Sermons Out of Rural Ministry

Risk Everything for Hope

January 21, 2020 Pastor Josh Ehrler
Sermons Out of Rural Ministry
Risk Everything for Hope
Show Notes

In our preaching texts, we first hear about Shiprah and Puah, two L&D nurses charged by Pharaoh to kill Israelite male children at birth. They refuse the executive order. We learn about Jochebed, Moses' mother, who has seen her identity stripped and her freedoms torn from her, respond to her fears by giving birth to a boy, a target of the Egyptian regime. Neighbors have turned on neighbors, edicts and mandates are escalating, life for the Israelites means slavery and death. These women, and others, respond to their desperation with hope that God is just. What are you willing to risk for hope?