It’s funny. I used to think I was a loner. Then I discovered I was a loner who needed to not be alone. Then I found myself in a situation where I was not alone but I felt a loner once more. Recently a few of my friends and I studied about relationship dynamics in […]
Read More Reflections of a LonerThen the Lord said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, that I may show these signs of mine among them, and that you may tell in the hearing of your son and of your grandson how I have dealt harshly with the Egyptians […]
Read More Exodus Extracts 10 – Generational ImpactThe task is huge. When I saw for the first time how many words they needed for each essay the gulp I gave was audible in the next county. That many words? What do I look like, a novelist? How on earth am I ever going to write that many words, when I have never […]
Read More Taking It One Step At A TimeFor by now I could have put out my hand and struck you and your people with pestilence, and you would have been cut off from the earth. But for this purpose I have raised you up, to show you my power, so that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth. (Exodus 9:15-16 ESV) […]
Read More Exodus Extracts 09 – Set Up On PurposeIt’s fascinating, really. To get from one place to another, we initially walked. Then as the distance lengthened we used a horse. As we used the horse we noticed that the way was too rough, so we smoothed it somewhat. In doing so we established a set route for getting from the one place to […]
Read More About Building and TrainingBut on that day I will set apart the land of Goshen, where my people dwell, so that no swarms of flies shall be there, that you may know that I am the Lord in the midst of the earth. Thus I will put a division[f] between my people and your people. Tomorrow this sign shall happen. […]
Read More Exodus Extracts 08 – Raising The StakesIt doesn’t happen overnight. The thought of it happening quickly or instantly is one that proves to be very alluring indeed. A man is sick, a prayer is made, the man is healed. Job done. Everyone happy, praise God. That’s not always how God operates. In fact quite often there are things he will say […]
Read More In It For The Long HaulThus says the Lord , “By this you shall know that I am the Lord : behold, with the staff that is in my hand I will strike the water that is in the Nile, and it shall turn into blood. The fish in the Nile shall die, and the Nile will stink, and the […]
Read More Exodus Extracts 07 – Start At The SourceReading the book of Acts there’s quite a lot of astounding things that happen after the ascension of Jesus Christ. I remember asking and now I’ve lived to see my children ask: if things like this happened at that time, why don’t they happen now? Some blamed it on a lack of faith. Some blamed […]
Read More That Was Then, This is Now: So?Moses spoke thus to the people of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses, because of their broken spirit and harsh slavery. (Exodus 6:9 ESV) It is important not to underestimate the significance of the circumstances we face and where that’s coming from. If since childhood all the girl has ever heard is that she’s […]
Read More Exodus Extracts 06 – Reminders Amidst Rejection
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