Protecting What’s Important
READ: GENESIS 20 CHALLENGE: Genesis 20:1f Vv1-2 – Now Abraham moved on from there into the region of the Negev and lived between Kadesh and Shur. For a while he stayed in Gerar, 2 and there Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” Then Abimelek king of Gerar sent for Sarah and took her. This lie is awful. She’s my […]
Out of Harm’s Way
READ: Exodus 34:6-7 CHALLENGE: Experience God’s Salvation Let’s understand who God is in light of judgment. Exodus 34:6-7 – And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, 7 maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes […]
Deliberate
INTRODUCTION: When we were children we liked to have campfires in the back yard. In these fires we liked to melt glass bottles from a dump in the woods nearby. We were little pyromaniacs. One day we threw a bottle in there and it had a cap on it. It started making weird noises and […]
The Ultimate Save
CHALLENGE: Know the God Loves You 1 Peter 3:17-18 – For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil. 18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit. If you’re going […]
The Power of Righteousness
READ: Genesis 18:16 CHALLENGE: Pursue Righteousness A. THERE IS POWER IN RIGHTEOUSNESS (vv16-19) Vv16-19 – When the men got up to leave, they looked down toward Sodom, and Abraham walked along with them to see them on their way. 17 Then the Lord said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do? 18 Abraham will surely become a great and […]
Parental Confidence
READ: Genesis 18:9 God’s got a plan for Abraham and Sarah and their family and He has one for you as well. CHALLENGE: Parent with Confidence in God God was building a nation but you can’t build a nation without a family and God was announcing that Isaac would be born the following year. Let’s […]
God and Our Lives
READ: Genesis 18:1 CHALLENGE: Meet God in the Ordinary Details of Life This scene of God showing up in the form of a man is extraordinary! However, many aspects of this scene are super ordinary. God shows up in the ordinary aspects of life. V1 – The Lord appeared to Abraham near the great trees of Mamre while he […]
We Need God
READ: Genesis 17:15 CHALLENGE: Be Encouraged by the Blessing of God God blesses and he incredibly blesses obedience. Let’s go ahead and track the blessings in this passage. To bless means to “endue with power for success, prosperity, longevity, etc”. It’s definitely includes happiness. Let’s not look for luck or blind fate or happenstance to […]
Your Decision
READ: Genesis 17:9 CHALLENGE: MAKE A COMMITTED DECISION TO TRUST GOD Vv9-14 – Then God said to Abraham, “As for you, you must keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you for the generations to come. 10 This is my covenant with you and your descendants after you, the covenant you are to keep: Every male among […]
Is He Your God?
READ: Genesis 17:1 CHALLENGE: Walk Before Me V1 – When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty; walk before me faithfully and be blameless. 13 years have passed between chapter 16 and 17. That’s a long time. God now reaffirms the covenant – His solemn promise to Abraham to build him into a nation and […]