Praying Through the Bible From the Beginning EXODUS

By Ayobola Olusegun-Emmanuel

Praying Through the Bible from the Beginning: EXODUS is the second of the Praying Through the Bible from the Beginning books; next to GENESIS. This book covers Exodus the second book of the Bible. It covers a simple account of its chapters, supported with prayer points directly drawn from each chapter of Exodus. It is set to serve as a guide to effectual prayers. It presents a helpful way of effectively applying God’s Word in prayers with the help of the Holy Spirit as you read and pray through with understanding, and at your own pace without being overwhelmed. This book will serve as a helpful Bible companion tool for enrichment in God’s Word. It will also help with a desired Christian growth in daily Bible reading as you prayerfully read or study through the Bible with understanding, in line with God’s Word, using related Bible verses, and as well, receiving answers to those challenging questions of life. In any case, the answers are in God’s Word.

As you read and pray, be enlightened, empowered, and transformed by the Lord through His Word, in Jesus’ name. Amen. God bless you, richly.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Mar 27, 2023
• ISBN: 9781365579226

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DEDICATION

This book is dedicated to the Almighty and ever Faithful God, the Lover of my soul, Giver of life, divine wisdom, grace, and strength. He is forever true to His Word; He remains the same in time past, now, and forever.

Thank You Lord!

PREFACE

Praying Through the Bible from the Beginning EXODUS aims at helping the user to read and learn about each chapter account of the Bible book Exodus, and as well, serves as a guide to effectually pray while directly drawing life-changing prayer points from each chapter being read. This is a helpful way of effectively applying God’s Word in prayers through the help of the Holy Spirit. Sometimes, requests in prayer may not be granted because we ask wrongly. Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss….(James 4:3) KJV. However, allowing God’s Word: the Bible, by the help of His Spirit,  to guide our prayers or requests from Him, will channel us into praying the Father’s will, and receiving answers to our requests, in His own time. ⁹ After this manner, therefore pray ye: Our Father which at in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name. ¹⁰

Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven….(Matt. 6:9-10) KJV. The goal, therefore, is at least, to read and pray through each chapter account with understanding, and at your own pace without being overwhelmed. Perhaps, you are a new believer in Christ, or a Christian who desires to read and study the Bible daily, or to just read the Bible through, but you somehow feel overwhelmed. You  may not even be a new Christian, and sometimes, you want to read but you are not just doing it. It could also be that you read it, but you hardly understand it. Maybe you have always wanted to pray in line with God’s Word, but you do not know how, or you feel you do not know enough Bible verses to apply in prayer. It could also be that you need answers to questions about certain challenges that you are passing through, or

you want to be enriched by God’s Word. Whatever the case may be, the answers are in God’s Word.

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. (Hebrews 4:12) KJV.

Recognizing the potency of God’s Word by constantly reading, studying, believing, meditating, declaring, living, walking by the Word, and praying God’s promises into manifestation, are key to human existence. No wonder the Psalmist wrote:

Thy testimonies are wonderful; Therefore doth my soul keep them. The entrance of Thy words giveth light; It giveth understanding unto the simple. I opened my mouth and panted: For I longed for thy commandments.(Ps.119:129-130) KJV.

This book is solely based on the account of God’s Word, accompanied with beneficial prayer points from the Bible chapters, which could serve as a guide to attaining any of the aforementioned goals that may be applicable to you, and even much more. I pray that as you read and pray, the Lord will enlighten and empower you in His Word, and by His Word. May God perfect all that concerns you, richly transform your life for good, and for His glory, in Jesus’ name! Amen!

