Abraham Study Guide (Week 9) SUGGESTED VERSES FOR MEMORIZATION & MEDITATION For I have chosen him, that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing righteousness and justice, so that the LORD may bring to Abraham what he has promised him. (Genesis 18:20) Far …
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Abraham Study Guide (Week 8) SUGGESTED VERSES FOR MEMORIZATION & MEDITATION And the LORD appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the door of his tent in the heat of the day. (Genesis 18:1) Is there anything too hard for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to …
Abraham Study Guide (Week 7) SUGGESTED VERSES FOR MEMORIZATION & MEDITATION No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations. (Genesis 17:5) And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout …
Presently, I am entrenched in the twelfth week of studying the story of Abraham in Genesis. Analyzing the life of the man of faith has been an incredibly fruitful journey, yet as I now approach chapter 21, one word reverberates through my head: finally! We are, at last, able to read about the birth of …
Abraham Study Guide (Week 6) SUGGESTED VERSES FOR MEMORIZATION & MEDITATION So she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, “You are God of seeing,” for she said, “Truly here I have seen him who looks after me.” (Genesis 16:13) But God shows his love for us in that while we were …
Abraham Study Guide (Week 5) SUGGESTED VERSES FOR MEMORIZATION & MEDITATION And he believed the LORD, and he counted it to him as righteousness. (Genesis 15:6) But the words “it was counted to him” were not written for his sake alone, but for ours also. It will be counted to us who believe in him …
Abraham Study Guide (Week 4) SUGGESTED VERSES FOR MEMORIZATION & MEDITATION And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. (He was priest of God Most High.) (Genesis 14:18) We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain, where Jesus …
Abraham Study Guide (Week 3) SUGGESTED VERSES FOR MEMORIZATION & MEDITATION Then Abram said to Lot, “Let there be no strife between you and me, and between your herdsmen and my herdsmen, for we are kinsmen.” (Genesis 13:8) The LORD said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, “Lift up your eyes and look …
Last week, we read how Abram came to know the LORD. Though he was originally a cursed pagan, God spoke to him, giving him a command and a promise. God told Abram to go to a land that God would show him and that He would bless Abram greatly. Trusting the LORD, Abram obeyed, not …
Since I will be preaching Genesis 19 this week, it seems like a great time to discuss the reason for the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. Often, this chapter of the Bible is used as a warning text against the sinfulness of homosexuality as many view homosexuality as the primary cause for its desolation. But …
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