Bringing it Home: Week 4: God is Powerful

This weekend your child will be learning that God is Powerful as they look at how He helped them cross the Red Sea. This is also our last weekend for our memory verse: The 10 Fingered Prayer.

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Philippians 4:13

This week read the story of the Israelites crossing the Red Sea. As you do talk about how the Israelites must have felt.

• Joy as they were finally free.
• Excitement at what lay ahead.
• Nervous about where they would go and how they would live.
• Scared because they could not cross the Red Sea and the Egyptian army was right behind them.
• Angry at Moses and God because it looked like they were going to die or have to return to Egypt and be slaves.
• Amazed at what God did.
• Shocked that God could part the Sea.
• Anxious as they crossed and tried to hurry before the army got there.
• Relieved as they saw they were safely across and the army couldn't get them and was destroyed.
• Thankful that God had saved them.
• Special because God had saved them.

Talk with your child about how the Israelites wanted to just give in and stop. They wanted to go back. That was easier. But Moses wouldn't let them. And God provided a way for them to keep going.

This is a great lesson about how even when we don't want to do something or feel we can't or are scared to remember that God is with us. He has promised to always be with us. He didn't promise we would never have harm or a problem (the Red Sea was a real problem) but He promised He would help us.

Have your child list things they feel they can't do, things they don't want to do, things that are hard, things they are scared of. Then pray with them asking God to not only help them but to help them remember that no matter what God is with them.

End by practicing the memory verse together.