Warm up in pairs:  Where is the most desert like place you have ever lived or traveled to?   What are your memories?   It could be a literal desert or a spiritual desert. Numbers 20:2-5 Do you think this was the first time they were out of water? Exodus 17:6 tells

Warm up and pray in pairs:  Have there been times in your Christian life that you felt like you were wandering in the wilderness?   Did you finally get a break through? Numbers 14:11-16 Questions What did the Lord say he was going to do to the Israelites because they despised

Warm up in pairs:   In this chapter, Caleb and Joshua were in the minority,  but they were in the right.   Has there been a time in your life that you were in a similar situation that you would be willing to share?    Numbers 13:17-20 What similarities do

Warm up in pairs:   When the going got tough, the Israelites recalled “the good old days” in Egypt.    Were the good old days for you really that good?   What was good about them and what was not so good? Numbers 11:4-9 What do you think of when you think of

Warm up in pairs:  Can you think of a time the Lord closed a door in your life and you thought it was a mistake, but then later realized he was right? Numbers 9:15-16 Questions Does anyone know what the word “tabernacle” means? It means to dwell and describes God’s

Warm up in pairs:  What are some of your best childhood memories?    Do you find yourself thinking of these often? Questions for 42:1-5 To illustrate how he longed for God, what illustration did the writer use? Discuss John 4:10 to shed further light on 42:1-2. On a scale from 1-10,