Good evening.

Welcome back to Bedtime Bible Stories for adults.

The podcast dedicated to anyone who has trouble relaxing and falling asleep.

I hope that it has helped bring you some peace and rest.

Tonight, we continue with the story of Abraham and Sarah. God has promised that they will be the

father and mother of many nations. But they are both old and age, and Sarah has been

barren for years.

So they decide to take things into their own hands.

How many times do we get impatient and do the same?

Listen to how God fulfills his promise.

Sweet dreams. close your eyes slowly begin to relax your muscles from your neck to your shoulders, to your arms, your hands, your hands and fingers.

Your back, your legs, your legs, your calves, all the way to your toes.

Let the weight of your body sink into your bed and pillow.

Breathe in deeply and breathe out slowly. Empty your mind of any burdens or worries

and give them to God and prepare to listen to the Word of God. Now, Sarai, Abram's wife, had not been able to bear children for him.

But she had an Egyptian servant named Hagar.

So Sarai said to Abram,

The Lord has prevented me from having children.

Go and sleep with my servant.

Perhaps I can have children through her.

And Abram agreed with Sarai's proposal.

So Sarai took Hagar, the Egyptian servant, and gave her to Abram as a wife.

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