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- 0:00This
- 0:00is
- 0:00a
- 0:00dwelling
- 0:00place
- 0:01from
- 0:01a
- 0:01trusted
- 0:01Ministries.
- 0:02I'm
- 0:02Stephanie
- 0:03Cocks,
- 0:03and
- 0:03I
- 0:04am
- 0:04so
- 0:04proud
- 0:04of
- 0:04you
- 0:05for
- 0:05sticking
- 0:05with
- 0:05this,
- 0:06or
- 0:06if
- 0:06you're
- 0:06new
- 0:06that
- 0:07you
- 0:07found
- 0:07us
- 0:08and
- 0:08are
- 0:08committing
- 0:08to
- 0:08dwell
- 0:09with
- 0:09the
- 0:09Lord
- 0:09because
- 0:10we
- 0:10know
- 0:10that
- 0:11he
- 0:11longs
- 0:11to
- 0:11dwell
- 0:11with
- 0:12you,
- 0:12though
- 0:12I
- 0:12won't
- 0:13dive
- 0:13heavily
- 0:13into
- 0:13any
- 0:14of
- 0:14the
- 0:14sensitive
- 0:14topics
- 0:15today,
- 0:15this
- 0:15portion
- 0:16of
- 0:16scripture
- 0:16does
- 0:17cover
- 0:17some
- 0:17things
- 0:18that
- 0:18you
- 0:18may
- 0:18not
- 0:18want
- 0:18younger
- 0:19ears
- 0:19to
- 0:19hear.
- 0:20Today
- 0:20we're
- 0:20covering
- 0:20Genesis
- 0:2116
- 0:21through
- 0:2119.
- 0:22There
- 0:22are
- 0:22some
- 0:22truly
- 0:23important
- 0:23concepts
- 0:24here,
- 0:24and
- 0:25I
- 0:25certainly
- 0:25don't
- 0:25want
- 0:25to
- 0:25glaze
- 0:26over
- 0:26them,
- 0:26but
- 0:26I
- 0:27also
- 0:27feel
- 0:27called
- 0:27in
- 0:28this
- 0:28series
- 0:28to
- 0:28talk
- 0:28about
- 0:29things
- 0:29that
- 0:29your
- 0:30pastor
- 0:30probably
- 0:30wouldn't
- 0:31say
- 0:31from
- 0:31the
- 0:31pulpit
- 0:32because
- 0:32he
- 0:32doesn't
- 0:32have
- 0:32the
- 0:33perspective
- 0:33of
- 0:33being
- 0:33a
- 0:34woman
- 0:34or
- 0:34a
- 0:34mother.
- 0:35I'll
- 0:35be
- 0:35reading
- 0:35all
- 0:35of
- 0:35chapter
- 0:3616
- 0:36over
- 0:37you
- 0:37then
- 0:37I'll
- 0:37discuss
- 0:38some
- 0:38key
- 0:38verses
- 0:38and
- 0:39highlights
- 0:39and
- 0:39then
- 0:39you
- 0:40know
- 0:40by
- 0:40now
- 0:40I'll
- 0:40close
- 0:41by
- 0:41praying
- 0:41over
- 0:41you.
- 0:42Chapter
- 0:4216
- 0:42begins.
- 0:43Now,
- 0:43Sarah
- 0:44Abram's
- 0:45wife
- 0:45had
- 0:45born
- 0:46him
- 0:46no
- 0:46children.
- 0:46She
- 0:47had
- 0:47a
- 0:47female
- 0:47Egyptian
- 0:48servant
- 0:48whose
- 0:49name
- 0:49was
- 0:49Hagar
- 0:50and
- 0:50Sarah
- 0:50said
- 0:50to
- 0:51Abram,
- 0:51behold
- 0:52now
- 0:52the
- 0:53Lord
- 0:53has
- 0:53prevented
- 0:53me
- 0:54from
- 0:54bearing
- 0:54children.
- 0:55Go
- 0:55into
- 0:55my
- 0:55servant.
- 0:56It
- 0:56may
- 0:57be
- 0:57that
- 0:57I
- 0:57shall
- 0:57obtain
- 0:58children
- 0:58by
- 0:58her.
- 0:59And
- 0:59Abram
- 0:59listened
- 1:00to
- 1:00the
- 1:00voice
- 1:00of
- 1:00Sarah.
- 1:01I,
- 1:01so
- 1:01after
- 1:02Abram
- 1:02had
- 1:02lived
- 1:0210
- 1:03years
- 1:03in
- 1:03the
- 1:03land
- 1:04of
- 1:04Canaan,
- 1:04Sarah
- 1:05I,
- 1:05Abram's
- 1:05wife,
- 1:06took
- 1:06Hagar,
- 1:07the
- 1:07Egyptian,
- 1:08her
- 1:08servant,
- 1:09and
- 1:09gave
- 1:09her
- 1:10to
- 1:10Abram,
- 1:10her
- 1:10husband
- 1:11as
- 1:11a
- 1:11wife.
- 1:12And
- 1:12he
- 1:12went
- 1:12into
- 1:12Hagar
- 1:13and
- 1:13she
- 1:14conceived.
