New theme and teacher starts now. Correctly guess the Theme of the Week and win an awesome hoodie from STAR 99 (http://star991fm.com).
1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy.
(Leviticus 19:1-2, New King James Version)
15 People shall be brought down,
Each man shall be humbled,
And the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled.
16 But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment,
And God who is holy shall be hallowed in righteousness.
17 Then the lambs shall feed in their pasture,
And in the waste places of the fat ones strangers shall eat.
(Isaiah 5:15-17, New King James Version)
TEACHING (free stream)
“One Nation Under God?,” Pastor John Courson on Isaiah 5
http://www.joncourson.com/teaching/teachings.asp?book=isaiah
(08-16-87 #S357 In-Depth Topical Thru-The-Bible Studies)
PRAYER REQUESTS
Haiti Earthquake Victims: For all those who have lost homes and loved ones, may the Lord be their peace, comfort, strength, provision, restoration, healing, hope and most of all salvation
Calvary Chapel Old Bridge (http://ccob.org) and other relief efforts to Haiti
STAR 99 (http://star991fm.com): Thanksgiving for generous sponsor prizes and provision to continue abundant ministry and for relief effort in Haiti
Karleen: single mom recovering from pneumonia after being out of work nearly one month, in great debt post-divorce, lacking heat and hot water in her home and in need of God's provision for a better her life with her son
Diane: Out of work on disability and receiving chemotherapy
Joan and Joshua to find jobs in Georgia
Wendy's mom to be strengthened in her fight against cancer
Parker to draw closer to the Lord while his cancer is treated experimentally
Muay Thai Missions: http://www.injesus.com/index.php?module=group&task=details&GroupID=MT021DWZ
Bruce Risley's ministry: http://www.emanuelalways.com http://emanuelalways.blogspot.com/
Connie: Single mom looking for a job after many years out of the work force
Daniel, Rebekah, Matt & Matt: May the Lord humble them to receive His truth and draw closer to Him
Christ-centered marriages to grow ever stronger in the Lord and be a good witness unto Him
For all your prayers
Blessings,
B :)
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Friday, January 15, 2010
This closes out the week. Look for a new theme and teacher on Sunday night.
VERSES
6 Then he said to me, “These words are faithful and true.” And the Lord God of the holy prophets sent His angel to show His servants the things which must shortly take place.
7 “Behold, I am coming quickly! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”
8 Now I, John, saw and heard these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who showed me these things.
9 Then he said to me, “See that you do not do that. For I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren the prophets, and of those who keep the words of this book. Worship God.” 10 And he said to me, “Do not seal the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is at hand. 11 He who is unjust, let him be unjust still; he who is filthy, let him be filthy still; he who is righteous, let him be righteous still; he who is holy, let him be holy still.”
12 “And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work. 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last.”
14 Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city. (Revelation 22:6-14, New King James Version)
TEACHING
Pastor Chuck Smith, The Word for Today
http://www.blueletterbible.org/audio_video/comm_topic.cfm?AuthorID=1&commInfo=64&GroupID=66
(free stream of Revelation 21 & 22)
http://www.twft.com/?page=C2000
(free stream through iTunes corresponding with today’s
verse)
http://www.blueletterbible.org/commentaries/comm_view.cfm?AuthorID=1&contentID=7275&commInfo=25&topic=Revelation
(written, Revelation 21 & 22)
PRAYERS
Chuck Smith to heal from his recent stroke: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=224223637383
Haiti Earthquake Victims: For all those who have lost homes and loved ones, may the Lord be their peace, comfort, strength, provision, restoration, healing, hope and most of all salvation
STAR 99 (http://star991fm.com): Thanksgiving for generous prizes and provision to continue abundant ministry
Calvary Chapel Old Bridge (http://ccob.org): Relief effort in Haiti
Stacey: Speedy recovery from emergency surgery
Karleen, single mom recovering from pneumonia after being out of work nearly one month, in great debt post-divorce, lacking heat and hot water in her home and in need of God's provision for a better her life with her son
Diane: Out of work on disability and receiving chemotherapy
Joan and Joshua to find jobs in Georgia
Wendy's mom to be strengthened in her fight against cancer
Parker to draw closer to the Lord while his cancer is treated experimentally
Pastor Rob Cruver and Team: Health and safety on a missions trip to Liberia
Muay Thai Missions: http://www.injesus.com/index.php?module=group&task=details&GroupID=MT021DWZ
Bruce Risley's ministry: http://www.emanuelalways.com, http://emanuelalways.blogspot.com/
Connie: Single mom looking for a job after many years out of the work force
Ava, 8-year-old recovering from gall bladder surgery
Daniel, Rebekah, Matt & Matt: may the Lord humble them to receive His truth and draw closer to Him
Christ-centered marriages to grow ever stronger in the Lord and be a good witness unto Him
For all your prayers
Blessings,
B : )
VERSES
6 Then he said to me, “These words are faithful and true.” And the Lord God of the holy prophets sent His angel to show His servants the things which must shortly take place.
