Exodus 1:15-17
Question
We don’t know much about the two Hebrew midwives who saved lives in Exodus 1, but we do know that they had the courage to risk their lives and disobey Pharoah because of their faith in God. As you consider their faith, what can you do to demonstrate faith “fearlessly” as President Nelson describes?
Scripture
15 And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:
16 And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.
17 But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
Exodus 1:15-17
Quote
Today, let me add that we need women who know how to make important things happen by their faith and who are courageous defenders of morality and families in a sin-sick world. We need women who are devoted to shepherding God’s children along the covenant path toward exaltation; women who know how to receive personal revelation, who understand the power and peace of the temple endowment; women who know how to call upon the powers of heaven to protect and strengthen children and families; women who teach fearlessly.
President Russell M. Nelson
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