- 1:14And
- 1:15when
- 1:15she
- 1:15saw
- 1:15that
- 1:15she
- 1:16had
- 1:16conceived,
- 1:17she
- 1:17looked
- 1:17with
- 1:17contempt
- 1:18on
- 1:18her
- 1:18mistress
- 1:19and
- 1:19Sarah
- 1:20said
- 1:20to
- 1:20Abram,
- 1:21may
- 1:21the
- 1:21wrong
- 1:21done
- 1:22to
- 1:22me
- 1:22be
- 1:22on
- 1:22you.
- 1:23I
- 1:23gave
- 1:23my
- 1:23servant
- 1:24to
- 1:24your
- 1:25embrace,
- 1:25and
- 1:26when
- 1:26she
- 1:26saw
- 1:26that
- 1:26she
- 1:26had
- 1:27conceived,
- 1:27she
- 1:27looked
- 1:28on
- 1:28me
- 1:28with
- 1:28contempt.
- 1:29May
- 1:29the
- 1:29Lord
- 1:30judge
- 1:30between
- 1:30you
- 1:30and
- 1:31me,
- 1:31but
- 1:31Abram
- 1:32said
- 1:32to
- 1:32Sarah,
- 1:32behold,
- 1:33your
- 1:33servant
- 1:34is
- 1:34in
- 1:34your
- 1:34power
- 1:35due
- 1:35to
- 1:35her
- 1:36as
- 1:36you
- 1:36please.
- 1:37Then
- 1:37Sarah
- 1:37dealt
- 1:38harshly
- 1:38with
- 1:38her.
- 1:39And
- 1:39she
- 1:39fled
- 1:39from
- 1:39her.
- 1:40The
- 1:40angel
- 1:41of
- 1:41the
- 1:41Lord
- 1:41found
- 1:41her
- 1:42by
- 1:42a
- 1:42spring
- 1:42of
- 1:42water
- 1:43in
- 1:43the
- 1:43wilderness,
- 1:44the
- 1:44spring
- 1:44on
- 1:44the
- 1:45way
- 1:45to
- 1:45shore,
- 1:45and
- 1:46he
- 1:46said,
- 1:46Hagar,
- 1:47servant
- 1:48of
- 1:48Sarai,
- 1:48where
- 1:49have
- 1:49you
- 1:49come
- 1:49from
- 1:49and
- 1:50where
- 1:50are
- 1:50you
- 1:50going?
- 1:51She
- 1:51said,
- 1:51I
- 1:52am
- 1:52fleeing
- 1:52from
- 1:52my
- 1:53Sarah.
- 1:54The
- 1:54angel
- 1:54of
- 1:54the
- 1:54Lord
- 1:55said
- 1:55to
- 1:55her,
- 1:55return
- 1:56to
- 1:56your
- 1:56mistress
- 1:57and
- 1:57submit
- 1:57to
- 1:58her.
- 1:58The
- 1:58angel
- 1:59of
- 1:59the
- 1:59Lord
- 1:59also
- 1:59said
- 2:00to
- 2:00her,
- 2:00I
- 2:00will
- 2:01surely
- 2:01multiply
- 2:02your
- 2:02offspring
- 2:03so
- 2:03that
- 2:03they
- 2:03cannot
- 2:04be
- 2:04numbered
- 2:04for
- 2:05multitude.
- 2:05And
- 2:06the
- 2:06angel
- 2:06of
- 2:06the
- 2:06Lord
- 2:06said
- 2:07to
- 2:07her,
- 2:07behold,
- 2:08you
- 2:08are
- 2:08pregnant
- 2:09and
- 2:09shall
- 2:09bear
- 2:10a
- 2:10son.
- 2:10You
- 2:11shall
- 2:11call
- 2:11his
- 2:11name
- 2:11Ishmael.
- 2:12Because
- 2:13the
- 2:13Lord
- 2:13has
- 2:13listened
- 2:14to
- 2:14your
- 2:14affliction.
- 2:15He
- 2:15shall
- 2:15be
- 2:16a
- 2:16wild
- 2:16donkey
- 2:16of
- 2:17a
- 2:17man,
- 2:17his
- 2:17hand
- 2:18against
- 2:18everyone,
- 2:19and
- 2:19everyone's
- 2:20hand
- 2:20against
- 2:20him,
- 2:21and
- 2:21he
- 2:21shall
- 2:21dwell.
- 2:22Over
- 2:22against
- 2:23all
- 2:23his
- 2:23kinsmen.
- 2:24So
- 2:24she
- 2:24called
- 2:25the
- 2:25name
- 2:25of
- 2:25the
- 2:25Lord
- 2:25who
- 2:26spoke
- 2:26to
- 2:26her.
- 2:26You
- 2:27are
- 2:27a
- 2:27God
- 2:27of
- 2:27seeing
- 2:28for
- 2:28she
- 2:29said,
- 2:29truly.
- 2:30Here
- 2:30I
- 2:30have
- 2:30seen
- 2:31him
- 2:31who
- 2:31looks
- 2:32after
- 2:32me.
