CRUX Daily: 10 Commandments Part 2

Read: Exodus 20

Reflect: Can you name all 10 commandments from memory? (if not, just name as many as you can)

Request (Prayer): Father, please help me to remember Your commandments and help me to keep them.

Have you ever tried to commit something to memory but failed miserably? Or maybe you’ve played the memory game and you have to try and match the two tiles until you win the game? I’m not very good at that game by the way!

Memorizing things is a great way to remember things on the spot and it helps you process ideas and thoughts. What’s the benefit of memorizing Scripture? Well, David said in the Psalms, “You Word I have hidden in my heart that I might not sin against you.” That was David’s way of saying, “I am going memorize Your law and all within it so that I don’t sin against you.” By David saying that, he was stating that he was going to memorize Scripture so that way when he was caught in a tough situation, or when he was tempted to give into temptation, he could run because he knew God’s law.
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CRUX Daily: The Passover

Read: Exodus 12

Reflect: What was the passover and why is it important?

Request (Prayer): Thank you Lord for giving Your Son to pay for my sin.

The question for this week is, “What is Passover?” What is it exactly? Do you remember the story from Exodus 12 about the Passover and what that was a symbol of? Let me refresh you.

Before the last plague, the killing of the first born son, God had told Moses to tell the Israelites to put blood on the doorpost of every door of every Israelite in the land so that way when God came to killing the firstborn sons of Egypt, God would pass over that house because of the blood put on the doorposts, hence the name Passover.

This is symbolic in the fact that those covered in the blood were in the covenant of God. They were the set apart, God watched over them and watched over their house and passed their house and onto the next. This was the idea that this blood had set them free from being killed, and this blood of the sheep was a foreshadowing of what was to come of the innocent lamb in Jesus Christ.
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CRUX Daily: Plagues of Egypt

Read: Exodus 7-9

Reflect: What were the first seven plagues and why did God send them?

Request (Prayer): Lord, let me see your power and might displayed in my life!

Why would God send the plagues that He did to Egypt? Why would He do such a horrible thing? Was it because God hated all of them? No. Was it because God wanted to reveal Himself to Pharaoh? Most likely. The reason that the plagues were sent to Egypt was because Pharaoh would not let the people of Israel go free. Was this to get revenge on Pharaoh? Possibly, but I believe the bigger reason that God sent those plagues was to reveal His power, authority and justice.
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CRUX Daily: 10 Commandments Part 1

Read: Exodus 20

Reflect: Can you name all 10 commandments from memory? (if not, just name as many as you can)

Request (Prayer): Father, please help me to remember Your commandments and help me to keep them.

Have you ever tried to commit something to memory but failed miserably? Or maybe you’ve played the memory game and you have to try and match the two tiles until you win the game? I’m not very good at that game by the way!

Memorizing things is a great way to remember things on the spot and it helps you process ideas and thoughts. What’s the benefit of memorizing Scripture? Well, David said in the Psalms, “You Word I have hidden in my heart that I might not sin against you.” That was David’s way of saying, “I am going memorize Your law and all within it so that I don’t sin against you.” By David saying that, he was stating that he was going to memorize Scripture so that way when he was caught in a tough situation, or when he was tempted to give into temptation, he could run because he knew God’s law.
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CRUX Daily: Life of Moses Part 2

Read: Exodus 19

Reflect: The Lord said to Moses, “tell the people that if they obey my voice and keep my covenant, they will be my treasured possession and Holy nation.” What was the answer the people of Israel gave to Moses and the Lord in verse 8?

Request (Prayer): Lord, help me to be obedient in all that you are calling me to do.

How did the Israelites respond in this statement made to them by Moses on behalf of God? They said collectively, “All that the Lord has spoken we will do.” That’s a great answer to have when God tells you something so profound. If the people keep the covenant of God, they will become God’s treasured possession. Did you know that when you come to Christ and acknowledge Him as Lord and Savior of your life, you become a child of God. You also become His treasured possession as well.
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CRUX Daily: The Children of Israel

Read: Exodus 16

Reflect: The children of Israel were grumbling against Moses and Aaron. But in reality when we grumble it’s against the Lord. What in your life are you tempted to grumble about?

Request (Prayer): Father, help me to not grumble about things in my life. Help me to just trust in you.

Have you ever heard the phrase, “It’s my way or the highway?” That’s a phrase that is used that basically says, “If I can’t have it my way, then no one can have it at all.” This is how a lot of people live their life. They don’t want to do anything unless it is done their way and that is it!

This is someone who we call selfish! They are so selfish that everything needs to be done the way they want and they need to have everything they ask for regardless. Another word that we can use to describe someone like that is “spoiled”. They get everything they want and they get it whenever they want it. Do you know anybody like that?
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