FLOWED BACK / EXODUS 14:28
  16. THROUGH THE SEA ON DRY GROUND – A WALL OF WATER ON THEIR RIGHT AND ON THEIR LEFT / EXODUS 14:21-22
  17. THE PILLAR OF CLOUD / EXODUS 14:19-20
  18. THE LORD WILL FIGHT FOR YOU / EXODUS 14:14
  19. A PILLAR OF CLOUD / EXODUS 13:21
  20. NOTHING WITH YEAST IN IT IS TO BE SEEN / EXODUS 13:7
  21. CONSECRATE TO ME EVERY FIRSTBORN MALE / EXODUS 13:1-2
  22. WHAT DOES THIS CEREMONY MEAN TO YOU? / EXODUS 12:26-27
  23. THE FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD / EXODUS 12:17
  24. MUST BE CUT OFF FROM ISRAEL / EXODUS 12:15
  25. A LASTING ORDINANCE / EXODUS 12:14
  26. YOUR CLOAK TUCKED INTO YOUR BELT YOUR SANDALS ON YOUR FEET / EXODUS 12:11
  27. BITTER HERBS AND BREAD MADE WITHOUT YEAST / EXODUS 12:8
  28. THEY ARE TO TAKE SOME OF THE BLOOD / EXODUS 12:7
  29. THE FIRST MONTH OF YOUR YEAR / EXODUS 12:1-2
  30. FIRSTBORN … WILL DIE / EXODUS 11:5
  31. A FESTIVAL / EXODUS 10:9
  32. YOU MAY TELL YOUR CHILDREN / EXODUS 10:1-2
  33. I HAVE RAISED YOU UP FOR THIS VERY PURPOSE / EXODUS 9:15-16
  34. LIVETOCK OF THE EGYPTIANS / EXODUS 9:6
  35. YOUR CATTLE / EXODUS 9:2-3
  36. THIS IS THE FINGER OF GOD / EXODUS 8:18-19
  37. FROGS / EXODUS 8:2
  38. HE STRUCK THE WATER / EXODUS 7:20
  39. IT BECAME A SNAKE / EXODUS 7:12
  40. I WILL HARDEN PHARAOH’S HEART / EXODUS 7:3-4
  41. THEY DID NOT LISTEN TO HIM / EXODUS 6:9
  42. I WILL TAKE YOU AS MY OWN PEOPLE AND I WILL BE YOUR GOD / EXODUS 6:7
  43. BY MY NAME THE LORD I DID NOT MAKE MYSELF KNOW TO THEM / EXODUS 6:3
  44. YOU HAVE NOT RESCUED YOUR PEOPLE AT ALL / EXODUS 5:23
  45. IS THIS WHY YOU SENT ME? / EXODUS 5:22
  46. THIS IS WHAT THE LORD – THE GOD OF ISRAEL SAYS / EXODUS 5:1
  47. THE LORD WAS ABOUT TO KILL HIM / EXODUS 4:24
  48. ISRAEL MY FIRSTBORN / EXODUS 4:22
  49. WHO MAKES HIM BLIND? / EXODUS 4:11
  50. I AM SLOW OF SPEECH / EXODUS 4:10
  51. STAFF … BECAME A SNAKE / EXODUS 4:2-3
  52. ASK … PLUNDER THE EGYPTIANS / EXODUS 3:22
  53. I AM WHO I AM / EXODUS 3:14
  54. MILK AND HONEY / EXODUS 3:8
  55. SEEN THE MISERY OF MY PEOPLE / EXODUS 3:7
  56. HOLY GROUND / EXODUS 3:5
  57. THE ANGEL OF THE LORD / EXODUS 3:2
  58. MOSES WAS TENDING THE FLOCK / EXODUS 3:1
  59. THEIR CRY WENT UP TO GOD / EXODUS 2:23
  60. MIDIAN / EXODUS 2:15
  61. KILLED THE EGYPTIAN / EXODUS 2:12
  62. MOSES / EXODUS 2:11
  63. A SON / EXODUS 2:1-2
  64. SLAVE MASTERS OVER THEM TO OPPRES THEM / EXODUS 1:11
  65. WHO DID NOT KNOW ABOUT JOSEPH / EXODUS 1:8
  66. MULTIPLIED GREATLEY / EXODUS 1:6-7
  67. THE SONS OF ISRAEL / EXODUS 1:1-5
  68. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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HELP LORD / PSALMS 12:1-8

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(KJV) Psalms 12:1-8

Help, Lord; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men. 2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. 3 The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things: 4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us? 5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him. 6 The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. 7 Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever. 8 The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.

