𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗠-𝗨𝗣
• Describe the experience of moving into a new house. What excited you and what made you uncomfortable?
• Recall a promise someone made to you or your family that was eventually fulfilled. Tell us about what happened.
• What do you like about traveling? What is the first thing you do when you reach your destination?

𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗗
𝘕𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘖𝘙𝘋 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘈𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘮, “𝘎𝘰 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵, 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥. 𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗦 𝟭𝟮:𝟭–𝟯

(Read also 𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗦 𝟭𝟮:𝟰–𝟵.)

Hundreds of years since the scattering of people at Babel, the nomadic family of Abraham wandered the land without a place to truly call their own. His father, Terah, initially planned to travel to the land of Canaan—the Promised Land—but settled in a different place along the way. It was only after Terah’s passing that God led Abraham not just to a place, but also to a calling so great that it still influences us today. In this lesson, we will go deeper into what God told Abraham and how this applies to families of those who have also been called by God.

𝟭. 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗮 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆.
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵, 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗦 𝟭𝟮:𝟮

Abraham, then called Abram, and his family could have stayed where they settled and built a community there. But God had greater things in mind for them. He called Abram with a charge to go, and had already prepared the land designated for Abram. God even blessed him, that as he would go, God would make of him a great nation. This was a continuation of God’s desire to bless Adam, Noah, and their families, and His command for them to be fruitful and multiply. In the same way, God’s original design for our families is to be an environment where its members are nurtured and blessed. This is so we would thrive in our God-given calling and, in turn, produce more generations of thriving families that will experience God’s blessings as well. How does this truth affect how you see God’s purpose for your own family?

𝟮. 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗺’𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵.
𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡, 𝑠𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑎 𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔. 3𝐼 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑑𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝐼 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡ℎ 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑. 𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗦 𝟭𝟮:𝟮–𝟯

God’s purpose for the family goes beyond blessing it and its members. For Abraham, God promised to bless him and his family so that they could be a blessing to all the families of the earth. God’s purpose for families is not just inward, but also outward. God desires all families to be blessed and be channels of His blessing to others around us. This would mean that it would not just be Abraham’s family that would be a blessing; the generations of families after him would also be blessed to be a blessing. Even though we may not be biological descendants of Abraham, all believers in Christ are considered as Abraham’s descendants (Galatians 3:7–9). Therefore, God has the same purpose for us and our families: He blessed us so that we would be a blessing to others. In what ways can we help our family members experience God’s blessing and be a blessing to others around us?

𝟯. 𝗚𝗼𝗱’𝘀 𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆.
𝐵𝑦 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐴𝑏𝑟𝑎ℎ𝑎𝑚 𝑜𝑏𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑜 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑛ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑢𝑡, 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝐵𝑦 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑡ℎ ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑒, 𝑎𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑖𝑔𝑛 𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑, 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐼𝑠𝑎𝑎𝑐 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐽𝑎𝑐𝑜𝑏, ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑒. 𝐹𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠, 𝑤ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝐺𝑜𝑑. 𝗛𝗘𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗪𝗦 𝟭𝟭:𝟴–𝟭𝟬

Abram, now called Abraham, responded in faith to God’s charge to go to a new place and become a father of nations. This was a means for God’s greater plan to redeem mankind from sin and restore us back into His family. Through Abraham’s line, God sent His Son, Jesus, to be the way to our heavenly Father. What Jesus did on the cross was not only meant for Abraham’s descendants, but also for all those who believe in Him. This promise of salvation and purpose applies to all people in all stages of life. What does Galatians 3:7–9 say about those who believe in God? How could our personal response of faith with regard to how we view and treat our family be a channel of God’s redeeming work for humanity?

𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡
• Has God given you a family or a group of people to lead? How can you be a godly example for other families to follow?
• What do you think is God calling your family to be and do? How will you respond to this purpose and mission?
• As a child or sibling, how can you be a blessing to your family? How can you reach out to other families?

𝗣𝗥𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥
• Praise God for leading us to His greater purpose, as Abraham was led. Thank God for giving you and your family a unique calling.
• Ask God to show you how you may be a blessing to your family. Ask for forgiveness for the times when you were otherwise and pray that God would renew your heart and mind towards your family.
• Pray that God would use you to raise the next generation so that they may love God and be a blessing to others. Make an effort this week to reach out to them and share about God’s faithfulness in your life.