Pharaoh repeatedly tells Moses he won’t let God’s people go, and in turn, his heart is hardened. Where are we repeatedly saying no to God in our own lives?

(Exodus 5-13)

Moses looks at his own resources and knows they don’t equal the task at hand.  If Moses would dare to lift his eyes up, he’d realize that God’s power is made perfect not through our strengths but our weaknesses.

(Ex 3-4, Acts 7:22, Matt 14:14-21, Gen 50:20, Rom 8:28, 1 Cor 1:27, Acts 4:13, 2 Cor 12:9, Matt 21:42, Phil 3:7-8, Is 64:6, Gal 2:20, 2 Cor 5:17, Rom 8:1, Rom 8:14-15, Jn 15:15, Matt 28:20, Jn 14:16, Jn 14:7, Rom 8:9, Eph 1:3, I Cor 12:7, Jn 16:13, Rom 8:11, Jn 14:12, Rom 8:31, Matt 16:18)

Moses has an Encounter with a holy God through the burning bush.  How do we make ourselves more aware of God’s movement in our own lives?

(Ex 3:1-10, I Kings 19:11-13, Job 33:14, Rom 1:20, Heb 4:12, Jn 16:13, Col 3:16, Mk 1:35, Lk 5:15-16, Matt 14:13, Luke 6:12-13, Matt 14:23, Matt 26:36-39, Matt 4:1, Zeph 3:17, Is 30:21)

When we try to force God’s hand, bad things happen.  If we have the faith to wait on His timing, we’ll get to see His power at work instead of our own.

(Ex 2:11-25, Ex 1:1, Num 32:33, James 1:14-15, Col 3:5, Rom 8:13, Gal 5:24, Rom 6:6, I Peter 2:24, Ex 14:14, Ps 130:5-6, Ps 37:34, Is 30:18, Is 40:31, 2 Peter 3:9, 2 Peter 3:13, Jn 14:3, Rom 12:2, Prov 3:5-6, Ps 130:5-6)

It may feel like God is distant in the MICRO-transactions of our lives.  But we know through the Word that He is constantly using everything to further His incredible META story.

(Gen 15:13-14, 2 Peter 3:8, Josh 21:45, 2 Cor 1:20, Deut 7:9, Matt 5:17, Heb 8:1-2, I Cor 5:7, Heb 9:20, Matt 27:51, Gen 12:1-3, Gen 22:8, Gen 21:12, Gen 49:10, Jer 23:5, Matt 1:1-17, Rom 8:28, Matt 5:45, I Peter 5:10, Jn 16:33, Hab 1:5, Ex 14:14, Job 9:4-10)

Because we have been saved by grace, we are called to live a life of loving others even when it’s hard.

(Luke 10:25-37)

God calls us not only to meaningful connection with Him, but also to each other.

(Gen 1-2, I Cor 12:12-20, Col 3:12-13, John 17:11, Eph 3:6, Ecc 4:9-12, Acts 2:42-47, John 13:35, Heb 10:24-25, Ps 133:1)

Our life in Christ takes us into spaces of deep intimacy.  It is far more than knowing about Him.  It is knowing Him.

(Is 41:10, Joshua 1:9, Psalm 23:4, Matt 28:20, Gen 28:15, Jn 10:14, Matt 7:22-23, Ps 139:1-2, Ex 33:17, Gen 4:1, Is 40:26, Prov 4:20-21, Ps 141:1, I Jn 1:1, Prov 34:8, Jn 15:5)

Fall Retreat Session 4 – Sunday AM

(John 20:24-25; Jeremiah 29:13-14; Matthew 7:7; Proverbs 27:17; John 6:67-69)