Welcome to the In Touch podcast with Charles Stanley for Thursday, January 8th.

The struggles you face can become powerful moments of spiritual growth.

Today's podcast reveals how God uses life's difficulties to deepen your faith and strengthen your commitment on trial.

Let's go back and look at Abraham for just a moment.

Here he is, now remember this, that he's 100 years old when Isaac was born.

Now remember what he said to him, he says, I want you to take your only son, Isaac, whom you love.

Now imagine waiting 100 years.

He's 100 years old when Isaac is born. He loves them. He's the

apple of his eye. His life begins to revolve around this young lad. He sees him as the air to all that God

has blessed him with. And remembering also that back over in the 15th chapter, when God began to speak to him and make a covenant with

Abraham he said he was going to bless him he says the stars of the sky he says that's the way

your descendants are going to be the sands of the sea that's the way your descendants are

going to be innumerable uncountable I'm going to bless you and he waited and he waited

and he waited for a hundred years old he was when

Isaac was born now God says to him Abraham yes Lord take thy son thine only son whom you

love to a place that I will show you Mount Moriah and offer him to me there. It's interesting what the scripture says,

because that's in verse two. Verse three begins this way. So Abraham rose up early in the morning

and saddle his donkey and took two of his young men with him and Isaac his son

split the wood for the burnt offering rose into the place of which God had told him.

I don't know about you, but I think I wouldn't have wanted to get up the next morning myself.

I don't think I would have slept all night.

I would have taken myself a long walk and I probably

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