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@Comment:	Vision
@Comment:	A segment from a sermon, recorded at a large Baptist church
	in Chicago, Illinois.
*DANN:	(..) &=in 0_1000
	(..) This morning we're gonna be looking in the book of Exodus 1810_6310
	(..) And we've been talking about uh: &=ex 6310_9787
	(..) Vision . 10741_11478
*DANN:	(..) And hearing from God . 12415_13701
*DANN:	(..) &=in I was trying to come up with a definition 14438_16820
	in fact I 16820_17290
	I looked it up in the encyclopedia for vision . 17290_19602
*DANN:	&=in A:nd &=ex 20220_21137
	(..) there is definitely a definition 22132_23891
	(.) several 23902_24552
	(..) uh: 24935_25283
	and I didn't really like any of them 25310_26859
	(..) &=tsk &=in uh: 26969_28429
	(.) &=tsk (.) so I th:ought I'd (.) try to come up with one of my own . 28600_32157
*DANN:	(..) &=tsk (..) Jim Larson was uh sharing a quote 33939_37684
	(..) from Yogi Bara 37951_38990
	last night 38990_39610
	and I wanted to share [% laugh] that [% laugh] this morning . 39610_41024
*DANN:	&=in He says you gotta be careful when you don't know where you're going 41007_44349
	(.) because you might not get there . 44364_45977
*DANN:	(..) &{l=SM Which says so much 48588_49730
	that we need to know where we're going &}l=SM . 49730_51231
*DANN:	(.) And vision 51269_52115
	really has to do with 52115_53413
	&=in having an idea of where you're going . 53866_56274
*DANN:	(..) Our mission is a goal or task which one is destined to accomplish . 58033_62095
*DANN:	&=in (..) Our vision 64825_66139
	(..) and here's the +/. 67886_68324
*DANN:	here's the definition I came up with 68324_69894
	(..) you can write this down 70198_71370
	but uh 71370_71864
	(.) &=in uh don't use it unless you 71963_73959
	(..) uh 73970_74450
	(.) agree with it . 74450_75114
*AUD:	(.) ⌈ &=laugh &=laugh &=laugh ⌉ . 75468_75903
*DANN:	    ⌊ &=tsk &=in ⌋ ⌈ It's mentally ⌉ seeing . 75903_77191
*AUD:	                   ⌊ &=laugh &=laugh &=laugh ⌋ . 75877_76637
*DANN:	where one hopes to be 77310_78680
	(.) in a specific period of time . 78680_80525
*DANN:	(.) &=in It's in your imagination 80876_83035
	in your (..) hopes &=ex 83040_86714
	(..) that you're looking ahead . 86839_88376
*DANN:	(..) And h- (..) trying to see where you will be 88698_91922
	(.) in a specific period- period of time . 91934_93828
*DANN:	(.) So our vision for the next few years . 93831_95975
*DANN:	Our vision for 95813_96779
	&=in uh 96794_97835
	(..) the (..) &=tsk next ten years . 97879_100100
*DANN:	Whatever . 100100_100499
*DANN:	&=in Uh 101310_101700
	what is our vision . 101700_102634
*DANN:	(..) As a church planter 105121_106300
	Pastor Queen came 106300_107465
	(..) &=tsk &=in (..) having grown up here 107918_112385
	and having gone off to- (.) to school 112385_114234
	(..) to seminary 114620_115671
	(.) &=in God brought him back 115798_117310
	to start a church . 117310_118305
*DANN:	(..) And he began to seek God's (.) uh vision 119268_121430
	(.) for (.) the church . 121475_122670
*DANN:	&=in And through his own personal experience 122670_124975
	and through &=in (..) the Scripture 124975_128255
	(..) &=tsk and God gave him a vision 128375_130090
	(..) for a church that was committed to being a part of what God was doing 130600_134035
	&=in (..) a church that was 134170_137300
	(..) invested in building the Kingdom of God . 138075_140750
*DANN:	(..) By caring for people where their needs were 143465_146225
	(..) and by sharing the truth 146225_149755
	(..) of the Gospel of Jesus Christ . 150015_151980
*DANN:	(..) &=tsk (.) Our vision is 160720_162965
	(.) is a direction of involvement toward a final destination . 162965_166285
*DANN:	(..) When I started thinking about missions 172680_174820
	I (.) thought immediately of (..) the Blues Brothers . 174820_179445
*DANN:	(..) You know 179850_180160
	and Dan Ackroyd 180160_180920
	(..) comes out 180920_181350
	I forget what his character was 181350_182750
	but he says 182750_183580
	(.) &{l=Q we're on a mission from God &}l=Q . 183705_185385
*DANN:	(..) &{l=SM And that's what the church is about 187735_189230
	we're on a mission from God &}l=SM . 189230_190850
*DANN:	(..) &=in In fact 191250_192550
	let me clarify it a little more . 192550_194230
*DANN:	(..) The church has been given a mission 196040_198135
	(..) but our mission is not for us to go and decide what we're gonna do 198910_202850
	(..) &=in our mission is to participate in 202710_205550
	an to carry out (..) God's mission . 205550_207975
*DANN:	(.) Because you see Go:d 207975_209665
	(..) is on a mission . 209685_211190
*DANN:	(..) God's mission is to build His Kingdom . 215095_217395
