It is time to get up and worship!

Grand Sweep Daily Reading: Exodus 8, 9, 10; Psalm 29

Exodus 9:13-14 (NIV)

13 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning. confront Pharaoh and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: Let my people go so that they may worship me, 14 or this time I will send the full force of my plagues against you and against your officials and your people, so you may know that there is no one like me in all the earth.’

Exodus 9:34-35 (NIV)

34 When Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder had stopped, he sinned again: He and his officials hardened their hearts. 35 So Pharaoh’s heart was hard and he would not let the Israelites go, just as the Lord had said through Moses.

Psalm 29:9 (NIV)

9 The voice of the Lord twists the oaks and strips the forests bare. And in His temple all cry, “Glory!”

Good morning!

The Lord God Almighty wasn’t kidding around when He sent plague after plague upon Pharaoh and the Egyptians. Don’t you wonder how humanity becomes so hard-hearted that they cannot see the hand of God at work? It must have been quite the show – God turns the river to blood and Pharaoh’s magicians find a way to duplicate the act with their sorcery. People are dying from lack of clean water. The fish have spoiled and are rotting in the river. The stench is making everyone ill. How can Pharaoh remain unmoved?

Frogs, gnats and flies come, and Pharaoh begins to waver. He thinks that maybe it is time after all to let the Hebrew people go to worship the Lord. However, he keeps changing his mind when each plague is lifted. Why do people fall to their knees when life is scary, only to jump up and forget about Him once their time of testing ends?

The cattle are dying, the people are boiling (with boils and infection), and a great hail storm pummels the land. The Egyptian people are dying everywhere. Pharaoh’s heart has not changed. The more God acts, the less impressed Pharaoh is. The Lord hovers over the earth today. The Holy Spirit is filling people with His Word, His life and His hope. Sons and daughters are seeing visions, and prophesying. The Word is being spread throughout the earth. Why are we not paying attention? Why do we refuse to believe when the evidence is clear?

The voice of the Lord is powerful. With one word, He can topple the largest cedar. The Lord God Almighty can strike the earth with flashes of lightening, and shake the desert with the tip of His finger. He can call His people to worship, confession and repentance, or He can take unrepentant sinners and harden their hearts. The voice of the Lord cries out in the darkness, saying “Get up early! Get up! Let my people go so they may come and worship me.” Do you hear the voice of the Lord calling you early in the morning? What keeps you from getting up to worship Him? What do you need to let go of so that you can hear God’s voice each day? Have you prepared your heart for Him to enter in? Is your heart hard, cold and untouchable?

The Hebrews received supernatural strength and peace from the Great I Am. His blessing is available for you and me. Will you hear His voice when He cries out to you? Will you choose to get up and worship the Lord?

Grace and peace,

Deb Spaulding

www.songofdeborah.com

Pray for: a heart that God can use. Invite Him into your life today. He will soften the hardest heart and heal our sin sick soul when we sincerely cry out to Him. Now is the time to get up and worship!

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When hope is hard

Grand Sweep Daily Reading: Exodus 5, 6, 7

Exodus 6:9 (NIV)

9 Moses reported this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and cruel bondage.

Matthew 8:5-10 (NIV)

5 When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, asking for help. 6”Lord,” he said, “my servant lies at home paralyzed and in terrible suffering.” 7 Jesus said to him, “I will go and heal him.” 8 The centurion replied, “Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed. 9 For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” 10 When Jesus heard this, He was astonished and said to those following Him, “I tell you the truth, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith.”

Good morning!

It is difficult to hear a message of hope when life is hard. We focus on our problems, our needs, our worries, and neglect the One who gives us the gift of life. Sometimes we blame Him for our misery. Have you ever cried out in anger and grief to God? Have you ever held Him responsible for your pain?

Moses returned to Egypt. Aaron went with him, and together they did their best to convince the Pharaoh to let God’s people go. It is hard to imagine what this kind of slavery must have been like. The Israelites toiled long hours, under extreme physical duress. Many died each day in their labors to build an even bigger fortress for the evil Pharaoh. They were tortured and tested. They had lost hope in offering their children and grandchildren a life of freedom and prosperity. We may not be able to fully understand just how difficult this life must have been, and yet, we experience different elements of slavery in our own lives today. We are tied to our work, sometimes for long, hard hours each day. We miss family meals and time spent together because our work takes precedence and we feel unable to say no. We are compelled to make money, spend money and save money. Money can become our God if we are not careful.