HELP LORD / PSALMS 12:1-8

This psalm describes a time when those who are committed to God are deeply troubled by the ungodly activity of wicked people. God’s people have always experienced this, but in the last days before Christ returns these conditions will be very common and deeply rooted among humankind (1 Timothy 4:1). However, Christ’s followers have the assurance that God’s power and presence will protect and encourage them when evil is at its worst (Psalms 12:5). God will “keep us safe and protect us from such people forever” (Psalms 12:7; 1 Peter 1:5).

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  1. THOSE WHO LOVE VIOLENCE HIS SOUL HATES / PALMS 11:5
  2. IN THE LORD I TAKE REFUGE / PSALMS 11:1-7
  3. FROM AMBUSH HE MURDERS THE INNOCENT / PSALMS 10:8-10
  4. IN HIS ARROGANCE THE WICKED MAN HUNTS / PSALMS 10:2
  5. DO YOU STAND FAR OFF? / PSALMS 10:1-18
  6. THE NEEDY WILL NOT ALWAYS BE FORGOTTEN / PSALMS 9:18
  7. JUDGE THE WORLD IN RIGHTEOUSNESS / PSALMS 9:8
  8. DESTROYED THE WICKED / PSALMS 9:5
  9. I WILL PRAISE YOU O LORD / PSALMS 9:1-2
  10. WITH GLORY AND HONOR / PSALMS 8:5
  11. THE SON OF MAN / PSALMS 8:3-6
  12. WHO SAVES THE UPRIGHT IN HEART / PSALMS 7:10
  13. I TAKE REFUGE / PSALMS 7:1
  14. DELIVER ME FROM ALL WHO PURSUE ME / PSALMS 7:1-17
  15. I AM WORN OUT FROM GROANING / PSALMS 6:6
  16. DELIVER ME / PSALMS 6:4
  17. HEAL ME / PSALMS 6:2
  18. DO NOT REBUKE ME IN YOUR ANGER / PSALMS 6:1-10
  19. YOU HATE ALL WHO DO WRONG / PSALMS 5:5-6
  20. YOU HEAR MY VOICE / PSALMS 5:3
  21. WILL HEAR WHEN I CALL TO HIM / PSALMS 4:3
  22. ANSWER ME / PSALMS 4:1-8
  23. I LIE DOWN AND SLEEP / PSALMS 3:5
  24. YOU ARE A SHIELD … YOU BESTOW GLORY / PSALMS 3:3
  25. SELAH / PALMS 3:2
  26. HOW MANY ARE MY FOES! / PSALMS 3:1-8
  27. WHY DO THE NATIONS CONSPIRE / PSALMS 2:1-12
  28. HE KNOWS HOW WE ARE FORMED / PSALMS 103:14
  29. COMPASSION ON THOSE WHO FEAR HIM / PSALMS 103:13
  30. FORGIVES … HEALS / PSALMS 103:3-16
  31. PRAISE THE LORD, O MY SOUL / PSALMS 103:1-2
  32. THE NATIONS YOUR INHERITANCE / PSALMS 2:8
  33. NEAR TO ALL WHO CALL ON HIM / PSALMS 145:18
  34. THE LORD IS GRACIOUS / PSALMS 145:8
  35. EVERY DAY I WILL PRAISE YOU / PSALMS 145:1-2
  36. BLESSED – THE LAW / PSALMS 119:1
  37. MY SON TODAY I HAVE BECOME YOUR FATHER / PSALMS 2:7
  38. THE WICKED / PSALMS 1:4-6
  39. MY ROCK MY FORTRESS AND MY DELIVERER / PSALMS 18:2
  40. HIS ANOINTED ONE / PSALMS 2:2
  41. STREAMS OF WATER / PSALMS 1:3
  42. HIS DELIGHT IS IN THE LAW / PSALMS 1:2
  43. BLESSED IS THE MAN / PSALMS 1:1
  44. YOUR WORD IS … A LIGHT FOR MY PATH / PSALMS 119:05
  45. CALL UPON ME IN THE DAY OF TROUBLE / PSALMS 50:15
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SELECT CAPABLE MEN / EXODUS 18:21

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(KJV) Exodus 18:21

Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:

SELECT CAPABLE MEN / EXODUS 18:21

Jethro advised Moses to share his responsibilities by giving authority to other godly men. This method would help him improve his work and increase what was done for God. This wise advice still applies to leadership today. Several qualifications for those who lead God’s people are mentioned in Exodus 18:21. They must be 

  1. Capable
  2. God-fearing
  3. Trustworthy 
  4. Committed to justice and opposed to dishonest gain.

Such leaders will not use their position to get more power, personal recognition, influence or money.

