Hello and welcome to Bible stories. I'm your host Matt. Your buddy Todd is out today

but I could not wait to get back in the saddle and bring you a brand new Bible story because friends, mom's

friends, we need to talk about some family matters. That's right. As you're

listening to this there's a solid chance that you are self-quarantine and your home, and it may feel like the walls are closing in on you. But I want to talk to you about some real family dynamics. I'm talking about a family

that was so filled with drama you're not going to believe it. I'm talking about

Abraham and his wife Sarah and his wife Hagar that's right friend does

today we're going to talk about the fate of Hagar and her son Ishmael. This one comes from Genesis chapter 21 and it goes a little something like this.

Family drama does not begin to cover the dynamics between Abraham and his wives.

Yep, just to make sure we got it.

That's right, Mom, wives plural.

You'll remember that Abraham and Sarah had desperately wanted children.

They prayed to God for a child.

God heard their prayers and promised them a son, a son of blessing,

and through this son that they'd have more descendants than stars in the sky,

pieces of sand on the shore. It was incredible. But Sarah, she begins to get anxious about not being able to get pregnant.

She begins to doubt God that he's going to come through on his promises,

and she says this to her husband. The Lord has kept me from having children. Go sleep with my slave.

Perhaps I can build a family through her. And mom I'd like to tell you that Abraham and Sarah then sat down and had a real heart to heart.

They talked about the fear and they discussed their anxieties and they came to the conclusion that God will

fulfill his promises and they've got nothing to worry about. They said about

their ways they maybe did some Sudoku, finished a puzzle and had a great evening

but instead, nope, they did that weird thing.

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