by David Keesling | Nov 2, 2017 | Uncategorized
Genesis 24:12:“ Then he prayed, ‘O Lord, God of my master Abraham, give me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.’” Observation: Sarah had died, and Abraham was nearing the end of his life. The one thing he had yet to do was to secure a wife for his...
by David Keesling | Nov 1, 2017 | Uncategorized
Genesis 20:7 “Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you” (NIV). Observation: Twice, Abraham had lied about his relationship with Sarah, this time to Abimelech, the pagan king of Gerar. Sarah was technically Abraham’s half-sister, having...
by David Keesling | Oct 31, 2017 | Uncategorized
Genesis 19:8 “Don’t do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof” (NIV). Observation: By these words, Lot was trying to protect two male houseguests from marauding homosexuals who had the place surrounded, demanding to have their way...
by David Keesling | Oct 30, 2017 | Uncategorized
Genesis 15:8 “But Abram said, ‘O Sovereign Lord, how can I know that I will gain possession of it?’” (NIV). Observation: Abram and God were in the midst of a conversation that would be astonishing were it not so commonplace with them. God had just promised him “great...
by David Keesling | Oct 29, 2017 | Uncategorized
Genesis 13:8-9 “So Abram said to Lot, ‘Please let there be no strife between you and me…for we are brothers. Is not the whole land before you? Please separate from me; if to the left, then I will go to the right, or if to the right, then I will go to the left.’”...
by David Keesling | Oct 28, 2017 | Uncategorized
Genesis 9:22-23 “Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers outside. But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it across their shoulders; then they walked in backward and covered their father’s nakedness” (NIV). Observation:...
