Tag: trust
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Praising the God Who Leads Us
48Then I bowed my head and worshiped the LORD and blessed the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me by the right way to take the daughter of my master’s kinsman for his son.–Genesis 24 The steward trusted God and was led by God on the right path. He will return home to Abraham obediently…
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The Steward’s Prayer
10Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed, taking all sorts of choice gifts from his master; and he arose and went to Mesopotamia to the city of Nahor. 11And he made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time when women go…
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Believing God
1After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.” 2But Abram said, “O Lord GOD, what will you give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” 3And Abram said, “Behold, you have given me no…
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Two Abrams, One Chapter
One of the reasons the Bible is so relevant is that even many of the featured characters are presented warts and all. Such is the case with Abram in Genesis 12. Now the LORD said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. And I will…
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Worship Begins Now
13In the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried from off the earth. And Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked, and behold, the face of the ground was dry. 14In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the…
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How You Respond to the Bible
17The flood continued forty days on the earth. The waters increased and bore up the ark, and it rose high above the earth. 18The waters prevailed and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the face of the waters. 19And the waters prevailed so mightily on the earth that all the high mountains under…
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God Solved the First Problem
18Then the LORD God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.”–Genesis 2 It is tempting to think of this from a relationship standpoint. As if a single man is not good. That’s not the point here. The word ‘good’ had been used by God in…
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Informative Angel
5And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were alarmed. 6And he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here. See the place where they laid him.7But go, tell…
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Truth in Sarcasm
31So also the chief priests with the scribes mocked him to one another, saying, “He saved others; he cannot save himself. 32Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may see and believe.”–Mark 15, part 2 I’m not saying these statements were great theological moments, but rather sarcastic utterances.…
Joel M Bradshaw 