Abraham

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Ordinary People
Extraordinary God

"I wish it need not have happened in my time."
- Frodo

"So do I, and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the
time that is given us."
- Gandalf

Joshua 1:9
“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous."

Ephesians 6:10
“Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.”

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We can trust a God who does the impossible even when all we see is the hard thing in front of us.

Abraham's Highlights

• God called him to leave his country
• He rescued his nephew Lot
• He got circumcised
• He rescued Lot again
• He was willing to sacrifice Isaac
• He buys a cave

Abraham's Lowlights

• He lied...twice
• Got tired of waiting for God
• Doubts God can do the impossible

Genesis 11:29-30
“The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai…Now Sarai was barren; she had no child.”

Genesis 12:2–3
“And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing…
in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”

Genesis 13:16–17
“I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted. Arise, walk through the length and the breadth of the land, for I will give it to you.”

Genesis 17:17
“Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed and said to himself, “Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?”

Genesis 18:11
“Abraham and Sarah were already old and well advanced in years, and Sarah was past the age of childbearing”

Genesis 21:1–3
“The LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did to Sarah as he had promised."

Hebrews 11:10-11
For he (Abraham) was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose designer and builder is God. By faith Sarah herself received power to conceive, even when she was past the age, since she considered him faithful who had promised.

Hebrews 11:12
Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born descendants as many as the stars of heaven and as many as the innumerable grains of sand by the seashore.”

We can trust a God who does the impossible even when all we see is the hard thing in front of us.