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Acts 7: 17-38; Exodus 2:1-3:15 1. For the earliest months or years of Moses’ life, Moses was nursed by his own mother. What might she have prayed or sung or spoken over her child during those frequent and intimate encounters? 2. Moses grew up as a Hebrew in the court of the Egyptians. He was both an outsider to the Egyptians and an outsider to the Hebrews. How might this unique upbringing have molded Moses’ sense of self? 3. Read Acts 7:23-29. When Moses, in his forties, desired to encounter his own people, they did not welcome him. What do you think was going on in Moses’ heart as he fled to Midian? 4. Barbara remarked that this first time, Moses sent himself to save his people, while later God would send him to save his people. Have you ever rushed or forced a sense of calling? What was the result? 5. Moses spent forty years in Midian as a foreigner, humbly tending sheep in the desert. Though Moses might have thought he was lost or forgotten, Barbara pointed out that all along, he was acquainting himself with the very landscape and area through which he would lead his own people to freedom. Though he may have felt he was outside of God’s plan or purpose, in fact, God was using and preparing Moses for what would come next. How might this encourage you on your own faith journey? 6. Moses struggled deeply with his sense of identity (who am I?). Then, in his encounter with God in the burning bush, God names Himself as “I am.” How does God’s identity as “I am” answer our own deepest questions of identity? 7. Barbara ended by observing that nothing was wasted in Moses’ life. What areas of your own life seem wasted? How might God use them one day for his redemptive purposes?