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May 8 - Exodus 9 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends. It is shown here and welcome to
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  another week that you and I get to walk through this.
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  Wonderful, well, not so wonderful sometimes world of
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  Exodus and it is not a good time to Be an Egyptian things are
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  going a little bit gross. And you might think sure this
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  music is way too perky for another few days in the midst of
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  terrible plagues. Well, I chose this music to keep
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  things perky because it is not about the plagues, Moses wrote
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  the story down so that the people of Israel and you and me
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  today would remember God's presence with So let us keep in
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  mind that God is present. And here's something to blow
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  your mind when they talk about the Lord, talking to Moses and
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  Aaron and the Lord causing these things to happen.
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  That is the Lord who reveals himself to us in Jesus.
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  Our lord, the one and the same God.
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  And that Spirit, who inspires us with these words and moves us to
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  act one. And the same Lord.
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  I'm not quite sure what I'm going to have to process.
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  With that today. But there it is.
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  That's the way it is. So perky.
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  Music lots, more plagues to come the Triune God speaking to us
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  what an adventure we have before us.
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  So strap yourself in as we read together, Exodus chapter 9
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  Go back to Pharaoh. The Lord commanded Moses.
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  Tell him, this is what the Lord, the god of the Hebrews says, let
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  my people go. So they can worship me.
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  If you continue to hold them and refuse to let them go.
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  The hand of the Lord will strike all your livestock, your horses
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  donkeys. Camels cattle, sheep, and goats
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  for the deadly plague. But the Lord will again make a
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  distinction between the livestock of the Israelites and
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  that of the Egyptians not a single.
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  One of Israel's animals will die, the Lord has already set
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  the time for the plague to begin.
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  He has declared that. He will strike the land
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  tomorrow. And the Lord did just, as he had
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  said the next morning all the livestock of the Egyptians died,
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  but the Israelites didn't lose a single animal.
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  Pharaoh sent his officials to investigate and they discovered
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  that the Israelites had not lost a single animal.
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  But even so Pharaoh's, heart remains stubborn and he still
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  refused to let the people go. Then the Lord said to Moses and
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  Aaron take handfuls of soot from a Brick Kiln and have Moses toss
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  it into the air while Pharaoh watches, the ashes will spread
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  like fine dust over the whole land of Egypt causing festering,
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  boils to break out on people and animals throughout the land.
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  So that took suit from a Brick Kiln and went and stood before
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  Pharaoh as Pharaoh, watched Moses through the suit into the
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  air and boils broke out on people and animals alike.
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  Even The Magicians were unable to stand before Moses because
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  the boils had broken out on them and all the Egyptians.
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  But the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart and just as the Lord had
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  predicted to Moses Pharaoh refused to listen.
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  Then the Lord said to Moses, get up early in the morning and
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  stand before Pharaoh tell him. This is what the Lord, the god
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  of the Hebrews says, let my people go so they can worship
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  me. If you don't, I will send more
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  plagues on you and your officials and your people, then
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  you will know that. There is no one like me in all
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  the Earth. By now I could have lifted my
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  hand and struck you and your people with a plague to wipe you
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  off the face of the Earth. But I've spared you for a
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  purpose to show you my power and to spread my fame throughout the
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  Earth. But you still lorded over my
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  people and refused to let them go.
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  So tomorrow, at this time, I will send a hailstorm more
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  devastating than any in all the history of Egypt.
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  Quick order, your livestock and servants to come in from the
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  fields to find shelter. Any personal animal left outside
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  will die when the hail Falls. Some of pharaohs officials were
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  afraid because of what the Lord had said, they quickly brought
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  their servants and livestock in from the fields.
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  But those are paid no attention to the word of the Lord left.
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  There's out in the open. Then the Lord said to Moses,
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  lift your hand toward the sky. Sohail may fall on the people,
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  the livestock, and all the plants throughout the land of
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  Egypt. So Moses, lifted his staff
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  toward the sky and the Lord sent Thunder.
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  And hail and lightning flash toward the Earth.
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  The Lord sent a tremendous hail storm against all the land of
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  Egypt. Never in all the history of
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  Egypt, had there been a storm like that with such devastating,
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  hail and continuous lightning. It left all of Egypt and ruins.
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  The Hales, struck down. Everything in the open field,
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  people animals and plants are like, even the trees were
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  destroyed the only I swear that Hale was the region of Goshen,
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  where the people of Israel lived.
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  Then fairer quickly summoned, Moses.
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  And Aaron this time, I have sinned, he confessed the Lord is
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  the righteous one and my people and I are wrong.
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  Please beg the Lord to end this terrifying, Thunder, and hail.
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  We've had enough. I will let you go.
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  You don't need to stay any longer.
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  All right, Moses replied. As soon as I leave the city, I
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  will lift my hands and pray to the Lord.
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  Then the Thunder. ER, and hail will stop, and you
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  will know that the Earth Belongs to the Lord, but I know that you
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  and your official still do not fear the lord God.
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  All the flax. And barley were ruined by the
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  hail because the barley had formed heads.
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  And the flax was budding, but the wheat and Emma wheat were
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  spared because they had not yet sprouted from the ground.
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  So, Moses left Pharaoh's court and went out of the city when he
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  lifted his hands. To the Lord.
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  The Thunder and hail stopped, and the downpour ceased, but
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  when Pharaoh saw the rain, hail and thunder had stopped He and
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  his official sinned again and Pharaoh again became stubborn
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  because his heart was hard. Pharaoh refused to let the
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  people leave just as the Lord had predicted through Moses.
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  Lord, we hear this story and we know that, the whole of the
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  earth belongs to you, we belong to you and dreams our plans, our
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  future, our resources, our time, it all belongs to you.
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  Our greatest fears. The things that we dread and we
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  just hope, never come to pass. They belong to you, too.
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  Lord, we offer up all of those worries and concerns for our
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  future. Those regrets from our past,
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  everything that bubbles up in our hearts, we just offer it to
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  you now. You are sovereign over all and
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  we submit to you. And we pray that our lives would
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  be spent in your service ushering in your kingdom because
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  we love you and we are so grateful that you choose to love
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  us. First, pray, all of this.
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  In Jesus name. Amen.