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When God Keeps Moving: What Abraham's Journey Teaches Us About Trusting the Unknown (Acts 7:1-16) · Daily Bible Refresh

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  7:1
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  16
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  from
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  the
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  Message
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  Stephen,
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  Fellow
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  of
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  the
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  Holy
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  Spirit
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  Then
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  the
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  chief
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  priest
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  said,
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  what
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  do
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  you
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  have
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  to
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  say
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  for
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  yourself?
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  Stephen
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  replied,
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  friends,
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  fathers,
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  brothers,
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  the
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  God
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  of
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  glory
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  appeared
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  to
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  our
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  father
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  Abraham
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  when
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  he
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  was
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  still
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  in
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  Mesopotamia
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  before
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  the
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  move
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  to
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  Haran
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  and
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  told
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  him,
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  leave
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  your
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  country
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  and
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  family
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  and
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  go
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  to
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  the
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  land.
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  I'll
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  show
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  you.
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  So
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  he
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  left
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  the
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  country
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  of
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  the
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  Chaldees
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  and
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  moved
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  to
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  Haran.
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  After
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  the
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  death
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  of
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  his
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  father,
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  he
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  immigrated
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  to
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  this
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  country
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  where
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  you
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  now
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  live.
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  But
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  God
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  gave
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  him
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  nothing,
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  not
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  so
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  much
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  as
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  a
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  foothold.
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  He
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  did
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  promise
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  to
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  give
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  the
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  country
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  to
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  him
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  and
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  his
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  son
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  later
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  on,
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  even
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  though
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  Abraham
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  had
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  no
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  son
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  at
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  the
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  time,
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  God
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  let
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  him
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  know
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  that
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  his
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  offspring
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  would
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  move
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  to
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  an
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  alien
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  country
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  where
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  they
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  would
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  be
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  enslaved
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  and
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  brutalized
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  for
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  400
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  years.
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  But
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  God
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  said,
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  I
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  will
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  step
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  in
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  and
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  take
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  care
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  of
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  those
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  slaveholders
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  and
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  bring
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  my
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  people
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  out
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  so
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  they
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  can
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  worship
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  me
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  in
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  this
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  place.
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  Then
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  he
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  made
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  a
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  covenant
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  with
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  him
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  and
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  signed
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  it
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  in
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  Abraham's
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  flesh
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  by
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  circumcision.
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  When
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  Abraham
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  had
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  his
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  son
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  Isaac
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  within
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  eight
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  days,
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  he
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  reproduced
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  the
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  sign
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  of
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  of
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  circumcision
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  in
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  him.
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  Isaac
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  became
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  father
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  of
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  Jacob
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  and
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  Jacob
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  father
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  of
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  12
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  fathers,
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  each
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  faithfully
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  passing
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  on
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  the
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  covenant
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  sign.
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  But
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  then
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  those
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  fathers,
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  burning
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  up
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  with
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  jealousy,
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  sent
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  Joseph
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  off
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  to
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  Egypt
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  as
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  a
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  slave.
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  God
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  was
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  right
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  there
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  with
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  him,
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  though.
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  He
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  not
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  only
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  rescued
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  him
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  from
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  all
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  his
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  troubles,
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  but
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  brought
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  him
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  to
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  the
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  attention
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  of
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  Pharaoh,
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  king
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  of
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  Egypt.
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  He
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  was
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  so
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  impressed
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  with
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  Joseph
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  that
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  he
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  put
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  him
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  in
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  charge
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  of
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  the
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  whole
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  country,
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  including
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  his
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  own
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  personal
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  affairs.
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  Later,
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  a
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  famine
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  descended
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  on
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  that
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  entire
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  region,
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  stretching
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  from
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  Egypt
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  to
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  Canaan
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  and
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  bringing
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  terrific
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  hardship.
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  Our
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  hungry
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  fathers
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  looked
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  high
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  and
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  low
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  for
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  food,
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  but
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  the
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  cupboard
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  was
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  bare.
