by Jen | Sep 15, 2026 | 22-27, DISO studies, Exodus 15, Jen
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Hello again! Thank you for checking in with me this week. Today’s post is about the prayer the Spirit inspired me to use each time I study, and the Huh!s and Wow!s I experienced reading through the passage with Him. I’m amazed that so much has come out of just six verses!
Last Week’s Work
MY PRAYER
Oh LORD, thank You that You are my Healer! In the desert of my life, You help me find water in Your Word—it is the life-giving spring I can’t live without now. As I continue learning about You this year, open my eyes to see, my ears to hear Your Spirit’s counsel, and my heart and mind so Your Word can be planted and grow in both places. In Jesus’s name I pray. Amen.
HUH? and WOW! MOMENTS
This time, the Wow!s outnumber the Huh?s:
- HUH? No water for 3 days! How could they survive (v22)?!
- WOW! I remember marah means bitter (v23) from my Ruth studies in 2024!
- WOW! “Moses cried to the LORD”—He knew exactly where to go when the people grumbled against Him (v25)!
- WOW! A log flung at God’s command makes bitter water turn sweet (v25)!
- WOW! The LORD tested them and gave them three rules: Listen diligently to Him, Do what is right in His eyes, Listen and keep His commandments … I think it’s interesting they were told to listen twice and do only once, though somehow I don’t think they’re going to be able to follow those rules! (v26).
- HUH? Not sure which commandments/statutes the LORD is talking about—the official Ten Commandments or the three mentioned in this same verse (v26)?
- WOW! God led them from bitter water to a place with an abundance of shade and water (v27)!
Dig-In Challenges
As always, you’re welcome to follow this study by reading and praying about what I’m discovering. If you want to do your own work with Spirit in this passage:
- PRAY for the Spirit to direct your focus for the remainder of this study. You can choose anything from your survey from last week that raises a question or resonates with you, or you can use one of my responses above. In your journal, record your personal treasure, along with any verse(s) relating to it from the study text.
- MINE: Read Exodus 15:22-27, focusing on three factors setting the stage in this text: note anything the Spirit emphasizes about the characters involved, any locations mentioned, and any timeframes discussed.
I hope you’ll join me next week to see what I discovered in this passage!
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by Jen | Sep 8, 2026 | 22-27, DISO studies, Exodus 15, Introduction, Jen
Welcome to another eight-week DISO study on the biblical names of God! This time, we’re opening the book of Exodus and learning about YHWH Rapha, The LORD Who Heals You. I’m glad you’re here, and I hope you’ll be able to study (or at least check in with me) over the next eight weeks as I dig deep into the treasure the Holy Spirit reveals to me from God’s Word.
Let’s Study Exodus 15:22-27!
This week, I’ll begin by praying and surveying Exodus 15:22-27. If you want to study on your own with me, here’s what I recommend you have ready:
- A copy of Exodus 15:22-27.
I like to refer to and make notes on the text I’m studying, so I copy the passage from blueletterbible.org, paste it into a word processing program like Google docs or MS Word, change the formatting to suit my preferences, and print it out. If you want to use the ESV translation, here’s a pdf of my Scripture study sheet.
- A study journal.
We’ll spend the next seven weeks immersed in and learning about Exodus 15:22-27. Since the work we’ll do each week builds on what came before, plan to record at least some highlights from your work over the coming weeks. I’m old-school and like the pen-and-paper method for journaling my studies, but it’s okay if that doesn’t work for you. If you don’t have time to write out or type your notes, consider dictating them into a notes app, or recording audio files, instead.
If you’re new to this type of study, I encourage you to try at least a few of the exercises in this series on your own when you’re able or just read my notes in upcoming posts in this series. You’ll get familiar with the process and see how the Spirit speaks to my situation. He may even use what I’ve done to help you explore and learn God’s Word yourself!
Dig-In Challenges
So, here’s how I’ll be studying this week:
- PRAY: Before I study, I pray to help settle my attention on the passage and the Holy Spirit’s still, small voice. I’ve been doing this for a while, so I have the bones of the prayer memorized, but I still write it out in my study journal because I sometimes get hurried and forget to ask for the help I need to really understand and connect to God’s Word. I discover so much more when I ask the Spirit to help me!
- SURVEY: After prayer, I’ll read Exodus 15:22-27, paying attention to anything that makes me say, “huh?” (as in, “I wonder what that means?”) or “wow” (as in, “that is so awesome!”). I’ll record these and later ask the Spirit to direct me to the one I should dig into right now.
If you’d like more information about the whole process I’ll be using for this study, check out this printable Digging Into Scripture Ourselves summary. Or, you can always reach out to me with your questions through my contact page or at [email protected].
I’m looking forward to sharing what I discover in this process with you. I hope you’ll make a habit of checking in with me each week!
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