- 2:32Therefore,
- 2:33the
- 2:33well
- 2:33was
- 2:33called
- 2:34bear
- 2:34Laroy.
- 2:35It
- 2:35lies
- 2:36between
- 2:36Kadesh
- 2:37and
- 2:37Barred.
- 2:38And
- 2:38Hagar
- 2:38bore
- 2:39Abram
- 2:39a
- 2:39son
- 2:40and
- 2:40Abram
- 2:40called
- 2:41the
- 2:41name
- 2:41of
- 2:41his
- 2:41son,
- 2:42whom
- 2:42Hagar
- 2:42bore
- 2:43Ishmael.
- 2:43Abram
- 2:44was
- 2:4486
- 2:44years
- 2:45old
- 2:45when
- 2:45Hagar
- 2:46bore
- 2:46Ishmael
- 2:47to
- 2:47Abram.
- 2:48The
- 2:48idea
- 2:48that
- 2:48God
- 2:49sees
- 2:49us
- 2:49and
- 2:50hears
- 2:50us
- 2:50is
- 2:50woven
- 2:51all
- 2:51throughout
- 2:51scripture.
- 2:52One
- 2:52of
- 2:52my
- 2:52favorite
- 2:53references
- 2:54is
- 2:54in
- 2:54one
- 2:54Peter
- 2:55three
- 2:55verses
- 2:5510
- 2:56through
- 2:5612,
- 2:56for
- 2:56whoever
- 2:57desires
- 2:57to
- 2:57love
- 2:58life
- 2:58and
- 2:58see
- 2:58good
- 2:59days,
- 2:59let
- 2:59him
- 3:00keep
- 3:00his
- 3:00tongue
- 3:00from
- 3:00evil
- 3:01and
- 3:01his
- 3:01lips
- 3:01from
- 3:02speaking
- 3:02deceit.
- 3:03Let
- 3:03him
- 3:03turn
- 3:03away
- 3:03from
- 3:03evil
- 3:04and
- 3:04do
- 3:04good.
- 3:04Let
- 3:05him
- 3:05seek
- 3:05peace
- 3:06and
- 3:06pursue
- 3:06it.
- 3:07For
- 3:07the
- 3:07eyes
- 3:07of
- 3:07the
- 3:07Lord
- 3:08are
- 3:08on
- 3:08the
- 3:08righteous.
- 3:09And
- 3:09his
- 3:09ears
- 3:10are
- 3:10open
- 3:10to
- 3:10their
- 3:11prayer,
- 3:11but
- 3:11the
- 3:11face
- 3:12of
- 3:12the
- 3:12Lord
- 3:12is
- 3:12against
- 3:13those
- 3:13who
- 3:13do
- 3:13evil.
- 3:14In
- 3:14the
- 3:14last
- 3:14episode,
- 3:15we
- 3:15clearly
- 3:15saw
- 3:15that
- 3:16Abram
- 3:16was
- 3:16not
- 3:16beyond
- 3:17reproach.
- 3:17And
- 3:18in
- 3:18today's
- 3:18reading,
- 3:18we
- 3:19see
- 3:19that
- 3:19Sarah
- 3:19was
- 3:19certainly
- 3:20not
- 3:20without
- 3:20fault
- 3:20herself,
- 3:21although
- 3:21she
- 3:22was
- 3:22following
- 3:22a
- 3:22custom
- 3:23that
- 3:23was
- 3:23regular
- 3:23during
- 3:24that
- 3:24time.
- 3:24We
- 3:25know
- 3:25it
- 3:25was
- 3:25certainly
- 3:25not
- 3:25following
- 3:26God's
- 3:26ideal
- 3:26plan
- 3:27that
- 3:27was
- 3:27set
- 3:27forth
- 3:28in
- 3:28Genesis
- 3:28two
- 3:29of
- 3:29one
- 3:29man
- 3:29with
- 3:29one
- 3:30woman
- 3:30after
- 3:30many
- 3:31years
- 3:31of
- 3:31the
- 3:31pain
- 3:32of
- 3:32infertility
- 3:33and
- 3:33waiting
- 3:33for
- 3:33this
- 3:33promise
- 3:34to
- 3:34be
- 3:34fulfilled,
- 3:35she
- 3:35says,
- 3:36it
- 3:36may
- 3:36be
- 3:36that
- 3:36we're
- 3:36actually
- 3:37going
- 3:37to
- 3:37obtain
- 3:38this
- 3:38child
- 3:38through
- 3:38Hagar.
- 3:39But
- 3:39as
- 3:39soon
- 3:40as
- 3:40Hagar
- 3:40conceives,
- 3:41she
- 3:41looks
- 3:41with
- 3:42contempt
- 3:42upon
- 3:43their
- 3:43eye,
- 3:43and
- 3:44just
- 3:44in
- 3:44case
- 3:44you
- 3:44need
- 3:44a
- 3:44little
- 3:45Webster
- 3:45update.
