Tag: Sarah
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Made Sure – Genesis 23:17-20
Genesis 23:17-20 And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sureUnto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth,…
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Dying in Fellowship – Genesis 23:2
Genesis 23:2 And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. There is something deeply beautiful here, even in the middle of heartbreak. Sarah dies in Hebron. That matters, because Hebron speaks of fellowship. She dies in a…
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A Remarkable Woman – Genesis 23:1
Genesis 23:1 And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah. There is something tender about the way this chapter opens. After the great mountain top scene of chapter 22, we come into a house of sorrow. Abraham had been asked to place his…
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Listen to Your Wife – Genesis 21:12
Genesis 21:12And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called. This is one of those verses that can make a man smile…
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Laughter at Last – Genesis 21:3-7
Genesis 21:3-7And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac. And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him. And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him. And Sarah said, God hath…
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A Covering, Not a Coward – Genesis 20:16
Genesis 20:16And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved. There is a sting in Abimelech’s words, and I think Abraham felt it. Notice…
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Same Old Sin – Genesis 20:2-3
Genesis 20:2-3And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man’s wife.…
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Laughing for Different Reasons – Genesis 18:9-12
Genesis 18:9-12 And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent. And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.…
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From Contention to Calling – Genesis 17:15-17
Genesis 17:15-17And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be…
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Laughing, Yet Still Traveling – 1 Peter 3:5-6
1 Peter 3:5-6 For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement. Peter reaches back…
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When Weak Faith Still Holds On – Hebrews 11:11–12
Hebrews 11:11, 12 Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised. Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and…
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Headship and Hearing – Ephesians 5:23–24
Ephesians 5:23–24 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. Headship in the kingdom of God never looks…