Can God Do Miracles Like the Red Sea?
Month 3: The Great Rescue · Why We Believe
Today's Scripture
Read together: Exodus 14:26-28 & Jeremiah 32:17
26 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians and their chariots and horsemen.” 27 So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea returned to its normal state. As the Egyptians were retreating, the LORD swept them into the sea. 28 The waters flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had chased the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived. — Exodus 14:26-28
17 “Oh, Lord GOD! You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You! — Jeremiah 32:17
Memory Verse
“The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.””— Exodus 14:14 (BSB)
📖 Bible-in-a-Year (optional)
Today's reading: Deuteronomy 21–23
Reading the whole Bible in a year — do this when you have extra time. (Around Day 77 of 365 — laws that protect the weak and honor God.)The Heart of It
Once Israel was safely across, "Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea returned to its normal state" (). And Pharaoh's army was swept away. Walls of water stood up. Then they crashed down at the perfect moment. Many people today hear that and shrug. "Things like that don't really happen," they say. But that only makes sense if there is no God. What if there is a God big enough to make the sea? Then bossing the sea around is no harder for Him than it is for you to move your own hand. The real question is not "can water do this?" The real question is "is there a God who made the water?"
That is why Jeremiah gives us the rock-solid answer. "Oh, Lord GOD! You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You!" (). A miracle is simply the Maker doing something special inside the world He already runs every second. He set up the regular rules. Gravity. Tides. Sunrise. And He is free to act above them whenever He chooses, for His own good reasons. We believe the Red Sea happened. Not because we have never seen the ocean behave, but because we know the One who made the ocean. The same thinking carries us straight to the empty tomb. The God of creation can raise the dead.
Around the Table
God made the whole big ocean! So opening it and closing it is easy for Him. Nothing is too hard for God.
Let's do it: Try to hold back a cup of water with one finger. You can't! Then say, "But God can!"
A miracle is the God who made the rules doing something special with them. Why is that not impossible for Him?
Let's talk: What is one thing that feels too hard for us, but not for God?
People who say miracles can't happen usually start by assuming there is no God. But if God exists, miracles make perfect sense.
Let's go deeper: How does "nothing is too difficult for You" change the way you pray about big problems?
💬 Conversation Starter
If you could ask God for one impossible-looking thing tonight, what would it be? Remember, nothing is too difficult for Him.
🛡️ Defending the Faith
When someone says, "Miracles are impossible. Water doesn't do that": Kindly answer, "You are right that water doesn't do that by itself. A miracle isn't nature acting weird. It is the God who made nature stepping in on purpose. So the real question isn't whether water can pile up. The real question is whether God exists. If He made the sea, then parting it is easy." ( — answer "with gentleness and respect.")
For Dad · Go Deeper
The debate over miracles is almost never about evidence first. It is about a belief held ahead of time. Skeptics like David Hume argued miracles can't happen. But the argument quietly assumes the very thing in question. It assumes there is no God to do them. Once you grant a Creator, the door to miracles swings open. Then the only real question is whether this particular miracle has good testimony. The Red Sea and the resurrection both rest on eyewitness accounts. Those accounts were written into a community that could check them. Equip your older kids to spot the hidden assumption in "miracles are impossible." Teach them to ask gently, "How do you know there is no God who could do that?" That one question turns the whole conversation.
Draws on: Josh McDowell & Sean McDowell, Evidence That Demands a Verdict; Natasha Crain, Talking with Your Kids about God.
Let's Pray Together
"Father, You made the heavens and the earth. Nothing is too difficult for You. Help us trust Your great power. Teach us to pray big prayers and not small ones. Tonight we bring our impossible things to You. In Jesus' name, amen."
If God made the sea, He can certainly command it. Nothing is too difficult for Him.