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God’s Power by Bekah Prytherch
ne of my favorite stories in the Bible is
good guys and the bad guys—and that He was
about the Israelites being freed from
in control!
Pharaoh’s control in Egypt. This story is
I am older now, but as a child I loved this story.
filled with amazing things that God did to show
I never really thought about it until recently, but
His power to the Israelites—like all of the plagues!
there were children who experienced this. They
Then, He shows them His power again by parting
saw all the plagues that took place, they saw their parents and themselves being
the Red Sea and letting His
enslaved, and they also
people go.
saw the hand of God upon them by being
“Then the
led out of slavery! All
Lord said to
the powerful things
Moses, ‘Why
that God did to
are you crying out to me? Tell
get them free—I
the Israelites to
cannot imagine
move on. Raise
being a child
your staff and
who is able to walk through
stretch out your
water, and seeing
hand over the sea
the walls of water
to divide the water so
surround me!
that the Israelites can go
God did some pretty
through the sea on dry ground. I will harden
amazing things for the Israelite
the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them. All I will gain glory through Pharaoh
children, just as He did for their parents. He is
and all his army, through his chariots and his
the same God that He was for the Israelites as He
horsemen. The Egyptians will know that I am
is for us today! He can take us to some amazing
the Lord when I gain glory through Pharaoh, his
experiences in our life today, as long as we keep
chariots and his horsemen” (Exodus 14:15-18).
our focus and our eyes upon Him!
is that God continues to show His power to the 8 // July 2021
About The Author
One of my favorite things about this story
Bekah Prytherch is the children’s pastor at Heritage Fellowship Church of God in McDonald, Tennessee. She is married to her husband, Caleb, and they live in Cleveland, Tennessee.
