Aug. 23, 2026

Famous sayings some people think are in the Bible, but are not...

Background on Abram, Sarai, and Hagar

V 1-3 I have not met anyone who likes to _______

Waiting is tied to faith, as we must ______ Good when we wait (Hebrews 6:12)

Abram and Sarai have been waiting ____ years for a child and Sarai comes up with a plan to _____ ________ _______ (In that culture, there was nothing unseemly about Sarai's idea...but: Just because others do something, doesn't make it _________.)

There's God's will, and there is also God's ______ to do His will.

Abram agreed to Sarai's plan. They might have thought they were simply helping ___ ____ ... God helps those who...

Notice, Abram and Sarai didn't pray for God's _________. Prayerlessness is a great sin because of what it says about who we think is ___ ________.

V 4-6 Sarai's plan worked..... and every __________ starts to fall apart.

Who is at fault? Everyone, but especially __________just as the greatest blame for the fall belonged to ________

V 7-8 Hagar runs away, and who finds her? ______(notice the "_______" related to this angel, see v 10 and 13)

Hagar wasn't _______ for God, but God was ______ for her. Hagar wasn't _______ out to God, but God came _______ on her.

V 9-14 Hatar was told to go back and she likely thought, "You've got to be ________."

Her child is not just her's, but _______. Dad's are very important. ("60 Minutes, rogue elephants, Pilanesberg National Park")

I don't think God is calling Hagar to go back in a ________ situation, but is being called to return and submit her ______ (1 Peter 2: 18-19, Philemon)

There are some great _______ promised for her obedience.

The child was to be named Ishmael (meaning God ______).

Hagar does something no one else has done. She calls God El Roi, meaning God ______, and God cares.

V 15-16 Abram and Sarai take Hagar back.... We can tell by what happens 14 years later (covered next week) that everything wasn't all rosy, but Hagar ______ _____.

1. Don't listen to your _________... Your _________ isn't God (Acts 5:29)

2. If you are facing a delay in life, it's not because of God's _______ to take action. Waiting is tough, but it is park of faith/trust (Lamentations 3:25).

3. God hears, God sees, God cares (loves).

4. "God helps those who help themselves." is not in the Bible, but over and over in the Bible, we see God helping those who ______ help themselves.... The greatest example of that is our __________.