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  1. NOW I KNOW THAT THE LORD IS GREATER / EXODUS 18:11
  2. JETHRO RECEIVED HER / EXODUS 18:2-5
  3. MOSES HELD UP HIS HANDS / EXODUS 17:11
  4. JOSHUA / EXODUS 17:9
  5. STRIKE THE ROCK / EXODUS 17:6
  6. RESTED ON THE SEVENTH DAY / EXODUS 16:30
  7. EACH MORNING / EXODUS 16:21
  8. BREAD FROM HEAVEN – IN THIS WAY I WILL TEST THEM / EXODUS 16:4
  9. GRUMBLED AGAINST MOSES / EXODUS 16:2
  10. I AM THE LORD WHO HEALS YOU / EXODUS 15:26
  11. PROPHETESS / EXODUS 15:20
  12. THEN MOSES SANG THIS SONG / EXODUS 15:1-18
  13. FEARED THE LORD AND PUT THEIR TRUST IN HIM / EXODUS 14:13
  14. THE WATER FLOWED BACK / EXODUS 14:28
  15. THROUGH THE SEA ON DRY GROUND – A WALL OF WATER ON THEIR RIGHT AND ON THEIR LEFT / EXODUS 14:21-22
  16. THE PILLAR OF CLOUD / EXODUS 14:19-20
  17. THE LORD WILL FIGHT FOR YOU / EXODUS 14:14
  18. A PILLAR OF CLOUD / EXODUS 13:21
  19. NOTHING WITH YEAST IN IT IS TO BE SEEN / EXODUS 13:7
  20. CONSECRATE TO ME EVERY FIRSTBORN MALE / EXODUS 13:1-2
  21. WHAT DOES THIS CEREMONY MEAN TO YOU? / EXODUS 12:26-27
  22. THE FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD / EXODUS 12:17
  23. MUST BE CUT OFF FROM ISRAEL / EXODUS 12:15
  24. A LASTING ORDINANCE / EXODUS 12:14
  25. YOUR CLOAK TUCKED INTO YOUR BELT YOUR SANDALS ON YOUR FEET / EXODUS 12:11
  26. BITTER HERBS AND BREAD MADE WITHOUT YEAST / EXODUS 12:8
  27. THEY ARE TO TAKE SOME OF THE BLOOD / EXODUS 12:7
  28. THE FIRST MONTH OF YOUR YEAR / EXODUS 12:1-2
  29. FIRSTBORN … WILL DIE / EXODUS 11:5
  30. A FESTIVAL / EXODUS 10:9
  31. YOU MAY TELL YOUR CHILDREN / EXODUS 10:1-2
  32. I HAVE RAISED YOU UP FOR THIS VERY PURPOSE / EXODUS 9:15-16
  33. LIVETOCK OF THE EGYPTIANS / EXODUS 9:6
  34. YOUR CATTLE / EXODUS 9:2-3
  35. THIS IS THE FINGER OF GOD / EXODUS 8:18-19
  36. FROGS / EXODUS 8:2
  37. HE STRUCK THE WATER / EXODUS 7:20
  38. IT BECAME A SNAKE / EXODUS 7:12
  39. I WILL HARDEN PHARAOH’S HEART / EXODUS 7:3-4
  40. THEY DID NOT LISTEN TO HIM / EXODUS 6:9
  41. I WILL TAKE YOU AS MY OWN PEOPLE AND I WILL BE YOUR GOD / EXODUS 6:7
  42. BY MY NAME THE LORD I DID NOT MAKE MYSELF KNOW TO THEM / EXODUS 6:3
  43. YOU HAVE NOT RESCUED YOUR PEOPLE AT ALL / EXODUS 5:23
  44. IS THIS WHY YOU SENT ME? / EXODUS 5:22
  45. THIS IS WHAT THE LORD – THE GOD OF ISRAEL SAYS / EXODUS 5:1
  46. THE LORD WAS ABOUT TO KILL HIM / EXODUS 4:24
  47. ISRAEL MY FIRSTBORN / EXODUS 4:22
  48. WHO MAKES HIM BLIND? / EXODUS 4:11
  49. I AM SLOW OF SPEECH / EXODUS 4:10
  50. STAFF … BECAME A SNAKE / EXODUS 4:2-3
  51. ASK … PLUNDER THE EGYPTIANS / EXODUS 3:22
  52. I AM WHO I AM / EXODUS 3:14
  53. MILK AND HONEY / EXODUS 3:8
  54. SEEN THE MISERY OF MY PEOPLE / EXODUS 3:7
  55. HOLY GROUND / EXODUS 3:5
  56. THE ANGEL OF THE LORD / EXODUS 3:2
  57. MOSES WAS TENDING THE FLOCK / EXODUS 3:1
  58. THEIR CRY WENT UP TO GOD / EXODUS 2:23
  59. MIDIAN / EXODUS 2:15
  60. KILLED THE EGYPTIAN / EXODUS 2:12
  61. MOSES / EXODUS 2:11
  62. A SON / EXODUS 2:1-2
  63. SLAVE MASTERS OVER THEM TO OPPRES THEM / EXODUS 1:11
  64. WHO DID NOT KNOW ABOUT JOSEPH / EXODUS 1:8
  65. MULTIPLIED GREATLEY / EXODUS 1:6-7
  66. THE SONS OF ISRAEL / EXODUS 1:1-5
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NOW I KNOW THAT THE LORD IS GREATER / EXODUS 18:11

