Who's Holding Your Arms Up?

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COMEBACK KIDS – 2

Who Is Holding Your Arms Up?

Exodus 17:8 The Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.

Lesson #1 - Expect attacks when you are weak and

vulnerable.

9 Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight

the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff

of God in my hands.”

10 So Joshua fought the Amalekites as Moses had ordered, and

Moses, Aaron and Hur went to the top of the hill.

11 As long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were winning, but

whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning.

12 When Moses’ hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under

him and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held his hands up—one on one

side, one on the other—so that his hands remained steady till

sunset.

13 So Joshua overcame the Amalekite army with the sword.

Lesson #2: Never fight alone.

15 Moses built an altar and called it The Lord is my Banner. 16 He said, “For

hands were lifted up to the throne of the Lord….”

Lesson #3: Everyone has a role.

14 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as something to

be remembered and make sure that Joshua hears it, because I will

completely blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”

15 Moses built an altar and called it The Lord is my Banner. 16 He said,

“For hands were lifted up to the throne of the Lord. The Lord will be at

war against the Amalekites from generation to generation.”

Lesson #4: God fights for you when you lift Him up.