Small Group Questions   Have you ever found it hard to accept some of the things God does, either in history or in life? Give an example.   What's the hardest thing you've ever had to endure that you didn't understand? Looking back, how do you think/feel about it now?   When you can't see or understand WHY God is doing certain things, where do you turn for stability?   Talk as a group about why God's CHARACTER is the foundation upon which our faith rests.    Pray for each other, to know and rest in the absolute stability of who God is.

CONNECT   What was one part of the sermon that you connected with?   Describe a time when God asked you to step up and lead and it turned out not to be as easy as you thought it would be?   ENGAGE   Read Exodus 5:1-6:11   What is God teaching Moses through the response of Pharaoh?   What opposition did Moses face by obeying the Lord?   Where did Moses find strength to overcome the stumbling blocks in his way?  (Exodus 5:22)   When Moses asked why? and what?  how did God respond?  (Exodus 6:2, 6, 7, 8, 29)   APPLY   From Moses life, how can you find encouragement to carry on in what God has called you to do?   Read James 1:2-6.  Where can you see God producing the fruit of endurance and patience and wisdom in your life through the circumstances He has allowed to enter into your life?   Pray for one another to grow strong in leadership and the role God has placed you in.

Small Group questions Exodus Chapter 3 

Connect: 

What was one part of the sermon that you connected with last Sunday?

Describe a time when God called you to a specific action or a changed direction in your life.

 

Engage:  Read Exodus 3:1-10

 

 What do you learn about the heart of God from this passage?

 In Exodus 3:11-4:17  Look at Moses’ excuses and God’s rebuttal’s.  

 

Excuse #1 (Exodus 3:11) • Excuse #2 (Exodus 3:13) • Excuse #3 (Exodus 4:1) • Excuse #4 (Exodus 4:10) • Excuse #5 (Exodus 4:13)

 

Each time Moses gave an excuse, God gave a rebuttal. 

 

What were God’s responses to Moses’ excuses? • Rebuttal #1 (Exodus 3:12) • Rebuttal #2 (Exodus 3:14–15) Rebuttal #3 (Exodus 4:2–9) • Rebuttal #4 (Exodus 4:11–12) • Rebuttal #5 (Exodus 4:14–17).

 

Apply:   

 

What are some of the excuses you have used when you feel God calling you out of your comfort zone?

 

How has God broken through your excuses and called you to places you never dreamed you could go?

 

Read the following qoute from “Experiencing God”:

 

“We forget that when God speaks He always reveals what He is going to do—not what He wants us to do for Him.  We join Him so He can do His work through us.We don’t have to be able to accomplish the task within our limited ability or resources. With faith, we can proceed confidently to obey Him; because we know that He is going to bring to pass what He purposes.”  Henry Blackaby 

 

Where in your life do you feel like you are trying to live out what God has called you to in your own strength or avoiding something that he is calling you into, because you are focused on what you can do instead of God? 

 

Pray for one another. 

Questions for Small Groups

Is there a hymn or worship song that helps facilitate your personal worship?    What was most meaningful for you in the worship service on Sunday?   Sermon Discussion Questions    Describe a time when God was teaching you something about Himself in and through nature.   Describe the differences between 1-God's intrinsic glory 2-God's ascribed glory and 3-God's reflected glory.   Do you agree with the Westminster Shorter Catechism that the "Chief end of man is to glorfiy God and enjoy Him forever"?   Do you agree with John Piper that the chief end of man is "To Glorify God BY enjoying God Forever"?   On a scale of 1-10, how much do you enjoy God?    If you were advising a young Christian just starting out on his or her Christian journey in regards to enjoying God what one principle would you highlight?    Is it possible to Glorify God and enjoy Him,  while suffering? If so, how?