-Share your name with the class and tell us if you prefer Daylight Saving Time or not.
-Let’s get our brains in gear...do you think that God has chosen you for a specific purpose? Do you think that you are living up to His expectations?
-If today, someone offered you an all-expense paid vacation to any where in the world, where would you choose to go and why?
-The Israelites had to escape the Pharaoh’s rule. God was going to give them a new way of life, a covenant relationship, and a divine purpose. What is your most desperate need right now? What do you think God would say is your greatest need at this time?
-We have read our lesson; who was to go...where were they to go...why were they to go there? What does all this reveal about what God desires for His people?
-Dig deep! Think about your life experiences; what events, occurrences, or settings has God used to get your full attention? What has He done to get you to say, “Okay, God I understand!” ?
-Sure, we have all thanked God for what He has done for us, right? What are some ways that you have responded to God in gratitude for His salvation? Did your responses involve sacrifice?
-Can you worship God privately? Do you worship God privately? On average, how long do you spend worshiping God in private? If next Sunday you decide to stay home and worship God privately instead of coming to church and worshiping with your fellow believers, how many minutes will you truly spend in worship?
-Have you ever gotten a phone call or a letter describing an offer that seems too good to be true? Do you doubt the offer and it’s reliability? When God makes a promise to us, is there ever a doubt that He won’t deliver on His promise?
-How did God begin His promises in verse six? How did He seal the deal in verse eight?
-Let’s gauge our “trust level”; on a scale of one to ten, one being “I’m not sure I really trust Him with everything yet” and ten being “my promises are secure and my trust is firm in His hands”. Where is your trust level?
-What did you eat for lunch last Thursday? What color of socks did you wear on Monday? When did you buy your stove? Some decisions are not worth remembering, are they? What one decision should be etched in your memory?
-Sword Drill Time!!! 1John 4:16-what is God? 1Corinthians 10:13-what does He offer? 1John 4:10-what freedom does He offer? 1John 3:1-what genuine relationship does He want? 2Timothy 1:9-does He have a divine purpose for your life? 1Corinthians 2:9-can we begin to imagine the blessings of heaven?
-Moses had a “hang-up”. What was it and how did God use it?
-What “hang-ups” do you have? How will or how has God chosen to use you anyway?
-Think about the most desperate time in your life, when you asked God to do whatever it takes to make it better, how did God respond to you?
-Someone read the first nine words of Exodus 7:5, replace “Egyptians” with whatever enemy is holding you back from a true relationship with God. What does this say about the purpose God has planned for you?
-Everyone turn to 2Corinthians 12:9-10 and let’s read this passage together. In what ways does your life show others that God has delivered you from sin and that you now live for His purposes?
-As we close in prayer, let’s praise our deliverer!