Jim Batterton - That night, January 9, 1989, I paced around my room. All of the memory verses I had ever learned were racing through my mind. I knew I really needed to be saved, and as I became increasingly more upset, I was realizing that I really didn’t know how to be saved...
Memory Verse: Gen 16:13 Memory Verse Text: Thou God seest me.
Attention Getter: Ever play hide and seek?
Activity
Printable worksheet - Timeline of the life and dates of Abraham and Sarah. Trace the ages of these two old parents and God's promises to them.
Lesson Content Suggestions
Point 1: Abram: Consider his impatience about a child, his foolishness about the whole thing, and his carelessness about God's promise. Point 2: Sarai: What seemed so sensible at one time to her became unbearable and a reproach. She calls it, "My wrong." Point 3: Hagar: God was good to her in that she was blessed with health and conception, however she now uses God's goodness as a tool to provoke her mistress Sarai. Point 4: Hagar couldn't run away from God. He didn't desert her, but instead, He had wonderful purposes for her still.
Illustration: Tell a story about a small child who tried to hide from Mom.
Summary: No one is smart enough to run away from God.
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Jim Batterton
