Read it Aloud: Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty. And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses (Exodus 1:20-21). Ponder It Prayerfully: A midwife is a person who helps a pregnant woman to deliver a baby. Spiritually speaking, midwives are...
read moreRead it Aloud: And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live. But the...
read moreRead it Aloud: But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel (Exodus 1:12). Ponder it Prayerfully: As we said yesterday, godly success greatly intimidates the ungodly. It makes them paranoid and jealous. This is what causes them to afflict the godly. But...
read moreRead It Aloud: And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them. Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph. And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we....
read moreRead It Aloud: Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob. Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt...
read moreRead it Aloud: But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed (Galatians 2:12). Ponder it Prayerfully: Paul did not remain silent when he noticed that Peter was wrong. He did not fear flesh, or worry about the fact that Peter was the “chief” apostle. Instead, he confronted...
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