- 3:46Contempt
- 3:46is
- 3:47a
- 3:47feeling
- 3:47that
- 3:47a
- 3:47person
- 3:48or
- 3:48thing
- 3:48is
- 3:48beneath
- 3:49consideration,
- 3:50so
- 3:50Hagar
- 3:51may
- 3:51have
- 3:51been
- 3:51elevating
- 3:52herself
- 3:52above
- 3:52Sarah.
- 3:53She
- 3:53may
- 3:53have
- 3:54thought
- 3:54that
- 3:54this
- 3:55entitled
- 3:55her
- 3:55to
- 3:55no
- 3:55longer
- 3:56serve
- 3:56Sarah.
- 3:57We
- 3:57don't
- 3:57really
- 3:58know.
- 3:58However,
- 3:59as
- 3:59someone
- 3:59who
- 3:59has
- 3:59experienced
- 4:00so
- 4:00much
- 4:00mourning,
- 4:01sickness
- 4:01over
- 4:01the
- 4:01course
- 4:02of
- 4:02my
- 4:02pregnancies,
- 4:03that
- 4:03one
- 4:03of
- 4:03my
- 4:03toddlers
- 4:04told
- 4:04someone
- 4:04once,
- 4:05baby
- 4:05and
- 4:05mommy's
- 4:06tummy
- 4:06make
- 4:06her
- 4:06sad
- 4:07in
- 4:07the
- 4:07garbage.
- 4:08When
- 4:08I
- 4:08read
- 4:08this,
- 4:09I
- 4:09do
- 4:09have
- 4:09to
- 4:09wonder,
- 4:10were
- 4:10there
- 4:10also
- 4:11hormones
- 4:11at
- 4:11play?
- 4:12Was
- 4:12she
- 4:12feeling
- 4:12sick
- 4:13and
- 4:13nauseous?
- 4:14And
- 4:14this
- 4:14was
- 4:14something
- 4:15that
- 4:15she
- 4:15didn't
- 4:15even
- 4:15ask
- 4:16for.
- 4:16I
- 4:16am
- 4:16sure
- 4:17as
- 4:17women,
- 4:17we
- 4:17can
- 4:18all
- 4:18look
- 4:18back
- 4:18at
- 4:18times
- 4:19and
- 4:19think,
- 4:19oh
- 4:19my
- 4:20goodness,
- 4:20did
- 4:20I
- 4:21really
- 4:21do
- 4:21that?
- 4:22I
- 4:22mean,
- 4:22once
- 4:22I
- 4:23cried
- 4:23about
- 4:23soup,
- 4:24no
- 4:24joke,
- 4:25and
- 4:25when
- 4:25the
- 4:25dust
- 4:25had
- 4:25settled
- 4:26and
- 4:26a
- 4:26few
- 4:26days
- 4:26had
- 4:27passed,
- 4:27I
- 4:27had
- 4:27no
- 4:28logical
- 4:28explanation
- 4:29for
- 4:29what
- 4:29had
- 4:29happened,
- 4:30even
- 4:30though
- 4:30it
- 4:30felt
- 4:30so
- 4:31reasonable
- 4:31at
- 4:31the
- 4:32time.
- 4:32All
- 4:33I
- 4:33could
- 4:33do
- 4:33was
- 4:33apologize
- 4:34and
- 4:34when
- 4:34I
- 4:34read
- 4:35passages
- 4:35of
- 4:35scripture
- 4:36like
- 4:36this,
- 4:36and
- 4:36I
- 4:36think
- 4:37about
- 4:37Sarah
- 4:37with
- 4:38the
- 4:38pain
- 4:38of
- 4:38infertility
- 4:39and
- 4:39how
- 4:39difficult
- 4:39that
- 4:40would've
- 4:40been
- 4:40to
- 4:40all
- 4:41of
- 4:41a
- 4:41sudden
- 4:41seeing
- 4:41another
- 4:42woman
- 4:42pregnant
- 4:42with
- 4:43your
- 4:43husband's
- 4:43child,
- 4:44even
- 4:44though
- 4:44you
- 4:45desperately
- 4:45wanted
- 4:45him
- 4:45to
- 4:46have
- 4:46an
- 4:46heir
- 4:46and
- 4:46to
- 4:47see
- 4:47this
- 4:47promise
- 4:47fulfilled.
- 4:48And
- 4:48then
- 4:48you
- 4:48have
- 4:48Hagar
- 4:49and
- 4:49who
- 4:50knows
- 4:50what
- 4:50she
- 4:50was
- 4:50desiring
- 4:51in
- 4:51this
- 4:51situation,
- 4:52I
- 4:52like
- 4:52to
- 4:52think
- 4:52about
- 4:53the
- 4:53real
- 4:53people
- 4:53that
- 4:54were
- 4:54behind
- 4:54these
- 4:54words
- 4:55and
- 4:55what
- 4:56they
- 4:56may
- 4:56have
- 4:56been
- 4:56experiencing
- 4:57because
- 4:57then
- 4:57when
- 4:58we
- 4:58see
- 4:58God
- 4:58intervene
- 4:59and
- 4:59interact
- 5:00with
- 5:00them,
- 5:00it
- 5:00really
- 5:01tells
- 5:01us
- 5:01a
- 5:01lot
- 5:02about
- 5:02how
- 5:02merciful
- 5:03and
- 5:03compassionate
- 5:03our
- 5:03God
- 5:04is
- 5:04As
- 5:04an
- 5:04Egyptian
- 5:05servant,
- 5:05Hagar
- 5:06wouldn't
- 5:06have
- 5:06had
- 5:06a
- 5:06lot
- 5:07of
- 5:07social
- 5:07standing,
- 5:08but
- 5:08she's
- 5:08the
- 5:08first
- 5:09one
- 5:09in
- 5:09scripture
- 5:10to
- 5:10meet
- 5:10the
- 5:10angel
- 5:11of
- 5:11the
- 5:11Lord.
