Getting Started This Week | Week 06
March 16 - March 21, 2026
The Plagues & Pharaoh’s Hard Heart
This Week's Focus: Sometimes life feels stuck not because of circumstances, but because of unseen forces holding us back, fear, sin, unhealthy patterns, or systems that feel impossible to overcome. In Exodus 7–10, God confronts Pharaoh’s hard heart with plagues, demonstrating that He is not passive in the face of oppression.
This week, we explore how God can confront what enslaves us today and make a way forward, even when change feels impossible.
Getting Started This Week
Have you ever felt trapped in a situation that seems unchangeable, a toxic relationship, financial stress, emotional patterns, or fear? The Israelites experienced the same kind of “impossible” entrapment under Pharaoh. God didn’t ignore their cries; He acted decisively, confronting the root problem, even when it was dangerous and uncomfortable.
This week invites you to reflect on what might be holding you captive and how God’s power and presence offer a path toward freedom.
This week invites you to reflect on what might be holding you captive and how God’s power and presence offer a path toward freedom.
Scriptures For The Week
- Exodus 7–10 | The plagues and Pharaoh’s hard heart
- Psalm 34:17–18 | God hears the cries of the oppressed
- Romans 8:31–39 | Nothing can separate us from God’s love
- John 8:36 | Jesus sets the captive free
Memory Verse
Read it once a day. Let it shape how you think and pray this week. Let it remind you that God can bring good even from difficult seasons.
Digging Deeper (Optional)
Go deeper if you’d like — no pressure.
BibleProject: Exodus Overview
As you watch, notice how God’s actions confront both injustice and hard hearts.
As you watch, notice how God’s actions confront both injustice and hard hearts.
Reflect
- What does God’s willingness to confront oppression teach me about His character?
- How might He want to confront what is holding me back today?
- Where in my life do I need freedom, and how is God inviting me into it?
Optional "More"
Ready To Begin?
You don’t have to rush.
Growth takes time.
Continue With Week 06 | The Plagues & Pharaoh’s Hard Heart
Pray for open eyes this week, to see what holds you back, and for courage to trust God’s way of setting you free. Let’s step into the story with expectation.
Growth takes time.
Continue With Week 06 | The Plagues & Pharaoh’s Hard Heart
Pray for open eyes this week, to see what holds you back, and for courage to trust God’s way of setting you free. Let’s step into the story with expectation.