TAKE TIME Assignment: April 1-6

Introduction: Pharaoh needed convincing from the powerful God before he would allow the Hebrews to leave Egypt but by the time the plagues were over he was ready to throw them out quickly! Then he changed his mind and tried to enslave them once more. This was a fatal error because once God has redeemed someone He never allows them to return to bondage under another even though His people do not always live as shining testimonies of redemption. We will see this exhibited by the Hebrew people this week in the chapters we read.


Reading Assignment:

• Monday - Exodus chapter 9
• Tuesday - Exodus 10:1-11:10
• Wednesday - Exodus chapter 12
• Thursday - Exodus 13:1-14:4
• Friday - Exodus 14:5-15:21
• Saturday - Exodus 15:22-16:36

Memory Verse

And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.  Exodus 12:13


Prayer Journal (ACTS)

• Adoration - This week take time each day to praise God for releasing you from the bondage of sin! 
• Confession - Even though we have been redeemed from the bondage of sin we still try to return to it once more. God already knows about each sin but confess any as they come to your mind and ask Him to help you not sin that way again.
• Thanksgiving - Thank God for sending the Lamb of God, the sinless Passover lamb, to suffer and die for you!
• Supplication - What are your prayer requests this week? List them for future reference so that you can see how God answers.

Search the Scriptures

Look for references for each of the following:

• Promises that God made and to whom He made them. Do they apply to you?
• References that either refer to or infer something about future events.
• What does this passage teach about Jesus?
• Commandments that God made and to whom He made them. Do they apply to you?

Putting the Word into Action

This week, do something for yourself: do a bit of research. As Christians, we have just celebrated Resurrection Sunday and the Jews are still celebrating Passover. If you know a Christian Jew see if he or she will explain the Passover celebration to you. (There are things on the Internet, also, but they are not always reliable since many Jews do not believe either in the miracles of the Exodus - i.e. the Israelites crossed the shallow "Reed Sea" not the deep Red Sea - nor do they believe that Jesus fulfilled the role of perfect Passover Lamb.) Find out what you can about the Passover and be thankful that God preserved His people (and still does!) because as Christians we believe that the same God who promised to preserve the Jews has promised to preserve Christians, too.