Kids Blog #4 - The Great Escape

We can call Exodus “the Great Escape!” The Israelites were slaves in Egypt, but God had promised to give them the land of Canaan. To keep His promise, God performed miracles in order to force Egypt’s king to free the Israelites. In Exodus, we learn that God uses His power to help people. Wow! Reading about all that God did to get His people out of Egypt reminds me that our God is POWERFUL! And just like He used His power to help the Israelites; today, He’ll use His power to help us too!

As a family go back through the story of God leading the Israelites out of Egypt (Exodus 13:17-14:31) and see if you can answer the following questions:

By day, the LORD led the Israelites with a column (or cloud) of ________________.

By night, the LORD led the Israelites with a column (or cloud) of _______________.

The LORD told Moses to have the Israelites set up their camp facing Pi Hahiroth. Which direction did He tell them to have their camp face? (hint – north, south, east or west)

What did the LORD tell Moses to raise in chapter 14 verse 16?

In chapter 14 verse 21, it says that all night the LORD pushed back the sea with what?

This week, let’s remember that God uses His power to help people and that includes you and me!