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[ Music ] In his hands he's got the whole world. In his hands he's got the whole world. In his hands he's got the whole world.

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In his hands he's got the whole world. In his hands he's got the whole world. In his hands he's got the whole world. In his hands he's got the whole world.

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♪ He's got the whole world in His hands ♪ ♪ He's got the whole world in His hands ♪ - Amen. - Amen. - Amen.

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Hear this word. Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, take this child away and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages.

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And the woman took the child and nursed it. And the child grew, and she brought him into Pharaoh's daughter. And he became her son.

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And she called his name Moses. And she said, because I drew him out of the water. The subject of the message, take this child. Take this child away and nurse it for me.

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Take this child. A child is the gift of God. The psalmist acknowledges this fact when he says, lo, children are an heritage of the Lord,

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and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As ours are in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of youth. Happy is the man who hath his skipper full of them. They shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

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A child is an expression of divine favor in sending forth new life, new hope, new investment in the future. Every new birth is a marvelous expression of God's grace.

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Our nation is concerned about children. I think that children, or that concern for children was expressed in the event involving Jessica McClure, who slipped into an abandoned well

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and remained there for some time. But she was rescued by the diligent and patient and painstaking efforts of many. Little Jessica was the object of the collective planning

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and energies of the best human resources that were available. And the story ends on a note of joy because she was rescued alive

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and reunited with her parents. The truth is, there are many children, thousands, yay, millions, who are not as fortunate as Jessica. They fall into wells of different descriptions.

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They spend their lives in deep, dark, abandoned wells. They fall, they linger there, they die. A society may be measured by its concern for children. How we treat our children reveals the kind of people we are.

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Long ago, when Israel was enslaved in Egypt, A cruel, ruthless ruler issued a decree that all Hebrew male babies were to be killed at the time of their birth.

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Now that was a terrible decision. Now child abuse is bad, taking advantage of poor, innocent, defenseless children. heartless, unmerciful to say the least, but Pharaoh decides that newborn boy

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babies of the Hebrew race were not to be given a chance to live their lives. Pharaoh makes the decision that they do not deserve to live. Pharaoh decides that the Israelites had enough children. Pharaoh decides that when a Hebrew boy is born,

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he's to be killed. Now, this was his order to the midwives. And whenever a newborn boy comes forth from a Hebrew family, kill it right then and there. And only the Lord knows how many babies were killed. Thousands,

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no doubt. Hebrew midwives, the doctors on the scene at the time of the birth disobeyed the king's orders and let many of the children live. Then the king began to be more disturbed about whether his order was being obeyed. He called a conference of the midwives and he strongly emphasized, I want you to understand

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that this is a royal decree. They were made aware of the fact that they were running the risk of their own lives if they did not obey. Yeah, he wanted to know, "Why haven't you obeyed this order?"

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And they said, "Well, now the babies are born so soon before we can even get on the scene. The baby's already born." And then the king instructed all of the people to see to it. Can't you see soldiers invading homes, looking everywhere in the attics, all of the rooms,

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the closets, every place imaginable, the barn, the hay, wherever they may be hidden, they were looking here and there. And no doubt many little children just cried at the time when an investigation was being made and that was the end of that child's life. Children today suffer death at an early

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age. They suffer death by being unwanted. They suffer death because of neglect. They suffer death by being abused. Oh, not really physical death, but not being able to really live their lives, sometimes because of malnutrition to be sure, by not being fed the food that is needed physically, and then they fail to grow mentally, socially, and spiritually.

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These Hebrew babies were children of oppression. Nevertheless, Pharaoh's decree was that they were to be killed. It just so happens that in our land, a disproportionate percentage of black children

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in this state need acceptance, a permanent home, where they can be nourished and nurtured in the good life. As I said, many Hebrew babies were killed. Families tried to save the children, but many were killed.

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But here's one family, the House of Levi. This family hid their child as long as they could safely do so. And then when it was no longer considered safe around the house, the mother made a little basket boat,

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put her baby in it and hit it along the bull rushes of the Nile River and then placed the baby's sister at a certain distance where she could keep watch. One day, Pharaoh's daughter came down to the river with her maidens, and she saw this little basket boat

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hidden in the bulrushes, and she sent her maid, one of them, to fetch it. When the basket was brought and opened, behold, a Hebrew boy baby, and the little babe

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began to cry. The princess was touched with pity and she said, "Oh, he's so cute. This is such a beautiful baby. I want this baby for myself." The baby's sister was watching, came and said to the princess, "Would you like for me to get a Hebrew nurse for the baby?" And the princess said, "Yes." And so she went and brought back the baby's mother

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to nurse her own child. Yes, we need to nurse our own black children that need to be cared for, or our own. And if we don't do this job, as I say, over and over again, it will not get done. We have a responsibility to ourselves. We have a responsibility to care for our own children. The princess spoke these words to the child's mother, "Take this child and nurse

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it and I will pay you your wages." Take this child, this child, every child is unique. There's something peculiar about every child born into the world, something special about every child. Someone has said that no two snowflakes are alike. Well, no two children are exactly alike. Everyone's unique, everyone's different.

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Take this child, this peculiar child, with all of the characteristics involved, with all of the mysteries involved, Take this child and nurse it for me. Well, this child is surrounded with a certain set of circumstances, yes, but take this child.

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This child is a manifestation of hope. This child is an investment in the future. This child is a divine mystery. Take this child and nurse it.

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Because the course of human history may hinge upon what happens to this child. Take this child, take this abandoned child, this child of oppression, and so she took it. She took it.

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She took it. And it just so happens that in the mystery of the history of it all here, God is hidden. It's strange how God works. Here's Pharaoh who has issued a decree that all male Hebrew babies would be killed.

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and here the mother and father hide this child out and Pharaoh's daughter comes and finds the child and decides to keep the child. And so Pharaoh has in his own house one who disobeys his decree. That's how God works. It's a mystery how God works. God moves in a mysterious way, his wonders to perform, he plants his footsteps on the sea and rides upon the storm. Take this child, take this child.

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So Moses is the name given because he said I have drawn him out of the water, drawn him out of the water. You know, water is a symbol of chaos. Water is a symbol of confusion. Water is a symbol of death.

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But here this child is snatched from the waters of death, snatched from the waters of confusion. This child, she said, I'll name him Moses because I've drawn him out. And that's the message for us today. For we too, we too in our own time, in our own way, God has given us the privilege of

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drawing out of the waters children that we may nourish. Take it and nourish it for me and I will pay you your wages. I think God says that to us, I'll pay you. For inasmuch as you have done it to the least of these my little ones, you have done it

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unto me. Take this job. Somehow I can identify with this myself. When I was born, my mother gave me away.

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And my aunt took me. She said, "I'll take him. I'll take him." I'll take him and somehow she wrapped up all of the love that she had and poured it out on me and inspired me so that I felt that no one, and I still feel that no one could be loved more than I was loved. God has a strange way of blessing us. And not only that, that's true physically and in this life here, but every one of us

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in a sense is an adopted child. We were outside the family, outside a strange furnace, outside outcast, but God through through Jesus Christ comes outside that garden, brings us into the family, and adopts us as his own

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for those who will accept him, so that we can say I'm a child of the king. You know, that's the way I've always felt. I've always felt that I was somebody special with God.

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You ought to feel like that. That God, out of all of the millions of people, God has enough now to go around so that every one of his children can have enough love

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to be nourished and strengthened by his love. I love that about God. We could say I'm a child of the King. I'm a child of the King.

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I once was a stranger on Earth, a sinner by choice, an alien by birth. But I've been accepted. My name's written down.

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I'm an heir to a mansion, a robe, and a crown. I'm a child of the king. Can you say that? I'm a child of the king.

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I'm a child of the king. With Jesus my savior, I'm a child of the king. Well, that was good for Moses. Thousands of years ago, somehow God is speaking to us here

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this morning through that same event he speaks saying take this child. More than 200 right here in our state and he's saying to us take this child. May our answer be count on me. Let us sing that as we extend the privilege of the church to unite with God doing his work in the world accepting Jesus Christ as your

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Lord and Savior. We ask you to come now. [ Music ] ♪ O God, as we have worked thus to take His place today ♪ ♪ So kindly He has led me to walk in His love's way ♪

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♪ I pray for grace to help me with all my heart to say ♪ ♪ Oh bless this Savior found for me ♪ ♪ Found for me ♪ ♪ Found for me ♪

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♪ Oh loving heart His service left free ♪ ♪ This found for me ♪ ♪ Count on me ♪ ♪ Oh, blessed Savior, count on me ♪

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♪ But count on me, dear Lester ♪ ♪ Our cleansing in the blood ♪ ♪ Our cross that's drained from the sea ♪ ♪ Our never-failing blood ♪

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♪ To heaven you preach ♪ ♪ I see thy mercy run ♪ ♪ O blessed Savior, count on me ♪ ♪ Count on me, count on me ♪

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♪ Your loving heart is jealous but free ♪ ♪ O blessed Savior, count on me ♪ ♪ O blessed Savior, count on me ♪ ♪ Count on me, count on me ♪

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♪ Your loving heart is jealous but free ♪ ♪ God is serving God and free ♪ ♪ Bless thou not me ♪ ♪ Thou for me ♪

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♪ O blessed Savior, thou for me ♪ - All of the-- ♪ O Lord, bless you and me ♪ ♪ Blessed to unheed you ♪

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♪ The Lord lift his countenance upon you ♪ ♪ And give you peace ♪ ♪ And give you peace ♪ ♪ On earth may his face shine upon you ♪

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♪ And be gracious unto you ♪ ♪ Be gracious, the Lord be gracious ♪ ♪ Gracious unto you ♪ ♪ Amen, amen, amen, amen ♪

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