So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and said to them, Narrator: But the midwives feared God they did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but they let the boys live. ![]() Pharaoh: When you act as midwives to the Hebrew women, and see them on the birthstool, if it is a boy, kill him but if it is a girl, she shall live. The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah, They were ruthless in all the tasks that they imposed on them. The Egyptians became ruthless in imposing tasks on the Israelites, and made their lives bitter with hard service in mortar and brick and in every kind of field labor. But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread, so that the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites. Narrator: Therefore the Egyptians set taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them Pharaoh: Look, the Israelite people are more numerous and more powerful than we.Ĭome, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase and, in the event of war, join our enemies and fight against us and escape from the land. Narrator: Now a new king arose over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. Print landscape with two columns to avoid hiding mouths behind sheets. Provide large-font copies for all actor/readers no memorization required. These Responsive Readings are often freely adapted and condensed from the Psalms using the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible.Ready-to-Act: a story from Exodus 1:8-2:10 - Ana Gobledale, UKĬharacters: 1) Narrator, 2) Pharoah, 3) Pharoah’s Daughter, 4) Miriam, 5) Midwife Shiphrah, 6) Midwife Puah I have edited and omitted parts of the Psalms to best suit my own worship services, so you may want to read the Psalm in your own Bible and compile and edit the Psalm in the best way to suit your own worship service and style. If you choose not to read the Psalms responsively or put them in a bulletin, you can easily read the abridged Psalm and prayer provided here as a short Call to Worship instead of responsively (omitting the Leader and People, and reading the Psalm straight through as printed here) and then use the prayer as an opening prayer.Įach prayer ends with “Our Father.” so you can remind worshipers to continue to pray the Lord's Prayer and conclude the prayer with the Lord's Prayer, if you choose.Įven though the format for A Psalm and A Prayer is in the form of a Responsive Reading, you can easily read A Psalm and A Prayer as a brief devotional before praying the prayer that goes with the reading. If you conduct your worship service without a bulletin, Psalms and Prayers can easily be projected on a screen for congregational use. ![]() Some teachers have found these Psalms and Prayers useful before they begin their class or Bible study. In some cases, the psalms are so long that I have created several short "psalms and prayer" from them, as in the case of Psalm 119.You do not need to give credit for the use of these psalms and prayers in your worship service bulletin. In a worship bulletin, these Psalms and Prayers easily fit in the left hand side of the bulletin (with the right size font and type), and I have abridged the Psalms, or shortened or lengthened prayers, to fit easily in a church bulletin. ![]() These Responsive Readings from the Psalms and the prayers are freely provided for private devotions and use in a public service of worship, a Sunday school class, or with other groups. Copy and Paste these Psalms and the Prayers for use in a bulletin for public worship. Responsive Psalms have been used in worship for hundreds of years by Jews and Christians, and I hope you will find these responsive readings from the psalms and these prayers helpful to you. International Bible Lessons Commentaries and Lessons Bible Lesson Forum
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