EXODUS 1

The Israelites in Egypt

Oppressed  in Egypt

Advancement Amidst Oppression

The Midwives that Feared God

The Reward of Obedience

These are the names of the children of Israel who went to Egypt; every man with his family went with Jacob: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin; Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. Jacob’s family were seventy in number; because Joseph was already in Egypt. Eventually, Joseph died, his brothers as well, and that entire generation. However, the children of Israel were prosperous and grew in abundance; they became extremely great, and  occupied the land. Later, a new king began to reign in Egypt, who did not recognize Joseph. He told his people to note that the Israelites were far greater than them (the Egyptians), so, he asked that they wisely  plot against them lest they increase immensely, and unite with the Egyptians’ adversaries against Egypt, and then leave their land. Therefore, they assigned taskmasters  to oppress them with hard labour. So, they constructed storage cities, Pithom and Rameses for Pharaoh. However, the more the Israelites were oppressed, the greater they increased. The Egyptians therefore became more fearful of the Israelites, that they subjected them to tougher labour, harsh life, severe slavery of producing mortar, bricks, and doing other various jobs in the field. They exposed them to oppressive labour all round. Thereafter, the Pharaoh instructed the Hebrew midwives, named Shiphrah and Puah that; whenever they attended the Hebrew women during childbirth, and it is a son, they should kill him, but allow a daughter to live. However, since the midwives feared God, they did contrary to Pharaoh’s instruction; they saved the  male children. Therefore, the king of Egypt asked the midwives why they acted contrary to his command by saving the lives of the male children; the midwives told  Pharaoh that; it was because the Hebrew women were different from the Egyptian women; they were stronger and gave birth prior to the midwives’ arrival. So God favoured the midwives, and the Israelites kept increasing and became extremely mightier. And since the midwives feared God, He settled them in their own families. Then, Pharaoh ordered his people to throw every male infant into the river, and to keep every daughter alive.

Prayer

The covenant-keeping God from generation to generation, I worship You, in Jesus’ name.

The never-failing Father, I thank You, in Jesus’ name

You are the Mighty Father, Who is nearer than one can ever imagine, in the midst of afflictions; I reverence Your majesty, Lord, in Jesus’ name.

Like You were with Abraham, Isaac, Jacob (Israel), and their descendants (1:7), oh Lord, be with me and my house from generation to generation, in Jesus’ name.

Even after the death of Joseph, his brethren, and that entire generation died, the Israelites kept on increasing, waxing greater and stronger (1:6-7). Oh God of Israel, let my seed never die, but to grow greater and stronger, from generation to generation, in Jesus’ name.

Oh God of Israel, make me and my household increasingly fruitful, exceedingly mighty, and fill the land (1:7) wherever You position us, in Jesus’ name.

The King of Egypt conspired with his people against the Israelites because they envied the Israelites’ unexplainable enlargement (1:8-11). Oh God, arise today, and defend me against every enemy of my enlargement, in Jesus’ name.

Pharaoh then set assigned taskmasters against the Israelites to subject them to hard labour, to frustrate their growth, but they grew instead (1:11-12). Oh God of Israel, increase me increasingly against every effort of my enemies to cripple my advancement in life, in Jesus’ name.

The continuous enlargement of the Israelites despite their humiliation by the Egyptians,  shocked and frightened the Egyptians (1:8-10). Oh Lord, let my greatness in life shock and terrify my adversaries for life, in Jesus’ name.

As the oppression did not hinder the increase of the Israelites (1:11) oh God of Israel, by Your mighty hand, disempower every adversary and taskmaster set against my life and destiny to cause regression or afflictions of any kind, in Jesus’ name.

The great Deliverer of Israel; God Almighty, deliver me and my family from every affliction and burden of all our enemies (1:13-14), in Jesus’ name.

God of Israel, afflict our affliction, in Jesus’ name.

Oh God of Israel, You are the burden, Bearer; bear my burdens and that of my family, Jesus’ name.

Oh God of Israel, You are the burden Lifter; arise and rid me of every evil burden of my enemies, then, multiply it and return it upon their own heads, in Jesus’ name.

Oh Lord, like You did for Israel in Egypt (1:12), arise now, and turn the afflictions of the enemies over my life and family to an avenue of divine greatness/enlargement for us, in Jesus’ name.

