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Moses and the Water

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Exodus 17:1-7 Our true Bible story comes from a book, or part, of the Bible called Exodus. The word “exodus” means to leave or go away from. God had been with Moses since he was a little baby. God chose Moses to be a great leader. Moses led God’s people out of Egypt. And they were on their way to their new home. But the people had followed Moses for a long time and they were beginning to whine and complain. The people had been walking and walking and walking in the desert. Deserts are hot and there is not a lot of water there. God’s people were getting very, very hot and very, very thirsty. So, God’s people started to complain. They said, “We’re hot! We’re thirsty! Why did you bring us here?” Moses said to the people, “Stop whining and complaining. Do you not remember that God’s got it?” But God’s people had forgotten. They thought God didn’t care about them anymore. Do you think God still cared about the people? Yes, He did! And God was wit...

God Had a Plan for Moses

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Exodus 1:21–2:10; 12:31-42 Our true Bible story comes from a book, or part, of the Bible called Exodus. The word “exodus” means to leave or go away from. Our story is about a mommy and her little baby. The baby's name was Moses. Moses’s mommy loved him very much. But there was a problem: Moses and his family lived in a place called Egypt. The king of Egypt was called Pharaoh, and he was a mean, mean man who didn’t like the baby boys in Moses’s family. One day, Pharaoh said all of the baby boys had to be taken away! This was bad! What would Moses’s mommy do? Moses’s mommy wanted to protect her baby, so this is what she did. She made a very special basket for him. She made sure no water could get in it. Then she took baby Moses and put him in the basket. After Moses’s mommy put him in the basket, she carried him and placed him safely in the tall grass beside the water of the Nile River. It had to be so hard for Moses’s mommy to say goodbye to him, b...

God Was with Hagar and Her Son

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Genesis 21:14-20 Our true story comes from the book, or part, of the Bible called Genesis. The word genesis means “the beginning.” Our Bible story is about a woman named Hagar and her son. They were in a desert. A desert is hot and sandy, and it is hard to find water there. Hagar and her son had walked in the desert for a long time and they were tired, hot and thirsty. Think about how tired and hot and thirsty you would be walking in a desert. That’s how Hagar and her son felt. But they had no food or water. What would you have done if you were tired, hot and thirsty and you had no food or water? Hagar and her son began to cry. Hagar thought they were all alone in the desert and that no one could hear them crying. But God heard them crying. God sent an angel to tell Hagar that He heard her son crying, and the angel helped her see a well full of water! They had water to drink! That day, Hagar learned that she didn’t have to worry because God’s got it. God w...

Three Friends Knew God Was with Them

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Daniel 3:10-28 Our true story is found in a part of the Bible called Daniel. Daniel was a man that loved God very much and lived in a land called Babylon. Our story starts with a king. His name was King Nebuchadnezzar. That’s a long name! King Nebuchadnezzar thought he was the best king in the world. And he wanted everyone to know it! So, he had the people make a giant golden statue that looked just like him. He put the statue in the middle of the city where everyone could see it. It was 90 feet tall. That is big! If it were a building, it would be 9 stories tall. After King Nebuchadnezzar had his statue built, he gathered all the people around it and told them every time they heard the music play, they must bow down and worship the statue. If anyone did not bow down, the king said he would throw them into a big fire in a furnace! So, each day, the music played. And each day, all the people bowed down to the golden statue. Everyone except three men—Shadrach, Meshach, ...