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(KJV) Exodus 18:11

 Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.

NOW I KNOW THAT THE LORD IS GREATER / EXODUS 18:11

The word “know” occurs frequently in the book of Exodus. Moses and the Israelites needed to know God and understand His great power. Moses’ testimony about God’s miraculous rescue of Israel from Egypt proved to Jethro that God is all-powerful. That is why he could say “Now I know.” That is what made him willing to truly worship the Lord. These things are recorded in writing so that we too can know and worship the one true God.

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  1. JETHRO RECEIVED HER / EXODUS 18:2-5
  2. MOSES HELD UP HIS HANDS / EXODUS 17:11
  3. JOSHUA / EXODUS 17:9
  4. STRIKE THE ROCK / EXODUS 17:6
  5. RESTED ON THE SEVENTH DAY / EXODUS 16:30
  6. EACH MORNING / EXODUS 16:21
  7. BREAD FROM HEAVEN – IN THIS WAY I WILL TEST THEM / EXODUS 16:4
  8. GRUMBLED AGAINST MOSES / EXODUS 16:2
  9. I AM THE LORD WHO HEALS YOU / EXODUS 15:26
  10. PROPHETESS / EXODUS 15:20
  11. THEN MOSES SANG THIS SONG / EXODUS 15:1-18
  12. FEARED THE LORD AND PUT THEIR TRUST IN HIM / EXODUS 14:13
  13. THE WATER FLOWED BACK / EXODUS 14:28
  14. THROUGH THE SEA ON DRY GROUND – A WALL OF WATER ON THEIR RIGHT AND ON THEIR LEFT / EXODUS 14:21-22
  15. THE PILLAR OF CLOUD / EXODUS 14:19-20
  16. THE LORD WILL FIGHT FOR YOU / EXODUS 14:14
  17. A PILLAR OF CLOUD / EXODUS 13:21
  18. NOTHING WITH YEAST IN IT IS TO BE SEEN / EXODUS 13:7
  19. CONSECRATE TO ME EVERY FIRSTBORN MALE / EXODUS 13:1-2
  20. WHAT DOES THIS CEREMONY MEAN TO YOU? / EXODUS 12:26-27
  21. THE FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD / EXODUS 12:17
  22. MUST BE CUT OFF FROM ISRAEL / EXODUS 12:15
  23. A LASTING ORDINANCE / EXODUS 12:14
  24. YOUR CLOAK TUCKED INTO YOUR BELT YOUR SANDALS ON YOUR FEET / EXODUS 12:11
  25. BITTER HERBS AND BREAD MADE WITHOUT YEAST / EXODUS 12:8
  26. THEY ARE TO TAKE SOME OF THE BLOOD / EXODUS 12:7
  27. THE FIRST MONTH OF YOUR YEAR / EXODUS 12:1-2
  28. FIRSTBORN … WILL DIE / EXODUS 11:5
  29. A FESTIVAL / EXODUS 10:9
  30. YOU MAY TELL YOUR CHILDREN / EXODUS 10:1-2
  31. I HAVE RAISED YOU UP FOR THIS VERY PURPOSE / EXODUS 9:15-16
