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May 17
Friday


GOD'S
STRONG ARM

READ:
exodus 6:1-8
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I will redeem you with
an outstretched arm.
__Exodus 6:6
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My friend Joann had a strong desire to become a concert pianist and to travel and perform as either a soloist or as a piano accompanist. While majoring in piano performance in college, she developed tendinitis in her right arm, and it became too weak to perform the solo recital that was required. She graduated with a degree in music history and literature instead.

She knew Jesus as her Savior, but she had been rebelling against Him for several years. Then through further difficult circumstances, she sensed the Lord reaching out to her, and she turned back to Him. Eventually her arm grew stronger, and her dream of traveling and performing came about. She says, "Now I could play to God's glory instead of my own. His outstretched arm restored my spiritual life and the strength in my arm to enable me to serve Him with the gift He gave."

The Lord promised Moses that His outstretched arm would rescue the Israelites from bondage in egypt (Ex. 6:6). He kept that promise even though His often-rebellious people doubted (14:30-31). God's mighty arm is outstretched for us as well. No matter the outcome of our situation, He can be trusted to bring about His will for each of His children. We can depend on God's strong arm. __Anne Cetas

```````````````````````What a fellowship, what a joy divine;```````````````````````
````````````````````````Leaning on the everlasting arms;`````````````````````````
`````````````````````O how bright the path grows from day to day,``````````````````
`````````````````````Leaning on the everlasting arms. __Hoffman````````````````````
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with God's strength behind you and His arms beneath
you, you can face whatever lies ahead of you.

*****************************Today's Bible Reading __ Exodus 6:1-8********************************

1 Then the LORD said to
Moses, "Now you shall see
what I will do to Pharaoh.
For with a strong hand he
will let them go, and with a
strong hand he will drive
them out of his land."

2 And God spoke to Moses
and said to him: "I am the
LORD. 3 I appeared to
Abraham, to Isaac, and to
Jacob, as God Almighty, but
by My name LORD I was
not known to them. 4 I have
also established My
covenant with them, to give
them the land of Canaan,
the land of their pilgrimage,
in which they were
strangers. 5 And I have also
heard the groaning of the
children of Israel whom the
Egyptians keep in bondage,
and I have remembered My
covenant.

6 "Therefore say to the
children of Israel: 'I am the
LORD; I will bring you out
from under the burdens of
the Egyptians, I will rescue
you from their bondage,
and I will redeem you with
an outstretched arm and
with great judgments. 7 I
will take you as MY people,
and I wil be your God.
Then you shall know that I
am the LORD your God who
brings you out from under
the burdens of the
Egyptians. 8 And I will
bring you into the land
which I swore to give to
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob;
and I will give it to you as a
heritage: I am the LORD.' "

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Israel's slavery in Egypt was not a surprise to God, nor was it a
situation outside of His control. Hundreds of years before the words
of today's text were spoken to Moses, God told Abraham of his
descendants' coming slavery and promised their deliverance (Gen
15:13-14).