The second session focuses on the deliverance God has done and is doing in your life. Center yourself by saying the Lord’s Prayer and then begin.
Read Exodus 13:3-10
Remember how the Lord brought the Israelites out of the land of slavery. See how they began to know God as deliverer. In what way has the Lord acted as deliverer in your life? Think about this, journal on it and afterwards write a prayer of thanksgiving.
How does seeing God’s deliverance in the lives of Israelites and your life teach you about God’s grace and your place in the heart of God?
The third session picks up again the theme of your belovedness and the power of God’s love for you. Again, enter the space with the Lord’s Prayer.
Read Jeremiah 31:3
“I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.”
1. Memorize this verse.
2. Who is the lover? Who is the beloved that is the one receiving love? How long is the lover loving the beloved?
3. What are the results of this love?
Meditate on your status as God’s beloved. Think on that as your identity. How long does God intend on loving you for? Again, how does this shape your identity? Let yourself receive the gift of belovedness. Let it simply come to you as the gift that it is. As you receive, if you are moved to confess, do so and then receive the forgiveness Jesus offers. If you are not moved to confess, let it go and simply be with God as He sees fit.
What are the outcomes of God’s faithfulness in your life? How has God been faithful and what does faithfulness look like in terms of eternity?
Notice God’s faithfulness is tied to His love and not us or our abilities. How does this notion free us to simply be with God and to live for God out of freedom? How do we live for God out of our identity as His beloved?
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