The Big Questions
- How did Sarah and Hagar encounter God?
- How are we seeking God and how is God reaching out to us?
Opening Worship Song
Opening Prayer
Review Sarah and Hagar
Breath Prayer
Breakout Groups — Groups of 5 for 10 minutes
Questions 3.g. 4.b. and 6
Inhale: Lord you promise to be with me
Exhale: Help me to trust in you
Inhale: Lord, you will make all things new
Exhale: Fill me with your hope
Examples of Names and Promises of God:
- Lord God Almighty
- The Most High God
- Adonai (Lord, Master)
- Yahweh (Lord, Jehovah)
- The Lord My Banner
- The Lord My Shepherd
- The Lord That Heals
- The Lord Our Righteousness
- The Lord Who Sanctifies You
- The Everlasting God
- The Lord Will Provide
- The Lord Is Peace
- The Lord of Hosts
- God will be with you wherever you go
- God will give me rest
- God’s grace is sufficient
- When I am weak, God is strong
- God is our light and salvation
- He is forgiving and good
- He is a refuge and a stronghold
- He grants peace and guards our hearts and minds
Sharing the God’s Faithfulness With Each Other
(Different Breakout Groups)
Question 3.c. What do we learn about God’s character
Question 3.f. Is there a time you have felt truly “seen by God”
Question 5. b. Where have you found delight in the Lord’s fufilled promises and presence?
Question 5. h. Is there a time you recieved God’s presence, protection, or provision? Or are you longing for one of those things right now?
Recap
How did Sarah and Hagar encounter God?
Announcements
Closing Worship Song
Closing Prayer
As Hagar In the Desert – Florence Sidney Smith
As Hagar in the desert,
Thrust forth by blows and strife,
Sat lonely by the well side,
Aweary of her life,
There came the angel message,
Arise and homeward fare;
For, though the wild seemed empty,
The mighty God was there.
When, lost in life’s great desert,
Worn out by sin and strife,
I sit beside the fountain
Where springs the stream of life,
Send Thou the angel message;
Let my one comfort be,
Still, still, where’er I wander,
That Thou, God, seest me.