Marcia's Poem of the Week

  Marcia's Poem of the Week 3.17. 2023  “God of the Mountain”    Exodus 19:3–8 (NLT):  3. Then Moses climbed the mountain to appear before God. The LORD called to him from the mountain and said, 'Give these instructions to the family of Jacob; announce it to the descendants of Israel: 4.‘You have seen what I did to the Egyptians. You know how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself. 5. Now if you will obey me and keep my covenant, you will be my own special treasure from among all the peoples on earth; for all the earth belongs to me. 6. And you will be my kingdom of priests, my holy nation.’ This is the message you must give to the people of Israel.” 7. So Moses returned from the mountain and called together the elders of the people and told them everything the LORD had commanded him. 8. And all the people responded together, “We will do everything the LORD has commanded.” So Moses brought the people’s answer back to the LORD. “God of the Mountain” The Ear

  Marcia's Poem of the week |  “THE FELLOWSHIP” 3/10/2023 Exodus 18 NLT 1;13-17 & 22-23 Jethro’s Visit to Moses 1. Moses’ father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, heard about everything God had done for Moses and his people, the Israelites. He heard especially about how the Lord had rescued them from Egypt. Jethro’s Wise Advice 13. The next day, Moses took his seat to hear the people’s disputes against each other. They waited before him from morning till evening. 14. When Moses’ father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he asked, “What are you really accomplishing here? Why are you trying to do all this alone while everyone stands around you from morning till evening?”15. Moses replied, “Because the people come to me to get a ruling from God. 16. When a dispute arises, they come to me, and I am the one who settles the case between the quarreling parties. I inform the people of God’s decrees and give them his instructions.” 17. “This is not good!” Moses’ f

  Marcia's Poem of the Week 3-3-2023  THE HARD TIMES Exodus 1-5; 17-18, 35 Exodus 16: 1 Then the whole community of Israel set out from Elim and journeyed into the wilderness of Sin, between Elim and Mount Sinai. They arrived there on the fifteenth day of the second month, one month after leaving the land of Egypt. 2 There, too, the whole community of Israel complained about Moses and Aaron. 3 “If only the Lord had killed us back in Egypt,” they moaned. “There we sat around pots filled with meat and ate all the bread we wanted. But now you have brought us into this wilderness to starve us all to death.” 4 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Look, I’m going to rain down food from heaven for you. Each day the people can go out and pick up as much food as they need for that day. I will test them in this to see whether or not they will follow my instructions. 5 On the sixth day they will gather food, and when they prepare it, there will be twice as much as usual.” Exodus 16: 17 So the pe