Author: Dwight Clough

But Moses said to God, "Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?" — Exodus 3:11This is exactly where we should and should not be.Forty years of herding sheep in the desert had drained Moses of all his royal blood. He was no longer the savior, and he knew it. How do we come to the end of ourselves? Like Moses, I started my adult life with great promise. I was smart, focused, energetic – and more than anything else, I wanted to please God. But my dreams of success seemed to…

His [Moses’] sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him. Then Pharaoh’s daughter went down to the Nile to bathe, and her attendants were walking along the river bank. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her slave girl to get it. She opened it and saw the baby. He was crying, and she felt sorry for him. "This is one of the Hebrew babies," she said. Then his sister asked Pharaoh’s daughter, "Shall I go and get one of the Hebrew women to nurse the baby for you?" — Exodus 2:4-7Moses’ sister completes…

His [Moses’] sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him. Then Pharaoh’s daughter went down to the Nile to bathe, and her attendants were walking along the river bank. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her slave girl to get it. She opened it and saw the baby. He was crying, and she felt sorry for him. "This is one of the Hebrew babies," she said. Then his sister asked Pharaoh’s daughter, "Shall I go and get one of the Hebrew women to nurse the baby for you?" — Exodus 2:4-7She felt sorry…

His [Moses’] sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him. Then Pharaoh’s daughter went down to the Nile to bathe, and her attendants were walking along the river bank. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her slave girl to get it. She opened it and saw the baby. He was crying, and she felt sorry for him. "This is one of the Hebrew babies," she said. Then his sister asked Pharaoh’s daughter, "Shall I go and get one of the Hebrew women to nurse the baby for you?" — Exodus 2:4-7What went through…

His [Moses’] sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him. Then Pharaoh’s daughter went down to the Nile to bathe, and her attendants were walking along the river bank. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her slave girl to get it. She opened it and saw the baby. He was crying, and she felt sorry for him. "This is one of the Hebrew babies," she said. Then his sister asked Pharaoh’s daughter, "Shall I go and get one of the Hebrew women to nurse the baby for you?" — Exodus 2:4-7Moses was placed…

His [Moses’] sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him. Then Pharaoh’s daughter went down to the Nile to bathe, and her attendants were walking along the river bank. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her slave girl to get it. She opened it and saw the baby. He was crying, and she felt sorry for him. "This is one of the Hebrew babies," she said. Then his sister asked Pharaoh’s daughter, "Shall I go and get one of the Hebrew women to nurse the baby for you?" — Exodus 2:4-7I want to…

Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground." So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. — Genesis 1:26-27Notice how you were created:1. "Let us … " This was so important that the Father, the Son, the Spirit all conferred together and worked together on this.2. "in our…

I’m working my way through a list of verses my daughter gave me to write devotionals on. Here’s the 4th verse:The LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him." — Genesis 2:18I want to direct this word to those who are alone, and those who feel alone. I want to focus your attention on three words in this verse: "I will make."God looked at Adam, perfect, created in God’s image, sinless, whole in every way, but alone, and God said, "I will make." That same God sees…

Here’s the third verse from Liza’s list:The wicked man flees though no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion. — Proverbs 28:1Any of us who have lived any length of time know that sin never lives up to its promise. Sin promises pleasure, power and peace, but it delivers heartache, bondage and fear.Why is that? Because sin is a false solution. Another bowl of popcorn, another car, another job, another drink or another spouse will never satisfy the craving that is inside. Sin feeds on deception and deception feeds our fears.Why can the righteous be bold? …

Most American boys Chaddy’s age would be playing Little League. But Pat Stendal’s son was stranded in a tribal village where the locals were known to poison outsiders. And, with the airplane out of commission, for three days there was no way to reach him. This first volume of Minnesota Mom introduces us to a series of "co-incidences" and miracles, starting in the 1800s, that paved the way for God to change the face of an entire nation. Here is a story that will change the way you view our world. www.dwightclough.com/books.htmlLike one who takes away a garment on a…