I will make you into a great nation,   and I will bless you; I will make your name great   and you will be a blessing. — Genesis 12:2 God promised that Abraham would be blessed, famous, and the father of a great nation. However, the verse concludes with the best part...

So Abram went, as the LORD had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he set out from Harran. He took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated and the people they had acquired in Harran, and they set out...

Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe. — Genesis 12:10 It would have been understandable for Abraham to question God’s promises. It would have made sense for him to feel dejected after...

Many seek an audience with a ruler,     but it is from the LORD that one gets justice. — Proverbs 29:26 We look to those with political power to make decisions, we must always remember that God is in full control. So, what about free will? We each have free will to...

Hebrews 4:12-16   New Living Translation   12 For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires. 13 Nothing in all...

Psalm 57:1-5   New Living Translation   1 Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy!     I look to you for protection. I will hide beneath the shadow of your wings     until the danger passes by. 2 I cry out to God Most High,     to God who will fulfill his purpose for me....

Romans 8:25-30   New Living Translation   25 But if we look forward to something we don’t yet have, we must wait patiently and confidently.) 26 And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don’t know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit...