Lesson 83 - The Cry That Reached Heaven

While Moses is tending sheep in Midian, the old king of Egypt finally dies—yet life for the Hebrew slaves does

not get any easier! Under the new Pharaoh, the Israelites groan beneath their crushing workloads and cry out

for rescue. Exodus 2:23–25 gives us one of the most comforting passages in the entire Bible, using four

powerful verbs to describe God's heart: "God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with

Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. God saw the people of Israel—and God knew." Today we explore how

sound waves travel, why our lungs sigh under heavy stress, and how God hears every tear!