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 […]
The Almighty God
Text: Genesis 17:1 KJV Further Reading: Luke 1:5-25 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. Genesis 17:1 MESSAGE People in different languages and histories have called God by certain names. The names […]
Blessing Not A Proof Of God’s Approval
Text: Genesis 16:10 KJV Further Reading: Genesis 16:10-15 And the angel of the Lord said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude. Genesis 16:10 MESSAGE The fact that God blesses a man is not proof of His approval over such persons. Many Christians will wonder why […]
Submission To Authority
Text: Genesis 16:9 KJV Further Reading: Genesis 16:5-9; Romans 13:1-7 And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. Genesis 16:9 MESSAGE The Almighty God is a God of order. Although all authority and power belong to Him, He expects everyone to obey those that […]