  32. LIVETOCK OF THE EGYPTIANS / EXODUS 9:6
  33. YOUR CATTLE / EXODUS 9:2-3
  34. THIS IS THE FINGER OF GOD / EXODUS 8:18-19
  35. FROGS / EXODUS 8:2
  36. HE STRUCK THE WATER / EXODUS 7:20
  37. IT BECAME A SNAKE / EXODUS 7:12
  38. I WILL HARDEN PHARAOH’S HEART / EXODUS 7:3-4
  39. THEY DID NOT LISTEN TO HIM / EXODUS 6:9
  40. I WILL TAKE YOU AS MY OWN PEOPLE AND I WILL BE YOUR GOD / EXODUS 6:7
  41. BY MY NAME THE LORD I DID NOT MAKE MYSELF KNOW TO THEM / EXODUS 6:3
  42. YOU HAVE NOT RESCUED YOUR PEOPLE AT ALL / EXODUS 5:23
  43. IS THIS WHY YOU SENT ME? / EXODUS 5:22
  44. THIS IS WHAT THE LORD – THE GOD OF ISRAEL SAYS / EXODUS 5:1
  45. THE LORD WAS ABOUT TO KILL HIM / EXODUS 4:24
  46. ISRAEL MY FIRSTBORN / EXODUS 4:22
  47. WHO MAKES HIM BLIND? / EXODUS 4:11
  48. I AM SLOW OF SPEECH / EXODUS 4:10
  49. STAFF … BECAME A SNAKE / EXODUS 4:2-3
  50. ASK … PLUNDER THE EGYPTIANS / EXODUS 3:22
  51. I AM WHO I AM / EXODUS 3:14
  52. MILK AND HONEY / EXODUS 3:8
  53. SEEN THE MISERY OF MY PEOPLE / EXODUS 3:7
  54. HOLY GROUND / EXODUS 3:5
  55. THE ANGEL OF THE LORD / EXODUS 3:2
  56. MOSES WAS TENDING THE FLOCK / EXODUS 3:1
  57. THEIR CRY WENT UP TO GOD / EXODUS 2:23
  58. MIDIAN / EXODUS 2:15
  59. KILLED THE EGYPTIAN / EXODUS 2:12
  60. MOSES / EXODUS 2:11
  61. A SON / EXODUS 2:1-2
  62. SLAVE MASTERS OVER THEM TO OPPRES THEM / EXODUS 1:11
  63. WHO DID NOT KNOW ABOUT JOSEPH / EXODUS 1:8
  64. MULTIPLIED GREATLEY / EXODUS 1:6-7
  65. THE SONS OF ISRAEL / EXODUS 1:1-5
  66. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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JETHRO RECEIVED HER / EXODUS 18:2-5

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(KJV) Exodus 18:2-5

Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back, 3 And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land: 4 And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh: 5 And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God:

JETHRO RECEIVED HER / EXODUS 18:2-5

Moses may have sent his wife, Zipporah, and his two sons back to Jethro (Zipporah’s father) during the time of his conflict with Pharaoh.

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Some of our Post That Might Interest You, All Out of the Current Book / Chapter

