Session 2

Freedom Promised

Exodus 5:1-4; 6:2-9

Memory Verse: Exodus 6:7a

God promises freedom to His people.

FIRST THOUGHTS

Monday, October 15, 1951, I Love Lucy first aired.
The show had twenty-nine million viewers by the end of its first season; today it has over forty million American viewers per year.
One of the most popular scenes showed Lucy and Ethel wrapping candies as they came across a conveyor belt.
All went well until the supervisor hollered, “Speed it up!” Bedlam followed as the two could not keep up with the onslaught of candy.

• How do unrealistic work expectations kill someone’s spirit?
• How have you handled unrealistic job expectations?
• What emotions have you felt in those situations?

God makes declarations about what He is going to do.
How do you think these declarations still apply to how He deals with us? (PSG, p. 20)

ENGAGE

Ask:

• What was the most difficult job you were ever asked to do?

Transition:

God had given Moses and Aaron a job to do-
and it was much more difficult that either of them probably imagined.
But today’s study from Exodus 5-6 reminds us that,
even during our worst circumstances and fears,
God promises to be with us and to provide freedom to His people.