Worthy of Praise Exodus 13:17- 14:31

•For His Guidance Exodus 13:17-22•For His Glory

Exodus 14:1-14

•For His Deliverance Exodus

How do you praise the LORD….? Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir

Praise the LORD…!!Praise GOD in His sanctuary,Praise Him in His mighty heaven! Praise Him for His mighty works,Praise His unequaled greatness.Praise Him with blasts of the horn,Praise Him with the lyre and harp!Praise Him with the tambourine and dancing;Praise Him with strings and flutes!Praise Him with clash of cymbals,Praise Him with clanging cymbals.Let everything that breathes sing praises to the LORD!Praise the LORD!Psalms 150

The word translated as ‘PRAISE’ appears in scripture 256 times… Praise is a recurring theme from Genesis to Revelation and there are always conditions for Praise that are our response to a Holy God who has revealed himself to sinful man….Exodus 15 is a Song of Praise, Look at these ‘Pictures of Praise”:

• Praise for GOD’s PRESENCE…By allowing US to approach Him• Praise for GOD’s DELIVERANCE… He changes our circumstance• Praise for GOD’s MERCY …Forgiveness in Christ Jesus• Praise for GOD’s POWER…In the MIGHT of Creation• Praise for GOD’s PLAN…That brings Redemption to the Fallen• Praise for GOD’s RESTORATION… That Restores Perfect Creation

…TO GOD BE THE GLORY, FOR THE THINGS HE HAS DONE….! Lionel Harris….”My Tribute”

GOD is Worthy of Praise for HIS GuidanceExodus 13:17-22 GOD’s Purpose for Guiding the Nation

was not apparent…HE was leading them into a Trap! They were hemmed in between the Red Sea and Pharaoh's Army…HE put them into a situation that ONLY GOD COULD DELIVER THEM. HE MADE A WAY WHERE THERE WAS NO WAY. HE WAS WORKING OUT HIS SOVEREIGN PURPOSE FOR THE NATION.

The Nation Israel was led by a Pillar of Cloud by Day and a Pillar of Fire by night….GOD’s PRESENCE was ever displayed before the Nation for a period of 40 Years…!!

GOD’s presence was with Israel AND His presence is with US today in the Person of the Holy Spirit. We do not have a cloud….but we have the Spirit Himself, guiding us into all truth. John 16:13Question:• When have you been able to look back at your life and see the

guiding hand of the Holy Spirit…?

• How does looking at GOD’s guidance in the past increase your confidence in His future guidance…?

GOD is worthy of Praise for his glory..Exodus 14:1-14 “…and Pharaoh king of Egypt

pursued the Israelites….The Egyptians, all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots, his horsemen, and his army, chased after them and caught up to them as they camped by the sea…

Moses said, “Stand firm and see the Lord’s Salvation”

GOD’s Strategies and Purpose are not what MAN would expect….GOD’s ways are above what Man can see…and ‘all things work together for GOOD’… It is a hard lesson for man that our major growth in understanding and accepting GOD’s plan comes out of ADVERSITY.. We need only to trust in GOD’s wisdom….

The nation Israel was trapped between the depths of the Red Sea and the charging Egyptian elite Army…Pharaoh was confident in his intent to defeat the Israelites and return them to the enslavement of Egypt.

God is worthy of Praise for His Deliverance. Exodus 14:21-31

“…and the waters came back and covered the Egyptian chariots and horsemen, the entire army of Pharaoh, that had gone after them into the sea. None of them survived.

Salvation and Deliverance: “ The Israelites walked through the Sea on Dry Ground…”

Judgement and Death: “…and the waters came

back and covered the Egyptian chariots and horsemen, the entire army of Pharaoh, that had gone

after them into the sea. None of them survived.