QT on 1st March 2012: Exodus 1:1-14

Today's Word is taken from Exodus 1:1-14 (NIV)

The Israelites Oppressed

[1] These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family: [2] Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah; [3] Issachar, Zebulun and Benjamin; [4] Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher. [5] The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all; Joseph was already in Egypt. [6] Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died, [7] but the Israelites were fruitful and multiplied greatly and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them. [8] Then a new king, who did not know about Joseph, came to power in Egypt. [9] “Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become much too numerous for us. [10] Come, we must deal shrewdly with them or they will become even more numerous and, if war breaks out, will join our enemies, fight against us and leave the country.” [11] So they put slave masters over them to oppress them with forced labor, and they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh. [12] But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites [13] and worked them ruthlessly. [14] They made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar and with all kinds of work in the fields; in all their hard labor the Egyptians used them ruthlessly.


1. We need to remember God's goodness and how He has demonstrated His Faithfulness in our lives Then we will recognize the Work of His Hands in our lives. Then we will NOT Forget His Promises for us...

2. As we ponder our life's obstacles from the perspective of James 1:2-3, I thank God for all these obstacles because it will help me to grow in my faith which produces Perseverance.


Closing prayer:
Great is the Lord's Faithfulness. In the midst of facing oppression & persecution, YET, I shall declare that God remain TRUE to His Promises and Trustworthy with my life. Thank You Lord, in Jesus' name. Amen.


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