Scripture – Romans 14:7-9 7 For we do not live to ourselves, and we do not die to ourselves. 8 If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord; so then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s. 9 For to this end…

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Scripture – Romans 14:5-6 5 Some judge one day to be better than another, while others judge all days to be alike. Let all be fully convinced in their own minds. 6 Those who observe the day, observe it for the Lord. Also those who eat, eat for the Lord, since they give thanks to…

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Scripture – Romans 14:1-4 1 Welcome those who are weak in faith but not for the purpose of quarreling over opinions. 2 Some believe in eating anything, while the weak eat only vegetables. 3 Those who eat must not despise those who abstain, and those who abstain must not pass judgment on those who eat,…

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Exodus 12:14: 14 “This day shall be a day of remembrance for you. You shall celebrate it as a festival to the Lord; throughout your generations you shall observe it as a perpetual ordinance. Prayer Focus: We began this week’s devotions with a reminder that these verses of scripture represent a break in the narrative saga of…

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Exodus 12:13: 13 The blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you live: when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague shall destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt. Prayer Focus: How exactly does this sign of blood work? The lamb’s blood itself isn’t magical.…

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Exodus 12:12: 12 I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will strike down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from human to animal, and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the Lord. Prayer Focus: Thanks be to God??? It is difficult to discern good news…

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Exodus 12:11: 11 This is how you shall eat it: your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand, and you shall eat it hurriedly. It is the Passover of the Lord.  Prayer Focus: There is a sense of urgency in the way that God instructs the Israelites to eat their lamb.…

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Exodus 12:6-10: 6 You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month; then the whole assembled congregation of Israel shall slaughter it at twilight. 7 They shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which they eat it. 8 They shall eat the lamb that same night;…

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Exodus 12:3-5: 3 Tell the whole congregation of Israel that on the tenth of this month they are to take a lamb for each family, a lamb for each household. 4 If a household is too small for a whole lamb, it shall join its closest neighbor in obtaining one; the lamb shall be divided in proportion to…

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Exodus 12:1-2: The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, 2 “This month shall mark for you the beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year for you. Prayer Focus: At the start of the Exodus, the Hebrew people are held in captivity in Egypt, the most powerful nation in the world.…

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