This Week’s Main Themes: 

• God has a plan to get his people back.
• God picks an unlikely pair: Abram & Sarai.
• Abraham is tested — will he give God his best? 

Discussion Questions:

Here are this weeks’ questions. You might want to do them alone or with your family.

1. Many of the people God called to follow him and do great things had excuses or reasons they thought God should not use them. What are some of the common excuses people still used today when they want to get out of following God's leading for their life?
2. When God called Abram to follow him, there was a clear sense of partnership. God promised to do specific things and also called Abram to do his part. What was God's part, and what was Abrams part in this great adventure?
3. What do you learn about Abraham and Sarah’s faith from Hebrews 11:8–9?
4. Tell about an older person in your life who has been a model of faith and love for God. How have you seen their life impact the lives of others and yours?
5. Abraham and Sarah were called by God, and they followed him in faith. Tell about a time God called you to take a step of faith. How did you respond and how did that step of faith turn out?
6. Sarah and did not think God was moving fast enough with the whole “nation-building project.” So, she decided to help God by giving her handmaiden to Abraham to bear a child for her. Give some examples of ways we jump ahead of God's timing for our lives in an effort to “help” him. Tell about a time that God said, “Wait,” but you wanted to rush ahead. Why is it so hard to be patient and wait on God's will for our lives?
7. Abraham and Sarah chose to follow God by faith and trust that he would build a nation through them — and he did. What step of faith is God calling you to take now, but you are still waiting or even resisting? What can you do to take a trust-filled step and move forward in this area of your life?

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