Daily Prayers

Prayer is Love, I want to Love

Category: Jesus’ Life

  • God’s Ten Commandments

    Biblical Date: 1446BC Three months after leaving Egypt, the Israelites arrived at the Sinai Desert and camped close to the foot of Mount Sinai. There God called Moses and he went up to the top of the mountain to receive his Word. God told Moses to return to his people and remind them that He,…

  • Moses, Quail, Manna and Water

    Biblical Date: 1446BC Often the Israelites complained bitterly to Moses: In the Desert of Shur, three days travel from their Red Sea crossing, the Israelites discovered their drinking water unbearably bitter and they “grumbled”. Moses spoke to God and God guided him to a special plant, which when added to the water made it safe…

  • Moses Crossing The Red Sea

    Biblical Date: 1446BC The Israelites didn’t leave Egypt empty-handed. They took with them all their possessions including their flocks and herds, and gold and silver previously sought from the Egyptians, “they plundered the city”. (Exodus 12:36) God led the Israelites through the desert to the Red Sea, by day guiding them as a pillar of cloud…

  • Moses, The Pharaoh & The Plagues

    Biblical Date: 1446BC The Israelites had become slaves to Egypt, trapped in a country that they couldn’t leave. Moses was tasked by God to bring them out of Egypt to the “Promised Land” (The land between the River Nile and the great Euphrates – Genesis 15:18-21; approximately present-day Israel – Deuteronomy 1:8). Moses, then aged…

  • Moses And The Burning Bush

    Biblical Date: 1446BC As Moses shepherded Reuel’s flock near the Mountain of Horeb, he was drawn to the sight of an “Angel of God” in the form of a burning bush but the bush was not being consumed! (Exodus 3:2) When Moses moved closer to see the phenomena a voice rang out, “Moses, Moses!” He…

  • Moses At The Well

    Biblical Date: 1486BC Little is known about Moses’ childhood and youth. However, we can assume that he was well cared for, received a good education and was probably fully aware of his Hebrew origins from his mother. He was also likely to have quickly developed strong political views as he watched the exploitation and hardship…

  • The Birth Of Moses

    Biblical Date: 1525BC Some 300 years after the death of Joseph, Isaac’s son, the face of Egypt had changed yet again. The new Pharaoh held no allegiance to Jacob’s people and he had surrounded himself with a strong military. Although the Pharaoh was initially uneasy about the many Israelites inhabiting the fertile plain of Lower…

  • Joseph – Coat Of Many Colours

    Biblical Date: 1898BC Abraham had eight sons in total; Isaac from his marriage to Sarah and God’s chosen, Ishmael to Hagar (Sarah’s Servant) and six sons from his second marriage after Sarah’s death. Isaac had two sons by his wife Rebekah, Jacob and Esau. Jacob had twelve sons (the twelve sons of Israel); his favourite…

  • Abraham – Sacrifice Of Isaac

    Biblical Date: 2054BC The birth of their son brought great joy and celebration to the aged Abraham and Sarah. They named him Isaac and had him circumcised, as God had commanded. As Isaac grew up, God opted to test Abraham’s faith. He said to him, “Take your son – your only son, whom you love, Isaac…

  • Abraham – Sodom And Gomorrah

    Biblical Date: 2067BC The cities of Sodom and Gomorrah are thought to have been located at the southern end of the Dead Sea, now submerged. Abraham’s nephew, Lot, lived in Sodom with his wife and two daughters. They were God-worshiping people, unlike other residents who had drifted towards sinful pleasures and vices. When God told…