Faith /Purpose
“By faith even Sarah herself received power to conceive, even when she was past the age, since she considered Him faithful who had promised" (Heb 11:11).
“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind"
(2 Tim 1:7).
“Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came to Haran, they settled there" (Gen. 11:31).
“So Sarai said to Abram, ‘The Lord has prevented me from having children. Go and sleep with my servant. Perhaps I can build a family through her.’ Abram agreed to what Sarai said "(Gen. 16:2).
“Abram traveled through the land as far as Shechem... Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, ‘I will give this land to your descendants.’ And Abram built an altar there and dedicated it to the Lord, who had appeared to him" (Gen 12:6–7)
“Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the Oak of Moreh at Shechem. At that time the Canaanites were in the land" (Gen 12:6).
“He took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated and the people they had acquired in Harran, and they set out for the land of Canaan, and they arrived there" (Gen 12:5)
"At that time a severe famine struck the land of Canaan, forcing Abram to go down to Egypt, where he lived as a foreigner" (Gen 12:10).
His Word Is Your Anchor
Learning to recognize the voice of God
"The LORD had said to Abram, “Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I will show you" (Gen 12:1).
The next day, the firstborn said to the younger, ‘Behold, I lay last night with my father.' Let us make him drink wine tonight also. Then you go in and lie with him so that we may preserve offspring from our father.’ So they made their father drink wine that night also (Gen 19:32-36). Read more..
"Lot chose for himself the whole Jordan Valley to the east of them. He went there with his flocks and servants and parted company with his uncle Abram" (Gen 13:11).
"And now let Pharaoh look for a discerning and wise man and put him in charge of the land of Egypt. Let Pharaoh appoint commissioners over the land to take a fifth of the harvest of Egypt during the seven years of abundance (Gen 41:33-36). Read more
“...because Judas had charge of the money" (John 13:29).
“Since Judas had charge of the money, some thought Jesus was telling him to buy what was needed for the festival or to give something to the poor" (John 13:29).
“The love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us"
(Rom5:5).
“And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins" (Eph 2:1).
“But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
(1 Cor 15:57)
“And do not be conformed to this world [any longer with its superficial values and customs], but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think” (Rom 12:2).
"Abraham got up early that morning and hurried out to the place where he had stood in the LORD’s presence. He looked out across the plain toward Sodom and Gomorrah and watched as columns of smoke rose from the cities like smoke from a furnace." (Gen 18:27)
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