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How Big is Your God?

An interesting article I read! What would have happened had Moses tried to figure out what was needed to accomplish God's command? One of the biggest arithmetical miracles in the world was required in the desert. Moses led the people of Israel into the desert….Now what was he going to do with them? They had to be fed, and feeding 3-1/2 million people required a lot of food. According to the U. S. Army’s Quartermaster General, Moses needed 1500 tons of food a day, filling two freight trains, each a mile long. Besides, you must remember, they were cooking the food. Just for cooking this took 4000 tons of firewood and a few more freight trains, each a mile long and this is only for one day (not to mention for keeping warm, and if anyone tells you it doesn’t get cold in the desert don’t believe them!). They were for forty YEARS in transit!!! Let’s not forget about water, shall we? If they only had enough to drink and wash a few dishes (no bathing?!), it took 11,000,000 gallons EA...

How do you fear God?

‘ Fear of God ’ is a very familiar term among Christians. In fact, it has become so familiar that it has lost its true significance. There are many people in the Bible who have feared God, but I was particularly touched by the way the ‘midwives’ feared God. Exo 1:17 -  The midwives feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded but saved the male children alive                                                                                                                          Looks simple, isn’t it? But truly, it wasn’t. After the death of Joseph, his brothers and the entire generation, children of Israel were fruitful and increased abundantly and multiplied and g...