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*/Exodus 14:1-3 (NKJV) 1 /*/Now the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: *2 *"Speak to the children of Israel, that they turn and camp before Pi Hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, opposite Baal Zephon; you shall camp before it by the sea.

*3 *"For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, 'They are bewildered by the land; the wilderness has closed them in.'/

*/14:10 (NKJV) /*/And when Pharaoh drew near, the children of Israel lifted their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians marched after them.

So they were very afraid, and the children of Israel cried out to the LORD./

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*13-15 (NKJV) 13 *And Moses said to the people, "Do not be afraid.

Stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which He will accomplish for you today.

For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall see again no more forever.

*14 *"The LORD will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace."

*15 *And the LORD said to Moses, "Why do you cry to Me? Tell the children of Israel to go forward.

Here the children of Israel find themselves in quite a predicament.

Here they stand, ready to start out on a journey.

Fresh on their minds are the thoughts of freedom.

400 years now, they’ve lived under extreme bondage.

All that these people have known, is slavery.

They know not what freedom really means.

None of them have ever experienced the */liberty of life./*

They’ve never known what it was to live according to their own desires and their own planning.

They’ve always based their lives upon what someone else told them to do.

As they look back they can hardly believe what has taken place over the past few weeks.

*Moses Brings Hope*

 

All they know is, that a man named Moses, who once lived as an Egyptian prince, left and came back.

This one man, had a message.

He had a vision.

He began to tell every one of the Israelites that their God was going to *set them free.*

They didn’t even know what freedom was, but the message that Moses was preaching sure did sound good!!

He told them how that God was going to give them a *promised land.*

And how that no longer would they have to endure the *bondage of Egypt*.

Thank God  for that *one voice*, that will stand up and declare the liberty of Jesus Christ *to a bound generation.*

Thank God for a man or woman with a vision.

What we need are */more people/* with *vision*.

We are raising up a vision for this church *to INVITE God’s influence into all of LIFE.*

To be /influencers/, /movers/ and /shakers/ for this generation!

*Free at LAST!*

 

Then the children of Israel /begin to see/ how God began to plague the Egyptians, and all the miracles that were performed through the hands of Moses.

What joy they felt as they walked out of  Egypt free, never to return again!

Oh how wonderful it was, that they could now live their lives according to their own desires.

But then the word comes, God speaks to Moses and tell him that he is going to harden the heart of Pharaoh, so that he will come and /chase the children of Israel/, and try once again to bring them back into bondage.

What?

Why would he do that?

He just set us free.

Why would God want Pharaoh to do this?

So they begin to try and escape from the armies of Egypt.

But then, they run into a dead end.

They find themselves between *Migdol* and the *Red Sea**.*

With Pharaoh and his armies behind them.

*What now?!!*

 

We’ve followed God.

But he led us to a dead end!

Where do we go from here?

So they decide to set up camp between Migdol and the Red Sea.

 

*Migdol*

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The name Migdol means…*/tower/*

 

The Israelites find themselves /stuck/ between the tower and the sea, with the enemy right on their heels.

What a place to be.  */Stuck out in the middle of the wilderness /*with nothing around but an old tower and a big ole sea.

They didn’t realize it, but that is exactly where God wanted them to be.

He had strategically placed them at that location.

Towers have always been used as */points of lookout/*.

They were built for the *defence of the people*.

*Watchman* would climb up to the top of these towers so that they could see the enemy coming from a good distance away.

But this is *not* the *only* purpose that the tower fulfills.

I did some research on towers.

Towers, during this particular time period, were not only used as /lookout points/.

I found out that these towers were */also used as armories./*

Inside of these towers, armies would stockpile weapons, so that if the enemy would come, that they would have the weapons that they needed to defend themselves, and defeat the opposition.

Everything they needed for defence was already in the tower!

They had firepower in the tower!

Solomon said, *Pr 18: 10 *The name of the Lord /is/ a strong tower; The righteous run to it and are safe.*(NKJV)*

Songwriter penned *Ps 61: 3 *For You have been a shelter for me, A strong tower from the enemy.

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When you took on the name of Jesus, you were given /access/ to the tower.

And I want to let you know that there is “*Power in the Tower*”

 

Not only can you find shelter, and comfort in the tower, but also you can find whatever *weapon* you need to declare war on the enemy!

Whatever it is that you might need tonight you can find it in the tower.

There’s power in the name of Jesus to…

 

          lay hands on the sick and they recover…

          to cast out devils and unclean spirits…

          to save people from their sins…

 

Everything you need, you can find it in the tower!

*‘In’ the name of the Lord*

 

*David*, stood before *Goliath* and proclaimed,

 

“You come to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to you in the *name* of the Lord!”

The world can bring anything against you that they want to, but we’ve got the real firepower.

David didn’t say, “I’m coming to you *with* the name of the Lord”, he said, “I’m coming *in* the name of the Lord!”

 

David wasn’t happy just bringing the name with him.

He understood, if I’m going to win this battle, I’m going to have to get *inside the tower!*

It’s not enough for us to say we know his name.

We’ve got to wear his name.

We’ve got to take on his name.

We can’t just walk circles around the outside of the tower and expect to win the battle.

We’ve got to get inside of the tower.

Utilise the *delegated AUTHORITY* of Christ’s name and see the spirit realm impacted!

*/There’s Power in the Tower!/*

 

 

*Pharoah closing in - INTIMIDATION*

 

Pharaoh said, “They are entangled in the land, the wilderness has shut them in.”

He thought that Israelites would get entangled in the things that surrounded them.

He thought that he had them right where he wanted them.

Between a *rock* and a */hard place/*.

But instead they were between the tower and the sea.

Right where God wanted them to be.