Devotional categories: Where He leads

The Benefits of Obedience

Fix these words of mine into your mind and being, tie them as a reminder on your hands, and let them be symbols on your forehead. Deuteronomy 11:18 Into the Text The nation had wandered in the desert for forty years as a result of their disobedience and lack of

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The Mosaic Covenant

Be careful, therefore, to do exactly what the LORD your God has commanded you; do not turn right or left! Walk just as he has commanded you so that you may live, that it may go well with you, and that you may live long in the land you are

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Parting of the Red Sea

Moses stretched out his hand toward the sea, and the LORD drove the sea apart by a strong east wind all that night, and he made the sea into dry land, and the water was divided. Exodus 14:21 Into the Text Egypt was unbearable, but it was familiar and predictable.

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The Passover

The people bowed down low to the ground, and the Israelites went away and did exactly as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron. Exodus 12:27b-28 Into the Text As the Israelites were attempting to leave Egypt, Pharaoh’s heart was hardened. He would not let them go, so God brought

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Moses

And Moses and Aaron did so; they did just as the LORD commanded them.  Exodus 7:6 Into the Text The people of Israel had been enslaved in Egypt for hundreds of years. God heard their cries for deliverance and called Moses to be the leader of the people. He would

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The Sacrifice of Isaac

“Do not harm the boy!” the angel said. “Do not do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God because you did not withhold your son, your only son, from me.” Genesis 22:12 Into the Text This was no ordinary “test” from God. This was the ultimate

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A Son is Promised to Sarah

The LORD said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I really have a child when I am old?’ Is anything impossible for the LORD? I will return to you when the season comes round again and Sarah will have a son.”  Genesis 18:13-14 Into the Text Have

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The Sign of the Covenant

Abraham took his son Ishmael and every male in his household (whether born in his house or bought with money) and circumcised them on that very same day, just as God had told him to do.  Genesis 17:23 Into the Text Circumcision is a physical sign of the covenant between

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Hagar Obeys God

Then the angel of the LORD said to her, “Return to your mistress and submit to her authority. I will greatly multiply your descendants,” the angel of the LORD added, “so that they will be too numerous to count.” Genesis 16:9-10 Into the Text Sarah was barren, so she used

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Abraham

Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go out from your country, your relatives, and your father’s household to the land that I will show you.” Genesis 12:1 Into the Text For some of us, family is difficult. It’s not a place where we feel most safe and known. For others,

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