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The LORD said to Moses, “Why do you cry to me? Tell the people of Israel to go forward. Lift up your staff, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, that the people of Israel may go through the sea on dry ground.” Exodus 14:15-16 When faced with life challenges, I’ve…
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And Moses said to the people, “Fear not, stand firm, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will work for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall never see again. The LORD will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.” Exodus 14:13-14 Back when I was…
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What have you done to us in bringing us out of Egypt? Is not this what we said to you in Egypt: “Leave us alone that we may serve the Egyptians”? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness. Exodus 14:11-12 When I was a…
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When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, the mind of Pharaoh and his servants was changed toward the people, and they said, “What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us?” Exodus 14:5 I vividly remember the thought process of my last relapse. I’d…
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And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them along the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, that they might travel by day and by night. Exodus 13:21 I’ve often said that my drug addiction hasn’t been my greatest life problem.…
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Every firstborn of man among your sons you shall redeem. Exodus 13:13 In yesterday’s blog I wrote about getting stuck at a train crossing a few weeks back. If you didn’t read it, here’s the condensed version: On my way home from the gym recently, I was in a hurry, got stopped at the train…
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When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near. For God said, “Lest the people change their minds when they see war and return to Egypt.” But God led the people around by the way of the wilderness toward the Red…
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Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to the LORD. Exodus 13:6 Among those of us who’ve found recovery from addiction, there’s a well-known phenomenon in which we romanticize the past. This is a sick nostalgia that’s been twisted by the drug’s influence on our…
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The LORD said to Moses, “Consecrate to me all the firstborn. Whatever is the first to open the womb among the people of Israel, both of man and of beast, is mine.” Exodus 13:1-2 I find the way my dog sits and stares at me while I’m eating to be disconcerting. It’s my own fault…
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If a stranger shall sojourn with you and would keep the Passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised. Then he may come near and keep it; he shall be as a native of the land. But no uncircumcised person shall eat of it. Exodus 12:48 Growing up in church, I remember sitting…
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