Preach Exodus! Week Three

This session creates opportunities for people of all ages to:

• affirm our trust in God to provide for us as individuals, households and as a church
• recognize the good things God has already given us as individuals and as a church.

In Session 2 we thought about how although the Israelites had been set free from slavery they still needed to think and act as free people, to learn to trust God and to learn about his provision and the meaning of obedience. In this story of the manna in Exodus 16 we learn that God provides for our needs, just as he provided food for the Israelites in the desert. Our response to an apparent shortage of resources should be trust in the God who is with us.

This story of the manna teaches important lessons about how God meets the needs of his people and wants them to live. We can learn much about how our attitude to handling the blessing of money and possessions needs to be brought into obedience to God and trust in his provision.

• See the Exodus Introduction for an overview of the theme of wealth within the Exodus story.
• Read theWeek Three Introductionfor an overview of the theme and activities for this third week of the Exodus story.