*DANN:	&{l=MRC To build the Kingdom of God &}l=MRC . 217395_219695
*DANN:	(..) &=in To bring the world of lost people into a real and personal love &=in relationship 219720_225035
	(..) with him . 225085_225990
*DANN:	(..) Through faith 226705_227450
	in His Son 227450_227995
	Jesus Christ . 227995_228965
*DANN:	(..) You know what 232795_233305
	if our vision 233305_234465
	(..) does not include reaching lost people 234465_236800
	and caring for lost people 236800_238200
	&=in then it's not God's vision . 238200_239900
*DANN:	Because the Bible is very clear 239900_241600
	that Go:d ca:res about lost people . 241600_244200
*AUD:	Yes . 244245_244615
*DANN:	(..) God loves &=in (.) people who don't have it all together . 245440_249580
*AUD:	Yes . 249580_250225
*DANN:	(..) God loves people who are hurting . 250225_252580
*AUD:	Yes . 252580_253095
*DANN:	(..) God loves people who are suffering . 254160_256200
*DANN:	Who are seeking . 256200_257050
*DANN:	(..) And if our vision 259645_260750
	as Uptown Baptist Church 260750_261900
	doesn't include . 261900_262815
*DANN:	(.) In fact 262815_263500
	if our vision as individual (.) Christians 263500_265650
	with a relationship with Christ 265650_267000
	does not include 267000_268205
	&=in (..) reaching out 268205_270450
	and touching 270450_271240
	(..) the lives of lost hurting (.) dying people 271355_274235
	&=in &{l=MRC it's not a vision from God &}l=MRC . 274275_276620
*DANN:	(..) &=in Because God's plan 284535_286415
	(.) is 286415_287125
	(.) and has always been 287125_288250
	to use (.) his people 288250_289580
	(.) &=in to carry out His mission . 289580_291590
*DANN:	(..) And we're gonna see that 292210_293350
	as we look at Moses . 293350_294880
*DANN:	(..) &=tsk &=in Beginning in the first chapter of Moses . 295130_297850
*DANN:	I'm not gonna read +/. 297850_298955
*DANN:	(..) I am gonna read some of it 299385_300570
	but I'm not gonna read all the way through 300570_302160
	(..) because we're gonna try to 302160_303355
	(.) breeze through the first four chapters . 303355_305140
*DANN:	(..) &=in Let's look how God was involved in Moses . 305690_308495
*DANN:	(..) Or how God involved Moses in His mission . 308495_311365
*DANN:	(..) Gary 317055_317550
	one of the things I want us to do 317550_319085
	(..) uh 319325_319880
	on building beautiful day 319880_321100
	is build a taller (..) podium . 321100_323145
*MANY:	(..) &=LAUGHTER ⌈ &=lengthened ⌉ . 324470_325990
*DANN:	                ⌊ Write that on one of those sheets of paper back there ⌋ . 325990_328300
*DANN:	(..) We- +/. 329490_329750
*DANN:	we need it about right here . 329750_331350
*MANY:	(.) &=LAUGHTER . 331455_333695
*DANN:	(..) Oops . 334625_335140
*DANN:	(..) &=in Okay . 336990_338230
*DANN:	(..) &=tsk &=in First thing we're gonna see 339105_340880
	(.) is that &{l=MRC God prepares His servants for mission . 340880_343905
*DANN:	(..) &=in God (.) prepares (.) his servants (.) for mission &}l=MRC . 343905_347645
*DANN:	(..) As we read in +/. 349430_350665
*DANN:	(..) actually as we get to: the second chapter 351465_353700
	we'll see that 353700_354485
	(..) Uh 354675_355195
	Moses was not only preserved 355195_357290
	(.) but he was prepared . 357290_358460
*DANN:	(..) Uh for his part in (.) God's mission . 359290_361415
*DANN:	(.) We have to go to chapter one to get a little background . 361580_364030
*DANN:	(..) Read with me in verse six of chapter one . 365285_367645
*DANN:	(..) &=in &{l=READ Now Joseph and all his brothers 368635_370770
	(.) and a:ll that generation died . 370770_372675
*DANN:	(.) &=in But the Israelites were fruitful 372675_374700
	and multiplied greatly 374700_375850
	and became exceedingly numerous . 375850_377745
*DANN:	&=in so that the land was filled with them . 377745_380095
*DANN:	(.) &=in Then a new king 380095_381990
	(..) who did not know about Joseph 381990_383950
	came to power in Egypt . 383950_385305
*DANN:	(..) Look 386025_386675
	(.) he said to his people . 386675_387795
*DANN:	(.) the Israelites have become (.) much too numerous (.) for us . 387795_391900
*DANN:	(..) Come 392160_392800
	we must deal shrewdly with them 392800_394300
	for- +/. 394300_394410
*DANN:	(.) or they will become even more numerous 394410_396525
	&=in and if war breaks out 396525_398260
	(.) will join our enemies . 398260_399530
*DANN:	(..) fight against us 399730_400745
	and leave the country . 400745_401635
*DANN:	(..) &=in So they put the slave masters over them . 402085_404875
*DANN:	to oppress them and f- +/. 404875_406010
*DANN:	(.) with forced (.) labor . 406010_407575
*DANN:	&=in And they built (..) Python 407575_409890
	(..) and Ramses . 410385_411420
