Unit 2
Lesson 2
Heroes From the Old Testament
Moses
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Notes from Your Team Leader:
Main Idea
God can do great things through anybody no matter how weak or awkward.
Scriptural Basis
Exodus 2:11–14:31
Materials Needed
FOR LARGE GROUP:
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A poster board with memory verses (Hebrews 12:1–2) written on it.
Plain white paper, one sheet per student
Theme music from Mission Impossible (optional)
A “Plagues Kit:” Many of these items may be purchased at a novelty or party store. If
you cannot obtain these items, use the pictures printed on Handouts 2.2.1-10.
o Hail = ping-pong balls
o Gnats = black-colored dryer lint
o Livestock = plastic cow figure
o Flies = plastic flies
o Darkness = sunglasses
o Boils = rubber finger
o Frogs = Plastic frogs
o First born = mask
o Blood = red-food-colored water
o Locusts = plastic bugs
in a jar
FOR EACH SMALL GROUP:
 Plain white paper, one sheet per student
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 Crayons and markers, one box per group
 Plastic handcuffs with the word “Fears” written on them, one per small group (available
at Walmart or on Amazon.com)
 “My Heroes Journal,” one per student
 Pens/pencils, one per student
Session Schedule
SNACK, CHECK IN & WELCOME (10 MINUTES)
GAME TIME (30 MINUTES)
The games leader will choose one or more games from www.crossroadsgames.com or the
Games Handbook.
LARGE GROUP LESSON (20 MINUTES)
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Welcome the students to Crossroads and tell them you are glad they came this week.
(Optional) Sing a few songs with the students.
(Optional) As a group, say the memory verse for this week.
Pray with the students.
 Give each student a piece of paper and ask them to fold the paper in half eight times. While
they are trying to do this, you might want to play the theme song from the movie Mission
Impossible. After a few minutes of trying, tell the students, This is an impossible task. It
cannot be done—not even by the strongest person on earth.
 Sometimes God gives his people impossible tasks, but when he does there is a purpose
(not like this paper folding activity), and he enables them to succeed if they will obey and
trust him. An example of this is today’s hero—Moses.
 Tell the story of Moses:
A long time ago, God’s people—the Jewish people—were slaves to the people of Egypt.
God saw their misery and he wanted to set them free.
The problem was that Egypt was really strong. In fact, their army may well have been
the strongest army on earth at that time.
There was a man named Moses. He was an old man (80 years old already), and he was
working out in the wilderness as a shepherd. He was a Jew, but he had grown up in the
Pharaoh’s palace before he killed an Egyptian and had to run for his life 40 years before.
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One day, while Moses was in the wilderness caring for his sheep, God called to him
from inside a burning bush. God told Moses that he was going to set the people of Israel
free from slavery, and that he was going to use Moses to do this. Moses protested that
he could not do it—it was an impossible task after all. How can one man go against the
strongest country on earth?
Moses was really weak. Moses was so weak because he couldn’t believe that God
would pick him because he had many fears and doubts (explain the doubts—“I can’t
speak well.” “No one will listen to me.”).
But finally Moses obeyed God, and he returned to Egypt to speak to the king—the
Pharaoh. Moses had one message for the Pharaoh, “Let my people go!”
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Have a student stand up next to a leader and have the student tell the leader, Let my
people go! The leader shouts back, NO WAY!
Now, there was no way that Moses could force Pharaoh to let the people go, but God
was on his side, and God fought for Moses and his people.
God sent horrible disasters called plagues on the Egyptians to convince them to let the
people go.
 Rehearse all the plagues (and throw out the objects to the group when you describe each
plague):
• Blood
• Boils
• Frogs
• Hail
• Gnats
• Locusts
• Flies
• Darkness
• Livestock
• Firstborn
 Conclusion: After all of these plagues, Pharaoh finally let the people go free. God used
Moses (who was really quite wimpy) to stand up to the strongest nation on earth. Moses
(after much convincing) believed God, and God acted on his behalf to give him the ability
to succeed at his impossible mission. God may be calling some of you to do a “Mission
Impossible.” If he does, he will give you everything you need to succeed if you will trust
him and obey.
SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION (30 MINUTES)
 Have the students sit in a circle. Tell them, We will all be sharing our high point and our
low point from the previous week (i.e., the best and worst thing from your previous week).
You should share your high and low points first, and then invite a student next to you to
continue with this. Go around the circle to give each student a chance to speak.
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 Tell the students, Moses’ impossible task was to lead God’s people out of slavery. God
uses ordinary people just like you and me to accomplish impossible tasks for him.
 Pass out the “My Heroes Journal” to each student and allow about five minutes to write,
draw, or think. (A copy of the page is available on Handout 2.2.11.) After this, ask the
students to share what they’ve written, drawn, or thought.
 Write down each thing the students say so that you can better pray for them.
 Ask: “What are some things that are holding you back from your task? What are some of
your doubts or fears?” (Remind them of the doubts and fears that Moses had.)
 Do the following activity:
• Ask for a student volunteer and handcuff them with toy handcuffs with the word
“Fears” written on them.
• Tell the students that their task is to free the volunteer from his or her fears so that he
or she can serve God whole-heartedly.
 If and when they ask, give them the key freely. Don’t give the key without being asked and
don’t reveal that there is a key.
 Explain to them, God’s love is the key to freeing us from our fears so that we can
accomplish impossible tasks for him. When we are chained to a fear that is holding us
down we can’t serve God the right way.
 Ask: How can we overcome our fears? Give the students a chance to answer and then
follow up on their responses. Encourage them to reflect and to think deeply about this.
 If time remains, ask the students to draw a picture of the things that are holding them back
from serving God whole-heartedly.
 Take the students’ prayer requests and pray with them.
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Handout 2.2.1
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Handout 2.2.3
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Handout 2.2.4
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Handout 2.2.5
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Handout 2.2.6
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Handout 2.2.7
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Handout 2.2.8
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Handout 2.2.9
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Handout 2.2.10
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Unit 2, Lesson 2: Moses
Moses and Joseph both...
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Moses and I both...
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God called Moses to do something hard. What might God be calling you to do?
How can you know?
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