Monthly Archives: January 2014
Disinheriting Ishmael
Genesis 21:1-13 The LORD visited Sarah like he had said he would, and the LORD did to Sarah as he had promised. 2 And Sarah conceived and gave birth to a son for Abraham in his old age at the … Continue reading
The Sky Kingdom and listening to Jesus
Matthew 7:24-27 24 “Since this is true, everyone who both hears these words from me and does them will be like a prudent man who built his house on the rock. 25 And the rain fell, and the floods came, … Continue reading
Door to disaster
Genesis 20:1-18 Abraham travelled from that place to the territory of the Negev and lived between Kadesh and Shur; and he lived temporarily in Gerar. 2 And Abraham told people regarding Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech … Continue reading
The Sky Kingdom and what the Father wants
Matthew 7:21-23 21 “Not everyone who is now saying to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom from the sky, but only the one who is now doing what my Father who is in the sky wants. 22 On that … Continue reading
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Cave people
Genesis 19:27-38 27 Then Abraham went early in the morning to the place where he had stood before the LORD. 28 And he looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and toward all the land of the valley, and he looked … Continue reading
The Sky Kingdom and fruit inspection
Matthew 7:15-20 15 “Be ready for false prophets, people who will come to you dressed like sheep but inwardly are destructively vicious wolves. 16 You will identify them by the fruits they produce. Are grapes harvested from thorn bushes, or … Continue reading
Taking judgment seriously
Genesis 19:14-26 14 So Lot went out and warned his bridegrooms, who were going to marry his daughters, “Up! Get out of this place, because the LORD is about to destroy the city.” But he seemed to his bridegrooms to … Continue reading
The Sky Kingdom is the hard way
Matthew 7:12-14 12 “So ask yourself whatever you would rather that others would do for you, and determine to do that for them, because this is what the Law and the Prophets teach. 13 “Enter by the narrow gate, because … Continue reading
Protecting those within
Genesis 19:1-13 That evening, the two angels came to Sodom, and Lot was living at the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed himself with his face to the earth 2 and … Continue reading
The Sky Kingdom and persistence in prayer
Matthew 7:7-11 7 “Keep asking, and what you ask for will be given to you; keep seeking, and you will find what you are looking for; keep knocking, and the closed door will be opened for you. 8 For everyone … Continue reading
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