Opening Questions and Prayer
What’s your favorite worship song and why?
How do songs help us connect emotionally to situations?
What song best describes your life right now?
Thank God for giving us music and songs to connect with Him. Ask Him to guide your time together as you study His Word.
Read Exodus 15:1-5 NLT
1 Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the Lord:
“I will sing to the Lord,
for he has triumphed gloriously;
he has hurled both horse and rider
into the sea.
2 The Lord is my strength and my song;
he has given me victory.
This is my God, and I will praise him—
my father’s God, and I will exalt him!
3 The Lord is a warrior;
Yahweh is his name!
4 Pharaoh’s chariots and army
he has hurled into the sea.
The finest of Pharaoh’s officers
are drowned in the Red Sea.
5 The deep waters gushed over them;
they sank to the bottom like a stone.
What caused the Israelites to burst into song?
What are some characteristics of God they are worshipping in this song?
When is it easiest for you to worship the Lord?
What are some things that make it difficult for you to worship God at times?
Read Exodus 15:6-10
6 “Your right hand, O Lord,
is glorious in power.
Your right hand, O Lord,
smashes the enemy.
7 In the greatness of your majesty,
you overthrow those who rise against you.
You unleash your blazing fury;
it consumes them like straw.
8 At the blast of your breath,
the waters piled up!
The surging waters stood straight like a wall;
in the heart of the sea the deep waters became hard.
9 “The enemy boasted, ‘I will chase them
and catch up with them.
I will plunder them
and consume them.
I will flash my sword;
my powerful hand will destroy them.’
10 But you blew with your breath,
and the sea covered them.
They sank like lead
in the mighty waters.
How do the lyrics of this song describe the Lord?
How had the Lord rescued the Israelites from their enemies and adversity?
What are some things the Lord has rescued you from?
What do you do to remember how He rescued while moving forward in your relationship with Him?
Read Exodus 15:11-19
11 “Who is like you among the gods, O Lord—
glorious in holiness,
awesome in splendor,
performing great wonders?
12 You raised your right hand,
and the earth swallowed our enemies.