Our compulsions enslave us. Maybe you like to keep a spotless, dust-free home, and spend every waking minute scrubbing the floors, wiping down the walls, and vacuuming the carpets. This does not happen at my house; yet, there was a time when I was more concerned about the appearance of the interior of my home than I was about spending time playing with my children. That is a big mistake. Let the dust settle and take time to play with your kids. They grow up way too fast. Maybe you find yourself overwhelmed by the needs of your family. Are you a caregiver? Do you have people depending on you for help around the clock? When can you make time to sit in His holy presence to worship and pray? Are there enough hours in your day for all that needs to be accomplished?

Moses was discouraged. He told the Lord that the Israelites would not listen to him. They were far too troubled to hear the message of hope that God sent. And Pharaoh won’t listen because Moses had faltering speech. Do you ever make excuses for not having enough faith to move forward with God?

We can learn a lot from the faith of the Roman Centurion. He served the Roman guard faithfully, overseeing the lives of his soldiers. Romans were hated for their oppression and disregard for their Jewish brothers. The Centurion’s faith in Christ was the result of God’s revealing spirit in this man’s heart. The Centurion understood the principles of faith and obedience. He demonstrated it daily before his troops. When he came to the master healer for help on behalf of his servant who was extremely ill, it was the Centurion’s faith that astounded Jesus. He knew the Lord could speak the word, and it would be done. Do you trust Jesus enough to speak the word and know in your heart that it is already accomplished?

It is difficult to hope when life is hard. When we forget to praise God, trusting Him to lead us through every facet of our life, our faith will falter. We may find ourselves separated and enslaved; lost and seemingly alone. Trust Him and obey, even when you may not understand it fully. Ask God to give you the eyes, ears, and heart of the Centurion. If you are willing, the Lord will help you learn to trust Him more.

Grace and peace,

Deb Spaulding

www.songofdeborah.com

Pray for: faith. God will give it to you when you fix your eyes on Him. No matter where you find yourself, He will help you when you cry out to Him. Are you willing to trust Him completely today?

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Dear Lord, you've got to be kidding!

Grand Sweep Daily Reading: Exodus 3, 4; Psalm 28

Exodus 4:10-13 (NIV)

10 Moses said to the Lord, “O Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue.”

11 The Lord said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Who makes him deaf or mute? Who gives him sight or makes him blind? Is it not I, the Lord?

12 Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say.

13 But Moses said, “O Lord, please send someone else to do it.”

Isaiah 6:8 (NIV)

8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?” And I said, “Here I am. Send me!”

Good morning!

That “burning bush” conversation between the Lord and Moses sounds strangely familiar. In fact, I’ve had that same conversation with God in prayer. Who, me? Go tell? You have got to be kidding! Really Lord, I’m not the one you want. Yes, I did cry to out to you for help, and you’re here with me now, and I really appreciate it! But seriously Lord, what could I possibly do for you? What could I say that hasn’t already been said? Your Word rocks my world! It’s perfect just the way it is. You couldn’t possibly want to send me… could you?

Have you ever had this conversation with God?

Moses had some very compelling reasons to stay home in Midian. After all, he was happily married. He was a father, a son-in-law, and a friend to many. Moses adored Jethro and took great joy in tending his father-in-law’s flocks. It was a good job, and he liked the anonymity. He had been to the other side; Moses knew how royalty lived, and he knew the hardness of Pharaoh’s heart. Moses could live a quiet, simple existence, serving his family rather than waiting to be served. Of course, Moses knew Pharaoh would kill him for taking the life of an Egyptian taskmaster. Why would God, who had been faithful to him for all these years, suddenly come and send him back to the place Moses never wanted to return to? It broke his heart to see how the Hebrews suffered under Pharaoh’s rule. He just couldn’t go back. Could he?

Never say never.

Moses did not feel equal to the call. Even after God turned Moses’ staff to a snake, caused his hand to become leprous and then healed him in an instant; even after God said Moses would turn the river Nile into blood with one wave of his hand, Moses couldn’t see himself leading the Hebrews out of Egypt. His biggest fear was public speaking. Moses was afraid he wouldn’t know what to say. And if he spoke, his words may not make any sense. What if he slipped up and embarrassed the Lord? Moses didn’t think he had the gifts or grace to represent the Lord God Almighty.

