THEE Word for the Week, July 12-16, 2010

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July 12-16, 2010 Genesis 20:1-21:5 “Risk: How God Protects His Children”  
Monday
• This excerpt is the 5th major movement of 10 in the account of Abraham’s life (Genesis 11:2725:10). Thumb through the pages of your Bible beginning with Genesis 11:27 through Chapter 20 and try to see what other major movements have taken place in Abraham’s life up to this point. Chapter 20 and 21 really focus on Abraham’s relationship with the nations, or people groups, begin this week by reading Chapter 20:1-21:5. Breakdown your reading by outlining the main ideas of the 23 verses Pray and ask God to give you wisdom and understanding when it comes to the life of Abraham and the story of God, and even the role you play in His story.
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Tuesday – Read Genesis 20:1-2
• • • Moses was leaving a location mentioned in Genesis 18:1. Where was Moses coming from? In which direction was he traveling? What ideas do you have as to why would the author include such details in the account? Why would Abraham call Sarah his sister? Read the account of Genesis 12:10-20, what strikes you about this account and the account of Abraham in Hebrews 11:8-12?
Wednesday – Read Genesis 20:3-16
• Break down and summarize the following verses: o 3-4 _________ & God o 6-7 The _________ of Abimelech o 8-10 __________ confronts __________ o 11-13 Abraham __________ o 14-16 __________ restores What strikes you about the response of Abimelech after the dream? What do you think the conversation was like as far as the confrontation…heated? Angry? Loud? Confused?
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Thursday – Read Genesis 20:17-18
• • • According to the account what was God healing in the home of Abimelech? Read verses 6-7. What was it that God said he would do if Abimelech did not restore Sarah? Was this dying an immediate death? Or can we see by looking ahead to verses 17 and 18 that it might be a death of the line of his family? How important is the lineage of the characters in the Scriptures?
Friday – Read Genesis 21:1-5 and 18:10
• • • • • The author shifts quickly to a new account; do you feel that there is an anti-climactic account here? Read 1-5 again of 21 and circle all of the actions taken by God. How does this, in addition to the simultaneous individual stories going on in this passage of Abimelech, Abraham, and Sarah show that God protects His children? How will that affect your spiritual walk and development? Pray that God will help you own this truth and help you spiritually lay this brick of truth into the foundation of your spiritual life, never to doubt again. Lean on it in temptations of doubt!