Exodus 3:1-2 (1/26/17)

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Exodus 3:1-2 (1/26/17)

WORK

January 26, 2017 • Benham Brothers

* Notice Joseph sold the food, he didn’t give it away.
* Proverbs 11:26 - Blessed is the person who’s willing to SELL!
* Some people think if you’re a Christian you should give everything away.
* But that’s not always God’s best plan.
* God designed our system of exchange so that people will WORK!
* If you want something of value (product) you have to give something of value (money).
* God’s way for getting money is through work.
* Our system of exchange (the marketplace) fuels our desire and necessity to WORK.
* Why?
* Because our work is worship.
* If there’s no system of exchange and everyone existed in a socialistic environment (from each according to his ability to each according to his need) then nobody would want to work.
* God loves work.
* Exodus 3:1 - When you’re being the right person and staying in the right place you can trust the right opportunity will make its way to you.
* Moses was faithful in his duty, which put him in the path of God revealing Himself to him.
* Where was Elisha when God called him? Plowing a field.
* Where was Amos? He was a farmer.
* Where was Gideon? Threshing wheat.
* Where were the disciples? Working in the marketplace.
* All of these men were employed in an honest trade when God called them out.
* Exodus 4:20 - the same staff Moses used in his business was now called “the staff of God!”
* What changed?
* God’s presence was with him and he was on God’s mission.
* Moses’ tool for employment turned into God’s tool for deliverance.
* God has ordained the workplace making our work sacred.

Exodus (1/24/19)

January 24, 2019 • Benham Brothers

* The test of maturity is what a person does with his free time. * A wise person uses freedom as a tool to build with but a foolish person uses freedom as a toy to play with. * Exodus teaches us three things: * 1) What freedom is * 2) How much freedom costs * 3) How to use freedom

Ex 1:8-14 (1/31/14)

January 31, 2014 • Benham Brothers

The very place that represented comfort for the Israelites grew into a place representing a curse. God allowed them to be subject to forced labor so they would long for a country of their own. Push / Pull - when God is moving you to a new place there will usually be a push and a pull - a push from where you are and a pull to where you should be. When God chooses to squeeze you don't question the fingers He chooses to do it with. God uses the weaknesses of others to get us to where we need to be.

Exodus 1:22 - 2:10 (1/22/17)

January 22, 2017 • Benham Brothers

• VS 1:22 - When Satan plans for destruction God plans for deliverance - this is what set the stage for Moses to enter the scene. • Note: the very first plague 80 years later was the Nile turning to blood and the last plague was the Egyptian first-borns would die - innocent blood has a voice and God will bring justice. • FOUR CHARACTERS: • 1) A mom who was out of options but clung to her faith - she had to die to her dream. • 2) A baby who had no choice. • 3) An adoptive mother with a heart of compassion. • 4) A faithful little girl with a solution for life. • VS 1 - About this time - which time? A time when it seemed all hope was lost - dark time. • VS 2 - Imagine these three months - she had her baby but she could have been overcome by fear. • Hebrews 11:23 - Faithful parents - their faith in God’s plan was stronger than their fear of the king’s edict. • Faith always overcomes fear - even when our emotions tell us otherwise. HOW? • VS 3 - WTC - the way to face your fear is to first die to your dreams - let God handle the results. • VS 4 - We see the faith of a mom and the faithfulness of a daughter. • Jesus told the disciples to “keep watch” - Miriam shows us the rewards for doing so. • VS 5-6 - Pharoah’s daughter felt compassion - who do you think put that there? God! • God used a crying baby to control the most powerful woman in the nation. • ** God is in control - He can change the heart of that coach to put you in the game. • The question is, will you honor God if He doesn’t? • VS 7 - faithfulness coupled with proactivity! • Miriam faithfully kept watch and then proactively sprang into action when the time was right. • She proactively put the thought into Pharaoh’s daughter’s mind. • Her reward? • VS 8 - she got her brother back and her mom got her baby back! • The greatest gift a kid can give a parent is faithfulness. • VS 9 - Mom now had her baby and was paid to take care of him! • When you die to your dream and cling to your faith God will come through! • Mom’s situation was so much sweeter AFTER she let her son go than before. • When your faith intersects with God’s faithfulness you will be changed forever. • VS 10 - Mom could let him go once again because God had already proven faithful. • She submitted to his plan, not her own.