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Experiencing God • Part 1.......................................... 1
Seven Realities..................................................... 1 3
Answers .............................................................. 2 0
Resources............................................................. 2 1
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G o d W o r k s
Experiencing God • Part 1
May 20, 2012
[Resource: Experiencing God by Henry Blackaby,
Richard Blackaby and Claude King]
When Pharaoh heard of this, he tried to kill Moses, but Moses fled
from Pharaoh and went to live in Midian.... Years passed, and the king
of Egypt died. But the Israelites still groaned beneath their burden of
slavery. They cried out for help, and their pleas for deliverance rose up
to God. God heard their cries and remembered his covenant promise to
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He looked down on the Israelites and felt
deep concern for their welfare. Exodus 2:15,23-25 (NLT)
But Jesus replied, “My Father is always working, and so am I. …I tell you
the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself. He does only what he sees
the Father doing. Whatever the Father does, the Son also does. For the
Father loves the Son and shows him everything he is doing.”
John 5:17,19-20 (NLT)
Only I can tell you the future before it even happens. Everything I plan
will come to pass, for I do whatever I wish. I will call a swift bird of prey
from the east—a leader from a distant land to come and do my bidding.
I have said what I would do, and I will do it. Isaiah 46:10-11 (NLT)
2. ...saving ____________________.
It is God who saved us and chose us to live a holy life. He did this not
because we deserved it, but because that was his plan long before the
world began—to show his love and kindness to us through Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 1:9 (NLT)
3. ...sending _______________.
Then Jesus explained: “My nourishment comes from doing the will of
God, who sent me, and from finishing his work.” John 4:34 (NLT)
G o d P u r s u e s
a n d I n v i t e s
Experiencing God • Part 2
May 27, 2012
I. God pursues
When the Lord saw that he had caught Moses’ attention, God called to
him from the bush, “Moses! Moses!” ... Then he said, “I am the God of
your ancestors—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of
Jacob.” Exodus 3:4,6 (NLT)
Jesus replied, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your
heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest
commandment.” Matthew 22:37-38 (NLT)
1. ...initiated by ___________.
God showed how much he loved us by sending his only Son into the
world so that we might have eternal life through him. This is real love.
It is not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a
sacrifice to take away our sins. 1 John 4:9-10 (NLT)
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2. ...indicated by my ____________________.
Jesus: “Those who obey my commandments are the ones who love
me. And because they love me, my Father will love them, and I will love
them. And I will reveal myself to each one of them.” John 14:21 (NLT)
3. ...impaired by _______________________.
Don’t love the world or anything that belongs to the world. If you love the
world, you cannot love the Father. 1 John 2:15 (CEV)
“Do not come any closer,” God told him. “Take off your sandals, for you
are standing on holy ground.” ...When Moses heard this, he hid his face
in his hands because he was afraid to look at God.
Exodus 3:5,6 (NLT)
II. God Invites
“... Moses is the ... man God sent to be a ruler and savior, with the help
of the angel that Moses saw in the burning bush.” Acts 7:35 (NCV)
God has made us what we are, and in our union with Christ Jesus he has
created us for a life of good deeds, which he has already prepared for us
to do. Ephesians 2:10 (GNB)
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God’s invitation...
Then the Lord told [Moses], “You can be sure I have seen the misery
of my people in Egypt. I have heard their cries for deliverance from
their harsh slave drivers. ... So I have come to rescue them from the
Egyptians and lead them out of Egypt into their own ... land.”
Exodus 3:7-8 (NLT)
...Moses ...fled the country and lived as a foreigner in the land of Midian.
...Forty years later, in the desert near Mount Sinai, an angel appeared to
Moses in the flame of a burning bush. Acts 7:29-30 (NLT)
“The cries of the people of Israel have reached me, and I have seen how
the Egyptians have oppressed them with heavy tasks. Now go, for I am
sending you to Pharaoh. You will lead my people, the Israelites, out of
Egypt.” Exodus 3:9-10 (NLT)
“One day when [Moses] was forty years old, he ... saw an Egyptian
mistreating a man of Israel. So Moses came to his defense and avenged
him, killing the Egyptian. Moses assumed his brothers would realize that
God had sent him to rescue them, but they didn’t. ... When Moses heard
that, he fled the country and lived as a foreigner in the land of Midian. ...
Acts 7:23-25,29 (NLT)
G o d Sp e a k s,
C a u s i n g a C r i s i s
o f B e l i e f
Experiencing God • Part 3
June 3, 2012
When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not
be presenting his own ideas; he will be telling you what he has heard.
John 16:13 (NLT)
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2. ...the ______________.
All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and
to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. ... It is God’s way of
preparing us in every way, fully equipped for every good thing God wants
us to do. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 (NLT)
3. ..._________________.
If you need wisdom—if you want to know what God wants you to do—
ask him, and he will gladly tell you. He will not resent your asking.
James 1:5 (NLT)
4. ..._______________________.
