(1696)Daily Lessons
(1696)(1696)Crucial Conversations with God
Often in our conversations with others, we try to avoid conflict and complaining. We certainly don’t want to seem disrespectful. However, this should not keep us from having crucial conversations. In this week’s Sabbath School Lesson, Moses has a crucial conversation with God, where Moses makes some crucial accusations that some mortals may be afraid … Continue reading –>
Sabbath: The Plagues
Daily Lesson for Sabbath 19th of July 2025 Read for This Week’s Study: Exodus 7:8-25; Exodus 8:1-32; Exodus 9:1-35; Exodus 10:1-29; Numbers 33:4; Romans 1:24-32; Psalms 104:27-28; Isaiah 28:2,12-17; Isaiah 44:9-10,12-17. Memory Text: “So the heart of Pharaoh was hard; neither would he let the children of Israel go, as the Lord had spoken by Moses” … Continue reading –>
Inside Story: Monkeys or Church?
Inside Story for Friday 18th of July 2025 By Andrew McChesney Monkeys threatened to destroy the crops of a family farm in Mozambique. António Cuchata received strict orders from his father to keep the monkeys away. However, António didn’t want to guard the farm on Sabbath. He recently had given his heart to Jesus in … Continue reading –>
Friday: Further Thought – Rough Start
Daily Lesson for Friday 18th of July 2025 Further Thought: Read Ellen G. White, “The Plagues of Egypt,” Pages 257–265, in Patriarchs and Prophets. Look at how badly things started off for Moses and his people after Moses first approached Pharaoh. “The king, thoroughly roused, suspected the Israelites of a design to revolt from his … Continue reading –>
Thursday: Like God to Pharaoh
Daily Lesson for Thursday 17th of July 2025 Read Exodus 6:28-30; Exodus 7:1-7. How does the Lord deal with Moses’ objection? God presents Himself to Moses as Yahweh, which means that He is the personal and close God, the God of His people, and the God who entered a covenantal relationship with them. This immanent … Continue reading –>
Wednesday: Uncircumcised Lips
Daily Lesson for Wednesday 16th of July 2025 The Lord had indeed given Moses some powerful promises about what He was going to do. Though that encounter must have encouraged Moses, his encouragement was probably short-lived, given the response that he received from his people. Read Exodus 6:9-13. What happened next, and what lessons can … Continue reading –>
Tuesday: The Divine “I”
Daily Lesson for Tuesday 15th of July 2025 Poor Moses! He first gets berated by Pharaoh, and now his own people all but curse him. Thus, Moses brings his complaint to God. In his bitterness and disappointment with the worsening of Israel’s conditions, he asks: “ ‘Why, Lord, why have you brought trouble on this … Continue reading –>
Monday: A Rough Start
Daily Lesson for Monday 14th of July 2025 Though Moses must have known, even from the beginning, that what the Lord had tasked him with was not going to be easy (hence his attempts to get out of it), he probably had no idea of what was coming. Read Exodus 5:3-23. What were the immediate … Continue reading –>
Sunday: Who Is the Lord?
Daily Lesson for Sunday 13th of July 2025 Following God’s orders, Moses goes to Pharaoh to begin the process in which he, Moses, would “bring My people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt” (Exodus 3:10, NKJV). What was Pharaoh’s response to God’s demand, “Let my people go” (see Exodus 5:1-2), and what significance can … Continue reading –>
Sabbath: Rough Start
Daily Lesson for Sabbath 12th of July 2025 Read for This Week’s Study: Exodus 5:1-23, Revelation 11:8, Exodus 6:1-13, Psalms 73:23-26, 2 Corinthians 6:16, Exodus 6:28-30; Exodus 7:1-7. Memory Text: “Afterward Moses and Aaron went in and told Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord God of Israel: “Let My people go, that they may hold a feast … Continue reading –>