When we find ourselves in desperate situations, it is often to remind us that there is only One to whom we can turn for help – the Lord. 

Rachel

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God fulfills His promises through His providential grace, His sanctifying discipline, and His selection of the rejected.

A wife is found at a well.A dad is involved in a deception.A sibling is selected by God.

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Faith in God’s promised protection and continual presence should produce worshipful devotion and bring comfort to those feeling forsaken.

A Family’s DysfunctionA Failure’s DepartureA Fantastic DreamA Faith Declaration

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God graciously accomplishes His sovereign plan apart from human manipulations, so our faith must rest in Him and not our own plans and schemes.

Isaac’s Secretive PlanRebekah’s Deceptive SchemeJacob’s Blasphemous LieEsau’s Bitter Defeat

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Though undeserved and opposed by the world, God’s blessing and abiding presence should cause us to live worshipful, faith-filled lives for His glory – a testimony to the watching world.

Unmerited

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Rather than allowing adversity to cause us to cower in fear and make a mockery of our faith, we should instead walk in fearless obedience, trusting fully in God’s promises.

AdversityObedienceBlessingFearFailure

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By His sovereign grace, God will fulfill His promise and redeem sinners whose faith is in Him.

Faith trusts that God will overcome every obstacle

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God’s faithfulness to His promises demands that we live lives of faith and obedience while relying on Him and resting in the hope He gives.

When faced with questions for which we have no answers, the unseen hand of God can be relied upon to accomplish what He has promised.Our reliance upon the faithfulness of God must result in our resolve to live in conformity to His promises.Faith and obedience result in a satisfied life and a hope that reaches beyond this world.

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Just as the message, appearance, testimony and purpose of John were used by God to prepare the way of the coming savior, God uses our influence, actions, purpose and testimony to herald His message of salvation through Jesus Christ. 

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The unsanitized story of Christmas tells us that Jesus entered our world of evil and chaos in order to defeat our greatest enemy and redeem us from our sin. 

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