Week #1 - El Roi

Whose you are Defines who you are!

Set the Stage (Gen. 16:1-4)

Sarah gives Hagar to Abraham to fulfill God’s plan.

Disobedience/Consequence of Hagar (Gen. 16:4-6)

Hagar looks down on Sarah her mistress

Sarah blames Abram

Sarah mistreats Hagar her slave

Hagar flees

The Angel of the Lord (Gen. 16:7-8)

The Angel finds Hagar

The Angel speaks to Hagar

Obedience (Gen. 16:9-12)

The Angel says “Go back to your mistress and submit to her, Sarah”

The Angel says “ I will increase your descendants”

Name Given (Gen. 16:13-14)

Hagar names to the Lord “The God who sees me” El Roi

Ismael is born (Gen. 16:15-16)

Hagar bears a son for Abram

WRAP-UP:

God’s questions

Where are you coming from?

Where are you going?

Do you know that God sees you?

Hymn: His eye is on the sparrow

I sing because I’m happy (happy) I sing because I’m free (free free free) For His eye, his eye is on the sparrow, And I know, I know He watches over me.

Matt. 10:29-31 “So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.” The New International Version. (2011). (Mt 10:31). Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.

Whatever this Week may bring Remember Whose you are!

You are seen! You are Known! You are HIS!

REMEMBER WHOSE YOU ARE!