Dec 11, 2022
Let My People Go – Exodus 7-10
By: Ben Lairamore
Series: Exodus
Let My People Go – Exodus 7-10  What does a hard heart look like?  How does God work through a hard heart?   Questions for Discussion & Application
  1. What questions do you have about today’s passage?
  2. How does today’s passage challenge you personally?
  3. Why does the all-powerful God ask Pharoah to let His people go? Does God need Pharoah’s consent?
  4. In the various descriptions of Pharoah’s hard heart, which of them stands out most to you? Why?
  5. What is the Bible’s remedy for a hard heart? (See John 3:3.) 
  6. How does it encourage you to see that God triumphs over His enemies in displays of glory and judgment? (See Exodus 9:14-16 & Philippians 2:9-11.)      
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  • Dec 11, 2022Let My People Go – Exodus 7-10
    Dec 11, 2022
    Let My People Go – Exodus 7-10
    By: Ben Lairamore
    Series: Exodus
    Let My People Go – Exodus 7-10  What does a hard heart look like?  How does God work through a hard heart?   Questions for Discussion & Application
    1. What questions do you have about today’s passage?
    2. How does today’s passage challenge you personally?
    3. Why does the all-powerful God ask Pharoah to let His people go? Does God need Pharoah’s consent?
    4. In the various descriptions of Pharoah’s hard heart, which of them stands out most to you? Why?
    5. What is the Bible’s remedy for a hard heart? (See John 3:3.) 
    6. How does it encourage you to see that God triumphs over His enemies in displays of glory and judgment? (See Exodus 9:14-16 & Philippians 2:9-11.)      
  • Dec 4, 2022Seeing God’s Bigger Plan – Exodus 5-6
    Dec 4, 2022
    Seeing God’s Bigger Plan – Exodus 5-6
    By: Ben Lairamore
    Series: Exodus
    Seeing God’s Bigger Plan – Exodus 5-6  Moses’ obedience to his mission led initially to greater suffering for Israel.    Israel grumbled about the increased suffering of their lives and failed to see and trust the bigger plan of what God was doing.  Moses questioned God and asked why He had sent him to Egypt since God had not immediately delivered Israel but had instead allowed their suffering to intensify.   God mercifully encouraged the weak faith of Moses and of Israel with a reminder of His bigger plan.   Questions for Discussion & Application
    1. What questions do you have about today’s passage?
    2. How does today’s passage challenge you personally?
    3. When has obedience to God caused you to experience more difficulty in life? How did you respond to this increased difficulty?
    4. Have you ever struggled with grumbling about the suffering and difficulty in your life? How does it encourage you to remember that God has a bigger plan and purpose? (See Romans 8:28-29.)    
    5. Have you ever found God’s timing to be difficult? What helped you to be patient as you waited on God? 
    6. What is God’s bigger plan for us as Christians that we need to remember? (See Revelation 21:1-22:5.)  How will remembering this bigger plan help you to trust God in the midst of your current difficulties?
  • Nov 27, 2022God’s Mercy in Moses’ Calling – Exodus 3-4
    Nov 27, 2022
    God’s Mercy in Moses’ Calling – Exodus 3-4
    By: Ben Lairamore
    Series: Exodus
    God’s Mercy in Moses’ Calling – Exodus 3-4  God chooses to accomplish His mission through Moses, a weak and doubting vessel.   Before God calls Moses to his difficult mission, God mercifully reveals Himself to Moses and assures Moses that He will be with him.    God mercifully encourages the weak faith of Moses and makes concessions to help him embrace his mission.   Questions for Discussion & Application
    1. What questions do you have about today’s passage?
    2. How does today’s passage challenge you personally?
    3. When God calls us to a difficult task or to a difficult step of obedience, who must be the object of our focus if we are to be faithful?  
    4. Why does God choose to use weak and doubting vessels to accomplish His mission (see 2 Corinthians 12:9)? How have you seen this to be true?
    5. What difficult mission has God called all Christians to embrace? How has God encouraged you to embrace this mission?   
  • Nov 20, 2022God’s Promise & Plan – Exodus 1-2
    Nov 20, 2022
    God’s Promise & Plan – Exodus 1-2
    By: Ben Lairamore
    Series: Exodus
    God’s Promise & Plan – Exodus 1-2   In fulfillment of God’s promise and plan, Israel multiplied in Egypt despite oppression.     In fulfillment of God’s promise and plan, Moses was drawn out of the water that was meant to bring him death.      In fulfillment of God’s promise and plan, God heard the groaning of His people.   Questions for Discussion & Application
    1. What questions do you have about today’s passage?
    2. How does today’s passage challenge you personally?
    3. How does it encourage you to see that the plans of Pharoah were repeatedly thwarted by God, especially when we consider what is happening in the world today?
    4. How does trusting in God’s promise and plan lead you to act with courageous obedience?
    5. When is the last time that you groaned to the Lord? How did you see His faithfulness?   
  • Apr 21, 2019God is Victorious!
    Apr 21, 2019
    God is Victorious!
    By: Ben Lairamore
    Series: Exodus
     
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