*DANN:	(..) As store cities . 411710_412795
*DANN:	(..) For Pharaoh . 412835_413845
*DANN:	(..) But the more they were oppressed 415000_416635
	the more they multiplied and spread . 416635_418355
*DANN:	(.) So the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites . 418355_420805
*DANN:	And worked them ruthlessly . 420805_422160
*DANN:	(..) &=in They made their lives bitter 422160_424100
	with hard labor in brick and mortar . 424100_425880
*DANN:	&=in And with a:ll kinds of work in the fields . 425880_428225
*DANN:	&=in (.) In all their hard labor 428500_430520
	the Egyptians used them 430520_431730
	(.) ruthlessly &}l=READ . 431860_432770
*DANN:	(..) The king 435230_435955
	or the Pharaoh 435955_437030
	(..) was a little upset . 438000_439190
*DANN:	Because 439190_439850
	(..) the Israelites 440065_441100
	who were their slaves . 441100_442260
*DANN:	(.) who were their servants . 442400_443770
*DANN:	(..) As they took a census 445280_447015
	(.) they realized 447015_447785
	that the Israelites' (..) n:umbers 447785_450035
	(..) were: catching up . 450205_451595
*DANN:	(..) With their own . 452465_453455
*DANN:	(.) Of the Egyptians . 453455_454585
*DANN:	(.) And this was upsetting 454810_455860
	because he saw this as a (.) national threat . 455860_458250
*DANN:	(..) &=in (..) From his perspective 459825_461665
	they w- +/. 461665_462060
*DANN:	(.) they r- +/. 462060_462565
*DANN:	(.) you know 462595_462950
	he just &=in knew that they were gonna grow to a number 462950_465640
	and they were gonna outnumber the Egyptians 465640_467180
	and then they were just gonna take over . 467180_468665
*DANN:	(.) You know 468720_469200
	if any &=in other countries decided to attack 469200_471770
	&=in Uh 471785_472570
	and 472570_472800
	(..) to: (.) to battle 473195_474650
	(.) uh 474650_475260
	(.) the Egyptians 475260_476205
	that he just knew that the Israelites were gonna join them 476205_478450
	and were gonna (.) overthrow from the inside . 478450_480340
*DANN:	&=in (..) So the next part of the chapter 482880_484999
	he begins to: &=ex 484999_486095
	you know 486095_486485
	first of all he b- +/. 486485_487490
*DANN:	he (.) works the men very hard . 487480_489305
*DANN:	He said man if I work these guys ha:rd 489305_490840
	there not gonna be going home to their wives 490840_492575
	and there not gonna be 492575_493225
	&=in uh: 493225_494180
	&=in (..) having babies . 494180_496110
*AUD:	(.) ⌈ &=laugh &=laugh ⌉ . 496065_496600
*DANN:	    ⌊ You know 496250_496510
	I ⌋ guess that was part of his plan . 496510_497890
*DANN:	That's his first ⌈ strategy . 497890_498920
*AUD:	                 ⌊ &=laugh &=laugh ⌋ . 498380_499055
*DANN:	so ⌉ let's make it hard for them . 498945_500435
*DANN:	Let's really [% laugh] work [% laugh] 500430_501250
	&=in work em . 501250_502290
*AUD:	&=laugh &=laugh ⌈ &=laugh ⌉ . 502000_502625
*DANN:	                ⌊ so that ⌋ they're too tired to go home 502570_504210
	and 504210_504290
	(.) ⌈ and uh ⌉ . 504290_504910
*AUD:	    ⌊ &=laugh &=laugh ⌋ . 504510_505025
*DANN:	procreate . 504970_505765
*MANY:	&=LAUGHTER ⌈ &=lengthened ⌉ &=lengthened . 505765_508315
*DANN:	           ⌊ We'll use that word ⌋ . 507210_508225
*DANN:	&=in But that didn't work . 510780_512185
*DANN:	Cause they st- +/. 512185_512530
*DANN:	They continued ⌈ to +... 512530_513585
*MANY:	               ⌊ &=LAUGHTER ⌋ . 513285_516775
*DANN:	(.) They Continued [% laugh] +/. 514070_514970
*DANN:	&=ex &=in They continued to d- +/. 514970_516120
*DANN:	to uh ⌉ 516120_516840
	(.) have babies . 516840_517695
*DANN:	And they ⌈ continued to ⌉ multiply . 517695_519255
*AUD:	         ⌊ &=laugh &=laugh ⌋ . 517725_518265
*DANN:	(..) So he g- devises another plan . 520530_523085
*DANN:	(.) He goes to the midwives . 523085_524850
*DANN:	(..) You know the Israelites had midwives . 524850_526695
*DANN:	They didn't have doctors 526695_527600
	but they had 527600_528000
	&=in uh 528000_528670
	women 528675_529145
	(..) who when a 529145_529999
	when (..) one of the Israelite women were gonna have a baby 529999_532545
	then these midwives just come in 532545_533890
	and help (.) in the labor process . 533890_535790
*DANN:	(..) &=in (..) Or in the birthing process . 537395_539545
*DANN:	(..) And so he goes to the midwives and says 541130_543350
	(.) listen . 543350_543820
*DANN:	Here's what I want you to do . 543820_544895
*DANN:	(..) you go 545015_545835
	and you go ahead 545835_546255
	and you do your part 546255_547415
	(.) and you help these (.) these mothers 547415_548999
	&=in but if they have a boy 548999_550415
	(..) I want you to make sure that 550415_551645
	(.) that boy dies . 551645_552540
*DANN:	(..) If it's a girl 553070_553860
