Flexing your faith muscle (Abraham: GENESIS 14:1-12)
Morning Mindset Christian Daily Devotional Bible study and prayer
Carey Green
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🗓️ 12 April 2023
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TODAY'S SCRIPTURE:
GENESIS 14:13-16 - Then one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew, who was living by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and of Aner. These were allies of Abram. 14 When Abram heard that his kinsman had been taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, 318 of them, and went in pursuit as far as Dan. 15 And he divided his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and defeated them and pursued them to Hobah, north of Damascus. 16 Then he brought back all the possessions, and also brought back his kinsman Lot with his possessions, and the women and the people.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, my friends. Welcome back. I'm glad you're here for the morning mindset. This is our |
| 0:08.8 | opportunity to get our minds aligned with the truth of God's work. Because as we do that, |
| 0:13.2 | we develop our faith. And did you realize that developing our faith is like building muscle |
| 0:19.6 | or stamina or endurance physically speaking? It's a very similar process and today we're going to |
| 0:25.2 | dive into a situation in the life of Abram where he has to flex his faith muscle in order to grow it |
| 0:32.1 | and he sees God come through. All right, let's look at Genesis 14 verses 13 through 16. |
| 0:38.9 | Now, we remember in yesterday's episode Abram's nephew Lot had gone to the land around Sodom and |
| 0:45.7 | Gomorrah, these two cities that were down in the plain of the area that they lived in. And these |
| 0:52.2 | nine kings come together in battle, totally unrelated to Lot, and they just sweep through the area |
| 0:58.0 | and some of the kings capture the city that Lot lives in and Lot is taken away into captivity. |
| 1:05.3 | Now in Genesis 14 verses 13 through 16, we're going to see Abram's response. |
| 1:10.5 | And this I would submit to you is an act of faith. Let's read it. It says them one who had escaped, |
| 1:17.5 | this is escaped from the battle of the nine kings, came and told Abram the Hebrew who was living |
| 1:23.1 | by the oaks of Mamray, the Amorite, brother of Ashkull and of Anor. These were allies of Abram. |
| 1:30.4 | So stop for a moment, Abram's living near this place where these three brothers live and they |
| 1:34.8 | become friends, they become allies. All right, beginning of verse 14 again, when Abram heard that his |
| 1:39.9 | kensmen had been taken captive, that's Lot. He led forth his trained men, born in his house, |
| 1:47.1 | 318 of them, and went in pursuit as far as Dan. So Abram is mounting a rescue operation for his |
| 1:55.4 | nephew Lot in his family and all of his people. In verse 15, he divided his forces against them by |
| 2:02.1 | night, he and his servants, and defeated them, and pursued them to Hoban north of Damascus. |
| 2:09.0 | Then he brought back all the possessions and also brought back his kensmen Lot with his |
| 2:13.5 | possessions and the women and the people. The friends, I don't know about you, but this sounds like |
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