COMPETING HEIR

COMPETING HEIR

Genesis 21:10 (NKJV) “Therefore she said to Abraham, ‘Cast out this bondwoman and her son; for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, namely with Isaac.’” From the quote above, Sarah’s request may have seemed very harsh, but it had suddenly...
COMPETING HEIR

THE GOD OF WONDERS

Genesis 21:6-7 (NKJV) “And Sarah said, ‘God has made me laugh, and all who hear will laugh with me.’ She also said, ‘Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? For I have borne him a son in his old age.’” God is awesome in Majesty, great in...
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THE SET TIME

Genesis 21:1-2 (NKJV) “And the Lord visited Sarah as He had said, and the Lord did for Sarah as He had spoken. For Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.” God is never late. He may not follow our...
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THE EXTRA MILE

Genesis 20:16 (NKJV) ‘Then to Sarah he said, “Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver; indeed this vindicates you before all who are with you and before everybody.” Thus she was rebuked.’ I am very impressed with the sincerity and the integrity...
COMPETING HEIR

ESCAPE HALF-TRUTHS

Genesis 20:11-12 (NKJV) ‘And Abraham said, “Because I thought, surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will kill me on account of my wife. But indeed she is truly my sister. She is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she...