Category: Bible reading & devotions

When reading the story of the plagues, one character continues to pop up and intrigue.  Pharoah was the ruler of the Egyptian people, and was a proud man.  The Egyptians believed their Pharoah was really half man, half god.  He saw himself as invinceable, and was unwilling to let Moses or even God Himself bring…

This chapter is about annoyance.  God sends three plagues in chapter 8; a multitude of frogs, gnats, and flies.  I actually think my daugther, Alex, would like the frogs part, but maybe not so much if there were like fifty in her room.  I’ve been to places where gnats just seemed to swarm everywhere, and…

Exodus seven begins the story of the 10 plagues in Egypt.  God is about to bring an incredible judgement on the Egyptian people and on Pharoah.  Each plague is a little more devastating, and more intense, brought by God as a just response to the horrible slavery and oppression of the Hebrews.  And Pharoah’s response…

Have you ever had someone make a promise to you, then fail to keep it?   Maybe when you were a kid, a parent promised to spend time with you and forgot.  It could be a friend who said they would spend time with you and failed to make it happen.  For some reading this, a…

When God is about to do his greatest work, He often allows His people to go through the greatest hardship.  A great preacher once said, God will not mightily use a person until He has crushed him greatly.  At first glance, this may seem like God is cruel and unloving.  But the opposite is actually…