Your Daily Bible Verse

Today’s Bible Verse: “Then the Lord said to Moses, “I will rain down bread from heaven for you. The people are to go out each day and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test them and see whether they will follow my instructions." - Exodus 16:4 Want to listen without ads? Become a BibleStudyTools.com PLUS Member today: https://www.biblestudytools.com/subscribe/ MEET OUR HOSTS at https://www.lifeaudio.com/your-daily-bible-verse/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Today’s Bible Verse: “When they came to Marah, they could not drink its water because it was bitter. (That is why the place is called Marah.") - Exodus 15:23 Want to listen without ads? Become a BibleStudyTools.com PLUS Member today: https://www.biblestudytools.com/subscribe/ MEET OUR HOSTS at https://www.lifeaudio.com/your-daily-bible-verse/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Today’s Bible Verse: “Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the Lord:“I will sing to the Lord, for he is highly exalted. Both horse and driver he has hurled into the sea." - Exodus 15:1 Want to listen without ads? Become a BibleStudyTools.com PLUS Member today: https://www.biblestudytools.com/subscribe/ MEET OUR HOSTS at https://www.lifeaudio.com/your-daily-bible-verse/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Today’s Bible Verse: “Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the Lord drove the sea back with a strong east wind and turned it into dry land. The waters were divided, and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left. Want to listen without ads? Become a BibleStudyTools.com PLUS Member today: https://www.biblestudytools.com/subscribe/ MEET OUR HOSTS at https://www.lifeaudio.com/your-daily-bible-verse/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Today’s Bible Verse: “Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the Israelites swear an oath. He had said, “God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up with you from this place.” - Exodus 13:19 Want to listen without ads? Become a BibleStudyTools.com PLUS Member today: https://www.biblestudytools.com/subscribe/ MEET OUR HOSTS at https://www.lifeaudio.com/your-daily-bible-verse/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Today’s Bible Verse: “It was a night of watching by the Lord, to bring them out of Egypt, so this same night, is a night of watching, to kept to the Lord by all the people of Israel throughout their generations." - Exodus 12:42 Want to listen without ads? Become a BibleStudyTools.com PLUS Member today: https://www.biblestudytools.com/subscribe/ MEET OUR HOSTS at https://www.lifeaudio.com/your-daily-bible-verse/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Today’s Bible Verse: “But Moses said to the Lord, “If the Israelites will not listen to me, why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I speak with faltering lips?" - Exodus 6:12 Want to listen without ads? Become a BibleStudyTools.com PLUS Member today: https://www.biblestudytools.com/subscribe/ MEET OUR HOSTS at https://www.lifeaudio.com/your-daily-bible-verse/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Today’s Bible Verse: “Moses returned to the Lord and said, “Why, Lord, why have you brought trouble on this people? Is this why you sent me?" - Exodus 5:22 Want to listen without ads? Become a BibleStudyTools.com PLUS Member today: https://www.biblestudytools.com/subscribe/ MEET OUR HOSTS at https://www.lifeaudio.com/your-daily-bible-verse/ Full Transcript Below: Hello. Thank you for listening to your daily Bible verse, the podcast that examines one verse each day to learn more about God and His will for us. I'm your host, Jennifer Slattery, and after this short word from our sponsor, we'll continue with our series titled Moses, Fearful to Faithful, with a discussion on today's Bible verse, Exodus 5:22. Moses, Fearful to Faithful, and Exodus 5:22. Today's Bible verse is Exodus 5:22. "Moses returned to the Lord and said, Why, Lord, why have you brought trouble on this people?Is this why you sent me?" Have you ever sensed God asking you to do something, taking a step in obedient faith, and this caused someone else's pain? A few years ago, our family tried to help an abused youth. Desperate to help her, we contacted the authorities, but their investigation exasperated the situation and further enraged her abusers. I felt to blame for the escalation of her abuse, and I felt like God was ignoring her plight and our prayers. I was angry, and I wanted to withdraw, to stop poking at the hornet's nest, if you will. In answer to my angry prayers, God directed me to Exodus 5, to the passage in which Moses clearly felt the same. Despite his fear and anxiety, he'd obeyed God, returned to the