{"id":4298,"date":"2015-02-06T09:31:48","date_gmt":"2015-02-06T15:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/wp\/?p=4298"},"modified":"2015-02-06T09:31:48","modified_gmt":"2015-02-06T15:31:48","slug":"exodus-chapter-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/?p=4298","title":{"rendered":"Exodus Chapter 8"},"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>Don\u2019t play with God!\u00a0 Pharaoh agreed with God when life was tough.\u00a0 Pharaoh did not want God, he wanted relief from the plagues.\u00a0 But when Pharaoh was without trouble he refused God.\u00a0 God uses trouble to get us to refocus on Him.\u00a0 God uses trouble to get us to turn from sin, and back to obedience.\u00a0 So often we surrender all because what we have left is broken and worthless.\u00a0 When we are blessed, and have much to sacrifice we trust in the blessings instead of the one who blesses.\u00a0 See if this is not true in your life. Examine the patterns in your day and week to see if you trust the blessings or the \u201cBlesser\u201d.\u00a0 God is worthy of our sacrifice and service just because of who He is.<\/p>\n<p>We need to serve, and follow God because HE IS GOD.\u00a0 How arrogant do we have to be to think God wants to negotiate with us?\u00a0 I need Jesus.\u00a0 Jesus does not need me.\u00a0 Jesus loves me, and desires to use me for the Father\u2019s glory.\u00a0 It\u2019s His love.\u00a0 His love is the only reason for grace.\u00a0 I have nothing to bring.\u00a0 Pharaoh is in the process of seeing the power of the Almighty God.<\/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-4298","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\/4298","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=4298"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4299,"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4298\/revisions\/4299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}