7 “Behold, I am coming quickly! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”
8 Now I, John, saw and heard these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who showed me these things.
9 Then he said to me, “See that you do not do that. For I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren the prophets, and of those who keep the words of this book. Worship God.” 10 And he said to me, “Do not seal the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is at hand. 11 He who is unjust, let him be unjust still; he who is filthy, let him be filthy still; he who is righteous, let him be righteous still; he who is holy, let him be holy still.”
12 “And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work. 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last.”
14 Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city. (Revelation 22:6-14, New King James Version)
TEACHING
Pastor Chuck Smith, The Word for Today
http://www.blueletterbible.org/audio_video/comm_topic.cfm?AuthorID=1&commInfo=64&GroupID=66
(free stream of Revelation 21 & 22)
http://www.twft.com/?page=C2000
(free stream through iTunes corresponding with today’s
verse)
http://www.blueletterbible.org/commentaries/comm_view.cfm?AuthorID=1&contentID=7275&commInfo=25&topic=Revelation
(written, Revelation 21 & 22)
PRAYERS
Chuck Smith to heal from his recent stroke: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=224223637383
Haiti Earthquake Victims: For all those who have lost homes and loved ones, may the Lord be their peace, comfort, strength, provision, restoration, healing, hope and most of all salvation
STAR 99 (http://star991fm.com): Thanksgiving for generous prizes and provision to continue abundant ministry
Calvary Chapel Old Bridge (http://ccob.org): Relief effort in Haiti
Stacey: Speedy recovery from emergency surgery
Karleen, single mom recovering from pneumonia after being out of work nearly one month, in great debt post-divorce, lacking heat and hot water in her home and in need of God's provision for a better her life with her son
Diane: Out of work on disability and receiving chemotherapy
Joan and Joshua to find jobs in Georgia
Wendy's mom to be strengthened in her fight against cancer
Parker to draw closer to the Lord while his cancer is treated experimentally
Pastor Rob Cruver and Team: Health and safety on a missions trip to Liberia
Muay Thai Missions: http://www.injesus.com/index.php?module=group&task=details&GroupID=MT021DWZ
Bruce Risley's ministry: http://www.emanuelalways.com, http://emanuelalways.blogspot.com/
Connie: Single mom looking for a job after many years out of the work force
Ava, 8-year-old recovering from gall bladder surgery
Daniel, Rebekah, Matt & Matt: may the Lord humble them to receive His truth and draw closer to Him
Christ-centered marriages to grow ever stronger in the Lord and be a good witness unto Him
For all your prayers
Blessings,
B : )
Thursday, January 14, 2010
VERSE
16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. (John 3:16, New King James Version)
TEACHING
Chuck Smith, The Word for Today
http://www.blueletterbible.org/audio_video/comm_topic.cfm?AuthorID=1&commInfo=64&GroupID=43
(free stream of John 3 & 4)
http://www.twft.com/?page=C2000
(free stream through iTunes corresponding with today’s verse)
http://www.blueletterbible.org/commentaries/comm_view.cfm?AuthorID=1&contentID=7156&commInfo=25&topic=John
(written, John 3 & 4)
PRAYERS
Chuck Smith to heal from his recent stroke: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=224223637383
Haiti Earthquake Victims: For all those who have lost homes and loved ones, may the Lord be their peace, comfort, strength, provision, restoration, healing, hope and most of all salvation
STAR 99 (http://star991fm.c...om): Thanksgiving for generous prizes and provision to continue abundant ministry and help Haiti Earthquake Victims
Stacey: Speedy recovery from emergency surgery
Karleen, single mom recovering from pneumonia after being out of work nearly one month, in great debt post-divorce, lacking heat and hot water in her home and in need of God's provision for a better her life with her son
Diane: Out of work on disability and receiving chemotherapy
Joan and Joshua to find jobs in Georgia
Wendy's mom to be strengthened in her fight against cancer
Parker to draw closer to the Lord while his cancer is treated experimentally
