Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to refrain from overcoming evil with evil11 In those days, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his brothers and saw their burdens.
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He saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of his brothers.
12 He looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no one, he killed the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.…One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to where his own people were and watched them at their hard labour. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people. Looking this way and that and seeing no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. (Exodus 2:11-12)
As an outsider both among his own people and among the Egyptians who had raised him, [Moses] probably wrestled every day with issues related to his identity. Should he fit into the environment in which he had…
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Give us grace today to put into practice doing the good things that we notice others doing and not doing the wrong things that we notice others doing.13 He went out the second day, and behold, two men of the Hebrews were fighting with each other.
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He said to him who did the wrong, “Why do you strike your fellow?”
14 He said, “Who made you a prince and a…Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to15 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and lived in the land of Midian, and he sat down by a well.
16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock. 17 The shepherds came and drove…
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Give us grace today to be aware of and respond to the needs of others16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.
17 The shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to practice hospitality18 When they came to Reuel, their father, he said, “How is it that you have returned so early today?”
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19 They said, “An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and moreover he drew water for us, and watered the flock.”
20 He said to his daughters, “Where is he? Why is it that you have…Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to be a blessing to those who live as foreigners in a a foreign land21 Moses was content to dwell with the man. He gave Moses Zipporah, his daughter.
22 She bore a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, “I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land.”Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to cry out to you in assurance that you hear our groanings.23 In the course of those many days, the king of Egypt died, and the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up to God because of the bondage. 24 God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. …
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Give us grace today to go about the normal work of life knowing that you will guide us and be present with us1 Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian,
and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to God’s mountain, to Horeb.Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to open our eyes to see your work in the world.
2 Yahweh’s angel appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the middle of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. 3 Moses said, “I will go now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burned.”
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