{"id":4279,"date":"2015-02-04T10:29:56","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T16:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/wp\/?p=4279"},"modified":"2015-02-04T10:29:56","modified_gmt":"2015-02-04T16:29:56","slug":"exodus-chapter-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/?p=4279","title":{"rendered":"Exodus Chapter 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mbcnewhaven.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Exodus-2.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4280\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mbcnewhaven.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Exodus-2-300x179.jpg?resize=300%2C179\" alt=\"Exodus-2\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mbcnewhaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Exodus-2.jpg?resize=300%2C179&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mbcnewhaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Exodus-2.jpg?resize=200%2C120&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mbcnewhaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Exodus-2.jpg?w=460&amp;ssl=1 460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Today we start the book of Exodus.\u00a0 Remember the children of Israel were where they should have been, for now.\u00a0 God used the Egyptians to strengthen and protect Israel.\u00a0 God now uses the Egyptians to make Israel discontent because of the hard work, and the killing of their children.\u00a0 We all get a little complacent, and need God to move something into our lives from time to time to help us refocus.\u00a0 They knew God was going to move them back to the Promised Land.\u00a0 We know God desires to use us, but we get comfortable where we are, doing what we are doing.\u00a0 Are you listening for God\u2019s direction in your life?\u00a0 Are you praying for God\u2019s direction in your life?\u00a0 Are you living out God\u2019s Word knowing it\u2019s His direction for your life?\u00a0 We all need to be content in worldly things, but never complacent in godly things.<\/p>\n<p>I have always found it interesting that throughout the Old Testament God uses the world to finance Israel.\u00a0 Sometimes God moves in the hearts of the most unlikely people to bless you and support His work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"excerpt","protected":false},"author":1167,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","filesize_raw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-reading"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1167"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4279"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4281,"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4279\/revisions\/4281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}