Date: January 12, 2020 ()

Bible Text: Genesis 18 |

Genesis 17-22

I. Learn to grow in your faith, Genesis 17-18

  • Learn to rely on God

    • El-Shaddai, a name for God that means: Almighty; The God you can trust in

  • Accept God’s changes

    • Abram means: Exalted father

    • Abraham means: The father of a multitude

  • Don’t rely on the past

    • Ishmael is a picture of the flesh

    • Isaac is a picture of the Spirit

II. Learn the value of intercessory prayer, Genesis 18

“Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” - Sir Winston Churchill

III. Learn to surrender to God’s plan, Genesis 18

  • Learn to rely on God’s way

  • Allow God’s plan to be preeminent