Sunday School - 3rd Grade

Reading Portion: Exodus 15: 22-27

Vocabulary:
Wilderness – an empty place where people usually don’t live
Bitter – a harsh taste

Lesson:

1. After crossing the red sea, the Israelites journeyed on foot to the wilderness.

2. The first place they went to was called Shur. There was absolutely NO water to be found there.

3. Next, they came to a place called Marah. They found water there, but it was too bitter to drink. Marah means bitter.

4. The people began to complain, “What are we supposed to drink?”

5. Moses then cried out to God and God showed him a piece of wood, which Moses had to throw in. As soon as Moses threw in it in, the water became sweet.

6. Then God said, “If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.”

7. After that, they came to a place called Elim, where there were plenty of water (12 water wells) and 70 palm trees. They camped there.


Moral: Just as God made the bitter water sweet for the children of Israel in the wilderness, Jesus makes all our bitter experiences sweet for us.

Memory Verse: Exodus 23:25