Kosovar refugees fleeing their homeland. [Blace area, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia]

I Have Heard Your Cry

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Exodus 6:5-8 As God speaks with Moses he again reminds him of why He has asked him to go to Pharaoh and request that the Israelites should be set free. “I have heard their groaning and I have remembered My covenant.” God had promised to Abraham to make him the father of a great nation and that He would be …

Refreshing

Choices

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Exodus 20:8-11 The Ten Commandments set out the principles in which the people of God would flourish and become moulded into the holy nation they had been called to be. The fourth commandment instructs the people to remember the Sabbath and to keep it holy. The Sabbath is the pinnacle of the week; a chance to recharge from what has …

The Moses Moment

A Glimpse of God

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Exodus 33:12-23 Moses and God had a relationship unlike many in the Old Testament.  They conversed many times since their meeting at the burning bush as God commanded Moses to lead the Israelites to the Promised Land.  In this instance Moses asks to first see God’s ways and then his Glory.  Both of these God denies but instead He tells …