by TheRestlessPilgrim | Apr 25, 2017 | Blog, Reflections From Genesis
Genesis 13:2 (NKJV) ‘Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.’ Riches is not a problem. Riches can be a problem if not managed right, but this does not mean that riches is of itself, a problem. We see here that Abram, the father of faith, was a very...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Apr 24, 2017 | Blog, Reflections From Genesis
Genesis 12:13 (NKJV) ‘Please say you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that I may live because of you.’ How could Abram sacrifice his wife for his survival and prosperity? He knew the risk he was taking when he chose to go to Egypt but why...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Apr 23, 2017 | Blog, Reflections From Genesis
Genesis 12:10 (NKJV) ‘Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to dwell there, for the famine was severe in the land.’ I refuse to go down to Egypt. I refuse. Yes, there may be famine in the land but I will not stoop DOWN to Egypt. Egypt is a...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Apr 22, 2017 | Blog, Reflections From Genesis
Genesis 12:7 (NKJV) ‘Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your descendants I will give this land.” And there he built an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.’ There’s nothing as comforting and encouraging as the Lord’s appearance. And by this, I don’t...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Apr 21, 2017 | Blog, Reflections From Genesis
Genesis 12:4 (NKJV) ‘So Abram departed as the Lord had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.’ Had Abram really departed ‘as the Lord had spoken to him’? God’s word to Abram was to depart ‘from your...
