Daily Devotional

Scripture Focus: Genesis 17:9 to 11; James 2:17 Every covenant has two sides. There is God’s part and there is man’s part. God gave Abraham many promises. He assured him […]

Scripture Focus: Genesis 17:3 to 5; Second Corinthians 5:17 After years of living with Ishmael the product of human effort God appeared again and Abraham fell facedown in worship. This

Scripture Focus: Genesis 17:1; Isaiah 46:9-10 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, God appeared to him and declared, “I am God Almighty; walk before me and be blameless” (Genesis 17:1).

Scripture Focus: Genesis 17:1; Galatians 3:3Between Genesis 16 and 17:1, there were 13 years of silence. For over a decade, Abram livedwith Ishmael, a false sense of victory, a product

Scripture Focus: Genesis 16:9; Hebrews 13:17Hagar fled from Sarai’s mistreatment, yet God told her to return and submit (Genesis 16:9). Thisseems difficult. Why would God send her back? However, submission

Scripture Focus: Genesis 16:7-10; Psalm 34:18When Hagar fled into the wilderness, feeling abandoned and mistreated, the Angel of the Lordappeared to her (Genesis 16:7-10). This was not just any angel,

Scripture Focus: Genesis 16:5; Genesis 3:12-13When things went wrong, Sarai blamed Abram for the consequences of her own suggestion(Genesis 16:5). This pattern is not new; Adam blamed Eve, Eve blamed

Scripture Focus: Genesis 16:2; Genesis 3:17Abram listened to his wife and took Hagar, just as Adam listened to Eve and ate theforbidden fruit (Genesis 16:2; Genesis 3:17). In both cases,

Scripture Focus: Genesis 15:12; Luke 22:20In Genesis 15:12, as Abram prepared for God’s covenant, a deep sleep fell upon him. This wasnot an ordinary sleep, it was a symbolic moment,