{"id":4182,"date":"2022-08-15T16:54:14","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T21:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nazareneblogs.org\/pastorscott\/2011\/11\/11\/devotional-on-exodus-16\/"},"modified":"2022-08-15T16:54:14","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T21:54:14","slug":"devotional-on-exodus-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/devotional-on-exodus-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Devotional on Exodus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-o2ZiH0rHezE\/XP1a2rQTHyI\/AAAAAAAA8G0\/7B0_oOeoUTETGblJS0r6pPLly10SS6CDQCKgBGAs\/s1600\/P5029262.JPG\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" class=\"size-large\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">2014 &#8211; Arches National Park, Utah<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nCooperating with God<br \/>\nExodus 12: The Israelites then went and did what God had commanded Moses and Aaron.  They did it all.<br \/>\nEmancipation day is coming.  After generations of slavery God is about to keep his promise to \u201crescue and redeem\u201d them from the bondage of Egypt.  The deciding event will be one of fearsome judgment.  Death is coming.  However, death will not visit every home in the land.  The Israelites must to follow explicit instructions if they\u2019re to escape the terrible events of that night.  A lamb is to be slaughtered, cooked, and eaten.  Some of the blood, mixed with hyssop is to be smeared on the door posts of their homes.  As a result, the death angel will \u201cpass over\u201d their dwellings.  They listen and obey \u2013 \u201cthey did it all.\u201d  In so doing they become a part on their own deliverance.  Most of what needs to be done is accomplished by the Lord but they must cooperate by taking this action.  Well, you know where this is going by now.  God has acted to deliver me from slavery to freedom.  He has done the vast majority of what must be done.  Still, he has instructions for me to follow.  I must respond by cooperating with the Almighty if his perfect will is to be accomplished in my life.<br \/>\nTake Away: How can I best cooperate with God today?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cooperating with God Exodus 12: The Israelites then went and did what God had commanded Moses and Aaron. They did it all. Emancipation day is coming. After generations of slavery God is about to keep his promise to \u201crescue and redeem\u201d them from the bondage of Egypt. The deciding event will be one of fearsome [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1493,7],"tags":[124,251,564,822,894],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4182"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4182"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13817,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4182\/revisions\/13817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}