https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/PVDannyC/Devotional thoughts to encourage and bring joy in these difficult and often troubled times.hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/PVDannyC/649262Isaiah 41:10 Don't be afraid, for I am with you. Do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. I will help you. I will uphold you with my victorious right hand. (NLT) The feeling of being alone is not comfortable for most of us. I enjoy times of solitude where I can just be quiet...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/PVDannyC/648187Joshua 1:9 I command you--be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the LORD your God is with you wherever you go." (NLT) This Chapter introduces us to a very important time in the history of Israel. Moses has now died and Joshua has been commanded to take Moses office as the...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/PVDannyC/647751John 1:23 John replied in the words of Isaiah, “I am a a voice shouting in the wilderness. ‘Prepare a straight pathway for the Lord’s coming’!” (NLT) John the Baptist is one of the unique individuals in scripture. He is the one sent to prepare the way for the coming of Jesus. His voice rings loud...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/PVDannyC/647141Exodus 36:4-6 So all the skilled craftsmen who were doing all the work on the sanctuary left their work and said to Moses, "The people are bringing more than enough for doing the work the Lord commanded to be done." Then Moses gave an order and they sent this word throughout the camp: "No man or...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/PVDannyC/646404Exodus 16:35 And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan. In our lifetimes, we all have concerns about being able to provide for our future. The security of this earth is...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/PVDannyC/645731Life is not always a bowl of cherries! Sometimes the elixer of life is bitter... Exodus 15:22-23 So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water. And when they came to Marah, they could not...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/PVDannyC/645502Leaving the land of Egypt, was a great deliverance for the Israelites. Moses and Aaron had guided the children of Israel to a place that would bring them freedom from their slavery. As they moved from place to place their travels were directed by God. Exodus 13:21-22 And the LORD went before them...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/PVDannyC/645057Exodus 8:8-10 Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and begged, "Plead with the LORD to take the frogs away from me and my people. I will let the people go, so they can offer sacrifices to the LORD. "You set the time!" Moses replied. "Tell me when you want me to pray for you, your officials, and...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/PVDannyC/644655Genesis 50:15 And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him. The death of Jacob brought fear into the hearts of Jacob's brothers because of the actions they took against...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/PVDannyC/644364Genesis 45: 4-5 And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I [am] Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life....