Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to put into your hand those things which are beyond our ability to sort out3 When she could no longer hide him,
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she took a papyrus basket for him, and coated it with tar and with pitch.
She put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river’s bank.
4 His sister…Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to allow ourselves to be motivated by compassion.5 Pharaoh’s daughter came down to bathe at the river.
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Her maidens walked along by the riverside.
She saw the basket among the reeds, and sent her servant to get it.
6 She opened it, and saw the child, and behold, the baby…Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to be creative in the way in which we face difficult situations.7 Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter,
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“Should I go and call a nurse for you from the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for you?”
8 Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go.”
The young woman went and called the child’s mother.…Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to pass responsibility to others at the appropriate time.10 The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son.
She named him Moses, and said, “Because I drew him out of the water.”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.…Heavenly Father
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.”
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