Read Genesis 22:1-14. Most trials that we face just come upon us unexpectedly. It may be the death of a loved one, an accident, a sickness, a disaster, a wayward child, a financial crisis or even a persecution. Abraham’s trial was perhaps harder than any we will ever face because God told him to offer […]
When I was in Bible College, I owned an old v8 Chevrolet car. It was not fancy, but it was reliable. I remember one winter Sunday morning when the temperature had dropped to -37° C, my reliable old Chevy was one of the few cars that started. Though my Chevy was a reliable car over […]
Tiny termites are capable of eating their way into the centre of a living tree. They may be unseen from the outside. The tree may continue to look healthy for quite some time, but eventually the termites will kill the tree and bring it to the ground in a crash. If you are married, your […]
Romans 15:4 states, “For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.” About four thousand years ago, God destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah with fire from heaven and Lot lost all. Genesis 19 records that event for our learning. […]
D. L. Moody once said, “I’d rather be able to pray than be a great preacher; Jesus Christ never taught His disciples how to preach, but only how to pray.” Abraham had a rare opportunity to talk in person to a Theophany of God (God visited him in a human body). Transition In Genesis 18, […]
A young boy travelling by aeroplane to visit his grandparents sat beside a man who happened to be a university professor. The boy was reading a Sunday school take-home paper, and the professor thought he would have some fun with the lad. “Young man,” said the professor, “if you can tell me something God can […]
Someone has said, “When God bolts the door, don’t try to get in through the window.” God had not yet opened the door for Abram and Sarai to have a son, and they chose to “climb through the window” to get a son their way. They missed God’s best in their lives. Transition So that […]
Concerns! We often have concerns. Your concern may be an upcoming exam at school, a leaking water pipe, an unusual noise in your car, a conflict at work, a wayward child, an unsafe situation, or a disease symptom. How does God want us to deal with concerns? Genesis 15 reveals that Abram had three major […]
The chapter opens with the description of the first war mentioned in the Bible. Four kings from the Fertile Crescent in Mesopotamia (i.e., the area of Babylon) fought with cities in Canaan. They smote the Rephaims near Damascus, the Zuzims near the Dead Sea, the Emims near Jerusalem, and finally they came to Enmishphat south […]
After his bad experience in Egypt, Abram returned to the Promised Land. He headed back to the altar he had built near Bethel, and there he worshipped God, Genesis 13:1-4. God had not moved; he had moved. If you are not as close to God as you once were, you have moved, not God. Abram […]