Dare To Dream – 3 “Your
Burning Bush”
Pre-Video
Before viewing the video segment, talk
about generational differences: Silent Generation (born around
1925–1945); Boomers (around 1946–1964);Gen X (around 1965–1984);
Millennials (around 1985–early 2000s). What
is an experience society went through that had a profound impact on
everyone of your age group? Rather than generational events,
Slaughter talks about “Life stages” that can be experienced at
any age.
Following the video,
Name the three life stages, as well as
the three prayers Mike Slaughter says are characteristic of each
stage.
- Which life stage do I seem to be experiencing?
- What is my recurring prayer to God?
Bible Study and Discussion
Exodus 3:1-10 Now Moses was shepherding
the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he
led the flock to the far side of the desert and came to the mountain
of God, to Horeb.
2 The angel of the
LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire from within a bush. He
looked– and the bush was ablaze with fire, but it was not being
consumed!
3 So Moses thought, "I will turn
aside to see this amazing sight. Why does the bush not burn up?"
4 When the LORD saw
that he had turned aside to look, God called to him from within the
bush and said, "Moses, Moses!" And Moses said, "Here I
am."
5 God said, "Do
not approach any closer! Take your sandals off your feet, for the
place where you are standing is holy ground."
6 He added, "I
am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and
the God of Jacob." Then Moses hid his face, because he was
afraid to look at God.
7 The LORD said, "I
have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt. I have
heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their
sorrows.
8 I have come down
to deliver them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up
from that land to a land that is both good and spacious, to a land
flowing with milk and honey, to the region of the Canaanites,
Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
9 And now indeed
the cry of the Israelites has come to me, and I have also seen how
severely the Egyptians oppress them.
10 So now go, and I
will send you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the Israelites, out of
Egypt."
- Talk about burning bush moments.
Building Your Life Mission
Statement: Part 3
“Building Your Life Mission
Statement: Part 3.” The questions are:
• What struggles in your life have
you had to overcome?How have those struggles defined you?
• God can use all things to
strengthen his kingdom, and we are called to do the same. How can you
share the lessons learned from your struggles?
• How
have those lessons helped you in the past, and how might God use them
to shape your future?