Amazing miracles occurred to enable Israel to be freed from Egyptian bondage. Ten dramatic plagues were sent by God to supernaturally deliver them. They were on their way to their Promised Land. They were excited and rejoicing. Four hundred years of bondage, but now they were free!

But it didn't take long for the Israelites to encounter a major problem. After their departure from Egypt, Pharaoh once again changed his mind about letting them go. He amassed a great army and pursued them to bring them back, along with all of the wealth they had taken with them from Egypt. Now, Israel stood before a great expanse of water, the Red Sea. Behind them was the enemy; ahead of them was an insurmountable obstacle.

After the deaths of the firstborn sons in Egypt, Pharaoh finally allowed the Israelites to leave. Over two million people departed, taking with them great wealth from the land where they had served as slaves.

God told Moses that the enemy would pursue and try to capture them and take them back to slavery. God warned: "...Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in" (Exodus 14:3).

After the deaths of the firstborn sons in Egypt, Pharaoh finally allowed the Israelites to leave. Over two million people departed, taking with them great wealth from the land where they had served as slaves.

God told Moses that the enemy would pursue and try to capture them and take them back to slavery. God warned: "...Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in" (Exodus 14:3).

It has been said, "Where God guides, He provides." Despite four-hundred years in slavery, Israel left Egypt with great wealth. They took with them much cattle, flocks, and herds (Exodus 12:38). They also took with them the wealth of the Egyptians:

And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: And the Lord gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required. And they spoiled the Egyptians. (Exodus 12:35-36)

There are two types of fear, one is good, and the other is bad. Join Stacey to find out what the difference is and how to conquer the bad fear.

The Bible teaches that the life of man and beasts is in the blood (Leviticus 17:11,14). Because the penalty for sin is death (Romans 6:23), and since life is in the blood, God established the principle that forgiveness of sin comes only through the shedding of blood: "And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission" (from sin) (Hebrews 9:22).

It happened after this that the people of Moab, with the people of Ammon, and others with

them, besides the Ammonites, came to battle against Jehoshaphat.

Then some came and

told Jehoshaphat, saying, "A great multitude is coming against you from beyond the seas,

from Syria; and they are in Hazazon Tamar" (which is EnGedi). (2 Chronicles 20:1-2)

There are always “some” with a bad report. The Biblical record is filled with their gloomy

proclamations:

-Moses received a bad report concerning the dangerous depths of the Red Sea, which

blocked Israel’s exodus from Egypt.

-Messengers came to Nehemiah describing Jerusalem in ruins with its fortified walls

collapsed in devastation.

Naomi, a woman whose story is recorded in the book of Ruth, received a series of

bad reports: Her husband and both sons died.

King David looked out over the plains and saw a messenger running with news from the

battlefield. It was a devastating report that his son, Absalom, was dead.

A righteous man named Job seemed to have a propensity for the bad news. He received

word that his children were killed and his servants and herds captured by the enemy.

Lucky man--he also had a wife who seemed to delight in emphasizing these negative

reports (as if Job needed someone to tell him how bad things were). Her advice was to

“curse God and die.”

-As Jarius hurried towards home, bringing Jesus to his ailing daughter’s side, his servant

met him with the tragic news that the child was already dead.

There are always "some" with a bad report. In fact, there are usually “more” than “some”

because we live in a negatively oriented world. If you don’t believe it, observe what happens

when you share an innovative idea.

The common response is for others to immediately point out why your plan won’t work. This negative mindset is tremendously evident on the evening

television news, where practically every report concerns crime, political wrangling, or societal

crisis.

Even the weather report is negative. Why not say “80% chance of sunshine” instead of

“20% chance of rain”?

It happened after this that the people of Moab, with the people of Ammon, and others with

them, besides the Ammonites, came to battle against Jehoshaphat.

Then some came and

told Jehoshaphat, saying, "A great multitude is coming against you from beyond the seas,

from Syria; and they are in Hazazon Tamar" (which is EnGedi). (2 Chronicles 20:1-2)

There are always “some” with a bad report. The Biblical record is filled with their gloomy

proclamations:

-Moses received a bad report concerning the dangerous depths of the Red Sea, which

blocked Israel’s exodus from Egypt.

-Messengers came to Nehemiah describing Jerusalem in ruins with its fortified walls

collapsed in devastation.

Naomi, a woman whose story is recorded in the book of Ruth, received a series of

bad reports: Her husband and both sons died.

King David looked out over the plains and saw a messenger running with news from the

battlefield. It was a devastating report that his son, Absalom, was dead.

A righteous man named Job seemed to have a propensity for the bad news. He received

word that his children were killed and his servants and herds captured by the enemy.

Lucky man--he also had a wife who seemed to delight in emphasizing these negative

reports (as if Job needed someone to tell him how bad things were). Her advice was to

“curse God and die.”

-As Jarius hurried towards home, bringing Jesus to his ailing daughter’s side, his servant

met him with the tragic news that the child was already dead.

There are always "some" with a bad report. In fact, there are usually “more” than “some”

because we live in a negatively oriented world. If you don’t believe it, observe what happens

when you share an innovative idea.

The common response is for others to immediately point out why your plan won’t work. This negative mindset is tremendously evident on the evening

television news, where practically every report concerns crime, political wrangling, or societal

crisis.

Even the weather report is negative. Why not say “80% chance of sunshine” instead of

“20% chance of rain”?