GENESIS 12:1-13:1 INTRODUCTION Before going further into our studies on the life and faith of Abraham, it is important that we look at Abraham and his altars. The greatest need for your life, family, country and church is to build altars. God is looking for Altar builders. You may have everything in life but if …
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VULTURES ARE AFTER YOUR DESTINY
GENESIS 15:7-11, ECCLESIASTES 10:7 INTRODUCTION God had ordained that you be a prince and to be a blessing to your generation, but the enemy wants you to be a slave. These vultures and birds of prey want to overrule what God has ordained for you. Do not let sleep and slumber cause you to forfeit …
STEPS TO OVERCOMING FEAR IN YOUR LIFE
GENESIS 15:1 INTRODUCTION Fear is a killer. Most of the things we fear never get to happen. Fear is an emotion and it can be overcome when you apply these eight steps. Fear is defined as a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain etc. Fear is felt in many forms. There is a …
ABRAHAM, THE MAN OF FAITH
GENESIS 14:17-24 INTRODUCTION God called Abram, and he went out, not knowing where he was going. Abram believed that He who called him was able to lead him to his destiny. Lot went with him. Lot followed Abram and Abram followed God. It is always good for each one of us to follow God personally. …
WHAT ARE YOU DOING IS SODOM?
GENESIS 14:1-16 INTRODUCTION Sodom represents the allurement of the world. It proved deadly for Lot and it will just as surely destroy our lives if we venture close to the world. This message gives us a powerful lesson concerning worldliness. The big question in this chapter of Genesis 14 is “how close can you get …
SHORT TERM GAIN, LONG TERM PAIN
GENESIS 13:5-14 INTRODUCTION Besides his father Terah and wife Sarai (Gen.11:31) Abraham took his Nephew Lot to Haran, where the family accumulated possessions and acquired servants (Gen.12:5). After the death of Terah in Haran, God called Abram to resume the journey to Canaan. During the famine in Canaan, he went to Egypt which resulted in …
WHERE HE LEADS, I WILL FOLLOW
GENESIS 12:1-13:4 INTRODUCTION About 1800 B.C. after the tower of Babel, before there were people called the Jews. God called a 75 year old man called Abram to settle in a new land, to build a great Nation and be a personal blessing to all the families of the earth. The promise of the father …
GOD IS FAITHFUL
LAMENTATIONS 3:21-26 INTRODUCTION Last Sunday we studied that “God is my Everlasting portion”. God is more than life to us. Today, let us look at one of the attributes of God. “FAITHFUL GOD”. The book of Lamentations is a series of dirges or song of mourning that were written against the backdrop of the …
THOU, MY EVERLASTING PORTION
LAMENTATIONS 3:22-26 INTRODUCTION Jeremiah saw the Lord as being his “Everlasting portion” far more valuable than all the lands of Earth! To the Jews, the term “portion” meant the part of the land of Canaan assigned to them. But now in Babylonian captivity, the land was not theirs to enjoy and from which to reap …
WITHOUT STRENGTH BEFORE A PURSUING ENEMY
LAMENTATIONS 1:1-6 INTRODUCTION Have you ever dreamed being pursued by a giant, a gang, an animal, imagine how powerless you were!! How did it turn out? What a tragic lamentation. The runner is in a lot of trouble because he is being pursued but has no strength. Someone that is pursued cannot relax, if he …