	you go ahead and let it live . 553860_554860
*DANN:	(..) And that was his plan . 556220_557290
*DANN:	(..) Well the midwives 558160_559375
	(..) you know 560700_561050
	what could they say 561050_561695
	this is the (.) the Pharaoh 561695_563030
	(.) &=in so they agreed to it 563030_564320
	but then they didn't do it . 564320_565265
*DANN:	(..) Because they feared God 565695_566890
	more than they did Pharaoh . 566890_568010
*DANN:	&=in And when uh he calls em 568080_570050
	he says what's going on . 570050_570895
*DANN:	They're still multiplying . 570895_571999
*DANN:	&=laugh &=laugh ⌈ There's still boys being born here ⌉ . 571999_574360
*AUD:	                ⌊ &=laugh &=laugh &=laugh &=laugh &=laugh &=laugh &=laugh &=laugh ⌋ . 572555_574385
*DANN:	&=in (..) what is going on . 575320_577220
*DANN:	(..) The midwives said 578860_580120
	(.) well these 580040_580760
	(.) these mothers 580760_581760
	(..) they're having the babies without us . 582270_584220
*DANN:	(.) You know 584370_584730
	they're not telling us . 584730_585750
*DANN:	And they're just going ahead and having em . 585750_586850
*DANN:	They're s- +/. 586850_587180
*DANN:	(.) &=in sturdy women . 587180_588780
*MANY:	(..) &=LAUGHTER ⌈ &=lengthened ⌉ &=lengthened . 588780_593075
*DANN:	                ⌊ It says 590550_590970
	(.) they don't need us ⌋ . 590970_592135
*DANN:	(.) And so Pharaoh comes up with another plan . 593540_595565
*DANN:	It ends up in the (..) final verse of this chapter . 595565_598415
*DANN:	(.) &=in (..) Verse twenty-two . 598595_601480
*DANN:	&{l=READ Then Pharaoh gave this order 601480_602905
	to all his people . 602905_603885
*DANN:	Every boy that is born 603885_605435
	must be +/. 605435_606010
*DANN:	(..) you must throw into the Nile . 606010_608075
*DANN:	(.) &=in But let every girl live &}l=READ . 608075_610310
*DANN:	(..) So he's ordering his people to go . 611195_613235
*DANN:	(.) And every boy that is born to the Israelites 613235_615550
	(..) to (.) to kill em . 615550_616535
*DANN:	Throw em in the river . 616535_617550
*DANN:	(..) Well Moses was born about this time . 622070_624030
*DANN:	(..) And this is how God preserved (..) Moses . 630275_632845
*DANN:	(..) Now Moses's mother (..) loved her child . 634930_637475
*DANN:	(..) And she didn't want to throw him in . 638510_639735
*DANN:	I don't think any of the mothers did . 639735_641350
*DANN:	(..) And she wasn't gonna do it herself 641350_643145
	(.) &=in and she was one of these that had the baby 643145_645575
	without telling anybody 645575_646700
	except her immediate family . 646700_648005
*DANN:	&=in (..) And Moses already 648320_650515
	(..) when he was born 650515_651655
	(.) had an older sister and an older brother . 651655_653690
*DANN:	(..) And the mother 657615_658600
	(.) now when I was growing up 658600_659670
	and I heard this story 659670_660570
	I just assumed that the mother 660570_661999
	&=in was hiding the baby in the reeds . 661999_664180
*DANN:	And that's where she was hiding him . 664180_665255
*DANN:	But it says for three months 665255_666420
	she hid the baby 666420_667425
	&=in didn't say anything about the ʔuh: (.) the +/. 667425_669835
*DANN:	in the river 669835_670540
	or in the 670540_670885
	in the uh (.) basket . 670885_672240
*DANN:	&=in Uh 672240_673080
	but then when he was three months old 673080_674590
	(.) she j- +/. 674590_674999
*DANN:	she (.) was assuming that she was gonna get caught pretty soon 674999_677680
	&=in (.) and so she devised a plan . 677680_679950
*DANN:	(.) And it doesn't say here that she devised a plan 679950_682050
	&=in (.) but 682050_683000
	believe me 683000_683765
	(..) This mother knew what she was doing . 684570_686285
*DANN:	(..) She b- (.) she m- (.) got a basket . 686930_688875
*DANN:	(..) She (.) perhaps made the basket . 688875_690625
*DANN:	(..) Probably did . 690625_691410
*DANN:	&=in and then she put 691410_692660
	(..) what they call pitch 693005_694585
	or tar 694585_695305
	(.) &=in uh 695305_696235
	on it 696235_696740
	so that it (.) would float . 696740_698410
*DANN:	(..) So that water wouldn't come up through it . 698410_700305
*DANN:	&=in And she put (.) a blanket 700305_702285
	(.) put the baby in it 702285_703065
	(..) wrapped the baby in it- 703065_704100
	&=in and she told +/. 704100_705290
*DANN:	(.) she brought it down to the river . 705750_706999
*DANN:	(.) Now she didn't just go anywhere in the river 706999_709075
	(.) &=in She brought it to a specific place . 709075_711335
*DANN:	(.) Not just because there were reeds there 711335_713635
	&=in but because 713635_714990
	(.) the Pharaoh's daughter ba:thed (.) there . 714990_717445
