God calls Moses

Moses at the burning bush (image from freebibleimages.org).

Central Truth: God remembers his promises to his people.

Scriptures: Exodus 3, 4:1-22, 27-31

When Moses killed an Egyptian, he fled into the desert into the land of Midian. While he was there, he lived a quiet life as a shepherd. He married and began a family. Forty years passed and God appeared to Moses on Mount Sinai. Speaking from a bush that burned but was not consumed, God called Moses to deliver his people out of Egypt and to lead them to Canaan, a land that God promised to Abraham. Moses pleaded with God not to send him but, in the end, Moses agreed to return to Egypt.

To complement our study of the story of the burning bush, the children created these fun mini books found at www.bibletoday4kids.com.

Interactive Display

To help the story come alive for the children, I put together an interactive display for the story of Moses. Each week something new is revealed, or added, or taken away.

Interactive display.

Several weeks ago, we began in Egypt in the land of Goshen (noted with the #1 in a green circle) and followed Moses as he fled Egypt to faraway Midian. This week, Moses is in Midian when God calls him to free his people.

Destinee marks Midian on the map.

We also finished the God Talks to Moses from the Burning Bush flap by revealing the last two on Moses' call at the Burning Bush and God revealing to Moses that he is the I Am.