HINENI

Living a Life of Surrender

What if one word could transform your relationship with God?

That word is Hineni—a powerful Hebrew word that means “Here I am.”

Throughout Scripture, men and women of faith responded to God’s call with this word:

• Abraham said Hineni when God called him to trust in radical faith.
• Moses said Hineni when God called him to lead His people out of Egypt.
• Samuel said Hineni when God called him to a life of obedience.
• Isaiah said Hineni when God called him to go and proclaim His Word.

Hineni is more than a response—it’s a posture of surrender. It’s telling God: “I am fully present, fully available, fully surrendered.”

Join us for this 4-week series as we discover how to live a Hineni life—faith-filled, servant-hearted, obedient, and mission-driven. Together, we’ll learn how to say with confidence: “Here I am, Lord. Send me.”

“Now Moses was pasturing the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian; and he led the flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. Then the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a blazing fire from the midst of a bush; and he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, yet the bush was not being consumed. So Moses said, ‘I must turn aside and see this marvelous sight, why the bush is not burning up!’ When the Lord saw that he turned aside to look, God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, ‘Moses, Moses!’ And he said, ‘Here I am.’”  Exodus 3:1-4

Moses’ Four Questions and God’s Four Answers

Q1: Who am I?

“‘So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt.’ But Moses said to God, ‘Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?’” Exodus 3:10-11 NIV

A1: I will be with you.

“Assuredly I will be with you.” Exodus 3:12

“Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God.” 2 Corinthians 3:5

        Q2: Who are You?

“Then Moses said to God,...‘They may say to me, “What is His name?” What shall I say to them?’“  Exodus 3:13

        A2: I AM.

“God said to Moses, ‘I AM WHO AM’; and He said, ‘Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, “I AM has sent me to you.”’”

“I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.” John 15:5

Q3: What about them?

“Moses said, ‘What if they will not believe me or listen to what I say? For they may say, ‘The Lord has not appeared to you.’”  Exodus 4:1

A3: What is in your hand?

“The Lord said to him, ‘What is that in your hand?’ And he said, ‘A staff.’”  Exodus 4:2

        Q4: What about this?

“Please, Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither recently nor in time past, nor since You have spoken to Your servant; for I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.” Exodus 4:11

        A4: I am in control.

“Who has made man’s mouth? Or who makes him mute or deaf, or seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?” Exodus 4:12

“He kept right on going because he kept his eyes on the one who is invisible.” Hebrews 11:27 NLT”

* All scriptures are from the NAS (New American Standard Bible) unless otherwise noted