Daily Devotional from Exodus 13--Verse 3, 9, 16Then Moses said to the people, “Remember this day in which you came out from Egypt, out of the house of slavery, for by a strong hand the Lord brought you out from this place.… And it shall be to you as a sign on your hand and as a memorial between your eyes, that the law of the Lord may be in your mouth. For with a strong hand the Lord has brought yo...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 12--Verse 13The blood shall be a sign for you, on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you, when I strike the land of Egypt.The angel of death passed over the homes of the Israelites whose doorposts were marked with the blood of the Passover lamb. This was a sign placed on the doorposts to si...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 11--Verse 2Speak now in the hearing of the people, that they ask, every man of his neighbor and every woman of her neighbor, for silver and gold jewelry.Pharaoh wasn’t going to let the Hebrews go without a fight. In those days when nations warred against each other, they aimed to kill the leaders, destroy the crops, destroy or kill the herds, and finally loot their hom...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 10—Verse 3How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me?Pharaoh was full of pride, so God left him to the natural hardness of his heart. The ancient Egyptians saw Pharaoh as a god, and so he saw himself.It is not hard to imagine that he said within himself, "Who are these Hebrews? They are my slaves. I have built cities with their unpaid labor and I mean to hol...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 9--Verse 35So the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people of Israel go, just as the Lord had spoken through Moses.This little sentence is getting rather repetitive here, isn't it? Moses foretells a plague, God sends the plague, and Pharaoh hardens his heart and refuses to let the people of Israel go. I don't know about you, but I don't want God to ...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 8–Verse 23I will put a division between my people and your people.We don’t like the sound of that. Division? We would probably prefer to fit in with those around us – do the same things, act the same way, talk the same talk. They’re into this, that, and the other. And, why shouldn’t we be? We breathe the same air, after all. Shouldn’t we think the same thoughts, have t...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 7—Verses 10-12So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the Lord commanded. Aaron cast down his staff before Pharaoh and his servants, and it became a serpent. Then Pharaoh summoned the wise men and the sorcerers, and they, the magicians of Egypt, also did the same by their secret arts. For each man cast down his staff, and they became serpents. But Aaron's st...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 6—Verses 6-9Say therefore to the people of Israel, 'I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from slavery to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment. I will take you to be my people, and I will be your God, and you shall know that I am the Lord your God, who has ...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 5—Verse 23For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has done evil to this people, and you have not delivered your people at all.Pharaoh rejected God’s request (spoken through Moses) to allow the children of Israel to celebrate a feast to Him in the wilderness. Pharaoh was so angered by the request he added additional requirements to their brick making quota...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 4--Verse 14Is there not Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can speak well.Moses: Then why didn’t you choose Aaron in the first place? You know this type of work requires eloquence! I can’t persuade an empire to relinquish their labor force by a stammering tongue. What are you thinking, God? You know Aaron is better at this kind of thing.God: But I haven’t ...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 3--Verse 11But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?”I remember the day I felt the Holy Spirit speak to me about pursuing worship ministry. I was afraid, and I didn’t feel well equipped for the task. Moses was being called to do something great and scary. He also did not feel equipped, although God had a...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 2—Verses 23-25Years passed, and the king of Egypt died. But the Israelites continued to groan under their burden of slavery. They cried out for help, and their cry rose up to God. God heard their groaning, and he remembered his covenant promise to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He looked down on the people of Israel and knew it was time to act. (NLT)There may be some of us...  Read More