There was nothing in Moses’ personal portfolio that qualified him to speak for God. He didn’t have a college degree or special training in speech writing and delivery. He did not possess the leadership attributes or natural ability to persuade or convince a ruler like Pharaoh to let the people go. Moses could not see what God had done for him. The Lord was preparing Moses for servant leadership – He had planned this all along. And now, when God called to Moses through the burning bush, he simply didn’t believe it.

If God called you today to speak up for Him, could you do it? Would you do it?

He will help us spread the good news of the Gospel to people who are trapped in the slavery of sin and death. God sends us out every morning with a purpose and a plan. Will you take His hand in faith and go, or will you be like Moses and say, “O Lord, please send someone else to do it.”

Grace and peace,

Deb Spaulding

www.songofdeborah.com

Pray for: help! If God calls you to it, He will see you through it. Is God calling you to speak up, step out, stand up and get out there today for Him? Will you go?

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Hiding Place

Grand Sweep Daily Reading: Exodus 1, 2; Psalms 26, 27

Exodus 2:1-3 (NIV)

1 Now a man of the house of Levi married a Levite woman, 2 and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him for three months. 3 But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket for him and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in it and put it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.

Psalm 27:5 (NIV)

5 For in the day of trouble He will keep me safe in His dwelling; He will hide me in the shelter of His tabernacle and set me high upon a rock.

Psalm 32:7 (NIV)

7 You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance.

Good morning!

When my grandchildren come to visit, they love to play hide and seek. Often, I will find them camped out underneath the bed, barricaded with blankets and pillows all around them. I remember there was a time when I was small enough to crawl under my bed to hide. We think we’ve found a spot where no one can find us, no one can touch us, and we are not within anyone’s reach. I can almost always count on tiny voices to give themselves away. I can hear the wee ones giggling softly underneath the bed. Sometimes, if I pretend not to know where they are, I will hear them cry out, “Oh Grandma Debbie!” “Nanny Deb, come find me!” Why is it that humans long to be found even when we’ve gone to great lengths to hide?

Have you ever tried to hide a crying baby? I cannot begin to imagine what the Hebrew women must have endured to keep their children safe from the evil edict of Pharaoh. When Hebrew midwives refused to follow Pharaoh’s order to kill all of the male babies at birth, mothers looked for places to hide their precious treasure. Tiny babies, still nursing every two to three hours, were tucked away, to protect them from annihilation by the Egyptians. When a young mother could no longer hide her son, she crafted a floating bassinet and placed him among the reeds of the Nile. One day, as Pharaoh’s daughter bathed at the river, she noticed the beautiful basket floating among the reeds and pulled it from the water. Inside, she uncovered the infant boy, crying at the top of his lungs. Filled with compassion, she took the child into her home and raised him as her very own. She named the child Moses, because she drew him up out of the water.

The prayers of the people must have sounded like a symphony chorus to the ears of the Father. He heard them crying out in fear and sadness. From their hiding place, they begged God to free them from the hand of an evil ruler. The Father’s chosen ones were being attacked in the worst way imaginable, and their prayers gave rise to a melody of hope and trust. He heard the prayers of His people, and He made a way for their future through the tiny infant child, floating among the reeds in the Nile.

God knows where and why you are hiding. He hears your cries for help. Your prayers of your soul waft up into the heavens, creating a sweet sound in His ear. He hears you. He knows your heart. God loves you, and He will do anything to find you. Cry out to Him today and know that He will answer your every plea. Even in the terror of the night, when evil seems to prevail and your life hangs in the balance, God is there. You are never too far from His reach.

Are you hiding from God? Have you barricaded your heart to protect yourself from injury and pain? When you find yourself in need of deliverance, cry out to the Lord. He is your hiding place. He will hide your soul in the cleft of the rock, and you will forever be safe in His loving care.

Grace and peace,

Deb Spaulding

www.songofdeborah.com

Pray for: a perfect hiding place. Run to the Lord and let Him shelter you within His loving protection. He hears your cries for help and will deliver you when you call upon His holy name.

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The Threshing Floor

Grand Sweep Daily Reading: 49, 50; Psalm 25

Genesis 50:10 (NIV)

10 When they reached the threshing floor of Atad, near the Jordan, they lamented loudly and bitterly; and there Joseph observed a seven-day period of mourning for his father.

Psalm 25:1 (NIV)

1 To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul; in you I trust, O my God.

Matthew 3:11-12 (NIV)

I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me will come one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not fit to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. 12 His winnowing fork is in His hand, and He will clear the threshing floor, gathering His wheat into the barn and burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire.

