MIRIAM - THE WOMAN WHO HELPED SAVE A NATION- A DESTINY HELPER

 Introduction:

The Lord who begins a race will help us  finish in grace. Phillipians 1:6

OUR LIVES AS BELIEVERS ARE LIKE THE ABOVE VIDEO. BUT HOW DO WE FUNCTION TO SUCCEED LIKE THIS LITTLE GIRL?  LET'S FIND OUT.

LET'S TURN TO THE BIBLE FOR INSPIRATION. 

NOW, PUBLISH the Title

LESSONS FROM MIRIAM IN THE BIBLE.

"OUTLINES

1 The Story of Miriam in the Bible

1.1 A Loving Sister

1.2 A Strong and Caring Leader;

1.3 Miriam, the Prophetess

1.4 Punished with Leprosy

1.5 The Well of Miriam

LESSONS

2 Lessons from Miriam in the Bible

2.1 1. Have Courage

2.2 2. Be a Good Sibling

2.3 3. Thank God for Each and Every Blessing and Trial You Have

2.4 4. Be a Leader

2.5 5. Use Your Gifts for God’s Glory

2.6 6. Quit Complaining

2.7 7. Don’t Talk Bad About Others

2.8 8. Faith is a Blessing for Future Generations

2.8.9. Be patient with God.

2.8.10 God’s ways are not our ways and his thoughts not our thoughts.

2.8.11 We should never try to work out things on our own without God’s leading. 

3 Interesting Facts About Miriam

4 Bible Verses about Miriam"

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START here

Exodus 2: 1-8 

Summary:

Miriam is watching the Lord rescue Moses from the Nile River , she herself was being prepared for the day when she would see God deliver her people from their bondage.

# Miriam, a young slave girl watches over her baby brother when he floated in the Nile.

    Miriam courageously approaches Pharaoh’s daughter and played strategic role in her baby brother's return to his own natural family.

Here she was emboldened by the faith she had seen in the family. 

# As a wife and mother, she had waited in Egypt for many years for deliverance to come.

Miriam is referred to as a Prophetess-someone who reveals God's message to His people. 

Note, she is the 1st woman in the Bible to be given that rare privilege and designation. Her mention suggesting that she played a very strategic role in the Exodus events. 

# As an elderly woman in probably her 90s, she had seen the power of God at the Red Sea and later she led the women of Israel in a joyful celebration. Her worshiping on the shared celebration of freedom ( Exodus 15: 1-21)

Complaints,  murmuring and gossip against Moses and God attracted God’s wrath and the consequence for her curse with leprosy. 

Sadly she didn't finish like she began?

Why : 

Many of us face obstacles...from many angles

Distractions

No confidence

Simply Lazy

The challenges are clear today and the lessons are valuable.

Let's determine not only to begin right but just as important  Let's  determine  to finish right depending solely on God.