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  Jacob
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  heard
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  there
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  was
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  food
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  in
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  Egypt
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  and
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  sent
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  our
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  fathers
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  to
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  scout
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  it
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  out.
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  Having
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  confirmed
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  the
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  report,
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  they
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  went
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  back
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  to
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  Egypt
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  a
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  second
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  time
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  to
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  get
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  food.
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  On
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  that
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  visit,
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  Joseph
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  revealed
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  his
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  true
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  identity
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  to
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  his
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  brothers
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  and
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  introduced
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  the
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  Jacob
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  family
• 3:16
  to
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  Pharaoh.
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  Then
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  Joseph
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  sent
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  for
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  his
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  father
• 3:20
  Jacob
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  and
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  everyone
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  else
• 3:21
  in
• 3:21
  the
• 3:21
  family.
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  75
• 3:23
  in
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  all,
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  that's
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  how
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  the
• 3:25
  Jacob
• 3:25
  family
• 3:25
  got
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  to
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  Egypt.
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  Jacob
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  died
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  and
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  our
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  fathers
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  after
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  him,
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  and
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  they
• 3:30
  were
• 3:30
  taken
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  to
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  Shechem
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  and
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  buried
• 3:32
  in
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  the
• 3:32
  tomb
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  for
• 3:33
  which
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  Abraham
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  paid
• 3:34
  a
• 3:34
  good
• 3:34
  price
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  to
• 3:35
  the
• 3:35
  sons
• 3:36
  of
• 3:36
  Hamar.
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  That
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  ends
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  the
• 3:39
  scripture
• 3:39
  reading
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  for
• 3:41
  today.
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  Let's
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  get
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  into
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  a
• 3:42
  couple
• 3:42
  of
• 3:43
  points
• 3:43
  to
• 3:43
  ponder
• 3:44
  about
• 3:44
  this.
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  The
• 3:44
  first
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  one
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  is
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  this.
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  Go
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  to
• 3:47
  the
• 3:47
  land.
• 3:47
  I'll
• 3:47
  show
• 3:47
  you.
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  That's
• 3:48
  the
• 3:48
  first
• 3:48
  thing
• 3:49
  I
• 3:49
  want
• 3:49
  you
• 3:49
  to
• 3:49
  sit
• 3:49
  with
• 3:50
  today.
• 3:51
  Faith
• 3:51
  in
• 3:51
  the
• 3:51
  progressive
• 3:52
  Christian
• 3:52
  tradition
• 3:53
  is
• 3:53
  not
• 3:53
  about
• 3:53
  certainty.
• 3:55
  It's
• 3:55
  about
• 3:56
  movement.
• 3:57
  Stephen
• 3:58
  isn't
• 3:58
  telling
• 3:58
  the
• 3:59
  story
• 3:59
  to
• 3:59
  prove
• 3:59
  that
• 3:59
  everything
• 4:00
  worked
• 4:00
  out
• 4:00
  perfectly.
• 4:01
  He's
• 4:02
  telling
• 4:02
  it
• 4:02
  to
• 4:02
  show
• 4:02
  that
• 4:03
  God's
• 4:03
  presence
• 4:04
  was
• 4:04
  consistent
• 4:05
  even
• 4:05
  when
• 4:05
  the
• 4:06
  path
• 4:06
  was
• 4:06
  chaotic.
• 4:08
  Abraham
• 4:08
  didn't
• 4:09
  know
• 4:09
  the
• 4:09
  destination.
• 4:10
  Joseph
• 4:11
  ended
• 4:11
  up
• 4:11
  in
• 4:12
  prison
• 4:12
  before
• 4:12
  he
• 4:12
  ended
• 4:13
  up
• 4:13
  in
• 4:13
  the
• 4:13
  palace.
• 4:14
  The
• 4:14
  whole
• 4:15
  family
• 4:15
  ended
• 4:15
  up
• 4:15
  as
• 4:16
  refugees
• 4:16
  in
• 4:16
  a
• 4:17
  foreign
• 4:17
  land.
