Today's Passage: Exodus 15:22-26

Then Moses made Israel set out from the Red Sea, and they went into the wilderness of Shur. They went three days in the wilderness and found no water. When they came to Marah, they could not drink the water of Marah because it was bitter; therefore it was named Marah. And the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?” And he cried to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a log, and he threw it into the water, and the water became sweet.

There the Lord made for them a statute and a rule, and there he tested them, saying, “If you will diligently listen to the voice of the Lord your God, and do that which is right in his eyes, and give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you that I put on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, your healer.”

Today's Prayer: Lord, we love you. 

You are Jehovah-Rapha – the Lord Who Heals.

Your blood was shed and your body was broken that we may receive an everlasting healing.

A gift we can hardly comprehend.

Your Word so beautifully points to this truth from the first words to the last.

And we cling to this promise today.

We need your healing, and we need your hope today.

Reveal in our hearts today where we need your healing power to bring life to our bitterness.

Reveal in our minds where we need the truth of your Word to overcome our selfish thoughts.

Help us see you anew today,

In the simplest of moments,

And in the places of deep pain.

We praise your beautiful name.

Amen.

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