Pastor Rob Cruver and Team: Health and safety on a missions trip to Liberia
Muay Thai Missions: http://www.injesus.com/index.php?module=group&task=details&GroupID=MT021DWZ
Bruce Risley's ministry: http://www.emanuelalways.com, http://emanuelalways.blogspot.com/
Connie: Single mom looking for a job after many years out of the work force
Ava, 8-year-old recovering from gall bladder surgery
Daniel, Rebekah, Matt & Matt: may the Lord humble them to receive His truth and draw closer to Him
Christ-centered marriages to grow ever stronger in the Lord and be a good witness unto Him
For all your prayers
Blessings,
B :)
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
VERSES:
Exodus 2:23-25
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus%202:23-25&version=NKJV
Exodus 6:4-9
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus%206:4-9&version=NKJV
Leviticus 26:40-45
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Leviticus%2026:40-45&version=NKJV
Deuteronomy 30:1-10
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy%2030:1-10&version=NKJV
Joshua 23
http://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Jos&c=23
TEACHING
Chuck Smith, The Word for Today
http://www.blueletterbible.org/audio_video/comm_topic.cfm?AuthorID=1&commInfo=64&GroupID=2
(free stream of Exodus 1-5, 6-10)
http://www.twft.com/?page=C2000
(free stream through iTunes corresponding with any of today’s verses)
http://www.blueletterbible.org/commentaries/comm_view.cfm?AuthorID=1&contentID=4739&commInfo=25&topic=Exodus
(written, Exodus 1-5)
http://www.blueletterbible.org/commentaries/comm_view.cfm?AuthorID=1&contentID=4740&commInfo=25&topic=Exodus
(written, Exodus 6-10)
PRAYERS:
Chuck Smith to heal from his recent stroke: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=224223637383
STAR 99 (http://star991fm.com): Thanksgiving for generous prizes and provision to continue abundant ministry
Stacey: Speedy recovery from emergency surgery
Karleen, single mom recovering from pneumonia after being out of work nearly one month, in great debt post-divorce, lacking heat and hot water in her home and in need of God's provision for a better her life with her son
Diane: Out of work on disability and receiving chemotherapy
Joan and Joshua to find jobs in Georgia
Wendy's mom to be strengthened in her fight against cancer
Parker to draw closer to the Lord while his cancer is treated experimentally
Pastor Rob Cruver and Team: Health and safety on a missions trip to Liberia
Muay Thai Missions: http://www.injesus.com/index.php?module=group&task=details&GroupID=MT021DWZ
Bruce Risley's ministry:
http://www.emanuelalways.com http://emanuelalways.blogspot.com/
Ava, 8-year-old recovering from gall bladder surgery
Daniel, Rebekah, Matt & Matt: may the Lord humble them to receive His truth and draw closer to Him
Christ-centered marriages to grow ever stronger in the Lord and be a good witness unto Him
For all your prayers
Blessings,
B :)
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Wednesday/Thursday
15 “The LORD your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your midst, from your brethren. Him you shall hear, 16 according to all you desired of the LORD your God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, ‘Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, nor let me see this great fire anymore, lest I die.’
17 “And the LORD said to me: ‘What they have spoken is good. 18 I will raise up for them a Prophet like you from among their brethren, and will put My words in His mouth, and He shall speak to them all that I command Him. 19 And it shall be that whoever will not hear My words, which He speaks in My name, I will require it of him. (Deuteronomy 18:15-19, New King James Version)
14 Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel. (Isaiah 7:14, New King James Version)
26 Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, 27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28 And having come in, the angel said to her, “Rejoice, highly favored one, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women!”
29 But when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and considered what manner of greeting this was. 30 Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. 31 And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name JESUS. 32 He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David. 33 And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end.”
