Oct2018
Just a tiny piece of real estate
That is how the property which had belonged to Ephron at Machpelah east of Mamre, became Abraham’s. It included the land, the cave which was in it, and all the trees on the land up to the edge of the property. It was recognised as Abraham’s property by all the Hittities who were there at… Read more
Oct2018
God will provide a lamb
‘Take your son’, God said, ‘your only son, Isaac, whom you love so much, and go to the land of Moriah. There on a mountain that I will show you, offer him as a sacrifice to me.’ Early the next morning Abraham cut some wood for the sacrifice, loaded his donkey, and took Isaac and… Read more
Oct2018
Just how patient is God? (part 2)
At dawn the angels tried to make Lot hurry. ‘Quick!’ they said. ‘Take your wife and your two daughters and get out, so that you will not lose your lives when the city is destroyed.’ Lot hesitated. The LORD, however, had pity on him; so the men took him, his wife, and his two daughters… Read more
Oct2018
Just how patient is God?
Abraham said, ‘Please forgive my boldness in continuing to speak to you, Lord. Suppose that only twenty are found?’ He said, ‘I will not destroy the city if I find twenty’. Abraham said, ‘Please don’t be angry, Lord, and I will speak only once more. What if only ten are found?’ He said, ‘I will not… Read more
Oct2018
Is anything too hard for the Lord?
Then the LORD asked Abraham, ‘Why did Sarah laugh and say, “Can I really have a child when I am so old?” Is anything too hard for the LORD? As I said, nine months from now I will return, and Sarah will have a son.’ Because Sarah was afraid, she denied it. ‘I didn’t laugh’,… Read more
Oct2018
Oh, what a family!
‘Yes’, Jesus said to them, ‘and I tell you that those who leave home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or property for me and for the gospel, will receive much more in this present age. They will receive a hundred times more houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and property –… Read more
Oct2018
A daily top up
How much longer will your anger last? Have pity, O LORD, on your servants! Fill us each morning with your constant love, so that we may sing and be glad all our life. Give us now as much happiness as the sadness you gave during all our years of misery. (verses 13-15) Read Psalm 90:12-17 What makes… Read more
Oct2018
You’ve got to be kidding
Abraham bowed down with his face touching the ground but he began to laugh when he thought, ‘Can a man have child when he is a hundred years old? Can Sarah have a child at ninety?’ He asked God, ‘Why not let Ishmael be my heir?’ But God said, ‘No. Your wife Sarah will bear… Read more
Oct2018
How long is forever?
‘I will keep my promise to you and to your descendants in future generations as an everlasting covenant. I will be your God and the God of your descendants. I will give to you and to your descendants this land in which you are now a foreigner. The whole land of Canaan will belong to… Read more
Oct2018
God guarantees it
Then he heard the LORD speaking to him again: ‘This slave Eliezer will not inherit your property; your own son will be your heir’. The LORD took him outside and said, ‘Look at the sky and try to count the stars; you will have as many descendants as that’. Abram put his trust in the… Read more