- 5:11many
- 5:12believe
- 5:12that
- 5:12this
- 5:13is
- 5:13a
- 5:13pre-incarnate
- 5:14Christ.
- 5:15That
- 5:15means
- 5:15that
- 5:15this
- 5:16is
- 5:16Jesus
- 5:16before
- 5:17he
- 5:17came
- 5:17to
- 5:17earth,
- 5:18and
- 5:18he
- 5:18made
- 5:18some
- 5:18of
- 5:19these
- 5:19special
- 5:19appearances
- 5:20to
- 5:20people
- 5:20that
- 5:21phrase,
- 5:21the
- 5:21angel
- 5:22of
- 5:22the
- 5:22Lord
- 5:23never
- 5:23appears
- 5:23after
- 5:24Jesus
- 5:24enters
- 5:25in
- 5:25the
- 5:25New
- 5:25Testament.
- 5:26Maybe
- 5:26he
- 5:26could
- 5:26just
- 5:27kept
- 5:27saying,
- 5:27put
- 5:27me
- 5:27in
- 5:27coach.
- 5:28I
- 5:28think
- 5:29about
- 5:29all
- 5:29these
- 5:29times
- 5:29in
- 5:29scripture
- 5:30that
- 5:30the
- 5:30Lord
- 5:30has
- 5:30appeared
- 5:31to
- 5:31women
- 5:31or
- 5:31showed
- 5:32special
- 5:32treatment
- 5:32of
- 5:33favor
- 5:33on
- 5:33them,
- 5:33him,
- 5:33it's
- 5:34just
- 5:34so
- 5:34tender.
- 5:35He
- 5:35calls
- 5:35her
- 5:35by
- 5:36name.
- 5:36He
- 5:36knows
- 5:36exactly
- 5:37who
- 5:37she
- 5:37is.
- 5:37But
- 5:38then
- 5:38he
- 5:38asks
- 5:38her
- 5:38these
- 5:39thoughtful
- 5:39questions,
- 5:40as
- 5:40the
- 5:40Lord
- 5:41so
- 5:41often
- 5:41does
- 5:41to
- 5:41get
- 5:42to
- 5:42the
- 5:42heart
- 5:42of
- 5:42his
- 5:42people.
- 5:43And
- 5:43that's
- 5:43a
- 5:43wonderful
- 5:44model
- 5:44for
- 5:44us
- 5:45as
- 5:45parents,
- 5:46that
- 5:46even
- 5:46a
- 5:46discipline
- 5:47that
- 5:47we
- 5:47can
- 5:47ask
- 5:48questions
- 5:48to
- 5:48get
- 5:49to
- 5:49the
- 5:49heart
- 5:49of
- 5:49our
- 5:49children.
- 5:50Which
- 5:50reminds
- 5:50me
- 5:50of
- 5:50the
- 5:51full
- 5:51circle
- 5:51from
- 5:51a
- 5:51trusted
- 5:52with
- 5:52a
- 5:52child's
- 5:52heart
- 5:53The
- 5:53angel
- 5:54of
- 5:54the
- 5:54Lord
- 5:54explains
- 5:55how
- 5:55he's
- 5:55going
- 5:55to
- 5:55bless
- 5:56this
- 5:56child,
- 5:56and
- 5:57there
- 5:57are
- 5:57amazing
- 5:57promises
- 5:58here.
- 5:58But
- 5:59I
- 5:59also
- 5:59don't
- 5:59think
- 6:00I
- 6:00would
- 6:00want
- 6:00the
- 6:00Lord
- 6:00telling
- 6:01me
- 6:01that
- 6:01my
- 6:01child's
- 6:01going
- 6:02to
- 6:02be
- 6:02a
- 6:02wild
- 6:02donkey
- 6:03of
- 6:03a
- 6:03man
- 6:03and
- 6:03that
- 6:04there's
- 6:04going
- 6:04to
- 6:04be
- 6:04so
- 6:04much
- 6:04fighting
- 6:05from
- 6:05him
- 6:06and
- 6:06at
- 6:06him.
- 6:07But
- 6:07that's
- 6:07what
- 6:08the
- 6:08Lord
- 6:08tells
- 6:08her,
- 6:08and
- 6:09she
- 6:09responds,
- 6:10you
- 6:10are
- 6:10a
- 6:10God
- 6:11of
- 6:11seeing.
