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Daily Thoughts from Exodus: Fifth Command (20:12)

This is the commandment for little kids, right? Wrong! It is for grown-ups, as well. The heart of this commandment is the word “honor.”

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Daily Thoughts from Exodus: Fourth Command (20:8-11)

Do you trust the Lord to take care of you or do you feel the need to work all the time as if your life depended on it?

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Daily Thoughts from Exodus: Second Command (20:4)

God will not be controlled by any human.  No image can capture Him.  He is the incomparable sovereign of the universe before whom we must always bow and worship in truth.

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Daily Thoughts from Exodus: Getting Help (18)

Are you trying to do it all yourself?  That is not God’s way.  Perhaps He has even sent someone your way to show you that.  Were you not listening?

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Daily Thoughts from Exodus: Learning Faith (14)

God, what is up with You?  You rescue us from a supreme danger then dangle us before that same danger right when we were able to breathe a sigh of relief.  This feels like torture.  And right when we’re

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Daily Thoughts from Exodus: God’s Straight Paths Seem Winding (11)

When God orchestrates a rescue for us both His power and His love for us are made known to us and to our foes. 

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Daily Thoughts from Exodus: The Benefits of Misery (5)

The process of realizing how miserable you are before you take positive action and institute radical change works in every aspect of our lives.

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Daily Thoughts from Exodus: Pushing God to the Limits (4:18-31)

We must not presume that if we choose to disobey God He will simply put us on the shelf,

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Daily Thoughts from Exodus: What Really Makes God Mad (4:10-17)

God is not passive toward our disobedience and our wounded self-image is not an excuse for disobeying.

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Daily Thoughts from Exodus: Trust God and Do the Right Thing (4:1-9)

Moses might understandably be nervous, as would we be, but God is asking him to trust him and has shown him several signs, including being a flame in a bush, to demonstrate His power and presence.

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Daily Thoughts from Exodus: Getting Our Attention (3:1-6)

When God wants to get our attention He does something unusual in our lives.  How is God seeking to get your attention? 

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Daily Thoughts from Exodus: Using God’s Gifts (2:11-22)

When we have been called and gifted by God we can’t help but act in accord with that gifting.

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Discipleship Essentials Lessons

I am attaching here several lessons developed as a result of a list of discipleship essentials that teachers at my church developed around 2008.  If you can use these to disciple someone please be my

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