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Reading: Numbers 7:1-10:10
Focus: Numbers 9:15-23
In the army, soldiers submit to the authority of the commanding officer. When the commander makes the decision to move out, everyone moves out; when he makes the decision to camp, everyone sets up camp. There is little room to question the decisions of the commander. Whether the camp stays for [...]
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Reading: Exodus 15:1-17:16
Focus: Exodus 16:13-30
Why is it so hard to trust in God? When Jesus taught, “Do not worry” on the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 6:25-34) and that God would provide the needs of His people, Jesus meant that we could trust God to provide for our daily needs. Yet, we start thinking about the [...]
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Reading: Exodus 8:20-11:10
Focus: Exodus 8:22-24; 9:5-7; 9:13-26
Reading through the Plague narrative, one cannot help but wonder at what it would have been like to go through each event and see a nation ravaged by the hand of God through the sheer power of nature. What would it have been like for the Egyptians subject to the hardened [...]
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Reading: Genesis 44:1-47:12
Focus: Genesis 45:3-11
The blessing of hindsight is one I’m sure we wish we could replace with foresight. It’s all fine and well to look back and see how it all fits together, but to go through all the pain and struggles during the journey is not something many of us enjoy—after all, it’s [...]
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Reading: Genesis 18:1-20:18
Focus: Genesis 18:1-15
The story of Abraham is one of great anticipation, of which the central focus is God’s promise to make Abraham into a great nation. However, it is also a story of human disruption in the divine plan, as time and time again, Abraham does stupid things because he lacks faith in [...]
