F O O T H O L D

READING

60 A CHANGED MAN

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PRAY Change my life, Lord, as I learn more of you and your ways.

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READ Exodus 10:21-11:10.

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THINK Why do you think Moses got angry (8)? Do you think he was

justified?

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FOCUS MOSES . . . A VERY GREAT MAN (3). We have now come nearly to the

end of the plagues. Things and people have changed. Pharaoh has

become harder and harder. But compare Moses in today's reading

with the timid, hesitant person we read about earlier.

CONFIDENCE (25,29). You would never have thought that Moses would

be standing up to Pharaoh like this. He knows that Pharaoh is

quite capable of carrying out all his threats but he stands firm.

There will be all sorts of situations in our lives when the

easiest thing to do is to back down. But we can only be used by

God if we stand firm.

What had made the difference? The secret is in Moses'

relationship with God. He trusted God, obeyed God (22) and

allowed God to work in his life. That is the only way to be

really great.

ANGER. Verse 8 shows Moses white hot with anger. Have you thought

of a reason? It may well have been because he knew the suffering

that would be caused by Pharaoh's hardness of heart. For most

people, anger easily becomes sinful. But there are times when it

is right to feel angry. The question then becomes: How - if at

all - should we express our anger?

When did you last get angry? Was it right? Have you ever been

angry about injustice, oppression, needless violence? Angry

enough to do something?

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PRAY Ask God to grow self control in you if you have trouble with

temper/anger. But ask God to grow compassion, if injustice and

oppression never move you to anger or action.


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