Old Testament – Page 66 – A Thimble-full of Theology for Daily Living

Daily Thoughts from Exodus: First Command (20:1-3)

We violate this command whenever we find ourselves committed to a pursuit other than what God has said is good for us.

Daily Thoughts from Exodus: Your Priesthood (19)

Each day we represent something of the terrifying yet wholly satisfying God of the universe to those who have deliberately sought to forget Him.

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?

Daily Thoughts from Exodus: Helping Our Leaders Lead (17:8-16)

Who is your God-appointed leader? What is your God-appointed responsibility to “hold up” his or her hands?

Daily Thoughts from Exodus: Watch Out, Leaders! (17:1-7)

Leaders must not take on themselves the responsibility and weight of doing what only God himself can do.

Daily Thoughts from Exodus: Grumble, Grumble (16)

They didn’t blame Yahweh, they blamed Moses, so Yahweh has to make it plain to them that they are really blaming Him.

Daily Thoughts from Exodus: Complaining (15:22-27)

Thus begins an ongoing pattern of relationship between Moses and the people of trial and subsequent complaining.

Daily Thoughts on Exodus: Singing (15:1-21)

Arts Book of Exodus Old Testament Worship
/ By Randall Johnson

When God is not just an invisible someone we believe in but someone who has become active in our lives in ways we could never have anticipated, we leave the realm of mere acknowledgement. We are emotionally

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

Daily Thoughts from Exodus: Divine Direction (13:17-22)

Note the kindness and patience of Yahweh as He leads His people out of Egypt.

Daily Thoughts from Exodus: Consecrated Children (13:1-16)

We recognized that every child belonged to God and we were stewards charged with raising each child in God’s ways. We are each consecrated to Him.

Daily Thoughts from Exodus: The Journey (12:21-51)

We are on a journey toward Christlikeness and we are on this journey as a family of believers.

Daily Thoughts from Exodus: Re-Enacted Power (12:14-20)

God knows how powerfully a re-enacted rite such as this is to forming our understanding of and remembrance of what matters most.

Daily Thoughts from Exodus: Community Salvation and a Meal (12:1-13)

Passover, as God instituted it, was a communal experience, a taste of what salvation is and must be, a family context where those redeemed rejoice together.

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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