Title Look to the God of Answers
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Look to the God of answers
A person who prays prays with faith, but there is no answer.
- Why is God not answering?
God will make your descendants great to Abram.
I made a promise, but there was no response after 10 years
I'm starting to feel impatient.
Genesis 16:1-3 Sarai thought negatively about her servant, the Egyptian.
I hope that Hagar will bear children and pass on from generation to generation.
I recommend it to my husband.
# Because his environment seemed impossible in reality.
# At that time, the custom was to be passed down through the generations.
Genesis 16:15-16 When Hagar gave birth to Ishmael
Abraham was eighty-six years old.
Genesis 18:10 I will return to you at this time next year.
Yes, yes, Sarai will have a son.
As promised to Abraham, God had a child in his arms when he was 100 years old. named Isaac.
[A few lessons from Abraham]
1> Don't rush.
When God was 75 years old, Abram left his father's house.
I will make you a great nation...
I will make your name great
Ten years passed and there was no response.
The first thing I ask is, O LORD, what will you give me?
# God's promises are fulfilled in God's way
You do it according to God's plan.
# Pray before the promised God, not for 10 years
Even if you wait 20 or 30 years, it is God's responsibility for the answer.
God in our prayers
I am not responding according to my circumstances.
He responds so that the glory of God may be revealed.
I do not decide when to respond.
- Let God decide.
2> Abraham's mistake was that he heard the voice of men rather than the voice of God.
Ten years later, in human impatient thoughts,
Abram listened to Sarai.
* Because his environment seemed impossible in reality.
* Sarai's decision was made out of loyalty to her husband.
* It was a social custom at the time.
one important lesson
# Who do you remember in times of crisis?
(Is that person a spiritual person or a physical person?)
# Don't say anything decisive, even if it's a couple or a friend.
Pray and decide.
Because I believe.
3> Look at the work of God's supernatural response.
Abraham is 99 years old Sarah was 90 years old.
It was humanly impossible.
God's work does not follow human common sense.
Let the saints of Seohyun receive the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
# We must listen to the Word.
It is a lesson through Abraham, but there is a message to me.
# We must long for the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
# Don't make decisions based on circumstances, but wait for God to lead.
# Praise the Lord who will guide me, Lord who will guide me