Genesis 21:8-21 Not Easy to Let Go (Wagner)
Letting go is never easy. Perhaps you have lost a love one. Some may have lost jobs. Others have had relationships which have ended. Abraham had a hard time saying goodbye to his son, Ishmael.
Letting go is never easy. Perhaps you have lost a love one. Some may have lost jobs. Others have had relationships which have ended. Abraham had a hard time saying goodbye to his son, Ishmael.
One day, Tony Campolo asked his students, “What do you suppose Jesus would have said to a prostitute?” One of his students answered, “Jesus never met a prostitute.”
There are times when all of us are faced with making decisions that test our faith. And we don’t always feel the assurance that God is with us. Unfortunately, our self-centeredness inhibits our ability to act in a way that gives us short term benefits instead of long term gains.
He showed me the holy city, Jerusalem. Its wall was jasper. The city was pure gold. The foundations were adorned with precious stones. He showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
"I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give freely to him who is thirsty from the spring of the water of life. He who overcomes, I will give him these things. I will be his God, and he will be my son."
The third resurrection appearance of Jesus to his disciples. He tells the disciple fishermen to cast their nets on the other side of the boat, and they get a great catch. He gives them bread and fish.
The Son of Man's coming again (25-28; see also Matthew 24:29-31; Mark 13:24-27) The fig tree (29-33; see also Matthew 24:32-35; Mark 13:28-31). Be careful not to be weighed down by cares of this life (34-38; see also Matthew 24:36-44; Mark 13:32-37).
Jesus foretells the destruction of the Temple (21:5-6) and answers his disciples question, "When will this be, and what will be the signs (21:7-19). (See also Matthew 24:1-14; Mark 13:1-13).
Yahvé visitó a Sara como había dicho, y Yahvé le hizo a Sara lo que había dicho. Sara concibió y dio a Abraham un hijo en su vejez, en el tiempo establecido por el cual Dios le había hablado.
The parable of the wicked tenants (see also Mark 12:1-12; Luke 20:9-19). "Hear another parable. There was a man who was a master of a household, who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a winepress in it, built a tower, leased it out to farmers, and went into another country."