*DANN:	(..) And this was a selected place . 718960_720750
*DANN:	&=in The mother took the baby 720835_722440
	&=in put the baby 722440_723710
	put Moses (.) &=in in the water . 723710_725640
*DANN:	(..) And told her sister to keep an eye on it . 726345_728585
*DANN:	(..) To keep an eye on him so that 729370_730775
	&=in nothing bad happened 730775_732105
	&=in but also 732105_733365
	there was an- another motive 733365_734635
	that we'll get to in just a second . 734635_736070
*DANN:	(..) &=in So the w- +/. 737145_738185
*DANN:	so Moses was floating along in the water . 738185_740360
*DANN:	(..) The Pharaoh's daughter came down to +/. 741930_743805
*DANN:	to take her bath &=ex ? 743805_745195
*DANN:	(..) And she sees the basket . 745195_747180
*DANN:	(.) And she sends her servant out to get the basket and bring it to her . 747180_750185
*DANN:	&=in And she opens it up 750445_752285
	there's Moses 752285_753100
	and he begins to cry 753100_754180
	&=in and (.) Pharaoh's daughter felt sorry for Moses . 754180_757340
*DANN:	(..) And she just decided to keep him . 758705_760600
*DANN:	(..) It said 761150_761535
	she realized said this is an Israelite baby . 761535_763485
*DANN:	(..) &=in &{l=VOX Aw- aw 763925_765785
	poor thi:ng &}l=VOX . 765785_766495
*AUD:	&=laugh &=laugh &=laugh &=laugh . 766815_767730
*DANN:	&=in (..) And so she 767730_769505
	(.) she decides to keep him . 769675_770910
*DANN:	(.) We:ll . 770910_771870
*DANN:	(..) Here's what (.) pha- +/. 772185_773260
*DANN:	uh 773260_773565
	Moses's sister did . 773565_774680
*DANN:	(..) That was her cue . 774680_775930
*DANN:	(.) &=in She comes out from hiding 776385_778335
	and says 778335_778820
	&=in (.) Oh 778820_780435
	(..) whatever your name is 781065_782430
	&=laugh &=laugh &=laugh ⌈ &=in &=laugh &=laugh &=laugh &=in . 782430_784135
*MANY:	                        ⌊ &=LAUGHTER ⌋ . 782865_784600
*DANN:	says ⌉ 784155_784555
	(.) oh 784555_784999
	mighty princess . 784999_786355
*DANN:	(..) Allow me: 788400_789760
	(.) to get a nurse for (.) the baby . 789760_792100
*DANN:	(..) I know of an Israelite nurse 792100_794100
	that can take care (..) of this baby . 794100_796770
*DANN:	(..) Guess who . 797050_797970
*DANN:	(..) &=in &{l=SM Her mother &}l=SM . 798725_800160
*DANN:	(..) So she goes and gets: (.) the mother . 801150_803075
*DANN:	&=in Now . 803075_804310
*DANN:	(..) Why do I think this is something that (..) the mother knew about . 804310_809065
*DANN:	(..) Cause it ends up that 809700_810955
	(..) the mother 810955_811565
	(.) not only 811565_812535
	(..) had her child 813660_815055
	(..) to stay alive . 815055_816320
*DANN:	&=in (..) But she also 816770_819005
	(..) got to take care of him 819005_820430
	(..) and got paid for it . 820430_821735
*MANY:	(.) &=LAUGHTER . 821735_827285
*DANN:	(.) So God not only spared his life 829040_830800
	but He provided 830800_831850
	(.) uh 831945_832345
	for +/. 832345_832935
*DANN:	(..) for that whole family . 832935_833990
*DANN:	(.) &=tsk &=in But especially for Moses . 833990_836110
*DANN:	(..) &=in So we see how 836110_838015
	(..) God preserved 838015_839320
	(..) Moses . 839320_840165
*DANN:	(..) We also see how God (.) prepared Moses 843920_846630
	(.) &=in because in the ʔuh +/. 846630_848455
*DANN:	(..) Moses's life is kinda divided into three &=in (.) stages . 849665_853340
*DANN:	Each being forty years . 853340_854660
*DANN:	The first forty years he was in Egypt . 854660_856390
*DANN:	(..) &=in The second forty years he was (.) a shepherd . 856390_859895
*DANN:	(.) &=in (..) And the third forty years he was l:eading the people out of Israel . 859895_864905
*DANN:	(..) And in this first forty years . 867695_869545
*DANN:	(..) Moses (.) got the best training 870245_873155
	(..) in the world at that time . 874610_876250
*DANN:	(..) &=in (.) His foundational training came from his mother . 877850_881850
*DANN:	(..) Cause as the nanny 882605_884070
	(..) and that's what she was at that point 884955_886405
	even though she was his mother 886405_887395
	she was his nanny 887395_888230
	(.) &=in (..) She (.) trained him (..) in the foundations 888430_892900
	(..) uh 892900_893385
	trained him 893385_893895
	taught him who he was 893895_894995
	(..) &=in taught him about his Hebrew origin 895405_898085
	(..) and the customs of the Israel- (..) Israelites . 898360_901470
*DANN:	(..) Taught him the foundational belief (..) in (.) the true God 902775_906510
	(..) &=in taught him of God's promise to Abraham 907795_911360
	&=in to multiply (.) his descendants 911360_914175
	(.) and make a (.) mighty nation 914175_915590
	(..) of them . 915590_916395
*DANN:	(..) &=in Probably the first four or five years 921215_923960
