Post by Woody Williams on Jan 23, 2006 7:47:03 GMT -5
Text for the Day -- Genesis 12:1-9
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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. I will make
of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name
great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless
you, and the one who curses you I will curse; and in you all the
families of the earth shall be blessed.’
So Abram went, as the Lord had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram
was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. Abram took
his wife Sarai and his brother’s son Lot, and all the possessions
that they had gathered, and the persons whom they had acquired in
Haran; and they set forth to go to the land of Canaan. When they had
come to the land of Canaan, Abram passed through the land to the
place at Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites
were in the land. Then the Lord appeared to Abram, and said, ‘To your
offspring I will give this land.’ So he built there an altar to the
Lord, who had appeared to him. From there he moved on to the hill
country on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, with Bethel on
the west and Ai on the east; and there he built an altar to the Lord
and invoked the name of the Lord. And Abram journeyed on by stages
towards the Negeb.
Devotional
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God did not create people in general and turn them loose to be on
their own. God continued to interact and relate to them. God called
people for specific tasks and purposes. Abraham was one of those
called. He was chosen by God to be the father of a great nation that
God would use to bless the world. God established a covenant with
Abraham that had to do with being a great nation, having a land and
being a vehicle of God's blessing. God asked Abraham for trust and
faithfulness to God's leading. In Christ we have the covenant
re-established and extended to all people as a call. God desires that
the whole world know the love that God has for them. God also calls
the world to trust and faithfulness.
Prayer
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Thank you God for the love you extend to me. Help me remain faithful
to you. Amen
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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. I will make
of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name
great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless
you, and the one who curses you I will curse; and in you all the
families of the earth shall be blessed.’
So Abram went, as the Lord had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram
was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. Abram took
his wife Sarai and his brother’s son Lot, and all the possessions
that they had gathered, and the persons whom they had acquired in
Haran; and they set forth to go to the land of Canaan. When they had
come to the land of Canaan, Abram passed through the land to the
place at Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites
were in the land. Then the Lord appeared to Abram, and said, ‘To your
offspring I will give this land.’ So he built there an altar to the
Lord, who had appeared to him. From there he moved on to the hill
country on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, with Bethel on
the west and Ai on the east; and there he built an altar to the Lord
and invoked the name of the Lord. And Abram journeyed on by stages
towards the Negeb.
Devotional
----------
God did not create people in general and turn them loose to be on
their own. God continued to interact and relate to them. God called
people for specific tasks and purposes. Abraham was one of those
called. He was chosen by God to be the father of a great nation that
God would use to bless the world. God established a covenant with
Abraham that had to do with being a great nation, having a land and
being a vehicle of God's blessing. God asked Abraham for trust and
faithfulness to God's leading. In Christ we have the covenant
re-established and extended to all people as a call. God desires that
the whole world know the love that God has for them. God also calls
the world to trust and faithfulness.
Prayer
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Thank you God for the love you extend to me. Help me remain faithful
to you. Amen