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Today

‘A God who safely delivers His people’

Exodus 14

God led them in an unmistakeable manner

God led the people around by the desert road toward the Red Sea - Ex 13:18

By day the LORD went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud … and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could

travel by day or night - Ex 13:21

God led them in an unmistakeable manner

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you

Psalm 32:8

God led them in an unpredictable direction

When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them on the road through the

Philistine country, though that was shorter. "If they face war, they might

change their minds and return to Egypt

Ex 13:17

God led them into an unexpected dead end

When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them on the road through the

Philistine country, though that was shorter. "If they face war, they might

change their minds and return to Egypt”

Ex 13:17

The Egyptians … pursued the Israelites and overtook them as they camped by the sea … the Israelites looked up, and there were the Egyptians, marching after them. They were

terrified and cried out to the LORD

Ex 14:9-10

‘We’d have been better off in Egypt than dying out here.’

all that night the LORD drove the sea back with a strong east wind and turned it into

dry land. The waters were divided, and the Israelites went through the sea on dry

ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left

Ex 14:21b-22

The LORD is fighting for them …

Ex 14:25b

If God is for us, who can be against us?

Rom 8:31b

And when the Israelites saw the great power the LORD displayed against

the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD and put their trust in him and in

Moses his servant

Ex 14:31

Don’t be afraid – Realise God’s presence

Do not be afraid

Ex 14:13a

Don’t panic – Rely on God’s promises

Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the LORD will bring you today

Ex 14:13b

Don’t panic – Rely on God’s promises

Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own, and

they will be enslaved and mistreated 400 years. But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will come out

with great possessions

Gen 15:13-14

Don’t plot and scheme – Realise God’s power

The LORD will fight for you

Ex 14:14a

Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according

to his power that is at work within us

Eph 3:20

Don’t wrestle – Rest in God’s peace

you need only to be still

Ex 14:14b

You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, whose thoughts are fixed on you!

Isaiah 26:3 NLT

Don’t stay where you are – Respond to God’s call

Then the LORD said to Moses, "Why are you crying out to me? Tell the Israelites to move on”

Ex 14:15