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(Some blue food coloring, a straw, some salt, and oil remind us how the
Israelites crossed through the
Red Sea.)
The Lord gave us the blueprint of
His Word to architect our family on Jesus Christ.
Going through the
Bible with your family…
Weekly Scripture:
Exodus 13:17-15:21
Story:
“Crossing the
Red Sea
”
Application:
The Lord will deliver us for His purpose.
Summary:
God led the Israelites around by way of the
Red Sea
. The Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, and by night in a
pillar of fire for light. Pharaoh, whose heart was hardened, pursued the
Israelites, after having let them go. The Lord told Moses to hold his rod up
over the sea and it would part. Moses obeyed. The sea parted and the
Israelites crossed safely through to the other side. The Egyptians pursued
them and the
Red Sea
closed on top of them and destroyed them.
Focus:
While it may appear that we have no way out, we must always look to the
Lord for our deliverance, He never fails.
Finding Christ:
The Israelites crossed the
Red Sea
after the Passover. In 1 Corinthians 10:2 it says “all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea…”
indicating this was a type of baptism to come for the body of Christ.
Live the
Lesson:
Ask your children if they would like to make the sea move too? While you
don’t have the power to do what God did, you can have some fun making your
own sea that moves. (Before the lesson starts prepare a glass bowl or jar with
water and tint it blue with food coloring. Add some oil to the top so that it
has time to settle on top of the water. Take a straw and pinch, fold, and tape
one end closed and fill it up with salt.) Now bring out the sea for your
children to observe. Tell them you will now lift up the rod (the straw) over
the sea and watch it separate. As you bring your rod over the water allow the
salt to pour out of the straw onto the oil on top of the water. It will form
globs with the oil and sink to the bottom of the sea. As the salt dissolves in
the water the oil will return to the top of the water and you can do it
several times over for fun!
Explain to the children how oil and water separate and
that the weight of the salt made the oil sink, but how salt dissolves in water
so the oil then becomes lighter than the water again and returns to the top.
So you are not doing what God actually did, but you had some fun pretending
and learned a little science in the process. Discuss with your children how
amazing it would have been to have walked between the walls of water, viewing
all the sea life swimming in it, yet not touching you. The closest thing I
have ever viewed to this is Sea World in
San Diego
has a shark exhibit where you literally go through an aquarium of sharks. So
you have sharks swimming on both sides of you and over the top of you. It is
amazing (of course you pray no major earthquake hits).
Memory
Verse:
“Teach me Your way, O Lord.” Psalm 27:11
Prayer:
Dear Lord, please help me to see that You always provide a way of
deliverance through all things. Help me to look to You and trust You.
Living the
Life:
This week discuss areas in your lives where the Lord has not delivered you
from a circumstance, but instead
areas where the Lord delivered you THROUGH the circumstance.
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