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Youth Camp Passion
Every time I read the story of Abraham I think of youth camp. Abraham had incredible experiences with God… then went out and did something really dumb. He would hear the covenant given by God, then go to Egypt and lie about his relationship with Sarah. He would hear the promise of God that he and Sarah would have a…
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Abraham Worshiped
I will be looking at Abraham and worship in a prayer series I am starting next Sunday. Abraham is all God. We never know exactly why God chose Abraham, which is the point of this being an act of grace and mercy in the story of redemption. Still, Abraham is incredibly responsive to the One who called him. The constant factor in…
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At the End of Ourselves
2 God said, “Take your son, your only son whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him up as an entirely burned offering there on one of the mountains that I will show you.” 3 Abraham got up early in the morning, harnessed his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, together…
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Insisting on Sarah
Two interesting passages of Scripture came together for my reading during prayer this morning. The first was Genesis 16. It’s the story of Abraham settling for Hagar for an heir. He had just received the powerful covenant from Yahweh in Gen. 15… and goes right out and tries to figure things out on his own. Abraham is so easy to…
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