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A Divine Jail Break!

Dear Lord, I pray for wisdom for those who are in jail. In Jesus’ name, amen.

The apostles were arrested because some were jealous of them for doing signs and wonders. God sent an angel to the rescue.

Luke tells what happened in Acts 5:17-21 (ESV):

“But the high priest rose up, and all who were with him (that is, the party of the Sadducees), and filled with jealousy, they arrested the apostles and put them in the public prison. But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out, and said, ‘Go and stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this Life.’ And when they heard this, they entered the temple at daybreak and began to teach.”

God had plans other than to leave the apostles in jail. In the morning, when a group went to get the prisoners, the prison was secure. God had arranged a divine jail break. Amazing! And the apostles were later found in the temple teaching.

Ever doubt God’s sovereignty? God worked in the lives of the apostles. He can work in your life too.

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The Plagues of Egypt?

Dear Lord, I pray for wisdom for those who know the plagues in Egypt were a sign of your great power. In Jesus’ name, amen.

Even one of the plagues of Egypt would have been a terrible thing. Taken together, they became a national disaster.

Pharaoh was not about to let God’s people go. God hardened Pharaoh’s heart. The Lord told Moses in Exodus 7:3-4,

“But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, Pharaoh will not listen to you. Then I will lay my hand on Egypt and bring my hosts, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great acts of judgment.”

In Psalm 105:26-36 (ESV) we find God’s signs and wonders.

“He [God] sent Moses, his servant,
and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
They performed his signs among them
and miracles in the land of Ham.
He sent darkness, and made the land dark;
they did not rebel against his words.
He turned their waters into blood
and caused their fish to die.
Their land swarmed with frogs,
even in the chambers of their kings.
He spoke, and there came swarms of flies,
and gnats throughout their country.
He gave them hail for rain,
and fiery lightning bolts through their land.
He struck down their vines and fig trees,
and shattered the trees of their country.
He spoke, and the locusts came,
young locusts without number,
which devoured all the vegetation in their land
and ate up the fruit of their ground.
He struck down all the firstborn in their land,
the firstfruits of all their strength.”

Pharaoh would not permit God’s people to leave Egypt. How is your heart? Hard? Soft? Listen for God’s still quiet voice. Respond.

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