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May 14, 2023
Today’s Sermon:
Exodus 1:15–2:10
“Three Traits of Good Mothers”
Mother’s Day 2023
2023
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Hymn
#6
O Lord my God
When I in awesome wonder�Consider all the worlds
Thy hands have made
I see the stars
I hear the rolling thunder�Thy power throughout
The universe displayed
Then sings my soul
My Savior God to thee�How great thou art
How great thou art�(2x)
And when I think
That God his Son not sparing�Sent him to die
I scarce can take it in
That on the cross
My burden gladly bearing
He bled and died
To take away my sin
Then sings my soul
My Savior God to thee�How great thou art
How great thou art�(2x)
When Christ shall come
With shout of acclamation�And take me home
What joy shall fill my heart
Then I shall bow
In humble adoration�And there proclaim
My God how great thou art
Then sings my soul
My Savior God to thee�How great thou art
How great thou art�(2x)
Great Are You Lord
You give life You are love�You bring light to the
darkness�You give hope, You restore
Ev’ry heart that is broken
And great are You Lord
It’s Your breath in our lungs�So we pour out our praise�We pour out our praise
It’s Your breath in our lungs�So we pour out our praise
To You only
You give life You are love�You bring light to the
darkness�You give hope, You restore
Ev’ry heart that is broken
And great are You Lord
It’s Your breath in our lungs�So we pour out our praise�We pour out our praise
It’s Your breath in our lungs�So we pour out our praise
To You only
And all the earth
Will shout Your praise�Our hearts will cry
These bones will sing�Great are You Lord�(3x)
It’s Your breath in our lungs�So we pour out our praise�We pour out our praise
It’s Your breath in our lungs�So we pour out our praise
To You only
Scripture Reading
Exodus 1:15–21
Exodus 1:15–21
1:15 The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah, 16 “When you are helping the Hebrew women during childbirth on the delivery stool, if you see that the baby is a boy, kill him; but if it is a girl, let her live.” 17 The midwives, however, feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them to do; they let the boys live.
Exodus 1:15–21
1:18 Then the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?” 19 The midwives answered Pharaoh, “Hebrew women are not like Egyptian women; they are vigorous and give birth before the midwives arrive.” 20 So God was kind to the midwives and the people increased and became even more numerous. 21 And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families of their own.
Worshiping God through Tithes and Offerings
Speak O Lord as we come to You�To receive the food
Of Your holy word�Take Your truth, plant it deep in us�Shape and fashion us
In Your likeness
That the light of Christ
Might be seen today�In our acts of love
And our deeds of faith�Speak O Lord and fulfill in us�All Your purposes for Your glory
Teach us Lord full obedience�Holy reverence, true humility�Test our thoughts and our attitudes�In the radiance of Your purity
Cause our faith to rise�Cause our eyes to see�Your majestic love and authority�Words of power that can never fail�Let their truth prevail over unbelief
Speak O Lord and renew our minds�Help us grasp the heights
Of Your plans for us�Truths unchanged
From the dawn of time�That will echo down
Through eternity
And by grace we’ll stand
On Your promises�And by faith we’ll walk
As You walk with us�Speak O Lord till Your church is built�And the earth is filled with Your glory
Prayer
SERMON
Sybil Ludington (1761–1839)
Three Traits of Good Mothers
Exodus 1:15–2:10
Exodus 1:15–2:10
Exodus 1:15–2:10
1:15 The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah, 16 “When you are helping the Hebrew women during childbirth on the delivery stool, if you see that the baby is a boy, kill him; but if it is a girl, let her live.” 17 The midwives, however, feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them to do; they let the boys live.
Exodus 1:15–2:10
1:18 Then the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?” 19 The midwives answered Pharaoh, “Hebrew women are not like Egyptian women; they are vigorous and give birth before the midwives arrive.” 20 So God was kind to the midwives and the people increased and became even more numerous. 21 And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families of their own.
Exodus 1:15–2:10
Exodus 1:15–2:10
1:22 Then Pharaoh gave this order to all his people: “Every Hebrew boy that is born you must throw into the Nile, but let every girl live.” 2:1 Now a man of the tribe of Levi married a Levite woman, 2 and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him for three months. 3 But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket for him and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in it and put it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile. 4 His sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.
Exodus 1:15–2:10
Exodus 1:15–2:10
2:5 Then Pharaoh’s daughter went down to the Nile to bathe, and her attendants were walking along the riverbank. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her female slave to get it. 6 She opened it and saw the baby. He was crying, and she felt sorry for him. “This is one of the Hebrew babies,” she said. 7 Then his sister asked Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and get one of the Hebrew women to nurse the baby for you?”
Exodus 1:15–2:10
2:8 “Yes, go,” she answered. So the girl went and got the baby’s mother. 9 Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this baby and nurse him for me, and I will pay you.” So the woman took the baby and nursed him. 10 When the child grew older, she took him to Pharaoh’s daughter and he became her son. She named him Moses, saying, “I drew him out of the water.”
Exodus 1:15–2:10
Hezekiah Orville “Awful” Gardner (c. 1825-c. 1895)
O Come To The Altar
Are you hurting and
broken within�Overwhelmed by the
weight of your sin
Jesus is calling
Have you come to the end
of yourself�Do you thirst for a drink
from the well
Jesus is calling
O come to the altar�The Father’s arms are open
wide�Forgiveness was bought with�The precious blood of Jesus
Christ
Leave behind your regrets
and mistakes�Come today there’s no
reason to wait
Jesus is calling
Bring your sorrows and
trade them for joy�From the ashes a new life
is born
Jesus is calling
O come to the altar�The Father’s arms are open
wide�Forgiveness was bought with�The precious blood of Jesus
Christ
Oh what a Savior�Isn’t He wonderful�Sing hallelujah
Christ is risen
Bow down before Him�For He is Lord of all�Sing Hallelujah
Christ is risen
Oh what a Savior�Isn’t He wonderful�Sing hallelujah
Christ is risen
Bow down before Him�For He is Lord of all�Sing Hallelujah
Christ is risen
O come to the altar�The Father’s arms are open
wide�Forgiveness was bought with�The precious blood of Jesus
Christ
O come to the altar�The Father’s arms are open
wide�Forgiveness was bought with�The precious blood of Jesus
Christ
Bear your cross as you
wait for the crown
Tell the world
of the treasure
you’ve found
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