“And who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this?” Esther 4:14b Maybe your “royal position” is a royal pain. Maybe it’s a job you have been forced into. Maybe you really did not want to accept the position, but you had no other choice. Have you ever…
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Bloom Where You’re Planted: Moses, Part V
But I Don’t Want To! “But Moses said, ‘O Lord, please send someone else to do it.’” Exodus 4:13 Maybe Jonah and Moses were cut from the same cloth! (Along with some of us too!) Moses was not jumping with joy over his assignment. Please read Exodus 4:13-17 But Moses said, “Pardon your servant, Lord….
Bloom Where you’re Planted: Moses, Part IV
“What if I’m not believed?” Exodus 4:1 Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to me and say, ‘The Lord did not appear to you’?” Have you ever wanted to share a truth but were afraid no one would believe you? Has that fear ever hindered you, or even stopped you…
Bloom Where You’re Planted: Moses, Part III
But I’m Not Qualified! “Moses said to the Lord, “O Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue.” Exodus 4:10 Read Exodus 4:10-12 (We will pick up the beginning of chapter 4 tomorrow!) “Moses said to the Lord,…
Bloom Where You’re Planted: Moses, Part II
A Little Insecurity “But Moses said to God, ‘Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?’” Exodus 3:11 Please read Exodus 3. “Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the…
Bloom Where You’re Planted: Jonah
“But Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed to Tarshish.” Jonah 1:3a Have you ever “run away” from the Lord? Maybe God was leading you to a different geographical location, but you didn’t want to uproot yourself or your family. Maybe He was not leading you into something in particular, but you reasoned yourself…