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When the Dream is Harder than We Thought
Exodus 2:23b, NIV The Israelites groaned in their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help because of their slavery went up to God. Exodus 16:2-4a, NIV In the desert the whole community grumbled against Moses and Aaron. The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the Lord’s hand in Egypt! There we sat around pots of meat and ate all the food we wanted, but you have brought us out into this desert to starve this entire assembly to death.” Then the Lord said to Mo
Don't Go Down to Egypt
Isaiah 31:1, 3, 5b, NIV Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in the multitude of their chariots and in the great strength of their horsemen, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel, or seek help from the Lord. … But the Egyptians are mere mortals and not God; their horses are flesh and not spirit. When the Lord stretches out his hand, those who help will stumble, those who are helped will fall; all will perish together. … the Lord Almigh
When the Former Thing No Longer Works
Genesis 31:4-13, ESV And Jacob saw that Laban did not regard him with favor as before. Then the Lord said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you.” 1 Kings 17:6-9a, NIV The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook. Some time later the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land. Then the word of the Lord came to him: “Go at once… Luke 5:5a, 1
Beware, Lest We Forget
Deuteronomy 8:17-18, ESV Beware lest you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand have gotten me this wealth.’ You shall remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, that he may confirm his covenant that he swore to your fathers, as it is this day.” 1 Corinthians 4:7b, ESV …What do you have that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it? Ephesians 2:10, ESV For we are h
"No, But"
Genesis 17:19, ESV God said, “No, but Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his offspring after him. 2 Corinthians 1:20, NIV For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God. Ephesians 3:20, ESV Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according t
When the Miracle Gets Messy
2 Kings 5:9-15a, ESV So Naaman came with his horses and chariots and stood at the door of Elisha’s house. And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, “Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall be restored, and you shall be clean.” But Naaman was angry and went away, saying, “Behold, I thought that he would surely come out to me and stand and call upon the name of the Lord his God, and wave his hand over the place and cure the leper. Are not Abana


