20230618 POST PENTECOST God’s Creative Connection - Called Out By God

The Passage 

Genesis 18:1-15 

The One Thing 

What God calls us out ON  
he wants to call us out OF 

Growgroup Discussion Starters 

Know 

K1 What stood out to you from the teaching? What might God be saying to you? 

Grow 

G1 Have you ever been called out on anything? How did it make you feel? What was your response? 
G2 Genesis 18:15 | Do you think God was being petty in highlighting Sarah’s lie? Why or why not?
G3 Respond to Pastor Ray Duerksen’s take on the fear of God vs being afraid of God: “If you are afraid of God, you will run FROM Him. Adam ran and hid FROM God’s presence because of disobedience. But if you have a fear of God – a healthy respect for Him – you will run TO Him” (see Exodus 20:21). 
G4 What did you think of Dan’s recent account of God’s exposing Dan’s fear of crying?  
G5 Genesis 18:13-15 How do we see God’s relentless kindness in his exchange with Sarah? 
G6 What did you think of Dan’s recent account of God’s exposing Dan’s inability to cry / fear of crying? 
G7 What do you think holds us back from true honesty with God?  

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S1 Ask God this question: is there anything that you are calling me to come clean about? Believe this truth that what God calls us out on, he wants to call us out of.