Divine Intervention
READ: Genesis 22:13 CHALLENGE: Believe in God’s Providential Benefits in your Life God’s Divine Providence is all over this story. This is where God is intersecting with our world for our benefit. He is working out all things for the good of those who love him and who have been called according to His purpose. […]
THE TEST
TREAD: Genesis 22:1f CHALLENGE: Pass the Tests Years have gone by since Abraham parted ways with Hagar and Ishmael. He’s lived and traveled and done life. He’s living out the promise of becoming a nation with this one son of promise, Isaac. Vv1-2 – Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” “Here […]
Message of Hope
READ: Genesis 21:8 CHALLENGE: Know that God is With You Even in Difficulty Vv8-9 – The child grew and was weaned, and on the day Isaac was weaned Abraham held a great feast. 9 But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking, 10 and she said to Abraham, “Get rid of that slave […]
Reasons for Joy
READ: Genesis 21:1 CHALLENGE: Experience Joy Vv 1-7 – Now the Lord was gracious to Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did for Sarah what he had promised. 2 Sarah became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised him. 3 Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore him. 4 When his son Isaac […]
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 […]