Key Verse: Verses 8 & 11 – “By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.”
Key Words: By faith Abraham...Through faith… Sarah
As you study the lives of Abraham and Sarah, you can find failures; such as going into Egypt, lying about Sarah being Abraham’s sister, an immoral relationship with Hagar. But these sweethearts were also mighty in their faith. No doubt, their faith in God was one thing that helped bind them together. Their faith also made them faithful to God which is the key to remaining sweethearts. God does reward faithfulness.
Charles Spurgeon preached to thousands in London each Lord’s Day, yet he started his ministry by passing out tracts and teaching a Sunday School class as a teenager. When he began to give short addresses to the Sunday School, God blessed his ministry of the Word. He was invited to preach in obscure places in the countryside, and he used every opportunity to honor the Lord. He was faithful in the small things, and God trusted him with the greater things. “I am perfectly sure,” he said, “that, if I had not been willing to preach to the small gatherings of people in obscure country places, I should never have had the privilege of preaching to thousands of men and women in large buildings all over the land.” Remember our Lord’s rule, “whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased, and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.”
Abraham and Sarah – sweethearts who lived by faith – what a great lesson for us all!
Dr. Mike Rouse
What to do:
✞The couple who lives for God will grow old together.
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