When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty, walk before me, and be blameless, that I may make my covenant between you and me, and may multiply you greatly.” Genesis 17:1-2 Past the age of bearing children for Sarai and Abram being old, God makes a covenant with Abram. God declares himself as God Almighty to Abram, meaning that He is all-powerful. There is nothing impossible with God. God Almighty can fulfill his promises even when there seems to be no way to meet them. This is how God brings Abram’s promised son into…
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Lay Down One’s Life
“There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. John 15:13-15. What kind of friendships do you have? Or maybe I should ask, “What kind of relationships do you have?” Do you have friends from childhood? or high school, college? Or how about adult life? Ones that pray with you? Friends that would be willing to do anything for you? Do you have that one friend that you know would lay down their life for you? What do the following verses say about Christ’s death for us and what was the motivation behind His sacrificial death? John 10: 11-18 John 12:23-24,27…
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Praying For Each Other
I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those, you have given me, for they are yours. All I have is yours, and all you have is mine. And glory has come to me through them. I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one as we are one. While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to…