34 Then Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I do not know a man?”
35 And the angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God. 36 Now indeed, Elizabeth your relative has also conceived a son in her old age; and this is now the sixth month for her who was called barren. 37 For with God nothing will be impossible.”
38 Then Mary said, “Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her. (Luke 1:26-38, New King James Version)
9 “ Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your King is coming to you;
He is just and having salvation,
Lowly and riding on a donkey,
A colt, the foal of a donkey.
(Zechariah 9:9, New King James Version)
1 Now when they drew near Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Loose them and bring them to Me. 3 And if anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord has need of them,’ and immediately he will send them.”
4 All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying:
5 “ Tell the daughter of Zion,
‘ Behold, your King is coming to you,
Lowly, and sitting on a donkey,
A colt, the foal of a donkey.’”
6 So the disciples went and did as Jesus commanded them. 7 They brought the donkey and the colt, laid their clothes on them, and set Him on them. 8 And a very great multitude spread their clothes on the road; others cut down branches from the trees and spread them on the road. 9 Then the multitudes who went before and those who followed cried out, saying:
“ Hosanna to the Son of David!
‘ Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD!’
Hosanna in the highest!”
(Matthew 21:1-9, New King James Version)
TEACHING:
Chuck Smith, The Word for Today
http://www.blueletterbible.org/audio_video/comm_topic.cfm?AuthorID=1&commInfo=64&GroupID=5
(free stream of Deuteronomy 17-20)
http://www.twft.com/?page=C2000
(free stream through iTunes corresponding with any of today’s verses)
(written, Deuteronomy 17-20)
PRAYERS:
Chuck Smith to heal from his recent stroke: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=224223637383
Haiti Earthquake Victims: For all those who have lost homes and loved ones, may the Lord be their peace, comfort, strength, provision, restoration, healing, hope and most of all salvation
STAR 99 (http://star991fm.com): Thanksgiving for generous prizes and provision to continue abundant ministry
Stacey: Speedy recovery from emergency surgery
Karleen, single mom recovering from pneumonia after being out of work nearly one month, in great debt post-divorce, lacking heat and hot water in her home and in need of God's provision for a better her life with her son
Diane: Out of work on disability and receiving chemotherapy
Joan and Joshua to find jobs in Georgia
Wendy's mom to be strengthened in her fight against cancer
Parker to draw closer to the Lord while his cancer is treated experimentally
Pastor Rob Cruver and Team: Health and safety on a missions trip to Liberia
Muay Thai Missions: http://www.injesus.com/index.php?module=group&task=details&GroupID=MT021DWZ
Bruce Risley's ministry:
http://www.emanuelalways.com http://emanuelalways.blogspot.com/
Connie: Single mom looking for a job after many years out of the work force
Ava, 8-year-old recovering from gall bladder surgery
Daniel, Rebekah, Matt & Matt: may the Lord humble them to receive His truth and draw closer to Him
Christ-centered marriages to grow ever stronger in the Lord and be a good witness unto Him
For all your prayers
Blessings,
B :)
Monday/Tuesday
Be the first to guess the theme of the week and win a prize
I will bless you
And make your name great;
And you shall be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you,
And I will curse him who curses you;
And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
4 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. 5 Then Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his brother’s son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people whom they had acquired in Haran, and they departed to go to the land of Canaan. So they came to the land of Canaan. 6 Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, as far as the terebinth tree of Moreh. And the Canaanites were then in the land.
7 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. 8 And he moved from there to the mountain east of Bethel, and he pitched his tent with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; there he built an altar to the LORD and called on the name of the LORD. 9 So Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South. (Genesis 12:1-9, New King James Version)
14 And the LORD said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him: “Lift your eyes now and look from the place where you are—northward, southward, eastward, and westward; 15 for all the land which you see I give to you and your descendants forever. 16 And I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if a man could number the dust of the earth, then your descendants also could be numbered. 17 Arise, walk in the land through its length and its width, for I give it to you.”
18 Then Abram moved his tent, and went and dwelt by the terebinth trees of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to the LORD. (Genesis 13:14-18, New King James Version)
1 After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”
2 But Abram said, “Lord GOD, what will You give me, seeing I go childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” 3 Then Abram said, “Look, You have given me no offspring; indeed one born in my house is my heir!”
4 And behold, the word of the LORD came to him, saying, “This one shall not be your heir, but one who will come from your own body shall be your heir.” 5 Then He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them.” And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.”
