{"id":4288,"date":"2015-02-04T10:33:48","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T16:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/wp\/?p=4288"},"modified":"2015-02-04T10:33:48","modified_gmt":"2015-02-04T16:33:48","slug":"exodus-chapter-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/?p=4288","title":{"rendered":"Exodus Chapter 5"},"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>Short sightedness causes problems.\u00a0 Not being able to see past a present situation towards a future goal hinders progress.\u00a0 The children of Israel did not like Aaron and Moses messing with their situation.\u00a0 Their situation did not get better, it got worse!\u00a0 Pharaoh made their day harder by increasing the work.\u00a0 Many cannot get out of debt or live with a little reserve because they don\u2019t want the hurt of cutting back in order to have a little extra <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_448133114\"><span class=\"aQJ\">tomorrow<\/span><\/span>.\u00a0 Sometimes, to get where God wants to take us, we will experience trouble and pain.\u00a0 Be assured it will take work.\u00a0 Nowhere are we promised a carefree walk, just an easy one if we are joined to Christ.<br \/>\nNotice at the beginning of the chapter that Pharaoh did not let them go because he did not know this God.\u00a0 Their ways and worship did not mean anything to him.\u00a0 The world does not understand our behavior because they do not know the one we seek to glorify.\u00a0 Maybe we are discouraged in the work because our relationship is not where it needs to be?<br \/>\nThe work will be worth it in the end, and your relationship with God will determine your joy in the 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-4288","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\/4288","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=4288"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4289,"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4288\/revisions\/4289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}