SUNDAY CONNECT LESSON FOR APRIL 14, 2024 GOD DELIVERS HIS PEOPLEJesus shed His blood to offer salvation to all who will trust in Him.KEY TRUTH: God’s judgment passes over those covered by the blood of the Lamb (Exodus 12:1-30)KEY TRUTH: God delivers His people from bondage (Exodus 12:31-42)FAMILY CONNECTION: CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION AFTER CHURCH!Why did God harden Pharaoh's heart? How did God prote...  Read More

1. Just like Moses, the Lord often asks us to do things for His glory that are outside our wheelhouse. What has the Lord asked you to do recently that was outside your comfort zone? Did you do what He asked, and how did it turn out?2.  In these passages, we learned about the meaning of Passover and how it has become so   important in Jewish tradition. From a believer’s standpoint, Jesus is our Pas...  Read More

Exodus 12:43-51 (HCSB)Passover Instruction43 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the statute of the Passover: no foreigner may eat it. 44 But any slave a man has purchased may eat it, after you have circumcised him. 45 A temporary resident or hired hand may not eat the Passover. 46 It is to be eaten in one house. You may not take any of the meat outside the house, and you may not break any ...  Read More

Exodus 12:29-42 (HCSB)The Exodus29 Now at midnight the Lord struck every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the prisoner who was in the dungeon, and every firstborn of the livestock. 30 During the night Pharaoh got up, he along with all his officials and all the Egyptians, and there was a loud wailing throughout Egypt becaus...  Read More

Exodus 12:1-28 (HCSB)Instructions for the Passover12 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt: 2 “This month is to be the beginning of months for you; it is the first month of your year. 3 Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month they must each select an animal of the flock according to their fathers’ households, one animal per household. 4 If the househo...  Read More

Exodus 7:1-13 (HCSB)7 The Lord answered Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and Aaron your brother will be your prophet. 2 You must say whatever I command you; then Aaron your brother must declare it to Pharaoh so that he will let the Israelites go from his land. 3 But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart and multiply My signs and wonders in the land of Egypt. 4 Pharaoh will not listen to y...  Read More

Exodus 11:1-10 (HCSB)The Tenth Plague: Death of the Firstborn11 The Lord said to Moses, “I will bring one more plague on Pharaoh and on Egypt. After that, he will let you go from here. When he lets you go, he will drive you out of here. 2 Now announce to the people that both men and women should ask their neighbors for silver and gold jewelry.” 3 The Lord gave the people favor in the sight of the ...  Read More

SUNDAY CONNECT LESSON FOR APRIL 7, 2024 MOSESWhen God is with us, we can accomplish anything He calls us to do.KEY TRUTH: God protected and prepared Moses (Exodus 2:1-22)KEY TRUTH: God called Moses to deliver His people (Exodus 3:1-15; 4:1-17)KEY TRUTH: A moment of anger and disobedience kept Moses from entering the Promised Land (Numbers 20:1-13)FAMILY CONNECTION: CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION AFTER CH...  Read More

1. Name as many people in Scripture as you can think of (or do some research) that you would consider having “train wrecks” in some part of their story that is recorded in the Bible. Why would God want to record those things for everyone to read?2. What are some of Moses’ weaknesses that we are allowed to see in Exodus 1-5?  Why do you think God wanted us to know these? After all, Moses was the on...  Read More

Exodus 5:1-23 (HCSB)Moses Confronts Pharaoh5 Later, Moses and Aaron went in and said to Pharaoh, “This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says: Let My people go, so that they may hold a festival for Me in the wilderness.” 2 But Pharaoh responded, “Who is Yahweh that I should obey Him by letting Israel go? I do not know anything about Yahweh, and besides, I will not let Israel go.” 3 Then they answ...  Read More

Exodus 4:1-31 (HCSB)Miraculous Signs for Moses4 Then Moses answered, “What if they won’t believe me and will not obey me but say, ‘The Lord did not appear to you’?” 2 The Lord asked him, “What is that in your hand?” “A staff,” he replied. 3 Then He said, “Throw it on the ground.” He threw it on the ground, and it became a snake. Moses ran from it, 4 but the Lord told him, “Stretch out your hand an...  Read More

Exodus 3:1-22  (HCSB)Moses and the Burning Bush 3 Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. 2 Then the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire within a bush. As Moses looked, he saw that the bush was on fire but was not consumed. 3 So Moses tho...  Read More