  1. MOSES HELD UP HIS HANDS / EXODUS 17:11
  2. JOSHUA / EXODUS 17:9
  3. STRIKE THE ROCK / EXODUS 17:6
  4. RESTED ON THE SEVENTH DAY / EXODUS 16:30
  5. EACH MORNING / EXODUS 16:21
  6. BREAD FROM HEAVEN – IN THIS WAY I WILL TEST THEM / EXODUS 16:4
  7. GRUMBLED AGAINST MOSES / EXODUS 16:2
  8. I AM THE LORD WHO HEALS YOU / EXODUS 15:26
  9. PROPHETESS / EXODUS 15:20
  10. THEN MOSES SANG THIS SONG / EXODUS 15:1-18
  11. FEARED THE LORD AND PUT THEIR TRUST IN HIM / EXODUS 14:13
  12. THE WATER FLOWED BACK / EXODUS 14:28
  13. THROUGH THE SEA ON DRY GROUND – A WALL OF WATER ON THEIR RIGHT AND ON THEIR LEFT / EXODUS 14:21-22
  14. THE PILLAR OF CLOUD / EXODUS 14:19-20
  15. THE LORD WILL FIGHT FOR YOU / EXODUS 14:14
  16. A PILLAR OF CLOUD / EXODUS 13:21
  17. NOTHING WITH YEAST IN IT IS TO BE SEEN / EXODUS 13:7
  18. CONSECRATE TO ME EVERY FIRSTBORN MALE / EXODUS 13:1-2
  19. WHAT DOES THIS CEREMONY MEAN TO YOU? / EXODUS 12:26-27
  20. THE FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD / EXODUS 12:17
  21. MUST BE CUT OFF FROM ISRAEL / EXODUS 12:15
  22. A LASTING ORDINANCE / EXODUS 12:14
  23. YOUR CLOAK TUCKED INTO YOUR BELT YOUR SANDALS ON YOUR FEET / EXODUS 12:11
  24. BITTER HERBS AND BREAD MADE WITHOUT YEAST / EXODUS 12:8
  25. THEY ARE TO TAKE SOME OF THE BLOOD / EXODUS 12:7
  26. THE FIRST MONTH OF YOUR YEAR / EXODUS 12:1-2
  27. FIRSTBORN … WILL DIE / EXODUS 11:5
  28. A FESTIVAL / EXODUS 10:9
  29. YOU MAY TELL YOUR CHILDREN / EXODUS 10:1-2
  30. I HAVE RAISED YOU UP FOR THIS VERY PURPOSE / EXODUS 9:15-16
  31. LIVETOCK OF THE EGYPTIANS / EXODUS 9:6
  32. YOUR CATTLE / EXODUS 9:2-3
  33. THIS IS THE FINGER OF GOD / EXODUS 8:18-19
  34. FROGS / EXODUS 8:2
  35. HE STRUCK THE WATER / EXODUS 7:20
  36. IT BECAME A SNAKE / EXODUS 7:12
  37. I WILL HARDEN PHARAOH’S HEART / EXODUS 7:3-4
  38. THEY DID NOT LISTEN TO HIM / EXODUS 6:9
  39. I WILL TAKE YOU AS MY OWN PEOPLE AND I WILL BE YOUR GOD / EXODUS 6:7
  40. BY MY NAME THE LORD I DID NOT MAKE MYSELF KNOW TO THEM / EXODUS 6:3
  41. YOU HAVE NOT RESCUED YOUR PEOPLE AT ALL / EXODUS 5:23
  42. IS THIS WHY YOU SENT ME? / EXODUS 5:22
  43. THIS IS WHAT THE LORD – THE GOD OF ISRAEL SAYS / EXODUS 5:1
  44. THE LORD WAS ABOUT TO KILL HIM / EXODUS 4:24
  45. ISRAEL MY FIRSTBORN / EXODUS 4:22
  46. WHO MAKES HIM BLIND? / EXODUS 4:11
  47. I AM SLOW OF SPEECH / EXODUS 4:10
  48. STAFF … BECAME A SNAKE / EXODUS 4:2-3
  49. ASK … PLUNDER THE EGYPTIANS / EXODUS 3:22
  50. I AM WHO I AM / EXODUS 3:14
  51. MILK AND HONEY / EXODUS 3:8
  52. SEEN THE MISERY OF MY PEOPLE / EXODUS 3:7
  53. HOLY GROUND / EXODUS 3:5
  54. THE ANGEL OF THE LORD / EXODUS 3:2
  55. MOSES WAS TENDING THE FLOCK / EXODUS 3:1
  56. THEIR CRY WENT UP TO GOD / EXODUS 2:23
  57. MIDIAN / EXODUS 2:15
  58. KILLED THE EGYPTIAN / EXODUS 2:12
  59. MOSES / EXODUS 2:11
  60. A SON / EXODUS 2:1-2
  61. SLAVE MASTERS OVER THEM TO OPPRES THEM / EXODUS 1:11
  62. WHO DID NOT KNOW ABOUT JOSEPH / EXODUS 1:8
  63. MULTIPLIED GREATLEY / EXODUS 1:6-7
  64. THE SONS OF ISRAEL / EXODUS 1:1-5
  65. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

Thank you for taking the time to read my Daily Devotion
Blessings,
Margarita & Stace

Guided By Grace