'A Desperate And Dysfunctional Decision.'
Genesis 16:1-2.
a) Sarai, Abram's wife bore him no children.
b) Sarai had an Egyptian slave named Hagar.
c) Sarai said to Abram:
1-The Lord has kept me from having children.
2-Go, sleep with my servant.
3-Perhaps I can build a family through her.
d) Abram agreed to what Sarai said.
(This QT reveals to me A Desperate And Dysfunctional Decision)
PRAYER: That we will always make good decisions.
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'It Is The Same Now.'
Galatians 4:29.
a) At that time
b) The son born according to the flesh
c) Persecuted the son born by the Power of the Holy Spirit.
d) It is the same now.
(This Second one reminds me that It Is The Same Now)
PRAYER: For those persecuted by reason of their Christian Faith or background.
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Chris.
We cannot look to the lives of people in the Old Testament as examples for our behaviour and values today. We can read about, and be encouraged by, their Faith. For today's behaviour and values we need to look into the Teachings of Jesus Christ and the Epistles in the New Testament. If our lives, families and values are based in the New Testament, we are surely "heading in the right direction". Surely, reading about the characters in the Old Testament can enhance our Faith.
