SCRIPTURE: Exodus 14:4 And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will pursue them. But I will gain glory for myself through Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD.” (also verse 18)
OBSERVATION: 2Peter 3:9 tells us that God is not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. In the verse above, we see that God had the same desire in the Old Testament.
Instead of wanting to help the Israelites accomplish God’s will, the Egyptians were set on keeping them in slavery. They were working against God. Yet God wanted them to know Him. We know God loved the Israelites, but the truth is—God loved the Egyptians too!
APPLICATION: When people stand against me and what I believe God wants to do in my life, it is easy to write them off my list of friends. That may be my way, but it is not God’s way. He loves them too! He wants me to love them too.
He may even have a plan to use me to reach them!
PRAYER: Lord, You love my enemies and You tell me to love them too; to bless them that curse me and to do good to them that hate me and pray for them who despitefully use and persecute me. (Matthew 5:44) To do this, Lord, I need your help. Amen.
Pastor Leon
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Special Prayer Request: There will be a SOAP conference in Bo, Sierra Leon on Monday and Tuesday (today and tomorrow.) Some Muslim missionaries have agreed to attend and will be given a few minutes to make a presentation. There will be many new believers present with their testimonies of the miracles God has done during the last few months. There will also be many Muslims present who still need Jesus! Pray for a mighty moving of the Holy Spirit at these meetings!
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