But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death. – Exodus …
Monthly Archives: March 2017
The Jethro Principle
Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens: – Exodus 18:21 The Jethro Principle: 1…10…50…100…1,000…1+ million One person in charge of a family of 10. Five families of …
Strange provisions
And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat. – Exodus 16:15 It’s not like anything you’ve seen before. It doesn’t look, feel or taste like what you’re used to. …
Freedom to serve
Then the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. – Exodus 9:1 Freedom: the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint. And yet, God defines the …
God’s mark of distinction
And I will put a division between my people and thy people: to morrow shall this sign be. – Exodus 8:23 You’re different, because you belong to God. And God is determined to demonstrate this to the world around you. God isn’t ashamed of you and He’s not timid about marking out those who are His. …
The price of growth
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 You grow the most when you feel the worst. Growth isn’t comfortable…but it is necessary. The price of growth is the pain of pressure.
When you notice something…
And he asked Pharaoh’s officers that were with him in the ward of his lord’s house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day? – Genesis 40:7 When you notice something…ask a question out loud. Outloud. Ask an out loud question of the thing you notice. Your destiny is on the other side of it.
The 3 strippings of Joseph
Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh. – Genesis 41:14 Joseph was stripped 3 times before he was brought before Pharaoh. The first time, he was stripped by those closest to him (his brothers) who …
Jacob and Leah
There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah. – Genesis 49:31 In the beginning, it was Rachel who caught Jacob’s attention, and Leah was fighting for his affection. In the end, Jacob asked to be buried next to Leah (not Rachel) in …
Wherever you go…
And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph’s hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it. – Genesis 39:22 …expect to be blessed and favoured. Expectation is the key to activating these dynamics in your life. As a man thinketh in his heart, so is …