1. Listen to the Message
Today’s Scriptures:
Genesis 11 & 12
Answer the Call
1. A Call to
We are messed up and we need to fess up and let God clean our mess up.
2. A Call to
If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. —John 14:15
3. A Call to
My Additional Notes:
2. Discuss in a Life Group
READ TOGETHER:
2 Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘From ancient times your fathers lived beyond the River, namely, Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, and they served other gods. —Joshua 24:2
4 So Abram went forth as the Lord had spoken to him; and Lot went with him. —Genesis 12:4
DISCUSS
How can we view this as God’s call to faith to Abraham? Share when your call to faith came and how you responded.
READ TOGETHER:
8 By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed by going out to a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing where he was going.—Hebrews 11:8
15 “If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.—John 14:15
DISCUSS
Why is Jesus so passionate about our obedience? Explain how the 2 stories we looked at reveal deep truths about obedience.
READ TOGETHER:
7 The Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your descendants I will give this land.” So he built an altar there to the Lord who had appeared to him. 8 Then he proceeded from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; and there he built an altar to the Lord and called upon the name of the Lord.—Genesis 12:7-8
1 O come, let us sing for joy to the Lord,
Let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation.
2 Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving,
Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.
3 For the Lord is a great God
And a great King above all gods,
4 In whose hand are the depths of the earth,
The peaks of the mountains are His also.
5 The sea is His, for it was He who made it,
And His hands formed the dry land.
6 Come, let us worship and bow down,
Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.—Psalm 95:1-6
DISCUSS
What are some “calls” from God that you have answered before and what are some you have hesitated to answer?
PRAY
Take some time to pray for each other. Any specific needs can be listed here.