![]() Great Plains Clergy Excellence Director and Assistant to the Bishop
Topeka District
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Today's Lectionary TextDo you remember the frog story that was in Exodus Chapter 8? If you don’t here it is:Exodus 8:1-11Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord: Let my people go, so that they may worship me. If you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs. The river shall swarm with frogs; they shall come up into your palace, into your bedchamber and your bed, and into the houses of your officials and of your people, and into your ovens and your kneading bowls. The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials.’” And the Lord said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers, the canals, and the pools, and make frogs come up on the land of Egypt.’” So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt. But the magicians did the same by their secret arts, and brought frogs up on the land of Egypt. Then Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron, and said, “Pray to the Lord to take away the frogs from me and my people, and I will let the people go to sacrifice to the Lord.” Moses said to Pharaoh, “Kindly tell me when I am to pray for you and for your officials and for your people, that the frogs may be removed from you and your houses and be left only in the Nile.” And he said, “Tomorrow.” Moses said, “As you say! So that you may know that there is no one like the Lord our God, the frogs shall leave you and your houses and your officials and your people; they shall be left only in the Nile.” ![]() Today's Devotional
You’re probably thinking that it would be awful to have so many frogs around and you are glad that you don’t live there. But here’s the catch – we all have our own frogs in our lives. Christine Caine talks about this in her book Undaunted, each of us have frogs in our lives and when they start croaking they sing ugly songs. Here are some frogs that Christine Caine points our:
“The only way to claim our future, to step into the calling God has in store for each and every one of us, is to face our issues with undaunted faith. Today. God is ready to rid our lives of frogs, but he leaves it up to us to choose today. God was faithful, even to Pharaoh. How can he not be faithful to you?” – Christine Caine -Jaymie Postlewait
Emporia State Campus Ministry Prayer for ReflectionHey God, Thank you for today. Even though I have frogs in my life, thank you for being right there with me. I ask that you guide me through these difficult times. Help me to become aware of the frogs that I have. Help me to fight against them and stand up to them today. Amen.
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