Text: Genesis 18:17-18 KJV Further Reading: Genesis 18:16-19; Job 1:6-12, 2:1-6 And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? Genesis 18:17-18 MESSAGE One major character missing […]
Is Anything Too Hard For God?
Text: Genesis 18:14 KJV Further Reading: Genesis 18:9-15 Is any thing too hard for the Lord? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son. Genesis 18:14 MESSAGE One statement you would have read over time is that God specialises in doing the […]
Hospitality Calls For Humility
Text: Genesis 18:7 KJV Further Reading: Genesis 18:6-8 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it. Genesis 18:7 MESSAGE Being hospitable does not necessarily mean that you have everything but even in the little, you are still […]
Hospitality: A Gateway To Blessings
Text: Genesis 18:3-5 KJV Further Reading: Genesis 18:1-5 And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant: Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree: And I will fetch a morsel […]
Don’t Settle For The Less
Text: Genesis 17:18-19 KJV Further Reading: Genesis 17:18-27 And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee! And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed […]
Miraculous Promises
Text: Genesis 17:17 KJV Further Reading: Genesis 17:15-17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear? Genesis 17:17 MESSAGE Some promises of God seem too good to be […]
Securing Generational Blessings
Text: Genesis 17:7 KJV Further Reading: Genesis 17:7-14 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. Genesis 17:7 MESSAGE What God wants to do with our lives is not […]
A New Name
Text: Genesis 17:5 KJV Further Reading: Genesis 17:3-6 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. Genesis 17:5 MESSAGE When God wants to do a special thing with a person He gives such a new name – which […]
God’s High Standard
Text: Genesis 17:1-2 KJV Further Reading: Leviticus 20:7, 22-26. And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. Genesis […]
The Almighty God II
Text: Luke 1:34-35 KJV Further Reading: Luke 1:26-38 Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall […]