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People may think you've got it together, but
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inside, you're asking, am I enough? No matter
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how good we look to others, the nagging voice
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of self -doubt is hard to shake. We ask inner
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questions like. If people really knew me would
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they still accept me? Will I be rejected when
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I can't perform? Do I have what it takes to withstand
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this new season, circumstance, or assignment?
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What if I fail? Am I missing out on the life
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I am supposed to be living because I can't shake
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this fear? What if there was a way to remove
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the pent -up fear, to release crippling worry
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about unexpected and damaging activity erupting
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from within us, creating an irreversible landscape
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of what -ifs and if -onlies? What if someone
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could point out a path to navigate that barren
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landscape of nagging self -doubt and direct us
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to the promised land of abundant life? What if
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we could see striving and surrender our endless
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cycles of frenetic performance? Scripture offers
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us a life to examine, Moses. A monumental biblical
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figure. You might be familiar with his story.
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Born of Hebrew parents when Hebrews were slaves
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of the Egyptians. Hidden by his parents to escape
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the order for newborn Hebrew males to be put
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to death. Sent down the Nile River to be pulled
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out of the water by no less than the Pharaoh's
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daughter. Raised in privilege, educated in the
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ways of a great civilization, yet aware of his
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heritage. As an adult, saw a Hebrew mistreated
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by an Egyptian and, enraged, killed the Egyptian,
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incurring the wrath of Pharaoh. So he runs away.
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He chooses to stay away from Egypt, the land
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of his upbringing and seems to be content with
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a life of obscurity, tending sheep. But God doesn't
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allow him to stay there. He appears to Moses,
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you've heard of the burning bush, and begins
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to speak to him about his plans. Questions. Which
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inner nagging question resonated with you most
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deeply? Why do you think this is so? Personal
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prayer. Jesus, help me hear your voice above
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all others. Help me believe what you say about
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me. Help me follow you fully to the places you
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have planned for me.
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People may think you've got it together, but
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inside, you're asking, am I enough? No matter
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how good we look to others, the nagging voice
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of self -doubt is hard to shake. We ask inner
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questions like. If people really knew me would
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they still accept me? Will I be rejected when
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I can't perform? Do I have what it takes to withstand
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this new season, circumstance, or assignment?
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What if I fail? Am I missing out on the life
00:00:27.429 --> 00:00:29.670
I am supposed to be living because I can't shake
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this fear? What if there was a way to remove
00:00:32.450 --> 00:00:34.590
the pent -up fear, to release crippling worry
00:00:34.590 --> 00:00:37.070
about unexpected and damaging activity erupting
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from within us, creating an irreversible landscape
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of what -ifs and if -onlies? What if someone
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could point out a path to navigate that barren
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landscape of nagging self -doubt and direct us
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to the promised land of abundant life? What if
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we could see striving and surrender our endless
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cycles of frenetic performance? Scripture offers
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us a life to examine, Moses. A monumental biblical
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figure. You might be familiar with his story.
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Born of Hebrew parents when Hebrews were slaves
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of the Egyptians. Hidden by his parents to escape
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the order for newborn Hebrew males to be put
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to death. Sent down the Nile River to be pulled
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out of the water by no less than the Pharaoh's
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daughter. Raised in privilege, educated in the
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ways of a great civilization, yet aware of his
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heritage. As an adult, saw a Hebrew mistreated
00:01:26.659 --> 00:01:29.420
by an Egyptian and, enraged, killed the Egyptian,
00:01:29.780 --> 00:01:33.140
incurring the wrath of Pharaoh. So he runs away.
00:01:34.019 --> 00:01:36.299
He chooses to stay away from Egypt, the land
00:01:36.299 --> 00:01:38.379
of his upbringing and seems to be content with
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a life of obscurity, tending sheep. But God doesn't
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allow him to stay there. He appears to Moses,
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you've heard of the burning bush, and begins
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to speak to him about his plans. Questions. Which
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inner nagging question resonated with you most
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deeply? Why do you think this is so? Personal
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prayer. Jesus, help me hear your voice above
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all others. Help me believe what you say about
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me. Help me follow you fully to the places you
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have planned for me.
