1) God calls Abram, a moon-worshipper from Ur (Joshua 24:2-3), to leave his homeland, his family network and ethnic heritage, and follow Him to only-God-knows-where to receive great blessing (12:1-3). How do you identify with Abram’s call and faith? (Hint: reflect on Galatians 3:5-9) 

2) Abram claimed the promise land by faith - walking its breadth and length, building altars on it in the name of God - after God had appeared to the patriarch and promised him the land of Canaan (12:5-9). What does it look like today for us to claim the earth as the proper domain of the Lord’s reign and our future "home of righteousness” (2 Pet. 3:13)? 

3) Very quickly, the promise to Abram appears threatened - or at least complicated - by a severe plague in the land. Abram makes his way to Egypt, and devises a dishonest strategy to save his own neck. Where do you feel God’s promise to you in Christ (ex. hope, peace, joy, deep connection to him and others, etc.) is threatened or complicated? How are you currently tempted to respond “by sight," and not by faith in God alone? How does God’s persistent faithfulness to us (even in our less-than-faithful moments) strengthen us to respond with faith?