very place in which he'd failed prior, stepped back into the darkness of seeing his people, including his family, viciously treated, and he'd stood up to the most powerful and oppressive ruler around, only to see his people's suffering, which was already intense, increase. The Pharaoh not only refused to let the Hebrew slaves go, he ordered their slave masters to, in essence, demand from them the impossible and beat them when they failed. In verses 6-9 we read, That same day Pharaoh gave this order to the slave drivers and overseers in charge of the people. You are no longer to supply the people with straw for making bricks. Let them go and gather their own straw, but require them to make the same number of bricks as before. Don't reduce the quota. They are lazy. That is why they are crying out, let us go and sacrifice to our God. Make the work harder for the people so that they keep working and pay no attention to lies. When they couldn't produce the required amount, Pharaoh's slave drivers beat the Israelite overseers. To make matters worse, Moses' people blamed him for their misery. They said to Moses and his brother, May the Lord look on you and judge you. You have made us obnoxious to Pharaoh and his officials and have put a sword in their hand to kill us. You can sense Moses' anguish in today's verse and all the unspoken questions that must have followed. Why, Lord, why did you ask me to step into this painful situation? Why did you force me to face such human suffering and then do nothing about it? You must have known what would happen. You are the I Am, the God of my forefathers, the creator who spoke to me in a burning bush, the one who said you'd heard the cries of your people. So why didn't you help them? Why did you allow this to happen? Maybe you've been there. Maybe God asked you to make some significant parenting changes and your child rebelled. Maybe he told you to draw a firm boundary and it cost you a relationship. Maybe you've been praying for decades for someone only to see their situation grow worse. And in those seasons, when we might realize intellectually that God is loving, all powerful and good, our hearts can struggle to believe this. Our souls can become so overwhelmed with anguish and anxiety that we're unable to see past our pain. But here's the good news. God remains with us in our weakness and despair, and he always finishes what he starts. Sometimes things do need to get worse before they get better for reasons only known to God. Sometimes we get to see the better he brings about, like Moses eventually did. But like what occurred with my family and that youth we tried to help, sometimes we don't, not for some time, maybe not until we reach heaven. Meanwhile, God asks us to trust. As I've said before, when we don't understand his hand, we must trust his heart. And when that feels near impossible, may we reflect deeply and repeatedly on Jesus's last moments on the cross. May we remember the words of Romans 8:32. Will he not the father who willingly gave his son for us that we might live also graciously give us all things? Our God is and always will be for us. And he is and always will be actively and progressively shattering this world's darkness with his light. And so we wait in faith. We hold tight to faith and we live with faith. Let's pray. Holy Father, remind us of your heart. Remind us of your power, of your promises, of your faithfulness, of how much you love us. Increase our faith. When we are walking in hard situations where it feels like everything is only getting worse, remind us that you are the God of the breakthrough. You are the God of the supernatural. You are the God of the miraculous. You are the God of perfect timing and unlimited power. Thank you for your love for us. Thank you for the love that sent your son that we might be set free. When we doubt that love, remind us of your son. We love you and we praise you. And it is in his name that we pray. Amen. 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Today’s Bible Verse: “Now the Lord had said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt, for all those who wanted to kill you are dead.” - Exodus 4:19 Want to listen without ads? Become a BibleStudyTools.com PLUS Member today: https://www.biblestudytools.com/subscribe/ MEET OUR HOSTS at https://www.lifeaudio.com/your-daily-bible-verse/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Today’s Bible Verse: “ Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to me and say, ‘The Lord did not appear to you’?” - Exodus 4:1 Want to listen without ads? Become a BibleStudyTools.com PLUS Member today: https://www.biblestudytools.com/subscribe/ MEET OUR HOSTS at https://www.lifeaudio.com/your-daily-bible-verse/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.