Hello boys and girls, this is Aunt Frenita
Today's story is called:
"Seashore Song."
The memory verse is from Exodus Chapter 15, verse 1.
It says,
"I will sing to the Lord, for He is highly exalted."
The message is God loves and cares for us.
Have you ever been scared, or frightened
and did not know what to do?
That is just how the children of Israel
felt at the beginning of our story.
Read on to find out how their
fear was transformed into joy.
The Israelites were trapped, and they were afraid.
Pharoah and his army were behind them
In front of them was the Red Sea.
They felt certain that they would drown
or be taken back to Egypt as slaves.
As they camped by the Red Sea,
God's angel
and the pillar of cloud that had been showing them the way
Moved behind them.
Throughout the night,
one side of the cloud kept Pharoah's army in darkness
On the other side,
the cloud looked like fire and gave light
and warmth to the Israelites.
Pharoah's army could not get near them
The Lord told Moses to stretch out his hand over the sea.
All night long, God sent a wind to blow back the sea
The wind caused the sea to divide.
When it was almost morning,
the Israelites walked through the sea.
Walls of water stood to their right and to their left.
But the ground where they walked was dry
Pharoah's army followed the Israelites into the sea
But the Lord made them panic
Suddenly their chariots would not move
"God is with the Israelites!" They screamed.
"Lets get away from them!"
But they could not. Again God said to Moses.
"Hold your hand over the sea."
He did, and the walls of water came crashing down
And all of Pharoah's army drowned.
When the Israelites saw this they could hardly believe their eyes.
They were so relieved and happy.
Everyone started singing and praising God.
Their song told how God saved them from Pharoah's army.
Let's sing it together.
I will sing to the Lord because He is worthy of great honor
He has thrown the horse and its rider into the sea
The enemy bragged, I will chase them and catch them
But You blew on them with Your breath
And covered them with the sea
They sank like lead into the powerful water
Are there any Gods like You, Lord?
No. There are no Gods like You.
You are wonderfully holy.
You are amazingly powerful, You do great miracles.
You keep Your loving promise
You lead the people You have saved.
With Your strength You will guide them to Your Holy Land
Lord, that is the place that You made for Yourself to live.
Lord, that is the temple that Your hands have made.
The Lord will rule forever.
Moses and Aaron's sister, Miriam, were so happy,
she grabbed her tambourine and started dancing and singing.
All the other women played their tambourines
and danced and sang with her.
Miriam sang.
Sing to the Lord for He is worthy of great honor.
He has thrown the horse and rider into the sea.
Moses, Miriam and the Israelites
sang about two things at the same time.
They sang about being safe while crossing the Red Sea
They may have also been looking forward and singing about the future
How God will save His children and take them to heaven.
We can all sing this song, we too can celebrate.
God has helped His family through the ages.
He continues to help us today, and He will help us in the future.
This podcast is read by Frenita Buddy
for Gracelink.net
Created and produced by Falvo Fowler
Post produced by Faith Toh at Studio Elpizo
The theme music is by Clayton Kinney
Animation and artwork by Diogo Godoy
The audio engineer was Karel Holness
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