• 4:18
  And
• 4:19
  I
• 4:19
  think
• 4:19
  this
• 4:19
  is
• 4:20
  profoundly
• 4:20
  relatable,
• 4:21
  especially
• 4:21
  for
• 4:22
  those
• 4:22
  of
• 4:22
  us
• 4:22
  walking
• 4:23
  through
• 4:23
  a
• 4:23
  hard
• 4:24
  season
• 4:24
  in
• 4:24
  life.
• 4:26
  Many
• 4:26
  of
• 4:26
  you
• 4:26
  know
• 4:27
  that
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  I
• 4:27
  do
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  a
• 4:27
  weekly
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  podcast
• 4:29
  for
• 4:29
  cancer
• 4:29
  impacted
• 4:30
  people.
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  And
• 4:30
  I'll
• 4:30
  tell
• 4:30
  you,
• 4:31
  one
• 4:31
  of
• 4:31
  the
• 4:31
  most
• 4:31
  common
• 4:31
  things
• 4:31
  I
• 4:32
  hear
• 4:32
  is
• 4:33
  I
• 4:33
  don't
• 4:33
  know
• 4:33
  where
• 4:34
  this
• 4:34
  road
• 4:34
  is
• 4:34
  going
• 4:34
  to
• 4:35
  lead
• 4:35
  me.
• 4:36
  I
• 4:36
  don't
• 4:36
  know
• 4:36
  what's
• 4:36
  next.
• 4:38
  And
• 4:38
  what
• 4:38
  this
• 4:39
  text
• 4:40
  tells
• 4:40
  us
• 4:41
  is
• 4:41
  you
• 4:42
  don't
• 4:42
  have
• 4:42
  to
• 4:42
  know
• 4:42
  where
• 4:43
  you're
• 4:43
  going,
• 4:44
  but
• 4:44
  you
• 4:45
  do
• 4:45
  have
• 4:45
  to
• 4:45
  take
• 4:46
  the
• 4:46
  next
• 4:46
  step.
• 4:47
  So
• 4:48
  progressive
• 4:48
  faith
• 4:48
  isn't
• 4:49
  about
• 4:49
  having
• 4:49
  God
• 4:50
  all
• 4:50
  figured
• 4:50
  out.
• 4:50
  It's
• 4:51
  about
• 4:51
  trusting
• 4:52
  that
• 4:52
  the
• 4:52
  God
• 4:52
  who
• 4:52
  showed
• 4:53
  up
• 4:53
  for
• 4:53
  Abraham,
• 4:54
  for
• 4:54
  Joseph,
• 4:54
  for
• 4:55
  the
• 4:55
  refugee
• 4:55
  families,
• 4:57
  that
• 4:57
  same
• 4:57
  presence
• 4:58
  shows
• 4:58
  up
• 4:58
  for
• 4:59
  you
• 4:59
  in
• 4:59
  the
• 4:59
  middle
• 4:59
  of
• 4:59
  your
• 5:00
  uncertainty,
• 5:00
  too.
• 5:02
  Second
• 5:02
  point
• 5:03
  to
• 5:03
  ponder.
• 5:04
  God
• 5:05
  works
• 5:05
  through
• 5:06
  broken
• 5:07
  family
• 5:07
  systems.
• 5:09
  Wow.
• 5:10
  An
• 5:10
  important
• 5:11
  point.
• 5:12
  Here's
• 5:12
  this
• 5:13
  second
• 5:13
  thing,
• 5:13
  and
• 5:13
  this
• 5:13
  one
• 5:13
  gets
• 5:14
  me
• 5:14
  every
• 5:14
  time.
• 5:14
  God
• 5:14
  doesn't
• 5:15
  wait
• 5:15
  for
• 5:15
  us
• 5:15
  to
• 5:16
  have
• 5:16
  it
• 5:16
  all
• 5:16
  together,
• 5:17
  including
• 5:18
  in
• 5:18
  our
• 5:18
  families,
• 5:19
  before
• 5:19
  showing
• 5:20
  up.