6 And he believed in the LORD, and He accounted it to him for righteousness.
7 Then He said to him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to inherit it.”
8 And he said, “Lord GOD, how shall I know that I will inherit it?”
9 So He said to him, “Bring Me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.” 10 Then he brought all these to Him and cut them in two, down the middle, and placed each piece opposite the other; but he did not cut the birds in two. 11 And when the vultures came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.
12 Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, horror and great darkness fell upon him. 13 Then He said to Abram: “Know certainly that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them, and they will afflict them four hundred years. 14 And also the nation whom they serve I will judge; afterward they shall come out with great possessions. 15 Now as for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried at a good old age. 16 But in the fourth generation they shall return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
17 And it came to pass, when the sun went down and it was dark, that behold, there appeared a smoking oven and a burning torch that passed between those pieces. 18 On the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying:
“To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates— 19 the Kenites, the Kenezzites, the Kadmonites, 20 the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim, 21 the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.” (Genesis 15:1-22, New King James Version)
1 Then the LORD appeared to him by the terebinth trees of Mamre, as he was sitting in the tent door in the heat of the day. 2 So he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing by him; and when he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them, and bowed himself to the ground, 3 and said, “My Lord, if I have now found favor in Your sight, do not pass on by Your servant. 4 Please let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree. 5 And I will bring a morsel of bread, that you may refresh your hearts. After that you may pass by, inasmuch as you have come to your servant.”
They said, “Do as you have said.”
6 So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah and said, “Quickly, make ready three measures of fine meal; knead it and make cakes.” 7 And Abraham ran to the herd, took a tender and good calf, gave it to a young man, and he hastened to prepare it. 8 So he took butter and milk and the calf which he had prepared, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree as they ate.
9 Then they said to him, “Where is Sarah your wife?”
So he said, “Here, in the tent.”
10 And He said, “I will certainly return to you according to the time of life, and behold, Sarah your wife shall have a son.”
(Sarah was listening in the tent door which was behind him.) 11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age; and Sarah had passed the age of childbearing. 12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I have grown old, shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?”
13 And the LORD said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Shall I surely bear a child, since I am old?’ 14 Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.”
15 But Sarah denied it, saying, “I did not laugh,” for she was afraid.
And He said, “No, but you did laugh!” (Genesis 18:1-15, New King James Version)
1 Now it came to pass after these things that God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!”
And he said, “Here I am.”
2 Then He said, “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”
3 So Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he split the wood for the burnt offering, and arose and went to the place of which God had told him. 4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted his eyes and saw the place afar off. 5 And Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; the lad and I will go yonder and worship, and we will come back to you.”
6 So Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife, and the two of them went together. 7 But Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, “My father!”
And he said, “Here I am, my son.”
Then he said, “Look, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?”
8 And Abraham said, “My son, God will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering.” So the two of them went together.
9 Then they came to the place of which God had told him. And Abraham built an altar there and placed the wood in order; and he bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, upon the wood. 10 And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.
11 But the Angel of the LORD called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!”
So he said, “Here I am.”
12 And He said, “Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.”
13 Then Abraham lifted his eyes and looked, and there behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by its horns. So Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up for a burnt offering instead of his son. 14 And Abraham called the name of the place, The-LORD-Will-Provide; as it is said to this day, “In the Mount of the LORD it shall be provided.”
15 Then the Angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time out of heaven, 16 and said: “By Myself I have sworn, says the LORD, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son— 17 blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies. 18 In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.” 19 So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba. (Genesis 22:1-19, New King James Version)
23 Then he went up from there to Beersheba. 24 And the LORD appeared to him the same night and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham; do not fear, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for My servant Abraham’s sake.” 25 So he built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD, and he pitched his tent there; and there Isaac’s servants dug a well.
(Genesis 26:23-25, New King James Version)
9 Then God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Padan Aram, and blessed him. 10 And God said to him, “Your name is Jacob; your name shall not be called Jacob anymore, but Israel shall be your name.” So He called his name Israel. 11 Also God said to him: “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall proceed from you, and kings shall come from your body. 12 The land which I gave Abraham and Isaac I give to you; and to your descendants after you I give this land.” 13 Then God went up from him in the place where He talked with him. 14 So Jacob set up a pillar in the place where He talked with him, a pillar of stone; and he poured a drink offering on it, and he poured oil on it. 15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him, Bethel. (Genesis 35:9-15, New King James Version)
Chuck Smith, The Word for Today
1 Now the LORD had said to Abram:
“Get out of your country,
From your family
And from your father’s house,
To a land that I will show you.
