AbrahamandSarahIN A SNAPSHOT• Lived as foreigners in Egypt• Waited twenty-five years fora son• Ancestors of the people of Israel• Remembered for their faithBig Promises:God called Abrahamand Sarah—originally named Abram andSarai—to leave their country and familyand go to an unknown land. How wouldyou feel if God asked you to move awayfrom everything you knew? God promisedthey would become a great nation, possessa lot of land, and have more people in theirfamily than they could count! There wasone big problem though: they were waypast the age when people can usually havebabies. But they believed God could dowhat he said.These names were a sign of how Godwas doing something new through them.Finally, after twenty-five years, their promised son was born! It was so incredible, theylaughed with joy. They even named theirson Isaac, which means “laughter.”Abraham and Sarah’s descendants becamethe people of Israel. Eventually, Jesus wasborn into Abraham’s family too. Abrahamhad doubts and made mistakes, but Godtransformed his heart and life. Abrahamtrusted God, and God kept his promise.Bad Decisions:Abram and Sarai’slives were like a roller coaster—up withhope, down with doubt. While they livedin Egypt, Abram pretended Sarai was hissister, not his wife, because he thought thelie would make things easier for them. ThenSarai got tired of waiting for a son, so shecame up with an idea: get Abram to marrytheir servant Hagar and have a child withher instead. They couldn’t understand howGod was going to do something they’dnever seen before.Impossible to Incredible: Godgave the couple new names to prepare fortheir great blessing: Abraham and Sarah.PASS THE TESTSThink of the last test or quiz you took.Abraham faced a number of tests in hislife, but they were a lot different from thetests you take in school. He was far fromperfect, but he trusted God, even when Godtested him.Can you remember a time when it was hardfor you to have faith in God? Today, pray thatGod would strengthen your faith and remindyou how trustworthy he is.
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