This Sunday we will walk through Exodus 1. As the book opens, the Israelites are in Egypt, the land that God had placed Joseph in to provide for his brothers and their families. But that was 400 years ago. And things had taken a turn. The Israelites had become enslaved by the Egyptians. The Egyptians were ruthless slave masters and the Israelites lives were bitter with hard service in building projects and in the fields. Their children were being killed. The opening chapters of Exodus leave the impression that God is absent, that He no longer responds or intervenes. Our own lives can feel that way, both in times of ease and suffering. This week and this series will help us to see who God is and how He works.