1. Why is this passage significant to the children of Israel and to us as Christians?

2. Read Exodus 19:1-6 and 1 Peter 2:9. What are some of the similarities and differences between them? How does this description of the people of God encourage you?

3. What does the phrase "I bore you on eagle's wings" mean, and why is it significant in understanding v. 5?

1. Instead of continuing to praise God after their miraculous deliverance (15:1-21), the children of Israel began a pattern of grumbling and complaining against the Lord. What is grumbling and complaining? In what ways is it a sign of faithlessness? How does grumbling differ from crying out to God (e.g., Ex. 2:23-25) or a Psalm of Complaint (e.g., Psalm 42)?

2. How does God respond to their grumbling? What does God's response reveal about his gracious character?

3. Read Matt. 4:2-4, John 6:25-59, and 1 Cor. 10:1-5 and think through how the events of Ex. 15-17 point forward to Jesus. In light of what Jesus has accomplished for us, how can we move from a joyless, grumbling faith to an excited, praise-filled faith?

1. In reading Scripture, what are three ways, or three areas in which, you consistently find God calling you to sanctification and change?

2. Speaking to God's covenant people, Jesus once wondered aloud if he would find faith on the earth at his return. Why is faith so difficult, even for the people of God?

3. What steps can you take to live in greater awareness of the presence of God (coram Deo), even in the midst of ordinary people and things?

1. Do you feel set free by Christ from bondage to the things that tend to plague people: anger, anxiety, lust, fear, having to have your own way, lack of self-control, apathy to spiritual things, etc.? If not, you may want to ask him to show you why.

2. Try to describe the power in your day-to-day life of the joy of your salvation.

3. Looking back on your life, has God become greater or lesser in your relationship with him? Do you feel you are growing in reverence and even fear of God (Mt 10:28), or has he become ordinary and commonplace?

1. What chapters of your Bible do you think are the most significant in your spiritual journey?

2. Why do you think Exodus 7 would be significant to anyone? Who do you think will be grateful for this chapter throughout all eternity? Who will bristle because of it forever?

3. What attribute of God most clearly evident in Exodus 7 makes you want to worship God?

1. How would you describe God to someone who doesn't know God? Does your description resemble what God has said about himself?

2. Why did Moses ask God for his name? What does the burning bush (v. 2), Moses removing his sandals (v. 5), and "I am who I am" (v. 14) tell us about God?

3. How does a correct view of God shape how we worship him?

1. How would you describe God to someone who doesn't know God? Does your Description resemble what God has said about himself?

2. Why did Moses ask God for his name? What does the burning bush, Moses removing his sandals, and "I am who I am" tell us about God?

3. How does a correct view of God shape how we worship Him?

Questions for Reflection: Exodus 2:23-251. While we don't know every reason God allowed the children of Israel to be enslaved and suffer in slavery, one reason is suggested in Gen. 15:16 — God giving the Amorites time to repent. How does this shape your view of suffering? How does this shape your view of the cross?2. The children of Israel, although oppressed, maintained their faith in God. In what ways does the passage indicate that? What are ways we can stay faithful to God amidst our suffering?3. In vs. 24-25, the Scriptures tell us that God heard, remembered, saw, and knew as responses to the suffering of his people. Do you think God's people sensed this while theyendured their suffering? Do you feel God's presence in the midst of failure, sin, and struggle?

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Questions for Reflection: Exodus 2:11-251. What event or series of events has God used to shape who you are at this moment? Were you able to discern the hand of God in the moment, or over a period of time? Havethese events spurred you to or hindered your worship of God?2. What events did God use to shape Moses and the people of Israel? What kind of fruitdid these events ultimately yield for Moses and God's people?3. In vs. 24-25, the scriptures tell us that God heard, remembered, saw, and knew, as responses to the suffering of his people. Do you think God's people sensed this while theyendured their suffering? Do you feel God's presence in the midst of failure, sin, and struggle?

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