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Hosanna Christian Fellowship

Hosanna Christian Fellowship

by Pastor Nathan Hamre

Christianity Spirituality

Season 8

The Hardest Hearts Break In Surrender | Exodus 7:8-13

Don't harden you heart! After chapters of making excuses and challenging God's commands, Moses is finally ready to obey without question. With nothing but the staff in his hand, Moses and Aaron go before Pharaoh on behalf of God's people and perform a display of God's power. How will Pharaoh respond to this challenge to his authority? This week we continue reading Exodus 7 and see the beginning of the showdown between the powers of this world and the power of God Almighty. We'll study how it was that the magicians of Egypt were able to copy the miracle of God and how the miracle of the staff becoming a snake was a challenge to the authority that Pharoah claimed over Egypt and over God's people. And then we'll learn how Pharoah's hard heart is a warning to us today to not harden our hearts to the work God is doing in our lives.

How God Reveals His Lordship | Exodus 6:28-7:7

What do we mean when we call God "Lord"? When Moses and Aaron went before Pharoah on behalf of God and told Pharaoh to let the Hebrews go worship their Lord, Pharoah not only refused to let them go, but increased their labor and hardship. In the midst of disappointment, Moses goes back to God asking what to do next, and what looks like the end of the matter to Moses is only the beginning of God's plans for His people. This week we begin reading Exodus 7 and see God send Moses and Aaron back to speak to Pharoah. We'll study how Moses continues to focus on his own shortcomings and how God reminds Moses once again to rely on God's strength. And then we'll examine what it means for God to be the Lord of our own lives today.

What Does God Say About You? | Exodus 6:14-27

What does God say about you? In recording the history of the great work of God to deliver His people from bondage in Egypt, right in the middle of the narrative we get a list of names recording the family line of Levi, son of Jacob. What is the great significance of these names that God would inspire them to be recorded in the Holy Scriptures for all time? This week we continue in Exodus 6 and read through the names that make up the family of Moses and Aaron. We'll see how Aaron was the focus of the genealogy and study the significance of that fact. Then we'll look at the stories behind the names of Aaron's sons to see the legacies that they left behind for good and for bad and then ask ourselves what God would say about us and the legacies we are leaving behind.

Turn to Him When You Feel Like a Failure | Exodus 5:22-6:13

How do you deal with disappointment? When Pharoah placed heavy burdens on the Israelites, the leaders of the people sought relief from their burdens from Pharoah, and found none. In their frustration they then turned to Moses and Aaron, blaming the brothers for their increased suffering. When it seemed to Moses like he had failed in his calling, the only thing left for him to do was to turn to God in the midst of his disappointment. This week we begin reading Exodus 6 and see God's response to the increased suffering of His people. We'll study how Moses did the right thing in bringing his troubles and disappointments to God, and read how God responded to Moses's doubts. And together we'll learn how the God who saved Israel from bondage is the same God who saves us today.

Your Captor is not Your Liberator | Exodus 5:10-21

When the fires of life rage, who do you turn to for relief? Despite his objections, Moses followed the calling of God and went before the most powerful man in Egypt to command him to free the children of Israel--God's people--from bondage. But Pharoah not only refused to release the Hebrews, he placed more burdens on them. Faced with greater hardships, who will God's people turn to for help? This week we continue reading Exodus 5 and see the leaders of Israel plead for relief from their burdens to the one who placed the burdens on them in the first place. We'll learn how this response showed their deeper identity problems, and we'll examine our own lives to discover whether we're turning to our own strongholds to save us, or to the only Savior, Jesus Christ.

The Most Important Question | Exodus 5:1-9

Who is the Lord to you? After God revealed His plan to Moses to bring the Hebrew people out of their bondage and toil in Egypt, and after Moses and Aaron met with the elders of the Hebrews and they worshipped God together for the work that God hadn't done yet, it was finally time for Moses and Aaron to go before Pharoah and make the request that would change the course of history for the people of God. This week we begin reading Exodus 5 and see Moses and Aaron come before Pharoah and ask him to let the Hebrews go to worship the Lord. We'll read how Moses and the Hebrews faced immediate opposition from Pharoah and take a deep look at Pharoah's first question to Moses. And together we will learn how everyone throughout history will eventually have to answer the question: Who is the Lord that you should obey Him?

The Go After the Glow | Exodus 4:18-31

How do you live after an encounter with the Living God? Moses had a personal encounter with the living God as God sent Moses to lead the children of Israel from their bondage in Egypt. But when Moses comes down from the mountain, away from the glow of the burning bush, and back into his everyday life with his work and family responsibilities, how will Moses find a balance between his personal responsibilities and his call of ministry? This week we finish reading Exodus 4 and see Moses take his first steps of obedience to follow God's call. We'll study both the good ways he honored his father-in-law, and the way God dealt with the compromise in Moses' family life. Then we'll read the reunion of Moses and Aaron and learn how the story of Exodus continues to be a foreshadow of the salvation that is found in Jesus Christ.

Excuses, Excuses, Excuses | Exodus 3:16-4:17

What's your excuse? God showed up to Moses in a miraculous way, and placed a call on Moses's life to be God's representative to free the children of Israel from their bondage in Egypt. But Moses's objections before the burning bush are closer to excuses than actual questions of clarification. This week we continue reading Exodus 3-4 and look at Moses's three final objections to God's call. We'll study God's patient response to each objection until Moses's final excuse reveals the truth of his heart. Then we'll examine our own hearts to see what kind of excuses we make to God in our own lives

God Is, So We Don't Have To Be | Exodus 3:9-15

Do you feel like you're in over your head? Decades after Moses tried and failed to help his people in slavery, God appeared to Moses in a miraculous way, as a flame within a bush that was not consumed. In this encounter, God revealed to Moses that He had heard the cry of Israel and had come down to deliver them. But how will Moses respond to the news that God is sending him to bring the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt? This week we continue reading Exodus 3 and see Moses's reaction to the call of God on his life. We'll look at the differences between true and false humility and we'll study the significance of God's statement: I AM THAT I AM. Together we'll look at what that meant for Moses as God sent him to Pharoah, and what it means for us today when God calls us to join Him in the work of the gospel in our own families and communities.

What to do When the Bush is Burning | Exodus 3:1-10

Do you ever feel stuck in an ordinary life? For 40 years, Moses lived in obscurity, as a husband and father and shepherd in the desert of Midian. But God wasn't done with Moses, and He hadn't forgotten the cry of His people in bondage in Egypt. So one ordinary day, God showed up in Moses's life in an extraordinary way. This week we begin reading Exodus 3 and see God appear to Moses in the Burning Bush. We'll look at the significance of the bush that was on fire but was not consumed, and why Moses had to take off his sandals on that holy ground. And we'll learn how Moses is an example to us of how we are to respond when our extraordinary God meets us in the midst of our ordinary lives.

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