Lessons on Living from Abraham MAKE MY LIFE A BLESSING

GENESIS 22:18 In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice. The creed for a lot of parents these days is, "Get even. Live long enough to be a problem to your kids." That's humorous, and in some circumstances, understandable, but...

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Lessons on Living from Abraham MAKING SENSE

GENESIS 22:9-10 Then they came to the place of which God had told him. And Abraham built an altar there and placed the wood in order; and he bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, upon the wood. And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the...

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Lessons on Living from Abraham DIVINE PROVISION

GENESIS 22:7-8 But Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, “My father!" And he said, “Here I am, my son, “Then he said, “Look, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?" And Abraham said, “My son, God will provide for Himself the...

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Lessons on Living from Abraham THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE

GENESIS 22:1-2 Now it came to pass after these things that God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am," And He said, “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there...

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Lessons on Living from Abraham TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES

GENESIS 21:9-11 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, scoffing. Therefore she said to Abraham, “Cast out this bondwoman and her son; for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, namely with Isaac." And the matter was...

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Lessons on Living from Abraham JOY TO THE WORLD

GENESIS 21:1-3 And the Lord visited Sarah as He had said, and the Lord did for Sarah as He had spoken. For Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. And Abraham called the name of...

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Lessons on Living from Abraham INTIMATE FELLOWSHIP

GENESIS 18:17-19 And the Lord said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am doing, since Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? For I have known him, in order that he may command his children...

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Lessons on Living from Abraham ANGELS UNAWARE

GENESIS 18:2-3 So he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing by him; and when he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them, and bowed himself to the ground, and said, “My Lord, if I have now found favor in Your sight,...

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Lessons on Living from Abraham INSTANT OBEDIENCE

GENESIS 17:10 “This is My covenant which you shall keep, between Me and you and your descendants after you: Every male child among you shall be circumcised.” GENESIS 17:22-23 Then He finished talking with him, and God went up from Abraham. So Abraham took Ishmael his son, all who were...

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Lessons on Living from Abraham A REST FOR YOUR FAITH

GENESIS 17:17 Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, “Shall a child be born to a man who is one hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?" When John Paton was translating the Bible for a South...

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