June 19 | Genesis 22:7-8 “Then Isaac said to Abraham his father, saying, “My father.” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” And he said, “Look, we have the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?” So Abraham said, “God will provide for…
June 18 | Genesis 18:22-23 “So the man turned from there and went toward Sodom, but Abraham still stood before the Lord. Then Abraham approached and said, “Will you indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked?”” (Genesis 18:22–23) When we ask people questions we learn much about their character.…
June 17 | Genesis 16:2-3 “And Sarai said to Abram, “Behold, the Lord has made me barren. Go in to my female slave. It may be that I shall obtain children through her. And Abram listened to Sarai’s voice. So Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her female slave,…
June 16 | Genesis 15:5-6 “Then he took him outside and said, “Looked to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” Then He said to him, “This shall your offspring be.” And he believed the Lord, and it was counted to him as righteousness.”…
June 14 | Genesis 12:10-13 “Then there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to dwell there, for the famine was severe upon the land. And when He was approaching Egypt, He said to Sarai His wife, “Behold, I know that you are a beautiful…
We’ve been gleaning life lessons from Abraham, and this time, when Abraham meets with God. This is a special time when the Lord physically comes to Abraham and Sarah in preparation for a year from now when Sarah will bear Isaac. Last time we discussed how Abraham tried to make…
God’s covenant with Abraham was already in motion when Abraham tries to fulfill God’s promise by himself. Of course, he had some help. In the last issue, we discussed God’s covenant with Abraham and how God promised to give him an heir through Sarah and land for his descendants. But…
I took a small detour from Life Lessons from Abraham to talk about Life Lessons from Lot, but now that we’re back on Abraham’s life, we will be talking about God’s covenant with Abraham. You can also go back to the last issue on Abraham’s life. In this issue, we…
In the last issue for volume 5, we will discuss Lot’s daughters and how they reacted to the destruction of Sodom. We have been talking about the life lessons we can learn from Lot and we will see how we cannot be oblivious to the results of our choices or…
We’ve been learning life lessons from Lot and we notice Lot’s salvation before destruction. Unfortunately for Lot, most of the lessons he teaches us are negative ones. Although he is righteous, Lot lacks wisdom and is caught in many compromising situations. In my last issue on Lot’s life, I described…