• 5:21
  Look
• 5:21
  at
• 5:22
  the
• 5:22
  family
• 5:22
  tree
• 5:22
  Stephen
• 5:23
  is
• 5:23
  describing.
• 5:24
  Abraham
• 5:24
  had
• 5:24
  no
• 5:25
  child
• 5:26
  and
• 5:26
  Isaac
• 5:26
  and
• 5:27
  Jacob
• 5:27
  had
• 5:27
  family
• 5:28
  drama.
• 5:29
  Joseph's
• 5:30
  brothers
• 5:31
  sold
• 5:32
  him
• 5:32
  into
• 5:32
  slavery.
• 5:33
  I
• 5:33
  mean,
• 5:34
  that's
• 5:35
  bad.
• 5:37
  That
• 5:37
  is
• 5:38
  bad.
• 5:39
  Oh,
• 5:40
  man.
• 5:40
  But
• 5:41
  here's
• 5:41
  the
• 5:41
  thing.
• 5:41
  God
• 5:41
  didn't
• 5:41
  say,
• 5:42
  I'll
• 5:42
  work
• 5:42
  through
• 5:42
  this
• 5:43
  family
• 5:43
  once
• 5:44
  they
• 5:44
  get
• 5:44
  their
• 5:44
  act
• 5:44
  together.
• 5:45
  God
• 5:46
  worked
• 5:46
  through
• 5:47
  a
• 5:47
  messy
• 5:48
  family.
• 5:49
  Maybe
• 5:50
  you've
• 5:50
  got
• 5:50
  a
• 5:50
  messy
• 5:50
  family.
• 5:52
  God
• 5:52
  can
• 5:52
  still
• 5:52
  work
• 5:52
  through
• 5:53
  that.
• 5:53
  Through
• 5:54
  jealousy,
• 5:54
  through
• 5:55
  famine,
• 5:55
  God
• 5:56
  worked
• 5:56
  through
• 5:56
  it
• 5:57
  through
• 5:57
  betrayal.
• 5:58
  And
• 5:59
  a
• 5:59
  progressive
• 5:59
  reading
• 6:00
  of
• 6:00
  this
• 6:00
  text
• 6:00
  pushes
• 6:01
  back
• 6:01
  on
• 6:01
  the
• 6:01
  idea
• 6:01
  that
• 6:02
  God
• 6:02
  only
• 6:02
  blesses
• 6:03
  the
• 6:03
  righteous,
• 6:04
  those
• 6:05
  who
• 6:05
  seemingly
• 6:06
  have
• 6:06
  their
• 6:06
  act
• 6:06
  together,
• 6:07
  the
• 6:08
  ones
• 6:08
  who
• 6:08
  have
• 6:08
  it
• 6:08
  all
• 6:08
  figured
• 6:09
  out.
• 6:09
  Instead,
• 6:09
  what
• 6:10
  we
• 6:10
  see
• 6:10
  is
• 6:10
  a
• 6:10
  God
• 6:11
  who
• 6:11
  persistently,
• 6:12
  stubbornly
• 6:13
  is
• 6:14
  present
• 6:14
  in
• 6:14
  the
• 6:14
  middle
• 6:15
  of
• 6:15
  dysfunction
• 6:16
  and
• 6:16
  pain
• 6:17
  and
• 6:17
  somehow,
• 6:19
  someway,
• 6:20
  weaving
• 6:21
  something
• 6:21
  redemptive
• 6:22
  through
• 6:22
  it
• 6:23
  all.
• 6:23
  So
• 6:24
  I
• 6:24
  would
• 6:24
  just
• 6:24
  say
• 6:24
  this.
• 6:25
  If
• 6:25
  you're
• 6:25
  a
• 6:25
  family,
• 6:25
  life
• 6:26
  is
• 6:26
  complicated
• 6:27
  and
• 6:27
  whose
• 6:27
  isn't?
