DAY 12– January 29, 2010 – BLESSED HOPE FIT CHALLENGE

DAY 12– January 29, 2010 – BLESSED HOPE FIT CHALLENGE

5:30 Study “”The One Year Bible”

January 28 – Exodus 5:22-7:25; Matthew 18:21-19:12, Psalm 23:1-6; Proverbs 5:22-23
January 29 – Exodus 8:1-9:35; Matthew 19:13-30; Psalm 24:1-10; Proverbs 6:1-5

6:30 P90x - Legs and Back

Summary of Exodus:
Pharaoh remains to be stubborn even though God provided Moses the miracles to perform. God told Moses that he was going to harden Pharaoh’s heart and Pharaoh was going to refuse to let God’s people go.

NOTE: I read this passage many times and I wonder why would God tell Moses to go and appeal to Pharaoh to let his people go, provide him with miracles to convinced Pharaoh and the Egyptians that ‘God is God’ and powerful but then at the same time, harden Pharaoh’s heart.

NLT – Exodus 7:5 “When I show the Egyptians my power and force them to let the Israelites go, they will realize that I am the Lord.”


MICRACLES IN EXODUS 7
• Staff was turned into a snake
• V17 Moses hit the water of the Nile with the staff and the river turned into blood and the fish died and it smelled bad
Note: all the rivers, canals, marshes and reservoirs, including the water stored in wooden bowls and stone pots in the people’s homes turned into blood

Summary of Matthew
• Peter ask the Lord how often should he forgive, Jesus answers 70x7 (this is one day, if need be)..Whew!
• Jesus told a parable about how a King forgave one of his servants millions of dollars because the servant pleaded with him. Then the servant saw another servant who owed him money, just thousands but didn’t forgive him and threw him in jail. When the King heard, he was outraged because he forgave servant #1 of his tremendous debt, but servant #1 couldn’t forgive servant#2 of his smaller debt. He showed no Mercy.
• Jesus left for Galilee after that talk and once again, the Pharisees tried to trap Jesus with questions regarding divorce
Summary of Psalm 23
God is my shepherd and he provides me with everything I need. His goodness and unfailing loves will purse me all the days of my life! That’s comfort!

Summary of Proverbs
An evil man is held captive by his own sins; they are ropes that catch and hold him. He will die for lack of self-control; he will be lost because of his incredible folly

January 29 – Exodus 8:1-9:35; Matthew 19:13-30; Psalm 24:1-10; Proverbs 6:1-5

Next Miracles/Plagues
• God sent vast hordes of frogs across the entire land from border to border
• God to Moses to tell Aaron to strike the dust with his staff. The dust will turn into swarms of gnats throughout the land of Egypt.
• Next were swarms of flies throughout Egypt.
• Next was deadly plague to destroy the horses, donkeys, camels, cattle and sheep
• Next, “Take soot from a furnace and have Moses toss it into the sky while Pharaoh watches. V9 It will spread like fine dust over the whole land of Egypt, causing boils to break out on people and animals alike
• Next, God sent a hailstorm, every person/animal left outside died.
After all this Pharaoh was still stubborn and didn’t keep his word to let the people go

Summary: Matthew
Children were brought to Jesus and the disciples tried to turn them away saying Jesus is busy. Jesus aid, “Let the children come to me. Don’t stop them! For the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to such as these.” And he put his hands on their heads and blessed them before he left.

Jesus also told the story about how difficult it would be for a rich man to enter heaven.

Summary of Psalm: The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it. This passage is talking about the King of Glory!

Summary of Proverbs: God warns about co-signing for people!