	(..) the bulk of his time was spent with his mother . 923960_926625
*DANN:	(..) And he 927485_928300
	(..) I'm sure she told him that 928300_929935
	(..) that uh 930685_931415
	she was his mother 931415_932235
	his real mother 932235_932990
	(..) and and about what had happened 933420_935215
	cause we wouldn't know about it 935215_936245
	(.) &=in uh 936245_937200
	(.) if (.) she didn't . 937200_938290
*DANN:	(..) But not only did he get this religious training 940855_943180
	(..) &=tsk and this foundational (.) belief (.) &=in in a r- in a real God 943180_948005
	(..) but he also 949010_949900
	was exposed to the best education that Egypt had to offer . 949900_952915
*DANN:	(.) Exposed to the wisest teachers 953130_954970
	and the best culture offered in the world at that time 954970_957565
	&=in he learned about the politics and customs (..) of the courts 957565_962265
	(..) of course this would help him later on 963615_965300
	(.) when he had to come back and 965300_966540
	(.) and uh 966540_967245
	(.) and deal with the courts from (.) a different perspective 967245_969955
	(..) but that first forty years was spent (.) in being trained . 972380_975815
*DANN:	(..) And he was trained well . 976050_977480
*DANN:	(..) And he had great knowledge . 978155_979780
*DANN:	(..) A lot of knowledge . 980530_981775
*DANN:	(..) That he was uh 982325_983395
	(..) that (.) God provided for him 983500_985235
	through these (..) means . 985235_986760
*DANN:	(..) And then for the next forty years . 988800_990700
*DANN:	he was exiled . 990700_991715
*DANN:	(..) From Egypt . 991715_992865
*DANN:	(..) Because 993760_994500
	in order to +/. 994500_995410
*DANN:	(..) thinking 996250_997040
	(..) that because he was an Israelite 997040_999470
	(..) by birth 999865_1000825
	(..) uh 1001535_1001895
	and seeing (..) an Israeli being (.) abused 1001895_1005165
	(..) uh 1005630_1005995
	he stepped in 1005995_1006830
	and he killed the Egyptian that was abusing him 1006830_1009010
	&=in (.) thinking that no one else knew except this person that he had saved 1009010_1012840
	(.) &=in he buried him 1012840_1014480
	(..) and then a few days later 1016815_1018220
	you know 1018220_1018400
	thinking well it's (.) it's all cool 1018400_1019865
	(.) nobody knows 1019865_1020790
	I'll just (.) go on . 1020790_1021845
*DANN:	&=in He tries to help 1021845_1023490
	(..) or tries to intervene between two other 1023490_1026085
	(..) uh 1027110_1027640
	(..) Hebrew 1029340_1030215
	(..) that were arguing amongst themself and 1030215_1032185
	(.) and 1032185_1032720
	(..) he tries to be a peacemaker 1032720_1034935
	and they say 1034935_1035515
	&=in you know 1035515_1036205
	who made you judge 1036205_1037340
	(..) w- what about this 1037495_1038635
	you just killed the guy the other day 1038635_1040195
	&=in Uh: 1040195_1041145
	and he realized that people knew . 1041145_1042605
*DANN:	(..) And he realized if these- +/. 1042605_1043840
*DANN:	(.) if these men knew 1043840_1044890
	&=in then probably Pharaoh was gonna hear pretty soon 1044890_1047500
	and so he left . 1047500_1048290
*DANN:	He fled . 1048290_1049040
*DANN:	(.) &=in He ran . 1049040_1050260
*DANN:	(..) He went out into the wilderness . 1051270_1052835
*DANN:	(..) After a few days of (.) uh walking 1062670_1064740
	he (..) comes upon a a scene 1064740_1066525
	where these two young ladies are herding (..) their father's sheep 1066525_1069930
	&=in and uh 1069930_1071210
	some 1071210_1071780
	(..) uh 1072515_1073090
	(.) mean guys 1073090_1074145
	&=in who knows 1074145_1075525
	I don't (.) remember who it was 1075525_1076775
	but anyway 1076775_1077150
	they came up and tried to 1077150_1078425
	(.) to: uh 1078425_1079395
	(..) take advantage of the (.) two ladies 1079395_1081475
	trying to take care of the sheep 1081475_1082670
	&=in and uh 1082670_1083905
	ʔuh (..) and I I assume they were trying to steal the sheep 1084865_1087320
	or trying to steal the women 1087320_1088360
	(.) either way 1088360_1089005
	(..) uh 1089510_1089960
	but 1089960_1090395
	(.) Moses intervened 1090395_1091630
	and he ran them off . 1091630_1092585
*DANN:	(..) And saved their lives . 1092585_1094100
*DANN:	and saved (.) their (.) livestock . 1094100_1095920
*DANN:	&=in And so they invited him to come with them 1095920_1098655
	to (.) to their home 1098655_1099675
	and they told their father what had happened 1099675_1101295
	and he invited Moses to stay with them 1101295_1103000
	&=in Moses ends up marrying . 1103000_1104900
*DANN:	(..) uh 1105270_1105850
	(.) one of the young ladies . 1105850_1107300
*DANN:	(.) As Ken (..) shared with us the other day 1107300_1109645