• 6:28
  This
• 6:29
  text
• 6:29
  is
• 6:29
  for
• 6:30
  you.
• 6:31
  So
• 6:31
  here's
• 6:31
  your
• 6:31
  action
• 6:31
  step.
• 6:33
  Simple,
• 6:34
  but
• 6:34
  it's
• 6:34
  not
• 6:34
  easy.
• 6:35
  Write
• 6:35
  down
• 6:35
  one
• 6:35
  area
• 6:35
  of
• 6:35
  your
• 6:36
  life
• 6:36
  where
• 6:37
  you're
• 6:37
  waiting
• 6:37
  for
• 6:38
  certainty
• 6:38
  before
• 6:38
  you
• 6:39
  move
• 6:39
  forward,
• 6:39
  and
• 6:39
  one
• 6:40
  place
• 6:40
  where
• 6:40
  you've
• 6:40
  been
• 6:40
  saying
• 6:41
  I'll
• 6:41
  trust
• 6:41
  God
• 6:41
  when
• 6:41
  I
• 6:42
  know
• 6:42
  how
• 6:42
  this
• 6:42
  turns
• 6:43
  out.
• 6:43
  And
• 6:43
  then
• 6:44
  just
• 6:44
  take
• 6:45
  one
• 6:45
  small
• 6:45
  step
• 6:45
  before
• 6:46
  you
• 6:46
  have
• 6:46
  the
• 6:46
  answer.
• 6:47
  Doesn't
• 6:48
  have
• 6:48
  to
• 6:48
  be
• 6:48
  big,
• 6:49
  just
• 6:49
  take
• 6:50
  a
• 6:50
  step.
• 6:50
  Abraham's
• 6:51
  first
• 6:51
  step
• 6:52
  was
• 6:52
  just
• 6:52
  to
• 6:53
  was
• 6:53
  to
• 6:53
  leave
• 6:54
  his
• 6:54
  home
• 6:55
  and
• 6:55
  go
• 6:55
  to
• 6:55
  a
• 6:55
  new
• 6:56
  place.
• 6:57
  Maybe
• 6:57
  yours
• 6:57
  is
• 6:58
  a
• 6:58
  conversation,
• 6:58
  maybe
• 6:59
  it's
• 6:59
  a
• 6:59
  phone
• 6:59
  call
• 7:00
  or
• 7:01
  reaching
• 7:01
  out
• 7:01
  to
• 7:01
  someone,
• 7:02
  or
• 7:02
  signing
• 7:03
  up
• 7:03
  for
• 7:03
  some
• 7:03
  event
• 7:04
  or
• 7:05
  some
• 7:05
  function
• 7:05
  that
• 7:05
  maybe
• 7:06
  you
• 7:06
  wouldn't
• 7:06
  have
• 7:06
  thought
• 7:06
  about
• 7:07
  otherwise.
• 7:07
  So
• 7:08
  saying
• 7:08
  yes
• 7:08
  to
• 7:09
  something
• 7:09
  you
• 7:09
  might
• 7:09
  normally
• 7:09
  have
• 7:10
  not
• 7:10
  have
• 7:10
  thought
• 7:10
  of
• 7:11
  or
• 7:11
  said
• 7:11
  no
• 7:12
  to.
• 7:13
  One
• 7:13
  step
• 7:14
  before
• 7:15
  the
• 7:15
  map
• 7:15
  is
• 7:15
  clear.
• 7:15
  Because
• 7:16
  faith
• 7:16
  friend
• 7:18
  moves
• 7:18
  before
• 7:20
  the
• 7:20
  map.
• 7:22
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• 7:22
  going
• 7:22
  to
• 7:22
  have
• 7:22
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• 7:22
  closing
• 7:23
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• 7:23
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• 7:23
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• 7:23
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• 7:23
  a
• 7:24
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• 7:24
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• 7:25
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• 7:25
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• 7:26
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• 7:38
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• 7:39
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• 7:39
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• 7:39
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• 7:40
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• 7:40
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