Good morning!

Have you ever experienced a time of brokenness, a moment when you feel you’ve been dealt a crushing blow? Maybe the pain is physical, like the suffering you encounter in a sudden accident or injury. Maybe you have endured the unbearable pain caused from a compound fracture, and the lengthy healing time needed to mend a broken bone. Maybe someone or something has inflicted an emotional hurt that leaves your faith bruised and bleeding. The scars don’t seem to heal, but when they finally do, they leave a thick and hard shell, impenetrable by others. You trusted someone who was not trustworthy. You placed your faith in someone who let you down. Maybe you’ve lost someone you love, and every day is a struggle just to get up out of bed and live another day without them.

This was the experience of Joseph, as he traveled from Egypt to Canaan to bury his father. Jacob (Israel) begged Joseph to return his body to the land of his fathers, and bury him alongside the bones of his ancestors in a cave located in the field of Machpelah in Canaan. As the funeral procession traveled across the desert, Joseph stopped at the threshing floor of Atad. He could no longer contain his overwhelming grief. Joseph stopped to mourn at the threshing floor, and he spent the next seven days pouring out his soul to God.

The threshing floor is a place where wheat is harvested from its stalk. The process of harvesting grain was two-fold. First, the stalks were placed on the threshing floor and animals were allowed to walk over the stalks to break off the grain. Once the stalks were broken, a large winnowing fork was used to toss the stalks into the air, allowing the wind to carry off the dusty chaff, and the good grain to fall back onto the ground. Winnowing is the process of separating the grain from the chaff, in preparation for the gathering.

John the Baptist used the threshing and winnowing process as a way to illustrate how God will separate believers from non-believers on the Day of Judgment. The power of the Holy Spirit will identify true believers with fire and wind. The unfaithful will blow away like chaff, into the lake of fire, where they will be consumed. And the ones who remain faithful will be gathered to the Lord for all eternity.

I find myself drawn to the threshing floor every morning when I pray. The threshing floor is a place where Christ meets me. As I lay down my life, confessing my sin and grief, He purifies my thoughts, motives and actions. Jesus separates the good from the bad, crushing the worthless from the worthwhile. It is a place to mourn the things that are lost and it is a place where the Holy Spirit’s fire cleanses my heart and frees me for faithful service. Every word, every action and every motive is carefully examined and consumed. Going to the threshing floor is a daily necessity as I seek His holiness in my life.

It is not an easy thing to honestly confess our sin and seek forgiveness. Offer your life to the Lord on the threshing floor - lay it all down at His feet. He will separate the good from the bad, freeing you from the pain of your past and giving you the faith you need to move forward. He can take your heart and purify your thoughts, words, and deeds. Are you willing to lay your life down on the threshing floor, giving Jesus full reign to break you, mold you, and shape you into a child He can use?

Grace and peace,

Deb Spaulding

www.songofdeborah.com

Pray for: courage to approach the threshing floor of Jesus Christ. When you lay yourself down at the foot of the cross, Christ will expose your flaws, and cleanse your heart through confession, forgiveness and restoration. When the Son sets you free, you are free indeed! Are you ready?

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The prayer of faith

Grand Sweep Daily Reading: Genesis 46, 47, 48

James 5:13-16 (NIV)

13 Is any one of you in trouble? He should pray. Is anyone happy? Let him sing songs of praise. 14 Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.

16 Therefore, confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.

Good morning!

I could not help myself this morning. I just had to get up and praise my Lord. Do you ever just feel simply overwhelmed by His love for your life? When I think about what the Father did through the saving work of His son Jesus Christ for you and for me, I’m amazed. Sometimes I think I have some understanding of just how great His sacrifice is, but then I realize I’m only scratching the surface. As long as I have breath, I will praise Him for His grace, mercy and the precious gift of His blood.

I’ve been preparing my heart for a deeper call in faith. One of the praise songs we sing at church speaks about longing for His holiness, faithfulness and righteousness. As I deep-clean the home of my heart every morning and invite the Lord in to live and work within me, I find myself drawn to these refining elements. Jesus in me is all I live for – He is everything I need.

I’ve been praying for healing. Healing is so much more than a physical touch. It is more than witnessing the strange and sudden disappearance of a physical or emotional illness. It is bigger than the most painful memory you find tucked away deep inside your soul. Healing is what happens when holiness, faithfulness and righteousness take hold of your heart. It wipes away the impurities of our human condition and imperfection. Healing is forever. It changes your life. It changes your eternal destination.

