Post by Woody Williams on Jul 23, 2007 7:06:02 GMT -5
Text for the Day -- Exodus 18:1-2, 5-12
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Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses father-in-law, heard of all that
God had done for Moses and for his people Israel, how the LORD had
brought Israel out of Egypt. After Moses had sent away his wife
Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro took her back, Jethro, Moses
father-in-law, came into the wilderness where Moses was encamped at
the mountain of God, bringing Moses sons and wife to him. He sent
word to Moses, "I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you, with
your wife and her two sons."
Moses went out to meet his father-in-law; he bowed down and kissed
him; each asked after the other's welfare, and they went into the
tent. Then Moses told his father-in-law all that the LORD had done to
Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, all the hardship that
had beset them on the way, and how the LORD had delivered them.
Jethro rejoiced for all the good that the LORD had done to Israel, in
delivering them from the Egyptians. Jethro said, "Blessed be the
LORD, who has delivered you from the Egyptians and from Pharaoh. Now
I know that the LORD is greater than all gods, because he delivered
the people from the Egyptians, when they dealt arrogantly with them."
And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, brought a burnt offering and
sacrifices to God; and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to
eat bread with Moses father-in-law in the presence of God.
Devotional
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The witness of God's deliverance of Israel draws Jethro into
recognizing that the God his son-in-law Moses worships is the true
and ultimate God. Jethro praised God and gathered together the
leaders of Israel at a ritual meal. At this meal they offered praise
and thanksgiving to God and experienced a oneness of faith. This
sounds familiar and similar to the Holy Communion we celebrate as
Christians to remember and acknowledge God's great victory in Christ.
Prayer
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Lord, stir my heart to gratitude and help me focus on what you have
to give me in Christ. Amen
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Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses father-in-law, heard of all that
God had done for Moses and for his people Israel, how the LORD had
brought Israel out of Egypt. After Moses had sent away his wife
Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro took her back, Jethro, Moses
father-in-law, came into the wilderness where Moses was encamped at
the mountain of God, bringing Moses sons and wife to him. He sent
word to Moses, "I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you, with
your wife and her two sons."
Moses went out to meet his father-in-law; he bowed down and kissed
him; each asked after the other's welfare, and they went into the
tent. Then Moses told his father-in-law all that the LORD had done to
Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, all the hardship that
had beset them on the way, and how the LORD had delivered them.
Jethro rejoiced for all the good that the LORD had done to Israel, in
delivering them from the Egyptians. Jethro said, "Blessed be the
LORD, who has delivered you from the Egyptians and from Pharaoh. Now
I know that the LORD is greater than all gods, because he delivered
the people from the Egyptians, when they dealt arrogantly with them."
And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, brought a burnt offering and
sacrifices to God; and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to
eat bread with Moses father-in-law in the presence of God.
Devotional
----------
The witness of God's deliverance of Israel draws Jethro into
recognizing that the God his son-in-law Moses worships is the true
and ultimate God. Jethro praised God and gathered together the
leaders of Israel at a ritual meal. At this meal they offered praise
and thanksgiving to God and experienced a oneness of faith. This
sounds familiar and similar to the Holy Communion we celebrate as
Christians to remember and acknowledge God's great victory in Christ.
Prayer
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Lord, stir my heart to gratitude and help me focus on what you have
to give me in Christ. Amen