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Thought from today’s Bible reading from Exodus 10-12. The plagues with which God afflicted Pharaoh and the nation of Egypt were designed to do a couple of things: to cause Pharaoh to let the people go and to prove to all who heard of these events that the Lord was the one true God over [...]
Thought from today’s Bible reading from Exodus 7-9. After suffering through several plagues, Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let the Israelites go into the wilderness to worship God. After the sixth plague, God told Moses to deliver a message to Pharaoh, reminding him of his place before the Lord. “Thus says the Lord, the God of [...]
Thought from today’s Bible reading from Exodus 1-3. “Now a new king arose over Egypt, who did not know Joseph” (Exodus 1:8). This new king was fearful of the children of Israel. As the people multiplied, he worried that they might turn against him and depart. So he “afflicted them with hard labor” (Exodus 1:11), [...]
Thought from today’s Bible reading from Genesis 43-45. When Joseph finally revealed himself to his brothers, he did not lash out at them for what they had done. Instead, he told them that God was working through these circumstances to bring about good. “Then Joseph said to his brothers, ‘Please come closer to me.’ And [...]
Thought from today’s Bible reading from Genesis 16-18. When the Lord appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre (Genesis 18:1), He restated His promise that Abraham’s wife Sarah would bear him a son (Genesis 18:10; cf. Genesis 17:15-16). This would be one part of the fulfillment of the promises God made to Abraham when [...]
Thought from today’s Bible reading from Job 38-39. “Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding, who set its measurements? Since you know. Or who stretched the line on it? On what were its bases sunk? Or who laid its cornerstone, when the morning stars sang [...]
Thought from today’s Bible reading from Job 10-13. “Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. Nevertheless I will argue my ways before Him” (Job 13:15). Job was in a miserable state, unsure why he was suffering as he was. His friends had been telling him this was God’s doing, a divine punishment for [...]
Thought from today’s Bible reading from Job 6-9. “In truth I know that this is so; but how can a man be in the right before God? If one wished to dispute with Him, he could not answer Him once in a thousand times” (Job 9:2-3). Far too often, man tries to argue with the [...]
Thought from today’s Bible reading from Job 1-5. “Blessed be the name of the Lord” (Job 1:21). It is typically easier and more natural to praise God during times of blessing and prosperity. Yet this was not the occasion with Job. He had just received word that his sons and daughters and much of his [...]
Thought from today’s Bible reading from Genesis 1-3. “God saw that it was good” (Genesis 1:10). Six times, the record of Creation tells us that God saw His work as good. These came after God created or ordered something – the creation of light (v. 3-4), separation of the dry land from the seas (v. [...]