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April 25 - Exodus 2 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends. It is shown here and today is a
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  special kind of day. Today is Anzac day today.
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  We commemorate the service of so many men and women who have put
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  themselves In Harm's Way so that you and I can enjoy the freedom
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  and the Liberty that we get to. So we are going to go back to
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  that time. This is about 400 years.
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  After the end of the book of Genesis, the people of Israel
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  are having a A hard time of it in Egypt and God has decided.
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  It is time to act and today we are going to meet a boy who
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  grows up to become a man who will play a huge role.
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  A huge role in the rest of this story.
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  So settle back. As we continue in this narrative
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  reading together, Exodus chapter 2, About this time a man and
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  woman from the tribe of Levi. Got married, the woman became
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  pregnant and gave birth to a son.
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  She saw that he was a special baby and kept him hidden for
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  three months, but when she could no longer hide him, she got a
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  basket made of Papyrus, Reeds and water proofed it with tar
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  and Pitch. She put the baby in the basket
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  and laid it among the Reeds along the bank of the I'll River
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  the baby sister, then stood at a distance watching to see what
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  would happen to him soon. Pharaoh's daughter, came down to
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  bathe in the river and her attendants walked along the
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  River Bank. When the princess saw the basket
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  among the Reeds, she sent her maid to get it for her.
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  When the princess opened it? She saw the baby.
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  The little boy was crying and she felt sorry for him.
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  This must be one of the Hebrew children.
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  She said then the baby sister approach.
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  The princess should I go and find one of the Hebrew women to
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  nurse the baby for you? She asked.
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  Yes, do that. Princess replied.
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  So, the girl went Some cold baby's mother, take this baby
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  and nurse him. For me, the princess told the
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  baby's mother, I will pay you for your help.
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  So the woman took her baby home and nursed him later, when the
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  boy was older, his mother brought him back to Pharaoh's
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  daughter, who adopted him as her own son.
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  The princess named him, Moses for she explained.
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  I lifted him out of the water. ER, many years later when Moses
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  had grown up, he went out to visit his own people, the
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  Hebrews and he saw how hard they were forced to work during his
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  visit. He saw an Egyptian beating one
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  of his fellow Hebrews after looking in all directions to
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  make sure no one was watching. Moses killed the Egyptian and
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  hid the body in the sand. The next day, when Moses went
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  out to visit his people. Again, he saw two Hebrew men
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  fighting. Why are you beating up your
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  friend? Moses said to the one who had
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  started the fight, the man replied who appointed you to be
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  our Prince and judge. Are you going to kill me as you
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  killed the Egyptian yesterday? Then Moses was afraid thinking,
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  everybody knows what I did. And sure enough the Pharaoh
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  heard what had happened and he tried to kill me.
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  Is that Moses fled from pharaoh and went to live in the land of
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  Midian. When Moses arrived in Midian, he
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  sat down beside a well. Now, the priest of Midian had
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  seven daughters who came as usual to draw water and fill the
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  water troughs for their fathers flocks.
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  But some other Shepherd's came and chased them away.
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  So Moses jumped up and rescue the girls from the shepherd's
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  then he drew water for their flocks.
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  When the girls return to real their father, he asked, why are
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  you back so soon today? And Egyptian rescued us from the
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  shepherd's, they answered, and then he drew water for us and
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  watered our flocks. Then, where is he?
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  Their father asked, why did you leave him there?
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  Invite him to come and eat with us.
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  Moses, accepted the invitation and he's settled there with him
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  in time, Rhea. Well, gave Moses his daughter
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  zipporah to be his wife later, she gave birth to a son and
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  Moses named him gershom for he explained I have been a
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  foreigner in a foreign land Years passed and the king of
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  Egypt died, but the Israelites continued to grown under their
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  burden of slavery. They cried out for help and
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  their cry. Rose up to God.
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  God heard their groaning, and he remembered his Covenant promise
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  to Abraham, Isaac. And Jacob.
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  He looked down on the people of Israel and knew it was time to
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  act. God, so often our lives around
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  us can feel like they are. The total sum of existence in
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  the universe. We get so caught up in the story
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  of our lives. That it's easy enough to forget.
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  That there is a whole nother aspect to reality which is your
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  home. Your dwelling Pace, it is the
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  spiritual realm. And here, we hear this beautiful
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  ending to this chapter. Are you see your people?
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  You hear their cry. And you remember your promise
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  and you are a God who keeps promises Thank you.
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  That this is just an implicit part of your character and you
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  can't help but be a promise keeper.
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  Help us always remember that. And when we feel alone and
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  struggling that we would know that there you are.
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  Ready to keep your promises to us.
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  So we thank you and we thank you that you have kept your promise
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  to us and giving us Jesus and it's in his name that we pray.
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  Amen.