Cleaning Up Is Never Easy
on July 31st, 2021
The child grew and was weaned, and on the day Isaac was weaned Abraham held a great feast. But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne Abraham was mocking, and she said to Abraham, "Get rid of that slave woman and her son, for that woman's son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac."The matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son. But God said to ... Read More
Hold On: You will be Laughing Soon.
on July 30th, 2021
Now the LORD was gracious to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised. Sarah became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised him. Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore him. . . . Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him. Sarah said, "God has brought me laughter, and everyone who hears ab... Read More
Blessed by "Divine Associations"
on July 29th, 2021
So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, he remembered Abraham, and He brought Lot out of the catastrophe that overthrew the cities where Lot had lived. Lot and his two daughters left Zoar and settled in the mountains, for he was afraid to stay in Zoar. . . . One day the older daughter said to the younger, "Our father is old, and there is no man around here to give us children . . . Let's... Read More
The Hardness of the Human Heart
on July 28th, 2021
So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry his daughters. He said, "Hurry and get out of this place, because the LORD is about to destroy the city." But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.With the coming of dawn, the angels urged Lot, saying, "Hurry! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away when the city is punished." When he hes... Read More
When The Righteous Plead with God
on July 27th, 2021
Then the LORD said, "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous that I will go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me. If not, I will know." . . . Then Abraham approached Him and said: "Will you sweep away the righteous with the wicked?"What if there are fifty righteous people in the city? . . . The Lord said, "If I find fi... Read More
Privy to the Inner Workings of God
on July 26th, 2021
When the men got up to leave, they looked down toward Sodom, and Abraham walked along with them to see them on their way. Then the LORD said, "Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do? Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all nations on earth will be blessed through him.For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the ... Read More