Oh God of Israel, as You bless me and my family amidst adversities, multiply the sorrows  and torments of our adversaries upon their lives, in Jesus’ name.

As the divine increase of the Israelites in Egypt amidst affliction terrified their Egyptian  oppressor (1:9-10), oh Lord, let my divinely favourable gains continually cause pain for my oppressors and terrorize them, in Jesus’ name.

Arise today oh God of Israel, and turn the wisdom of every evil taskmaster assigned against me and my family to foolishness (1:11-14), in Jesus’ name.

Like You used the Hebrew midwives (1:17), oh God of Israel, turn every taskmaster of my life and family to our care master, in Jesus’ name.

Oh God of Israel, let the table turn in my favour; cause every stubborn taskmaster holding me and my family back in rigorous oppression to replace us in the field of affliction, in Jesus’ name.

Lord, amidst affliction, You increased Israel in Egypt (1:12); oh Lord, turn my bitterness to sweetness and my bondage into divine deliverance, in Jesus’ name.

Oh God of Israel, like You did to the Hebrew midwives (1:17); put Your fear in the hearts of those assigned to destroy or steal from me and my family, let them do contrary to the wish of our enemies by favouring us, in Jesus’ name.

Like You did to the King of Egypt (1:18); oh Lord, serve my enemies with questions they cannot answer, and puzzles they cannot solve, in Jesus’ name.

Oh God of Israel, like the Hebrew women (1:19), strengthen me and my house, to bring forth, be gloriously productive, increase tremendously  and excellently before our adversaries realize it; render them powerless, in Jesus’ name.

Like the Hebrew mid-wives (1:17), let Your fear permeate my life and family, and use us for Your glory to deliver generations, in Jesus’ name.

Like the Hebrew women (1:19), in my time of delivery, oh God of Israel, let me bring-forth without any delay or afflictions, in Jesus’ name.

As the Egyptian oppressor could not explain the Israelites’ growth amidst hardship (1:1-22); Lord, make my life and family a wonder to all our oppressors, in Jesus’ name.

The Hebrew mid-wives chose to fear God than an earthly king or man; to preserve lives, and God rewarded and honoured them, with their own families (1:17, 20). Oh God of Israel, help me and my family to put You first in all things no matter the cost, in Jesus’ name.

As the Hebrew midwives did not lose (1:20), by Your grace oh Lord, I shall not lose my reward in You, and my family shall not, in Jesus’ name.

Thank You Lord for answered prayers, for all you have done, and will do,  in Jesus’ name. Amen!

