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Genesis 22 A Test God tests Abraham. Modern man often thinks of God as “cruise ship recreational director” whose task is give everyone a good time with no expenses spared. Our faith grows as it is tested (James 1:2-4) in just the same way our hearts get stronger when we exercise hard enough to be […]
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Genesis 21 God always keeps His promised – we may find delay, but He always does it “at the very time God had promised” Now Sarah has the laugh of faith and joy! Hagar mocks, so God tells Abraham, hard though it is, to send Hagar and Ishmael away – Israel comes through Isaac. Matthew […]
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Genesis 20 You can’t teach an old dog new tricks, good or bad and here we see a character flaw in Abraham – his deep rooted fear that his beautiful wife will catch someone’s eye and they will get rid of him to get to her. Bear in mind she is 100 years old! I […]
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Genesis 19 There are some sinful elements to Lot’s life in this narrative of him getting rescued from God’s judgement of Sodom and Gomorrah Firstly he offered his daughters to the perverts outside – I guess he thought it was the lesser of two evils, but doing no evil would have been better! Secondly he […]
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We are on day 17 of blogging through the Bible using the Murray M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan Genesis 18 Three visitors come to Abraham and Sarah and receive hospitality (Heb 13:2 Do not forget to entertain (show hospitality) to strangers, for by doing so some people have entertained angels without knowing it) – this time […]
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We are on day 16 of blogging through the Bible using the Murray M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan Genesis 17 Years later,while Abram is still awaiting the promise, The Lord comes to him again and this time changed his name from Abram “Exalted Father” to Abraham “Father of many” and again increases the promise. As a […]
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We are on day 15 of blogging through the Bible using the Murray M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan Nehemiah 5 Lots of people were being exploited and charged usury which made Nehemiah hugely angry. He dealt with it by demanding that people walk in the fear of God and give back property, people and usury. What […]
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We are on day 14 of blogging through the Bible using the Murray M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan Genesis 15 “Do not be afraid! I am your shield, your very great reward” – don’t let circumstances and fear get you down! God will never leave us or forsake us. Abram is experiencing delay in the fulfilment […]
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We are on day 13 of blogging through the Bible using the Murray M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan Genesis 14 In this chapter Abram rescues Lot who has been captured by some kings, using 318 men. (I love the odd little details you sometimes get!) After the battle the mysterious Melchizedek King of Salem comes to […]