• Genesis 16:7-16

• Genesis 6:13

• El Roi: The God who sees me.

• The God who sees all things sees me.

• Do I matter?

• "God knows every person completely and loves each one as though there were no others to love."
  A.W. Tozer

• Being seen doesn't always mean our circumstances change.

• Genesis 16:7

• "The most terrible poverty is loneliness and the feeling of being unloved.”
  Mother Teresa

• Hebrews 4:13-16

[d]Group Questions

1. Read Genesis 16:7-13 and Hebrews 4:13-16

2. The story of Hagar is included in the Bible. What does this indicate about the nature of God?

3. Beneath our desire to be seen is the question, "Do I matter?" How does God's response to Hagar answer that question? In what areas do you struggle to believe you are seen by God?

4. God saw Hagar, but He did not remove her from her difficult circumstances. What does this teach us about God's presence and faithfulness?How does this impact our own perspective when faced with difficult things?

5. Which of these two responses resonates more with you right now?
   "I desperately want to be seen."

   "I am afraid to be seen."

6. If God is El Roi—the God who sees—how should that change the way we live this week?

Prayer Prompt

1. Pray for areas in life where you need the Lord to see and work within.

2. Pray for anything confessed and brought to light.