Daily Devotions (Page 152)

    Click this link to hear an audio version of the below text narrated by SOTH member Jerry Rhinehart: Exodus 5:10-6:1 (ESV) 10 So the taskmasters and the foremen of the people went out and said to the people, “Thus says Pharaoh, ‘I will not give you straw. 11 Go and get your straw yourselves wherever you can find it, but your work will not be reduced in the least.’” 12 So the people were scattered throughout all the land of Egypt…

    Click this link to hear an audio version of the below text narrated by SOTH member Jerry Rhinehart: Exodus 5:1-9 (ESV) Making Bricks Without Straw 5 Afterward Moses and Aaron went and said to Pharaoh, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.’” 2 But Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice and let Israel go? I do not know…

    Click this link to hear an audio version of the below text narrated by SOTH member Jerry Rhinehart: Exodus 1:1-14 and 2:23-24 These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob, each with his household: 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, 3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, 4 Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. 5 All the descendants of Jacob were seventy persons; Joseph was already in Egypt. 6 Then Joseph died, and…

    Click this link to hear an audio version of the below text narrated by SOTH member Jerry Rhinehart: Matthew 11:28-30 (ESV) 28 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” In contrast to the religious leaders,…

    Click this link to hear an audio version of the below text narrated by SOTH member Jerry Rhinehart: Luke 11:45-46 (ESV) 45 One of the lawyers answered him, “Teacher, in saying these things you insult us also.” 46 And he said, “Woe to you lawyers also! For you load people with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers. It is difficult to overstate how critical Jesus was of the religious…

      Click this link to hear an audio version of the below text narrated by SOTH member Jerry Rhinehart: Hebrews 12:7-14 (ESV) 7 It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? 8 If you are left without discipline, in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. 9 Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and…

    Click this link to hear an audio version of the below text narrated by SOTH member Jerry Rhinehart: Philippians 4:4-7 (ESV) 4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. 5 Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; 6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your…

    Click this link to hear an audio version of the below text narrated by SOTH member Jerry Rhinehart: Acts 2:1-4 (ESV) The Coming of the Holy Spirit 2 When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. 2 And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. 3 And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them.…

    Click this link to hear an audio version of the below text narrated by SOTH member Jerry Rhinehart: Luke 3:15-18 (ESV) 15 As the people were in expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts concerning John, whether he might be the Christ, 16 John answered them all, saying, “I baptize you with water, but he who is mightier than I is coming, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the…

    Click this link to hear an audio version of the below text narrated by SOTH member Jerry Rhinehart: Luke 1:76-79 (ESV) 76 And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways, 77 to give knowledge of salvation to his people in the forgiveness of their sins, 78 because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the sunrise shall visit us[a] from on high 79 to give light…