I will bless you
And make your name great;
And you shall be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you,
And I will curse him who curses you;
And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
4 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. 5 Then Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his brother’s son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people whom they had acquired in Haran, and they departed to go to the land of Canaan. So they came to the land of Canaan. 6 Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, as far as the terebinth tree of Moreh. And the Canaanites were then in the land.
7 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. 8 And he moved from there to the mountain east of Bethel, and he pitched his tent with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; there he built an altar to the LORD and called on the name of the LORD. 9 So Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South. (Genesis 12:1-9, New King James Version)
14 And the LORD said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him: “Lift your eyes now and look from the place where you are—northward, southward, eastward, and westward; 15 for all the land which you see I give to you and your descendants forever. 16 And I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if a man could number the dust of the earth, then your descendants also could be numbered. 17 Arise, walk in the land through its length and its width, for I give it to you.”
18 Then Abram moved his tent, and went and dwelt by the terebinth trees of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to the LORD. (Genesis 13:14-18, New King James Version)
1 After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”
2 But Abram said, “Lord GOD, what will You give me, seeing I go childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” 3 Then Abram said, “Look, You have given me no offspring; indeed one born in my house is my heir!”
4 And behold, the word of the LORD came to him, saying, “This one shall not be your heir, but one who will come from your own body shall be your heir.” 5 Then He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them.” And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.”
6 And he believed in the LORD, and He accounted it to him for righteousness.
7 Then He said to him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to inherit it.”
8 And he said, “Lord GOD, how shall I know that I will inherit it?”
9 So He said to him, “Bring Me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.” 10 Then he brought all these to Him and cut them in two, down the middle, and placed each piece opposite the other; but he did not cut the birds in two. 11 And when the vultures came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.
12 Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, horror and great darkness fell upon him. 13 Then He said to Abram: “Know certainly that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them, and they will afflict them four hundred years. 14 And also the nation whom they serve I will judge; afterward they shall come out with great possessions. 15 Now as for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried at a good old age. 16 But in the fourth generation they shall return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
17 And it came to pass, when the sun went down and it was dark, that behold, there appeared a smoking oven and a burning torch that passed between those pieces. 18 On the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying:
“To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates— 19 the Kenites, the Kenezzites, the Kadmonites, 20 the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim, 21 the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.” (Genesis 15:1-22, New King James Version)
1 Then the LORD appeared to him by the terebinth trees of Mamre, as he was sitting in the tent door in the heat of the day. 2 So he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing by him; and when he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them, and bowed himself to the ground, 3 and said, “My Lord, if I have now found favor in Your sight, do not pass on by Your servant. 4 Please let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree. 5 And I will bring a morsel of bread, that you may refresh your hearts. After that you may pass by, inasmuch as you have come to your servant.”
They said, “Do as you have said.”
6 So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah and said, “Quickly, make ready three measures of fine meal; knead it and make cakes.” 7 And Abraham ran to the herd, took a tender and good calf, gave it to a young man, and he hastened to prepare it. 8 So he took butter and milk and the calf which he had prepared, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree as they ate.
9 Then they said to him, “Where is Sarah your wife?”
So he said, “Here, in the tent.”
10 And He said, “I will certainly return to you according to the time of life, and behold, Sarah your wife shall have a son.”
(Sarah was listening in the tent door which was behind him.) 11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age; and Sarah had passed the age of childbearing. 12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I have grown old, shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?”
13 And the LORD said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Shall I surely bear a child, since I am old?’ 14 Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.”
15 But Sarah denied it, saying, “I did not laugh,” for she was afraid.
And He said, “No, but you did laugh!” (Genesis 18:1-15, New King James Version)
1 Now it came to pass after these things that God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!”
And he said, “Here I am.”
2 Then He said, “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”
3 So Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he split the wood for the burnt offering, and arose and went to the place of which God had told him. 4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted his eyes and saw the place afar off. 5 And Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; the lad and I will go yonder and worship, and we will come back to you.”
