Jill Partis
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Circumcised Hearts
Genesis 17:9-14 In what sounds a very bizarre instruction to our modern ears, God now told Abraham that he and all the other males in his household should undergo circumcision – the cutting away of the foreskin – as a sign of their covenant with Him. Circumcision would demonstrate that
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What is in a Name?
Genesis 17:1-5 The events of this chapter took place 24 years after God’s call of Abram. He was now 99 years old and his son, Ishmael, was 13 but the child God had promised had still not arrived. It seems that Abram had settled for the idea that Ishmael would be his heir (see v.18)
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Walking in Step
Genesis 16:1-16 Ten years after Abram had believed God’s promise of a son, he and Sarai were still childless. In today’s passage we see that Sarai got fed up with waiting and decided to take matters into her own hands. Paul, commenting on this episode in Galatians 4:21-31, makes it clear that Sarai’s decision –
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The Vision of Faith
Genesis 13:14-18 My husband and I both enjoy taking photographs, particularly when we go on holiday. It constantly amazes me that we can be in the same place at the same time yet, when we compare the pictures we took, they are often completely different. They show that even people standing next to each other
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Separation
Genesis 13:1-11 When God called Abram at the beginning of his journey He commanded him to leave his country, his family and his father’s house. While Abram had been obedient to much of what God had said, he had brought with him one family member who should have been left behind – Lot, the son
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A Testing Time
Genesis 12:10-20 If you have stepped out and answered God’s call to walk through this life by faith in Him, you will almost certainly have come to points when your trust has faltered. That was certainly the case for Abram. His journey with God involved testing times and in today’s passage his faith fell short.
