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Forward In Faith

Exodus 14:1-16

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Forward in FaithGod leads His children

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Exodus 14:1-2a:1 And the LORD spake untoMoses, saying,:2 Speak unto the children ofIsrael, that they turn and encampbefore Pihahiroth, betweenMigdol and the sea, over againstBaalzephon: before it shall yeencamp by the sea.

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Forward in FaithGod leads His childrenHe instructs along the way

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Exodus 14:2Speak unto the children ofIsrael, that they turn and encampbefore Pihahiroth, betweenMigdol and the sea, over againstBaalzephon: before it shall yeencamp by the sea.

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Forward in FaithGod leads His childrenHe instructs along the wayWe don’t know what he knows

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Isaiah 55:8-9:8 For my thoughts are not yourthoughts, neither are your waysmy ways, saith the LORD.:9 For as the heavens are higherthan the earth, so are my wayshigher than your ways, andmy thoughts than your thoughts.

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The World sees thingsdifferently

We have then right where we wantthem

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Exodus 14:3For Pharaoh will say of the children ofIsrael, They are entangled in the land,the wilderness hath shut them in.

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The World sees thingsdifferently

We have then right where we wantthemThey forgot God

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Exodus 14:4And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, thathe shall follow after them; and I will behonoured upon Pharaoh, and upon allhis host; that the Egyptians may knowthat I am the LORD. And they did so.

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The World sees thingsdifferently

We have then right where we wantthemThey forgot GodThey do things their own way

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Exodus 14:5And it was told the king of Egypt thatthe people fled: and the heart ofPharaoh and of his servants wasturned against the people, and theysaid, Why have we done this, that wehave let Israel go from serving us?

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If we lose faith we see whatthe world sees

We are trapped

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Exodus 14:10And when Pharaoh drew nigh, thechildren of Israel lifted up their eyes,and, behold, the Egyptians marchedafter them; and they were sore afraid:and the children of Israel cried outunto the LORD.

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If we lose faith we see whatthe world sees

We are trappedWe forget GOD

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Exodus 14:11And they said unto Moses, Becausethere were no graves in Egypt, hastthou taken us away to die in thewilderness? wherefore hast thou dealtthus with us, to carry us forth out ofEgypt?

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If we lose faith we see whatthe world sees

We are trappedWe forget GODWe trust our wisdom

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Exodus 14:12Is not this the word that we did tell theein Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that wemay serve the Egyptians? For it hadbeen better for us to serve theEgyptians, than that we should die inthe wilderness.

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Proverbs 3:5-6:5 Trust in the LORD with all thineheart; and lean not unto thine ownunderstanding.:6 In all thy ways acknowledge him,and he shall direct thy paths.

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Forward in FaithDon’t worry

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Exodus 14:14The LORD shall fight for you, and yeshall hold your peace.

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Forward in FaithDon’t worryI got this . . . GOD

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Exodus 14:15And the LORD said unto Moses,Wherefore criest thou unto me? Speakunto the children of Israel, that they goforward:

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Forward in FaithDon’t worryI got this . . . GODJust follow

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Exodus 14:16But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch outthine hand over the sea, and divide it:and the children of Israel shall go ondry ground through the midst of thesea.