1. ‘One size fits all’
‘This questionnaire will only
take 2 minutes of your time’
‘Open wide – this won’t hurt a bit’
‘Don’t worry - I know a short cut’

2. Today
‘A God who safely
delivers His people’
Exodus 14

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

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

9. 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

10. The LORD is fighting for them …
Ex 14:25b
If God is for us, who can be against us?
Rom 8:31b

11. 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

12. Don’t be afraid – Realise God’s presence
Do not be afraid
Ex 14:13a

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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