- 6:11And
- 6:11when
- 6:12he
- 6:12gave
- 6:12the
- 6:12promise
- 6:12about
- 6:13Ishmael,
- 6:13he
- 6:14said,
- 6:14it
- 6:14is
- 6:14because
- 6:15the
- 6:15Lord
- 6:15has
- 6:15listened
- 6:16to
- 6:16your
- 6:16affliction,
- 6:17and
- 6:17Ishmael
- 6:17actually
- 6:18means
- 6:18God
- 6:19hears.
- 6:19She
- 6:19will
- 6:20always
- 6:20have
- 6:20a
- 6:20reason
- 6:21to
- 6:21remember
- 6:21how
- 6:22God
- 6:22met
- 6:22her
- 6:23in
- 6:23a
- 6:23moment
- 6:23of
- 6:23weakness.
- 6:24this
- 6:24identity
- 6:25of
- 6:25God
- 6:25as
- 6:25a
- 6:26God
- 6:26that
- 6:26sees
- 6:26and
- 6:26hears
- 6:27as
- 6:27been
- 6:27so
- 6:28important
- 6:28for
- 6:28me,
- 6:29understanding
- 6:29my
- 6:29value
- 6:30as
- 6:30a
- 6:30mother,
- 6:30that
- 6:30all
- 6:31of
- 6:31these
- 6:31hidden
- 6:31things
- 6:32that
- 6:32I
- 6:32do
- 6:32each
- 6:32day,
- 6:33that
- 6:33the
- 6:33Lord
- 6:34of
- 6:34the
- 6:34universe
- 6:34sees
- 6:34them
- 6:35all.
- 6:35And
- 6:35that
- 6:35I
- 6:35can
- 6:36be
- 6:36faithful
- 6:37in
- 6:37the
- 6:37tiny
- 6:37things
- 6:38of
- 6:38serving
- 6:38my
- 6:38family,
- 6:39knowing
- 6:39that
- 6:39he
- 6:40is
- 6:40glorified
- 6:40by
- 6:41them
- 6:41and
- 6:41he
- 6:41cares
- 6:42about
- 6:42all
- 6:42of
- 6:43the
- 6:43details
- 6:43and
- 6:44the
- 6:44acts
- 6:44that
- 6:44I
- 6:44do
- 6:45unto
- 6:45him
- 6:45In
- 6:46the
- 6:46opening
- 6:46of
- 6:46chapter
- 6:4717
- 6:47it
- 6:47says
- 6:48Abram
- 6:48was
- 6:4999
- 6:49years
- 6:49old
- 6:50when
- 6:50God
- 6:50appears
- 6:50to
- 6:50him
- 6:51and
- 6:51he
- 6:51gives
- 6:51more
- 6:51detail
- 6:52about
- 6:52the
- 6:52covenant,
- 6:53He
- 6:53tells
- 6:53Abram
- 6:54that
- 6:54the
- 6:54child
- 6:54of
- 6:55the
- 6:55Covenant
- 6:55will
- 6:56be
- 6:56from
- 6:56Sarah
- 6:57and
- 6:57that
- 6:57he'll
- 6:57be
- 6:57changing
- 6:58Abram's
- 6:58name
- 6:58to
- 6:59Abraham
- 6:59and
- 6:59Sarah's
- 7:00name
- 7:00to
- 7:00Sarah.
- 7:01thank
- 7:01you.
- 7:01That's
- 7:02gonna
- 7:02roll
- 7:02off
- 7:02the
- 7:02tongue.
- 7:02So
- 7:03much
- 7:03easier
- 7:03for
- 7:03us
- 7:04he
- 7:04also
- 7:04reveals
- 7:05that
- 7:05the
- 7:05sign
- 7:06of
- 7:06the
- 7:06covenant
- 7:07will
- 7:07be
- 7:07circumcision.
- 7:08It's
- 7:08still
- 7:08unconditional,
- 7:09but
- 7:10this
- 7:10is
- 7:10a
- 7:10sign
- 7:11of
- 7:11the
- 7:11covenant
- 7:11to
- 7:11show
- 7:12their
- 7:12faith.
- 7:12Eighth,
- 7:12and
- 7:12just
- 7:13in
- 7:13case
- 7:13you're
- 7:13curious
- 7:14in
- 7:14the
- 7:14New
- 7:14Testament,
- 7:15Paul
- 7:15tells
- 7:15us
- 7:15in
- 7:15one
- 7:16Corinthians
- 7:16seven
- 7:16that
- 7:17you
- 7:17are
- 7:17to
- 7:17live
- 7:18as
- 7:18you
- 7:18were
- 7:18called.
- 7:19If
- 7:19you
- 7:19became
- 7:20a
- 7:20believer
- 7:20when
- 7:20you
- 7:20were
- 7:20circumcised,
- 7:21great,
- 7:21But
- 7:22if
- 7:22you
- 7:22weren't
- 7:22circumcised,
- 7:23then
- 7:23don't
- 7:23get
- 7:24circumcised.
