sometimes allow things to get bad enough that we will be forced to look up. Victory always begins with a cry for help. When we come to the end of ourselves and cry out for help, amazing things happen. LESSON 5 God willingly tells His children why they are being oppressed if they are willing to listen. God wants us to know the reasons we continue being oppressed. In verses 7 through 10, He sent a prophet to the Israelites to tell them they were oppressed because they had worshiped other gods. We would