Genesis 18, 10 through 15. He said, now the he here, if you look up to the first line in

chapter 18, now the Lord, this is the Lord we're talking about

Now he said I will surely return to you at this time next year and behold

Sarah your wife will have a son and Sarah was And,

Sarah, your wife, will have a son. And Sarah was listening at the door which was behind him.

Now Abraham and Sarah were old and advanced in age.

Sarah was past childbirth. were old and advanced in age.

Sarah was past childbearing.

Sarah laughed to herself saying,

after I have become old,

shall I have pleasure with my Lord again also old?

And the Lord said to Abraham,

Why did Sarah laugh, saying,

shall I indeed bear a child when I'm too old? Is anything too difficult for the Lord? At the appointed time I will

return to you at this time next year and Sarah will have a son.

And Sarah denied it, however, saying,

I did not laugh,

for she was afraid.

And he said, no, but you did laugh.

Father, the picture that we have of you now in the story of Abraham and the birth of Isaac is a very, very powerful and encouraging story. And yet it goes against the grain of some natural things that we feel by nature and I pray that you would therefore come and by your spirit overcome

nature and by grace give us ears to hear and help us to trust you and to believe you to know the God of this

passage and to cast our lives upon you and to solve the problem of our lives with the message of this story.

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