One More Night with the Frogs-Joel and Victoria Osteen
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| TODAY’S SCRIPTURE |
| “Moses said to Pharaoh, ‘I leave to you the honor of setting the time for me to pray for you and your officials and your people that you and your houses may be rid of the frogs, except for those that remain in the Nile.’ ‘Tomorrow,’ Pharaoh said.” |
| (Exodus 8:9–10, NIV) |
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| TODAY’S WORD from Joel and Victoria |
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When the people of Israel were in
slavery to Pharaoh, God sent different plagues to try to convince him to
let them go. One of the plagues was a plague of frogs! The people were
so miserable that Pharaoh finally said, “Moses, we’ve learned our
lesson. The Israelites may go. Please ask your God to take away these
frogs.” Moses said, “I’ll do it, Pharaoh. When do you want it to
happen?” You would think Pharaoh would say, “Right now!” But no, Pharaoh
said, “Take them away tomorrow.” He was saying, “We can put up with
these frogs just one more night.”
How many times do we do
the same
thing? “Joel, I’m going to forgive, but I’m going to do it tomorrow.
I’m going to have a better attitude. I’m going to quit
worrying...tomorrow.” We’re saying like Pharaoh, “I can put up with this
addiction, this mediocrity one more day.” No, our attitude should be,
“I’m not going to spend one more night with the frogs, putting up with
things that are not God’s best.”
Why don’t you start
today? Today, make the change. Today, choose to forgive. Today, stop
worrying. Today, get in shape. Today, take a step of faith. Shake off
passivity and procrastination and get rid of anything that would hold
you back!
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| A PRAYER FOR TODAY |
| Father in heaven, today I choose to release everything that has tried to hold me back. I release the past; I release bitterness; I release failures and missed opportunities. Instead, I embrace Your grace and power to boldly move forward into the blessing You have for me in Jesus’ name! Amen. |
| — Joel & Victoria Osteen |
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