Ungifted

1. What insight, principle or observation from this week’s message did you find to be most helpful, eye opening or troubling?  Please explain. 

2.  Describe a time in your life when you were completely overwhelmed with something in front of you, something placed on you, or an opportunity?

3. Have you ever felt like God asked you to do something that you didn’t think you were gifted or ready for? How did you process that? 

4.  Read Exodus 3:10-3:3:14. Notice the contrast of verse 11 with verse 12 and 14. What was Moses focused on and how was God trying to change that? What do we focus on when we think God is calling us to something bigger than we can do? How does this relate to your story?

5. Read Exodus 4:1-2. Why is it significant that God doesn’t ask Moses to be or find anything outside himself and what he has? How might this impact us regarding the things we think God is calling us to? 

6.  Read Exodus 4:3-17. If you were God would you have been so patient with Moses’ reluctance? Why does Moses keep saying no? What does God all do through the story to remove Moses excuses (even having a plan before Moses verbalizes his hesitation)? How has God done that in your life, what might he be doing right now?

7. God doesn’t need us to be awesome, just available. What is an area you feel God is nudging you toward, or asking of you and you don’t think you can do it…what would it look like for you to be available?

8. How might God be directing your attention to him and his ability rather than yourself and your inadequacy? If we redefined failure to ‘not trying’, how might that impact our availability to God and willingness to say yes?

9.  Pray for each other.