	it was a (.) a mixed marriage 1109645_1111006
	because these 1111006_1111695
	(.) uh 1111695_1112150
	(.) this family was Black . 1112150_1113685
*DANN:	(.) &=in (..) So for the next (.) forty years . 1113685_1123755
*DANN:	(..) he becomes a sheep herder 1123755_1125375
	for his father-in-law . 1125375_1126655
*DANN:	(..) Who was a (.) a Midian priest . 1126655_1128745
*DANN:	(..) And during that forty years 1131815_1133250
	he he g- gained some other training . 1133250_1135345
*DANN:	(.) First of all he became an outdoorsman . 1135345_1136905
*DANN:	He became used to being out (.) in the wilderness . 1136905_1139420
*DANN:	(..) And that's gonna be important for him 1139420_1141000
	for his (..) final forty years . 1141000_1142915
*DANN:	&=in (..) Another thing he's 1142915_1145165
	is 1145165_1145545
	(.) the area where he herded the sheep 1145545_1147705
	was a (.) a huge (..) area . 1147705_1150515
*DANN:	(..) And uh he got to know the terrain 1150695_1152700
	He got to know his way around . 1152700_1153915
*DANN:	(.) And that was important because he was gonna spend his final forty years 1153915_1157445
	&=in in that same area . 1157445_1158675
*DANN:	and it was important that he knew where there- 1158675_1160065
	&=in the w- (.) waterholes were and 1160065_1162160
	and where the dangerous (.) areas were . 1162160_1164310
*DANN:	(.) &=in (..) Uh 1164310_1165505
	(..) and so God (.) prepared him . 1165505_1167390
*DANN:	(..) &=in God also: has (.) prepared us 1170885_1173655
	and is preparing us 1173655_1174835
	(..) for h- +/. 1174835_1175455
*DANN:	for our part 1175455_1176420
	(..) in God's mission . 1176420_1177685
*DANN:	(..) God is continually (.) building character . 1180335_1182585
*DANN:	And I think 1182585_1183205
	(..) this (.) middle forty years for Moses 1184340_1187100
	was a: 1187100_1187560
	was a time where God really built character . 1187560_1189775
*DANN:	Cause he no longer had everything he wanted 1189775_1191885
	(..) uh 1191885_1192400
	at his fingertips 1192400_1193740
	&=in uh 1193740_1194510
	he had to learn some things . 1194510_1195705
*DANN:	He had to learn . 1195705_1196330
*DANN:	(.) He had to &=in learn how to depend on God . 1196330_1198990
*DANN:	(..) ON this God that he had learned about . 1198990_1201090
*DANN:	(..) From his mother . 1201500_1202520
*DANN:	(..) And God is interested in building character in us . 1207975_1210660
*DANN:	(.) as individuals . 1210660_1211925
*DANN:	(..) In fact 1213625_1214110
	God is more concerned about (.) our character 1214110_1216855
	than what we do . 1216855_1217770
*DANN:	(..) And how we do it . 1218880_1219980
*DANN:	(..) And so a lot of what we experience 1221585_1223195
	we get frustrated with 1223195_1224380
	(.) but God's (..) purpose (.) is to build character within us . 1224380_1229215
*DANN:	(..) And so when we're trying to decide w- which we should do or not do 1229935_1233695
	(.) something that we're tempted to do 1233695_1235445
	&=in we need to remember that 1235445_1236810
	God's more concerned about our character 1236810_1238440
	&=in and we should (.) be obedient to Him 1238440_1240437
	because that's how He builds (.) our character . 1240437_1242640
*DANN:	(..) I believe that God has created 1248315_1250220
	(.) and preserved 1250220_1251190
	(.) and prepared Uptown Baptist Church . 1251190_1253275
*DANN:	(..) To be involved in His mission . 1253730_1255460
*DANN:	(..) To be involved in reaching out to the unloved and the hurting . 1258225_1261170
*DANN:	(..) To be an influence . 1263830_1265385
*DANN:	(..) to the community of Uptown 1266400_1268105
	(..) for the Kingdom of God . 1270015_1271370
*DANN:	(..) To be a beacon of light 1273640_1275437
	(..) for those who are lost 1275437_1276935
	(..) and as our sign says on top 1280135_1282363
	(.) to proclaim that (..) Christ died for our sins . 1282363_1286450
*DANN:	(..) God has also created and prepared Uptown Baptist Church 1289670_1292615
	(..) to be a model for urban (.) church (.) missions to the world . 1297975_1302400
*DANN:	(..) And that wasn't (.) our reasoning 1307540_1309393
	we didn't set out to do the things we do 1309393_1311155
	so that we could be a model 1311155_1312585
	&=in (.) or so that we could (..) get (..) publicity 1312585_1316220
	&=in (..) But God has saw- seen fit to use us in that way . 1316220_1321145
*DANN:	&=in And this is not for our pride 1321145_1323490
	(..) this is just (..) a reality . 1325590_1328345
*DANN:	(..) I'm amazed at how (..) people from all over the world 1328525_1331805
	have have come 1331805_1333130
	&=in to the city 1333130_1334100
	and they've come to Uptown Baptist Church 1334100_1335737
