Tag: Life Challenges

17 May 2013

50. Don’t reduce God to your size

Moses was up on Mount Sinai, in the presence of the Lord, carefully listening to His instructions regarding the Tabernacle, the priests and His covenant with Israel. And whilst Moses...
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18 April 2013

46. Spend time with God

Israel accepted God’s covenant with them. Moses announced all the teachings and regulations the Lord had given him to the people and they agreed that they will do everything that...
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1 March 2013

41. Treat God with respect

The Lord spoke to the Israelites at Mount Sinai and they were scared to bits! They trembled with fear and immediately rushed to Moses and told them that the Lord...
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23 February 2013

40. Hear directly from God

At Mount Sinai God spoke to the Israelites directly from the mountain. There He gave them the ten commandments. He spoke to them directly from the mountain. And instead of...
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4 January 2013

42. God’s children

God wants us all to truly realize what it means to be His Children, to truly understand what the impact thereof should be on our lives. I have heard the...
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28 December 2012

41. A message for 2013

I cannot believe that 2012 has flown by so quickly. It feels like yesterday that I wrote the devotion with a message for 2012. There were so many uncertainties then,...
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14 December 2012

33. Run to God first

The people of Israel were looked after by the Lord. He provided them with water when they complained and He provided them with food when they complained. He was very...
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7 December 2012

32. Don’t look back

The Lord looked after the Israelites. He rescued them from Egypt, He caused the Red Sea to dry up so that they can walk over on dry ground, He turned...
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22 November 2012

30. Praise Him in the storm

God had saved the Israelites from the Egyptians. Firstly with ten plagues and then finally by sweeping the whole of Pharaoh’s army out of the way with the forces of...
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16 November 2012

29. Start acting

The Israelites camped alongside the shores of the Red Sea just as God had told them to. They were absolutely in the Will of God and adhering to His Words...
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26 October 2012

26. Move forward in faith

God had devastated Egypt with the first 9 plagues. He literally brought them to their knees. All that they had left was their lives and the lives of their family...
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4 October 2012

23. Be obedient to God

God sent one plague after another on the Egyptians. The magicians of Pharaoh could imitate the first two plagues. They could also turn water into blood and cause frogs to...
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7 September 2012

20. Keeping the faith

Poor old Moses. He left his home of 40 years to serve God and to lead the Israelites out of Egypt. And since leaving, his wife was not impressed with...
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30 August 2012

19. Things might get worse

Moses and Aaron had made their first visit to the Pharaoh and things didn’t turn out as they had planned. In fact things got worse, much worse. Pharaoh gave orders...
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17 August 2012

17. Don’t be jealous of others

Moses and Aaron returned to Egypt, possibly with their hearts pumping and with their palms sweating, but they returned there and immediately started with the task at hand. They first...
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20 July 2012

13. God knows everything

In the life of Moses there are also interesting parts of God’s character that shine through and I would like to briefly discuss it today. The first thing that caught...
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