EXODUS 2

The Birth of Moses

Drawn Out of the Water

Adopted

Divine Support Amidst  Deadly Situations

Rejected

The Escape to Midian

An Opportunity to Help

Sustained in a Strange Land

God Heard the Cry of the Israelites in Egypt

There lived a man from the family of Levi who married a woman from the tribe of Levi. The woman got pregnant and had a son. She realized that he was a lovely child, so, she hid him three months. When she could hide him no more, she got him a bulrush, coated with tar to allow it float. Then, she put him in it, and placed it in the reeds by the shore of River Nile. His sister watched from  a distance to see what would happen to him. Thereafter, Pharaoh’s daughter went down to take a bath at the river, while her maids strolled beside the river. As she spotted the basket between the reeds, she directed her maid to fetch it. She opened it and noticed the baby who was crying, she was empathetic for him, and she stated that he was one of the Hebrews’ children. Instantly, the baby’s sister asked the Pharaoh’s daughter, if she could get her a female Hebrew nurse to care for the baby for her. The princess agreed; and the girl called on the baby’s mother. Then, the Pharaoh’s daughter told her to take the child with her and nurture him on her behalf, and that she would be given her salaries. Thereafter, the woman carried the baby and nurtured him. When the child  had grown, she took him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and she adopted him as her son. She named him Moses; because she took him out of the water. At a certain time, when Moses had become an adult, he stepped out to observe the afflictions of his people. There, he noticed an Egyptian whipping one of his Hebrew people. Then, Moses gazed around, and since he did not notice any observer, he murdered the Egyptian and covered him with sand. Again, he stepped out the next day, and saw two Hebrew men fighting. Moses asked the one at fault of why he was attacking his brother. The man, however, asked Moses who had made him their judge, and, if Moses had planned to kill him like he previously killed the Egyptian. As such, Moses became worried and thought that; certainly, the murder incidence was seen! By the time Pharaoh learned of the incidence, he wanted to kill Moses, but Moses escaped, and went to stay in the land of Midian; there, he sat by a well. The priest of Midian had seven daughters, they all came along to fetch water, but as they filled up the troughs to water their father’s sheep, some shepherds arrived and chased them away. Moses, however, came to their aid and watered their sheep. When the ladies returned to Reuel their father, he asked them why they returned so soon, and they told him that an Egyptian rescued them from the hands of the shepherds, fetched  sufficient water for them, and as well, watered their sheep. Then, he asked them of the of the man’s whereabout and why they left him behind. So, he advised his daughters to invite the man for a meal. Thereafter, Moses was pleased to stay with Reuel, and the man offered Zipporah his daughter to Moses. Later, Zipporah had a son for Moses, and Moses named him Gershom; because he felt he was a foreigner in another land. Eventually, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites grieved for their oppression, and their lamentation reached God. Then, God recalled His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and God considered the  condition of the Israelites, and He agreed with them.

Prayer

A Levite, married to a Levite (2:1) could mean 2 Christians of like mind married. By Your grace oh God, I shall marry well and, in Your will, and not be unequally yoked, in Jesus’ name.

God of Israel, like the Levite woman (2:2), make me speedily fruitful; in my marriage, and all round, in Jesus’ name.

By Your grace, oh Lord, I shall conceive and bring forth timely (2:2), in Jesus’ name.

Moses’ mother observed that her baby was a lovely child (2:2). Oh God, please give me Godly, and lovely children to the glory of Your name, in Jesus’ name.

I decree by Your power and grace oh Lord, that I shall bring forth glorious children (2:2) in Jesus’ name.

Moses’ mother observed early that her child was a goodly child (not an ordinary child), and she hid him for three months (2:2). Oh God, help me to be spiritually discerning, and observant of the children You have given me/will give me; to guide and protect them in Your way and Your will, in Jesus’ name.

Moses’ mother neither announced nor exposed her child too early until the time was ripe (2:2-3). By Your grace oh Lord, I shall not expose my children before Your ordained time for them; I shall not endanger their lives, in Jesus’ name.

When Moses’ mother did not know what to do anymore, after three months of keeping him, she took a ridiculous step of faith (2:3-10). Like Moses’ mother, oh Lord, help me to always follow Your divine guidance on how to raise the child/children You have given me/will give me, in Jesus’ name.

Moses’ mother was calm as she followed God’s leading every step of the way despite the tension in the land against male children (2:3-10). Oh God of Israel, even in the heat of grievous challenges/difficult situations, let Your divine peace envelope my heart/life; to listen, know, and follow Your divine counsel and leading for my life and family, in Jesus’ name.

Logically, it looked absurd that a mother would leave her child in a basket, in a river, like Moses’ mother did, but obviously, she followed divine instructions in her heart/spirit (2:3-10) that eventually benefitted her family and nation. Oh God of Israel, help me to listen and foolishly obey all Your instructions for me, my family, ministry, and nation, at all times, in all ways, and conditions, in Jesus’ name.

Oh God of Israel, just as You hid Moses’ destiny from being terminated by Pharaoh,  hide my divine destiny, that of my family members, and entire generation from being terminated by set enemies, in Jesus’ name.

By Your divine arrangement Lord, You ordained and pre-planned that the daughter of the same enemy that was after Moses’ life, to nurture him from childhood to adulthood,