{"id":5684,"date":"2022-07-01T15:06:33","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T05:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nlec.org.au\/english\/?p=5684"},"modified":"2022-07-01T15:06:34","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T05:06:34","slug":"week-12-genesis-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nlec.org.au\/english\/week-12-genesis-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 12 &#8211; Genesis 16"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>Receive (20 mins):<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Open your time in prayer. Ask the Holy Spirit to speak to you.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Listen to this devotion on Psalm 12 (The reading is included. Follow along in your Bible.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/6beaZ46QKOQrX8B9qXleBy?si=6c0ac94dee78471c\">https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/6beaZ46QKOQrX8B9qXleBy?si=6c0ac94dee78471c<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Spend some time in personal reflection and prayer. (5 mins)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Share with the group what God has been speaking to you. Is there a challenge for you? Have you been impressed with a particular characteristic of God? (10 mins).<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pray together, responding to what God has been showing you in this Psalm. (5 mins)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Read (20 mins):<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Read Genesis 16<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>How do you see Abram, Sarai and Hagar respond to hopeless situations in this story?<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Where do we see signs of hope in this story? What is the source of that hope?<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>All the characters in this story feel hopeless, but their responses differ because some have more power and options than others. How do you see similar sorts of situations\/responses in the world or in your own life?<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What is the hope that God brings to life? How does this speak to the hopelessness that is so prevalent in the world?<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Respond (20 mins):<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Spend a few minutes in personal reflection. What is the Holy Spirit impressing on your heart? (3 mins)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Take time to share how the Holy Spirit is challenging you. How can you be accountable to each other? Consider keeping a record for the purposes of prayer and accountability. (12 mins)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pray for each other. (5 mins)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-discipleship"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nlec.org.au\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nlec.org.au\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nlec.org.au\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nlec.org.au\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nlec.org.au\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5684"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nlec.org.au\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5756,"href":"https:\/\/nlec.org.au\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5684\/revisions\/5756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nlec.org.au\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nlec.org.au\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nlec.org.au\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}