	because they heard about us somewhere else 1335737_1337400
	in another country . 1337400_1338420
*DANN:	(..) or they read a book 1338670_1339825
	(.) uh that talked about Uptown Baptist Church . 1339825_1342365
*DANN:	(..) God has crea- +/. 1350330_1351365
*DANN:	also: (.) created an prepared you and me 1351365_1354595
	(..) to be involved in His plan . 1355250_1356845
*DANN:	(..) First of all He's called us each to a love relationship with Him . 1358610_1361935
*DANN:	(..) Some of us have accepted that call 1362630_1364805
	(..) and some (.) are still struggling with it . 1364805_1366580
*DANN:	(..) But still 1367565_1368550
	(..) He wants to have a love (.) relationship 1368550_1371455
	(.) with each person that is in this room . 1371805_1373925
*DANN:	(..) He's brought us together from many backgrounds 1382090_1384661
	(.) many very different backgrounds . 1384661_1386501
*DANN:	(.) to be a family . 1386501_1387785
*DANN:	(.) &=in A family of followers (..) of Christ . 1387785_1390967
*DANN:	(..) A family to be involved (.) in God's mission . 1393660_1396515
*DANN:	(..) Building the Kingdom of God . 1398095_1399765
*DANN:	(..) I was talking to Greg on Friday . 1404265_1405944
*DANN:	Greg Gey 1405944_1406610
	(..) and he was sharing wi- +/. 1408145_1409199
*DANN:	somehow we got in a conversation 1409199_1410786
	and he was saying something about 1410786_1412257
	he (..) he really needed &=ex (.) intellectual stimulation 1412257_1415961
	because he tended to be more intellectual 1415961_1418200
	&=in (.) and we were talking about why 1418200_1420702
	some people were intellectual and some weren't . 1420702_1422600
*DANN:	(..) And God just (..) flashed in my mind . 1423570_1426585
*DANN:	And I said Greg . 1426585_1427604
*DANN:	(.) You know God 1427604_1428780
	(..) created you to be intellectual 1429260_1430837
	so that you could relate to others who are intellectuals . 1430837_1433300
*DANN:	So that you could share ʔwith them on their level . 1433300_1435420
*DANN:	&=in Because Go:d didn't create us for our purpose 1435420_1438320
	(.) God created (.) us for His purpose . 1438320_1440770
*DANN:	&=in And that's something we have to keep 1440770_1442565
	&=in (..) in +/. 1442565_1443395
*DANN:	(.) before us . 1443395_1444270
*DANN:	(.) God has created us 1444270_1445569
	m:ade us like we are . 1445569_1446645
*DANN:	Allowed us to experience the things that we have experienced . 1446645_1449490
*DANN:	&=in (..) For his purpose . 1449490_1451745
*DANN:	(..) And it's for us to: seek Him 1452585_1454645
	and to know what His purpose is . 1454645_1456550
*DANN:	(..) Papa Joe has been a 1459320_1460900
	(.) a very strong influence in this community . 1460900_1463435
*DANN:	(..) &=in Not because of his education 1463740_1466150
	(..) his educations came from the streets . 1467855_1470124
*DANN:	(..) And as he came to (..) a relationship with Jesus Christ 1476760_1480390
	he came from a background 1480390_1481685
	(.) that w- had survi:ved 1481685_1483333
	from the streets . 1483333_1484345
*DANN:	(..) &=tsk &=in (..) He was an alcoholic . 1484340_1487340
*DANN:	(..) Now w- how- +/. 1488580_1489375
*DANN:	why: has God use him . 1489375_1491180
*DANN:	(..) He wasn't educated 1491180_1492630
	(..) he didn't go through special training 1493035_1494965
	(..) it's because 1495965_1497260
	(..) God prepared him 1497545_1499480
	(..) with the experience of his life 1499480_1501815
	&=in so that he could reach out to other people who are (.) going through the same experience . 1501815_1506690
*DANN:	(..) So you can't say well I don't have an education . 1507125_1509660
*DANN:	Or I don't +/. 1509660_1510207
*DANN:	I can't speak . 1510207_1511132
*DANN:	or I can't do this . 1511132_1512295
*DANN:	&=in You have to know that whatever (.) God has given you 1512295_1514970
	Whatever &=in experience that God has brought you through . 1514970_1518440
*DANN:	(.) That He wants to use it . 1518440_1520085
*DANN:	(..) To reach people 1520500_1521480
	(..) for His Kingdom . 1522350_1523375
*DANN:	(..) The second thing I want us to know 1527625_1529565
	(..) &=in (..) from this st- (.) story of Moses 1530110_1533550
	is that God reveals His mission (..) to His servants . 1533550_1537195
*ENV:	&=SIREN_BEGINS . 1529710_1562792
*DANN:	(..) The first that God prepares His servants for His mission 1539900_1543060
	(..) the second is that God reveals His mission (..) to His servants . 1543075_1547575
*DANN:	(..) We have to go to: Exodus three 1547955_1550135
	(..) and see how God gets Moses's attention . 1553840_1556530
*DANN:	(..) &=in . 1558375_1559185
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