"Lent: A Gradual Resolution"

Exodus 2:10-15
"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."
One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to where his own people were and watched them at their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people. Glancing this way and that and seeing no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. The next day he went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, "Why are you hitting your fellow Hebrew?"
The man said, "Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you thinking of killing me as you killed the Egyptian?" Then Moses was afraid and thought, "What I did must have become known."
When Pharaoh heard of this, he tried to kill Moses, but Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to live in Midian, where he sat down by a well."

Notes taken from Isaac Hunter's sermon (03/15/09):
*"Moses had the option to live a life of luxury."
*"Great things happen when well placed discontent is fueled so that something must be done...so frustrated with the injustice being done."
*"There are injustices...we need to stand up for those who can't stand up for themselves. Runs to the place that needs you most."
*"Righteous and holy discontent can lead to redemptive work."
*"Every single one of us has things that frustrate us. What you do with that anger is what matters."
*"Moses substituted vengeance for justice."
*"A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control." Proverbs 29:11
*"The ends should be congruent with the means, the means must be congruent with what God desires."
*"Use the weapons God has given us...forgiveness, love, patience, peace, understanding."
*"Lean into the one who gives us rest."

Matthew 6:26
"Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?"

Colossians 1:27
"To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory."

Psalm 9:10
"Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you."

Ephesians 2:4-5
"But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved."

Hebrews 13:15
"Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that confess his name."

Psalm 19:14
"May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer."

Psalm 37:4,7
"Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart. Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; do not fret when men succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes."