Key Thought: The Lord would lead Israel into the promised land. He would care for them. But they needed to learn discipline, self-control, sacrifice, unselfishness, obedience, and trust in the Lord..
August 16, 2025

1. Have a volunteer read Exodus 15:22-27.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage.
2. After crossing the Red Sea, what was the first miracle performed for Israel?
3. Personal Application: What trials and struggles have you brought upon yourself? What comfort can you get in knowing that God will still work for you if you cooperate with Him? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your relatives states, “What are some things that you need to trust God with right now? How can we learn to submit to His will and wait for Him to act in His time?” How would you respond to your relative?

2. Have a volunteer read Exodus 16:. 1-15,26,35.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What was the cause of Israel’s grumbling and what followed?
3. Personal Application: Is there anything in your diet that could cause health issues or problems that you need to cut out of your diet? Do you eat too much of the “good stuff”? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your friends states, “Everybody likes to eat. God doesn’t want us to starve ourselves or eat only food that doesn’t taste good. So didn’t God give us a variety of food to eat that is good and healthy for us? Was it wrong to want a variety of food in our diet? How can eating be abused?” How would you respond to your friend?

3. Have a volunteer read Exodus 18:13-18, 21, 25,26.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What major steps in the history of the nation took place here?
3. Personal Application: What important lessons can we learn from Moses’ willingness to listen to the advice of his father-in-law, who wasn’t even a Hebrew? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your neighbors states, “If Jethro learned about God from what God did for His people, what kind of witness does our church present to the world? What do we say to others about the nature and character of our God?” How would you respond to your neighbor?

4. Have a volunteer read I Corinthians 10:11, John 6:31-35, 51.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What reasons does Paul give for these events to have been recorded and what truths are revealed here?
3. Personal Application: What should this teach us about the idea that God in the Old Testament was vengeful, hateful, and unforgiving? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: Think of one person who needs to hear a message from this week’s lesson. Tell the class what you plan to do this week to share with them.

(Truth that is not lived, that is not imparted, loses its life-giving power, its healing virtue. Its blessings can be retained only as it is shared. ”Ministry of Healing, p. 148).

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