- 7:25I
- 7:25find
- 7:25it
- 7:25interesting
- 7:26that
- 7:26Abram
- 7:26laughs
- 7:27at
- 7:27the
- 7:27Lord
- 7:28when
- 7:28he
- 7:28says,
- 7:28shall
- 7:29a
- 7:29child
- 7:29be
- 7:29born
- 7:29to
- 7:30a
- 7:30man
- 7:30who's
- 7:30a
- 7:30hundred
- 7:30years
- 7:30old?
- 7:31It
- 7:31doesn't
- 7:31really
- 7:31seem
- 7:32to
- 7:32be
- 7:32an
- 7:32issue,
- 7:32but
- 7:32later
- 7:33when
- 7:33Sarah
- 7:33laughs,
- 7:34God
- 7:34definitely
- 7:34calls
- 7:35her
- 7:35out.
- 7:35And
- 7:35whenever
- 7:36I
- 7:36read
- 7:36that
- 7:36of
- 7:36God
- 7:37saying,
- 7:37oh,
- 7:37but
- 7:38you
- 7:38did
- 7:38laugh.
- 7:39I
- 7:39think,
- 7:39oh
- 7:39snap,
- 7:40she's
- 7:40busted.
- 7:41And
- 7:41in
- 7:421813,
- 7:42when
- 7:43God
- 7:43says
- 7:43to
- 7:43Abram,
- 7:44why
- 7:44did
- 7:44Sarah
- 7:44laugh
- 7:45is
- 7:45anything
- 7:46too
- 7:46hard
- 7:46for
- 7:46the
- 7:46Lord?
- 7:47This
- 7:47is
- 7:47the
- 7:47exact
- 7:48same
- 7:48phrase
- 7:49in
- 7:49the
- 7:49original
- 7:50language.
- 7:50That
- 7:50when
- 7:50Mary,
- 7:51the
- 7:51mother
- 7:51of
- 7:51Jesus,
- 7:52said
- 7:52to
- 7:52the
- 7:52angel,
- 7:53how
- 7:53can
- 7:54this
- 7:54be
- 7:54since
- 7:54I'm
- 7:55a
- 7:55virgin?
- 7:55The
- 7:55angel
- 7:56responded
- 7:56to
- 7:56her,
- 7:57that
- 7:57nothing
- 7:57will
- 7:57be
- 7:57too
- 7:58hard
- 7:58for
- 7:58the
- 7:58Lord.
- 7:59It's
- 7:59so
- 7:59beautiful
- 8:00throughout
- 8:00scripture,
- 8:01God
- 8:01making
- 8:02a
- 8:02way
- 8:02in
- 8:02the
- 8:02most
- 8:03impossible
- 8:03of
- 8:03circumstances.
- 8:05In
- 8:05chapter
- 8:0518,
- 8:06we
- 8:06see
- 8:06a
- 8:06truly
- 8:06inspiring
- 8:07exchange
- 8:08between
- 8:08God
- 8:08and
- 8:08Abraham
- 8:09they
- 8:09get
- 8:09all
- 8:10the
- 8:10way
- 8:10down
- 8:10to
- 8:10the
- 8:11Lord
- 8:11agreeing
- 8:11that
- 8:11even
- 8:12if
- 8:12there's
- 8:12only
- 8:1210
- 8:13righteous
- 8:13people,
- 8:14Sodom,
- 8:14he
- 8:14will
- 8:14not
- 8:15destroy
- 8:15it.
- 8:16Abraham
- 8:16is
- 8:16a
- 8:16man
- 8:17of
- 8:17faith
- 8:17and
- 8:18he
- 8:18comes
- 8:18before
- 8:18the
- 8:19Lord
- 8:19with
- 8:19these
- 8:19bold
- 8:19requests,
- 8:20and
- 8:20the
- 8:20Lord
- 8:21does
- 8:21not
- 8:21become
- 8:21angry.
- 8:22at
- 8:22his
- 8:22persistence
- 8:23to
- 8:23intervene
- 8:23on
- 8:24behalf
- 8:24of
- 8:24others.
- 8:25In
- 8:25chapter
- 8:2519,
- 8:26we
- 8:26see
- 8:26truly
- 8:27despicable
- 8:27behavior.
- 8:28As
- 8:28I
- 8:28mentioned
- 8:29earlier,
- 8:29when
- 8:29we
- 8:29veer
- 8:30from
- 8:30God's
- 8:30design
- 8:31that
- 8:31we
- 8:31saw
- 8:31in
- 8:31Genesis
- 8:32two.
- 8:32There
- 8:32are
- 8:32consequences.
- 8:33It's
- 8:34deplorable
- 8:34to
- 8:34me
- 8:35to
- 8:35think
- 8:35that
- 8:35lot
- 8:35would
- 8:36offer
- 8:36his
- 8:36daughters
- 8:37hospitality
- 8:38was
- 8:38so
- 8:38highly
- 8:38valued
- 8:39in
- 8:39this
- 8:39culture.
- 8:39Still
- 8:40it's
- 8:40shocking
- 8:41that
- 8:41he
- 8:41wouldn't
- 8:41feel
- 8:41the
- 8:41need
- 8:42to
- 8:42protect
- 8:42his
- 8:42own.