... James stood and said, “Brothers, listen to me. Peter has told you
about the time God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people
for himself. And this conversion of Gentiles agrees with what the
prophets predicted.” Acts 15:13-15 (NLT)
5. ...the ____________________.
And we will never stop thanking God for this: that when we preached to
you, you didn’t think of the words we spoke as being just our own, but
you accepted what we said as the very Word of God—which, of course, it
was—and it changed your lives when you believed it.
1 Thessalonians 2:13 (TLB)
A Crisis of Belief...
Before the Lord God does anything, he tells his plans to his servants....
Amos 3:7 (NCV)
What is faith? It is the confident assurance that what we hope for is going
to happen. It is the evidence of things we cannot yet see. ... So, you see,
it is impossible to please God without faith. Hebrews 11:1,6 (NLT)
...what’s the use of saying you have faith if you don’t prove it by your
actions? That kind of faith can’t save anyone. ... So you see, it isn’t
enough just to have faith. Faith that doesn’t show itself by good deeds is
no faith at all—it is dead and useless. James 2:14,17 (NLT)
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A d j u s t i n g t o
O b e y a n d
E x p e r i e n c e G o d
Experiencing God • Part 4
June 10, 2012
I. Major Adjustments
Then Moses went back home and talked it over with Jethro, his
father-in-law. “With your permission,” Moses said, “I would like to go back
to Egypt to visit my family. ...”
“Go with my blessing,” Jethro replied. Exodus 4:18 (NLT)
... Moses and Aaron went to see Pharaoh. They told him, “This is
what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Let my people go....’ ”
That same day Pharaoh sent this order to the slave drivers and
foremen ...: “... Load them down with more work. Make them sweat! ...” ...
So Moses went back to the Lord and protested, “Why have you
mistreated your own people like this, Lord? ... Since I gave Pharaoh your
message, he has been even more brutal to your people. You have not
even begun to rescue them!” Exodus 5:1,6,8-9,22-23 (NLT)
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go back to Pharaoh, and tell him to
let the people of Israel leave Egypt.... But I will cause Pharaoh to be
stubborn so I can multiply my miraculous signs and wonders in the land
of Egypt. ... When I show the Egyptians my power and force them to let
the Israelites go, they will realize that I am the Lord.”
So Moses and Aaron did just as the Lord had commanded them.
Exodus 6:10;7:1,3,5-6 (NLT)
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Kinds of Adjustments:
Then [Jesus] said to all, “Anyone who wants to follow me must put aside
his own desires and conveniences and carry his cross with him every
day and keep close to me! Whoever loses his life for my sake will save it,
but whoever insists on keeping his life will lose it;” Luke 9:23-24 (TLB)
“...I am the Vine; you are the branches. Whoever lives in me and I in
him shall produce a large crop of fruit. For apart from me you can’t do a
thing.” John 15:5 (TLB)
God let Moses know his ways. He let the Israelites know the things he
had done. Psalm 103:7 (GW)
... Moses asked God. “How can you expect me to lead the Israelites
out of Egypt?”
Then God told him, “I will be with you. And this will serve as proof
that I have sent you: When you have brought the Israelites out of Egypt,
you will return here to worship God at this very mountain.”
Exodus 3:11-12 (NLT)
My Obedience...
Jesus: “The one who obeys me is the one who loves me; and because
he loves me, my Father will love him; and I will too, and I will reveal
myself to him.” John 14:21 (TLB)
See how very much our heavenly Father loves us, for he allows us to be
called his children, and we really are! 1 John 3:1 (NLT)
But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us
while we were still sinners. Romans 5:8 (NLT)
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Jesus: “His master praised him for good work. ‘You have been faithful
in handling this small amount,’ he told him, ‘so now I will give you many
more responsibilities. Begin the joyous tasks I have assigned to you.’”
Matthew 25:21 (TLB)
Through the angel who appeared to him in the burning bush, Moses was
sent to be their ruler and savior. And by means of many miraculous signs
and wonders, he led them out of Egypt, through the Red Sea, and back
and forth through the wilderness for forty years. Acts 7:35-36 (NLT)
There has never been another prophet like Moses, for the Lord talked to
him face-to-face. And at God’s command he performed amazing miracles
that have never been equaled. Deuteronomy 34:10-12 (TLB)
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S e v e n R e a l i t i e s
1. God is always at work around you.
5. God’s invitation for you to work with Him always leads you to a
crisis of belief that requires faith and action.
6. You must make major adjustments in your life to join God in what
He is doing.
N a m e s , T i t l e s
a n d D e s c r i p t i o n s
o f G o d
Note: For a complete listing of Names, Titles and Descriptions of God, see
Experiencing God by Richard Blackaby
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a n s w e r s
Holy Spirit, Himself, Holy Spirit, Bible, prayer, circumstances, Church, belief,
action, ability, beliefs, faith, actions
Scriptures cited are from the Contemporary English Version (CEV), New Living Translation (NLT), God’s
Word (GW), New Century Version (NCV), Good News Bible (GNB), and The Living Bible (TLB).
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