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The rod of Moses

Exodus:4:2: And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.
Exodus:4:3: And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.
Exodus:4:4: And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand:
Exodus:4:5: That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.
INTERPRETATION: Moses at first feared the snake, but at the end he conquered his fears by taking the snake by its tail it less dangerous side. The rod in Moses hand was a sign that he had conquered his fears

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Shew me thy glory

Exodus:33:18: And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory.
Exodus:33:19: And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.
Exodus:33:20: And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.
Exodus:33:21: And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock:
Exodus:33:22: And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by:
Exodus:33:23: And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.
INTERPRETATION: Every man longs to see the Glory of God but it is only when his glory has passed i.e some miraculous incident has occured in our life that we realize that God's hand was behind it.

DATE: 30 - 01 - 2004
Women of Jerusalem

Luke:23:27: And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him.
Luke:23:28: But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.
Luke:23:29: For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.
Luke:23:30: Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
Luke:23:31: For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?
John:19:25: Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.
INTERPRETATION: In the last hour's of Jesus on earth when he was being crucified. When his own disciples had fled away from him and everybody mocked him. There were some women of Jerusalem who stood by him near the cross, even wept for him. Women basically think from their heart this is because they are involved in motherhood. In a society where the thinking process of women can be degraded the society can be degraded very easily. Women must know this because they are the ones who will finally be affected the most.

DATE: 02 - 02 - 2004
The Parable of the unjust steward

Luke:16:1: And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.

Luke:16:2: And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.

Luke:16:3: Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.

Luke:16:4: I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.

Luke:16:5: So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?

Luke:16:6: And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.

Luke:16:7: Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore.

Luke:16:8: And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.
INTERPRETATION: People have difficulty understanding the above parable, but for me the message is crystal clear. Let's analyse the action's of the steward.
1. He was in a crisis.
2. He thought about other's he gave to others.
3. He wasted his master's goods even further.
4. He was finally rewarded,
The above parable clearly shows the dominance of the kingdom of God over the kingdom of the world. The steward chose the ways of God rather than the ways of the World and was finally rewarded.The message is clear while in a crisis if we chose God he will help and deliver us. If we go by the world we might not find help.

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