Sunday School - 3rd Grade

Reading Portion: Exodus 14: 5- 31

Lesson:

1. Once the people of Israel left Egypt, Pharaoh had a change of heart. He wanted the people back in Egypt. So, he went chasing after them using more than 600 chariots and many officers.

2. Meanwhile, the Israelites had reached the Red Sea and were camping there. There were mountains all around them. They turn back and see Pharaoh and his army chasing after them. They were trapped!

3. They cried out and complained to Moses, saying, “You brought us out of Egypt only to have us die here!”

4. Moses encouraged the people: “Stand still and see the salvation of the Lord! The Egyptians you see right now will no longer be there”

5. Moses then sought God for direction. God sent a pillar of cloud to block the Egyptians from being able to see the Israelites and the Israelites were protected. He told Moses to stretch out his rod over the waters.

6. God sent a strong wind that divided the water. There was dry land in the middle and the Israelites were able to walk through that to the other side.

7. Pharaoh’s army chased after them, but the wheels on their chariots started coming off and the Egyptians tried to run away. But God commanded Moses to stretch his hand over the sea and the Egyptians drowned.

8. When the Israelites saw all that God had done for them, they feared God and trusted in Him.

Moral: When we believe in the Lord and follow Him, He removes hindrances marvelously and leads us.

Memory Verse: Exodus 15 : 13
Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.