2009-09-11T09:10:26-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/lift+hands/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus%2017:8-16&version=NIV 2009-09-11T09:10:26-05:00 In this miraculous event, God gives the Israelites victory in battle over their enemies so long as Moses keeps his hands raised. God uses situations like this to demonstrate that it is he, and not the Israelites' own military strength, that grant them victory.