Lent

Wonders – Repent

Exodus 10:16-20 Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against the Lord your God and against you. 17 Now forgive my sin once more and pray to the Lord your God to take this deadly plague away from me.” 18 Moses then left Pharaoh and prayed to the Lord. 19 And […]
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Wonders – Light

Someone said, “There is no situation so dark that there is not a ray of light.” The scriptures chosen for today remind us that there is always light in our darkness when God is with us. Exodus 10:21-23 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky so that darkness spreads […]
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Wonders – Lifegiving Warning

Exodus 9:13-26 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, confront Pharaoh and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: Let my people go, so that they may worship me, 14 or this time I will send the full force of my plagues against […]
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Wonders – God’s Distinction (Part 1)

Beelzebub, another name for the devil, is also translated as “lord of the flies” because his worship was considered so repulsive. We find in today’s scripture lessons that, as forces of the devil and flies swarm, God’s presence is a sanctuary for his people.  Exodus 8: 20-25 Then the Lord said to
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