James, the brother of Jesus, wrote that a prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well and the Lord will raise him up. A prayer of faith is a powerful thing and is uttered through the voice of the Holy Spirit. The Spirit within me takes my heart to a new realm of worship and praise. I stand before His throne with holy boldness, covered in the righteousness of Jesus Christ. The fire of the Spirit purifies my soul and I know beyond all doubt that I stand healed and free!

It is with this attitude of gratitude that I fall at the foot of the cross today. Are you ever overwhelmed with His love for you? Is your heart prepared for the Lord’s arrival today? Has His holiness, faithfulness and righteousness changed you forever? Pray, sing and offer your petitions in faith. Confess your sin and do a little deep cleaning this morning. Jesus Christ, the risen Son of God, is waiting to move in. Are you ready for His arrival?

Grace and peace,

Deb Spaulding

www.songofdeborah.com

Pray for: healing. A prayer offered in faith is powerful and effective. Jesus Christ can give you His holiness, His faithfulness and His righteousness, if you truly long for it. Do you long to be healed?

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Godsend

Grand Sweep Daily Reading: Genesis 43, 44, 45

Genesis 45:7-8 (NIV)

7 But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance. 8a So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God.

Good morning!

There are people who have come into my life just when I needed them the most. My friend Cindy is truly a godsend. We have breakfast together on Saturday mornings, at least one a month. It’s a girlfriend’s moment. We laugh and share our stories, while consuming a LOT of coffee and savoring the delights of a home-cooked breakfast that we didn’t have to make ourselves! The best part of our morning is the time we spend in prayer. We invite the Lord to join us every time we meet, and He is our guest at the table. How I love spending time with my Savior and my dear friend.

Cindy has been sporting a “red eye” for a couple of months now. To look at her, you wouldn’t know anything was wrong, other than maybe she got up just a little too early or stayed up too late the night before! I don’t think Cindy considers herself a morning person, but she regularly sacrifices her Saturday sleep-in for a sister who finds the morning to be the very best time of day. During breakfast yesterday, we talked about her “eye-opening” experience. You see, Cindy’s “red eye” is not from being too tired. She woke up one morning and could not see. After making an emergency run to the doctor, Cindy was whisked into surgery for a torn and detached retina. She has been in recovery mode ever since. Fortunately for Cindy, her vision has all but been restored with the exception of an annoying little blind spot in her periphery. I can’t see it when I look at her. If she hadn’t told me it was there, I would not have known. Cindy is seeing things from a totally different perspective. The scar tissue blocks a portion of her vision, and it has been an unwelcome adjustment. I’ve worn contact lenses for years, and I can certainly understand her longing for clear vision. We don’t think much about how much we use our periphery until its gone. If Cindy wants to see something to her side, she must turn her head to look. I don’t know that the blind spot will ever go away, but for Cindy, its been a true miracle.

She said this challenge has opened her eyes to the power of the Lord in her life. Cindy realizes that sometimes God allows a circumstance to occur for a greater plan. We may not always be able to see Him clearly or understand why some things happen the way they do. Even with a skewed view, knowing He is there is more than enough to satisfy her. Cindy can still see Him; in fact, she says she can see the Lord even better now with the visual disturbance. What an eye opener this has been in the life of my friend.

Joseph possessed an uncanny depth perception. He knew that it was God who orchestrated his separation from family. It was God who sent Joseph to Egypt. God taught him to be a good and faithful servant, and to stand firm when life seemed totally unfair. Joseph trusted the Lord to lead him and was willing to walk with him throughout the years. And now, at the moment of his family’s great need, Joseph was able to provide for them. God had prepared Joseph’s heart for an amazing reunion. The love he held for his family was finally brought full circle. God allowed that desert experience to help Joseph bloom into the man God wanted him to be.

So when you find yourself wandering around in a hot and dry desert, unable to see clearly, stop and ask the Lord for an eye opener. The circumstances you face today could be the godsend you’ve waited for your entire life.

Grace and peace,

Deb Spaulding

www.songofdeborah.com

Pray for: a godsend! We may not always understand why things happen the way they do, but our Father in heaven has a plan, and if we are willing to go with it, He can do some amazing things in our heart, touching the lives of all those around us. Get to church this morning and thank the good Lord for the godsend in your life. I’ll see you there!

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