When resentment, envy, or anger entangle us, our souls are dragged away from God like the two sons of Abraham who parted ways. God’s intention was for Isaac to carry on the line of inheritance. In this message, we begin to look at three lessons about the flesh and submission to God. We cannot live as a child of promise and a child of the flesh at the same time.

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For 99 years he was known as Abram until God gave him the name Abraham, the father of many nations. Arabs say the sons of Ishmael own what was then Canaan. Jews claim Isaac as the first son of promise based on Genesis 17. In this message, we see the participants in God’s covenant with Abraham. What might this land covenant teach us about our battle against the flesh?

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When God is silent, we often doubt His promises. After the birth of Ishmael, Abraham did not hear from God for years. In this message, we are going to look at the nature of the God’s covenant with Abraham. God institutes circumcision to mark the newly expanded covenant. What happened when God called Abraham by name, the father of many nations?

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We might be the victim of our own decisions or others. Abraham and Sarah’s maid Hagar bore a sonan heir. When she was pushed into the desert, God found her and comforted her. In this message, we look at God’s command and promise to Hagar. People do not have the last word. In our despair and our extremities, God sees and intervenes.

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Since Abraham’s wife was past childbearing, he slept with their Egyptian maid, Hagar. The concocted plan backfired. Anger and bitterness took over their family. In this message, we identify the short and long-term consequences of trying to manipulate God’s promises. The result can still be seen in Middle Eastern tensions today.

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Sometimes, we try to engineer circumstances to bring God’s will to pass. In the face of childlessness, Abraham and Sarah were faced with a decisionone of desperation, frustration, and opportunity. In this message, we walk through the sequence of events that led to conflict in Abraham’s family. The immediate consequences were devastating.

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How do we know God is working in us to bring about His purpose? In Genesis 15, God makes a covenant with Abrahamentirely based on His own word. In this message, we are invited to a covenant without conditions. What does it mean that the work of Jesus is all that is needed to gain eternal life? Our eternity depends on it.

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Can our eternal future be guaranteed? God promised Abraham many offspring, more than the stars in the heavens, pledging to give them Canaan. In this message, we reflect on another promise God gave Abraham: his faith was counted to him for righteousness. This gift provides the faith and right standing before God announced in the gospel.

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When situations spiral into sin or anxiety, what really matters is our own trust and whether God is trustworthy. In Genesis 15, God makes an astounding promise. But Abraham is obsessed with the problem of the promise. In this message, we begin to reflect on God’s three promises to Abraham. Do we trust God to protect and preserve us?

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In our heart of hearts, we have a choice of allegiances: receive God’s blessing or manipulate to our own ends. Lot chose to ally with the King of Sodom. Abraham paid homage to the King of Salem, priest of God Most High. In this message, we perform a heart check on what possesses us at our points of decision. Our choices expose what we really want.

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