- 8:43It
- 8:43is
- 8:43also
- 8:43shocking
- 8:44what
- 8:44his
- 8:44daughters
- 8:44do,
- 8:45but
- 8:45it
- 8:45does
- 8:45tell
- 8:45us
- 8:45the
- 8:45origin
- 8:46story
- 8:46of
- 8:46the
- 8:46Moabites
- 8:47and
- 8:47the
- 8:47Ammonites,
- 8:48which
- 8:48we
- 8:48will
- 8:48continue
- 8:49to
- 8:49see
- 8:49throughout
- 8:50Scripture.
- 8:50Let's
- 8:51pray.
- 8:52Lord,
- 8:52I
- 8:52thank
- 8:52you
- 8:52for
- 8:52every
- 8:53mother
- 8:53listening.
- 8:54I'm
- 8:54thinking
- 8:54in
- 8:54particular
- 8:55of
- 8:55moms
- 8:56that
- 8:56are
- 8:56pregnant
- 8:57and
- 8:57trying
- 8:57to
- 8:57endure
- 8:58as
- 8:58they're
- 8:58doing
- 8:58the
- 8:58incredibly
- 8:59important
- 9:00work
- 9:00of
- 9:00being
- 9:01fruitful
- 9:01and
- 9:01multiplying.
- 9:02I
- 9:02pray
- 9:03you
- 9:03would
- 9:03give
- 9:03them
- 9:03the
- 9:03strength
- 9:04to
- 9:04do
- 9:04what
- 9:04they
- 9:05need
- 9:05to
- 9:05do
- 9:05each
- 9:05day.
- 9:06I
- 9:06ask
- 9:07for
- 9:07all
- 9:07of
- 9:07us
- 9:08that
- 9:08we
- 9:08would
- 9:08be
- 9:08faithful
- 9:09in
- 9:09our
- 9:09role
- 9:10to
- 9:10intercede
- 9:11on
- 9:11behalf
- 9:11of
- 9:11others,
- 9:12that
- 9:13we
- 9:13would
- 9:13be
- 9:13so
- 9:13grateful
- 9:14for
- 9:14the
- 9:14mercy
- 9:14and
- 9:15compassion
- 9:15that
- 9:15we've
- 9:15received,
- 9:16that
- 9:16we
- 9:16would
- 9:16long
- 9:17for
- 9:17others
- 9:17to
- 9:18receive
- 9:18it
- 9:18as
- 9:18well.
- 9:19We
- 9:19praise
- 9:20you
- 9:20that
- 9:20nothing
- 9:20is
- 9:21too
- 9:21hard
- 9:21for
- 9:21you,
- 9:21and
- 9:21we
- 9:22ask
- 9:22that
- 9:22we
- 9:22would
- 9:23pray
- 9:23gr
- 9:23great
- 9:23prayers
- 9:24of
- 9:24faith
- 9:25and
- 9:25that
- 9:25our
- 9:25children
- 9:26would
- 9:26be
- 9:26quick
- 9:26to
- 9:26come
- 9:27to
- 9:27you
- 9:27in
- 9:27prayer,
- 9:28surrender
- 9:28to
- 9:28your
- 9:29plans
- 9:29and
- 9:29your
- 9:29will
- 9:30for
- 9:30their
- 9:30lives.
- 9:31Just
- 9:31as
- 9:31you
- 9:32spoke
- 9:32to
- 9:32Hagar
- 9:32with
- 9:32a
- 9:33particular
- 9:33plan
- 9:34for
- 9:34her
- 9:34child,
- 9:35we
- 9:35know
- 9:36that
- 9:36our
- 9:36children's
- 9:36days
- 9:37are
- 9:37already
- 9:37written
- 9:38in
- 9:38your
- 9:38book.
- 9:38May
- 9:39we
- 9:39come
- 9:39alongside
- 9:40you
- 9:40in
- 9:40that.
- 9:41And
- 9:41give
- 9:41us
- 9:41a
- 9:41clear
- 9:42vision
- 9:42for
- 9:42what
- 9:42you
- 9:42have
- 9:43for
- 9:43them.
- 9:43I
- 9:43pray
- 9:44we
- 9:44would
- 9:44not
- 9:44stand
- 9:44in
- 9:45the
- 9:45way,
- 9:45but
- 9:45that
- 9:46we
- 9:46would
- 9:46help
- 9:47your
- 9:47plans
- 9:47come
- 9:47to
- 9:47pass
- 9:48and
- 9:48I
- 9:49pray
- 9:49that
- 9:49our
- 9:49children's
- 9:49character
- 9:50would
- 9:50mean
- 9:50more
- 9:50to
- 9:51us
- 9:51than
- 9:51their
- 9:51accomplishments.
- 9:52Thank
- 9:53you
- 9:53that
- 9:53you
- 9:53are
- 9:53the
- 9:53God
- 9:54who
- 9:54sees
- 9:54and
- 9:55hears
- 9:55us.
- 9:55In
- 9:56the
- 9:56name
- 9:56of
- 9:56Jesus
- 9:56we
- 9:57pray,
- 9:57amen.