LIFE APPLICATION QUESTIONS: Abraham learned to trust what God said and make decisions that honor God’s promises. Abraham took the promise of descendants to include keeping the bloodline in his family. Why did Abraham forbid Isaac to go back to Ur? What does this story teach us about parenting, family, and faith? What is important about having a dad or mom who will keep their kids out of Ur? What would you say to someone who’s parent(s) won’t leave Ur? What does this story teach us about “signs” from God and being silent in the waiting?

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Genesis 24 Abraham and a Wife for His Son

Psalm 126 and Restoration

Life Application God wants us to take faith seriously. See Matt 9:28; Mark 9:24; 9:35; 11:26; Heb 11:6; 1 Pet 1:8. God wants us to take Him at His Word. See Gen 15:1; Isaiah 12:2; Matt 8:5-10; John 6:53; 2 Tim 2:13. Sometimes the promises of God are laughable when we haven’t settled faith and what we don’t have. See Genesis 18:12-15. Sometimes the promises of God, when fulfilled, lose their intended meaning and may become idols. All of God’s promises and plans are still active in the lives of His very broken and very doubtful children (Abraham, Sarah, me, and you). God never stopped giving grace to Abraham and Sarah. See Matt 28:17; Mark 9:24; 2 Cor 1:20; 2 Tim 2:13. God wants us to laugh for the right reasons (יִצְחָק yiṣḥāq means to laugh, he laughs). See Gen 21:6; 1 Tim 6:17. Can you imagine the difference between Sarah’s first and second laugh? Who or what is your Isaac? What difference would being fearless, protected, and rewarded make? Gen 15:1. What would you say to a Christian who will not see their “Isaac” in their lifetime? God wants us to come to know and believe the love which He has for us. His love casts out our fears. See 1 John 4:16-18.

Isaac's Mom and Dad: Two Perspectives and the Need for an Altar

The Stories of Our Faith: Terah and His Son Abram

Psalm 122 and the Blessing of Peace

The Stories of Our Faith: The Tower of Babel

Psalm 121 and the Care of God

The Stories of Our Faith: Noah and the Ark

Motivational Interviewing

Genesis 4: Cain and Abel

Psalm 100

Genesis 1

Psalm 90 A Prayer of Moses

Psalm 84

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