Hello, this is Ashley Chase welcoming you to the Mark Driscoll podcast.

For more content from my dad, Pastor Mark, senior pastor here at the Trinity Church in Scottsdale, Arizona,

visit real faith.com, where you'll find study guides to go along with each sermon series as he

preaches verse by verse through books of the Bible, daily devotions, free

e-books and more. Now grab your Bibles and get ready for today's sermon.

Well howdy welcome to the best time of the week.

We're going to be in a great book of the Bible called Genesis.

So first and foremost, if you've got your Bible,

go to Genesis chapter 15, and a brand new study guide comes out this week it covers

Genesis 15 through 26 you can grab a copy on your way out or it's free online at

real faith dot com under the store and I just love helping people learn

books of the Bible so thanks for giving me that opportunity and today we're

going to answer the question why should we trust God's promises to us and to our family.

Anytime you're entering into a significant relationship,

you're like, I want to date them, I want to be engaged,

I want to get married, I want to go into business,

I want to be friends with them, I want to invite them to do life with us.

Anytime you enter into a significant relationship as a general rule, it's just wise to say,

I'm going to get to know the people that know them the best.

The people that are closest to them, are they finding them trustworthy and truthful and honest and

integrous and dependable and faithful?

And if not, why would I enter into a relationship with someone

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