*All verses are NLT unless otherwise noted*

Genesis 16:7-13 The angel of the Lord found Hagar beside a spring of water in the wilderness, along the road to Shur. 8 The angel said to her, “Hagar, Sarai’s servant, where have you come from, and where are you going?”

“I’m running away from my mistress, Sarai,” she replied.

9 The angel of the Lord said to her, “Return to your mistress, and submit to her authority.” 10 Then he added, “I will give you more descendants than you can count.”

11 And the angel also said, “You are now pregnant and will give birth to a son. You are to name him Ishmael (which means ‘God hears’), for the Lord has heard your cry of distress. 12 This son of yours will be a wild man, as untamed as a wild donkey! He will raise his fist against everyone, and everyone will be against him. Yes, he will live in open hostility against all his relatives.”

13 Thereafter, Hagar used another name to refer to the Lord, who had spoken to her. She said, “You are the God who sees me.” She also said, “Have I truly seen the One who sees me?”

WHERE HAVE YOU

COME FROM, & WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

Amos 6:12-15 Can horses gallop over boulders?

    Can oxen be used to plow them?

But that’s how foolish you are when you turn justice into poison

    and the sweet fruit of righteousness into bitterness.

13 

And you brag about your conquest of Lo-debar.

    You boast, “Didn’t we take Karnaim by our own strength?”

14 

“O people of Israel, I am about to bring an enemy nation against you,”

    says the Lord God of Heaven’s Armies.

“They will oppress you throughout your land—

    from Lebo-hamath in the north

    to the Arabah Valley in the south.”

Humility

Trust

Courgage

Psalm 32:5 Finally, I confessed all my sins to you

    and stopped trying to hide my guilt.

I said to myself, “I will confess my rebellion to the Lord.”

    And you forgave me! All my guilt is gone.

Psalm 32:7 For you are my hiding place;

    you protect me from trouble.

    You surround me with songs of victory.

Psalm 32:8-11 The Lord says, “I will guide you along the best pathway for your life.

    I will advise you and watch over you.

9 

Do not be like a senseless horse or mule

    that needs a bit and bridle to keep it under control.”

10 

Many sorrows come to the wicked,

    but unfailing love surrounds those who trust the Lord.

11 

So rejoice in the Lord and be glad, all you who obey him!

    Shout for joy, all you whose hearts are pure!