Fear

God Turns Our Mess into Our Ministry

Genesis 20:10-11 – And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What did you see, that you did this thing?” Abraham said, “I did it because I thought, ‘There is no fear of God at all in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.’” Anyone who is married will tell you how easy it is to fall … Read more

God Saves Us from Ourselves

Genesis 20:17 – Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, and also healed his wife and female slaves so that they bore children. In the last devo, we saw in Genesis 20 how Abraham made the same foolish mistake as earlier in the book by, once again, trying to give his wife Sarah away. … Read more

Passive Men Harm Their Families

Genesis 20:10-11 – And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What did you see, that you did this thing?” Abraham said, “I did it because I thought, ‘There is no fear of God at all in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.’”  Genesis is an incredible case study of family systems – marriage, parenting, how … Read more

New Faith for an Old Fear

Genesis 22:8 – Abraham said, “God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” So they went both of them together. If you’ve been studying Genesis along with us for the past several months, you probably remember several instances in which Abraham shows a lack of faith, namely in giving his … Read more

Fear on the Rise

2 Timothy 1:7 – …for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control. Genesis 32:11 – Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I fear him, that he may come and attack me, the mothers with the children. Fear in … Read more

Run at the Fear

1 Kings 18:7 – And as Obadiah was on the way, behold, Elijah met him. And Obadiah recognized him and fell on his face and said, “Is it you, my lord Elijah?” Entering the story of Elijah in 1 Kings 18 is a man named Obadiah who, “feared the LORD greatly” (1 Kings 18:3) and … Read more