6 So Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife, and the two of them went together. 7 But Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, “My father!”
And he said, “Here I am, my son.”
Then he said, “Look, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?”
8 And Abraham said, “My son, God will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering.” So the two of them went together.
9 Then they came to the place of which God had told him. And Abraham built an altar there and placed the wood in order; and he bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, upon the wood. 10 And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.
11 But the Angel of the LORD called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!”
So he said, “Here I am.”
12 And He said, “Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.”
13 Then Abraham lifted his eyes and looked, and there behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by its horns. So Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up for a burnt offering instead of his son. 14 And Abraham called the name of the place, The-LORD-Will-Provide; as it is said to this day, “In the Mount of the LORD it shall be provided.”
15 Then the Angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time out of heaven, 16 and said: “By Myself I have sworn, says the LORD, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son— 17 blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies. 18 In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.” 19 So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba. (Genesis 22:1-19, New King James Version)
23 Then he went up from there to Beersheba. 24 And the LORD appeared to him the same night and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham; do not fear, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for My servant Abraham’s sake.” 25 So he built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD, and he pitched his tent there; and there Isaac’s servants dug a well.
(Genesis 26:23-25, New King James Version)
9 Then God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Padan Aram, and blessed him. 10 And God said to him, “Your name is Jacob; your name shall not be called Jacob anymore, but Israel shall be your name.” So He called his name Israel. 11 Also God said to him: “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall proceed from you, and kings shall come from your body. 12 The land which I gave Abraham and Isaac I give to you; and to your descendants after you I give this land.” 13 Then God went up from him in the place where He talked with him. 14 So Jacob set up a pillar in the place where He talked with him, a pillar of stone; and he poured a drink offering on it, and he poured oil on it. 15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him, Bethel. (Genesis 35:9-15, New King James Version)
Chuck Smith, The Word for Today
http://www.blueletterbible.org/audio_video/comm_topic.cfm?AuthorID=1&commInfo=64&GroupID=1
(free stream corresponding with any of today’s verses)
http://www.twft.com/?page=C2000
(free stream through iTunes corresponding with any of today’s verses)
(written, Genesis 10-12)
PRAYERS:
Chuck Smith to heal from his recent stroke: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=224223637383
Karleen, single mom recovering from pneumonia after being out of work nearly one month, in great debt post-divorce, lacking heat and hot water in her home and in need of God's provision for a better her life with her son
Joan and Joshua to find jobs in Georgia
Wendy's mom to be strengthened in her fight against cancer
Parker to draw closer to the Lord while his cancer is treated experimentally
Health and safety of Pastor Rob Cruver and team on a missions trip to Liberia
Muay Thai Missions: http://www.injesus.com/index.php?module=group&task=details&GroupID=MT021DWZ
Ava, 8-year-old recovering from gall bladder surgery
Daniel, Rebekah, Matt & Matt: may the Lord humble them to receive His truth and draw closer to Him
Christ-centered marriages to grow ever stronger in the Lord and be a good witness unto Him
For all your prayers
Blessings,
B : )
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VERSES:
Genesis 6-8
VERSES:
Genesis 6-8
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http://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Gen&c=8&t=NKJV#top
TEACHING:http://www.blueletterbible.org/audio_video/comm_topic.cfm?AuthorID=1&commInfo=64&GroupID=1
(free stream corresponding with any of today’s chapters)
http://www.twft.com/?page=C2000
(free stream through iTunes corresponding with any of today’s chapters)
(written, Genesis 6-7)
(written, Genesis 8-9)
PRAYERS:
Chuck Smith to heal from his recent stroke: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=224223637383
Joan and Joshua to find jobs in Georgia
Wendy's mom to be strengthened in her fight against cancer
Scott to draw closer to the Lord while his cancer is treated experimentally
Muay Thai Missions: http://www.injesus.com/index.php?module=group&task=details&GroupID=MT021DWZ
Ava, 8-year-old recovering from gall bladder surgery
Daniel, Rebekah, Matt & Matt: may the Lord humble them to receive His truth and draw closer to Him
Christ-centered marriages to grow ever stronger in the Lord and be a good witness unto Him
For all your prayers, which I hope you will post here
Blessings,
B : )
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