Please read Exodus 8.
www.blueletterbible.org/nasb/exo/8/1/s_58001
Meditate on these phrases from verses 29 and 32.
Do not let Pharaoh deal deceitfully again…
But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also…
Frogs, gnats, and insects! Ugh! Have you ever been plagued by something or someone? Have you begged and begged the LORD to deliver you, making promises to Him if He would take you out of your distressful circumstances? After He gave you relief, did you find yourself behaving not much differently than Pharaoh did 3,500 years ago?
Oh the hardhearted state of mankind!
For I know that nothing good
dwells in me, that is, in my flesh;
for the willing is present in me,
but the doing of the good is not.
Wretched man that I am!
Who will set me free from the body of this death?
Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our LORD!
—Romans 7:18, 24-25a
Thankfully the LORD Jesus Christ saves your hard heart, changing it into a heart that can know, love, and serve Him. Ask God to reveal areas in your life where you are dealing deceitfully with Him and others.
Pray Exodus 8:10, 15, and 29 over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).
“There is no one like You LORD our God.
May ________ and I know that truth.
When You give us relief, do not let us harden
our hearts and stop listening to You.
Do not let us deal deceitfully again.
For Your name’s sake, Jesus~”
The WATCHMAN on the WALL – Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell
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