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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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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FEAR NOT

GENESIS 15:1 After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.” Fear is everywhere. Even people who appear brave, if they’re honest, will admit to moments of immense fear. During World...

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MAKING IT GOD’S WAY

GENESIS 14:22-23 But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have lifted my hand to the Lord, God Most High, the Possessor of heaven and earth, that I will take nothing, from a thread to a sandal strap, and that I will not take anything that Is yours, lest...

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A PLACE CALLED HOME

GENESIS 13:14-15 And the Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him: “Lift your eyes now and look from the place where you are—north ward, southward, eastward, and westward; for all the land which you see I give to you and your descendants forever.’’ In late summer the...

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THE LORD’S ARMY

GENESIS 14:14 Now when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his three hundred and eighteen trained servants who were born in his own house, and went in pursuit as far as Dan. We live in violent times. The American Bar Association claims that crimes involving guns,...

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I’VE GOT RIGHTS

GENESIS 13:8-9 So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no strife between you and me, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are brethren. Is not the whole land before you? Please separate from me. If you take the left, then I will go to the...

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SOMEONE IS WATCHING

GENESIS 13:5-7 Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks and herds and tents. Now the land was not able to support them, that they might dwell together, for their possessions were so great. ■ . . And there was strife between the herds men of Abram’s livestock and the...

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BLESSED PROMISES

GENESIS 13:1-2 Then Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him, to the South, Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold. William Penn, the founder of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, was well liked by the Indians....

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THE WRONG KIND OF HELP

GENESIS 12:12-13 “Therefore it will happen, when the Egyptians see you, that they will say, ‘This is his wife’; and they will kill me, but they will let you live. Please say you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that I may...

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