Ears to HearChurch Publishing, Inc., 2003 - 154 pages |
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... land I will show you . " I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you ; I will make your name great , and you will be a blessing . I will bless those who bless you , and whoever curses you I will curse ; and all peoples on ...
... land I will show you . " I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you ; I will make your name great , and you will be a blessing . I will bless those who bless you , and whoever curses you I will curse ; and all peoples on ...
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... land to which he was sent would someday belong to his offspring , though now it was occupied by strangers ( Gen 13 : 14-15 ; 17 : 8 ) . Abraham was a prime candidate for culture shock . God took him away from the civilization that had ...
... land to which he was sent would someday belong to his offspring , though now it was occupied by strangers ( Gen 13 : 14-15 ; 17 : 8 ) . Abraham was a prime candidate for culture shock . God took him away from the civilization that had ...
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... land like a stranger in a foreign country " ( Heb 11 : 8-9 ) . God commanded Abraham to risk . He could do that because he himself is a risk - taker . The story of the Bible , after all , is the story of God taking risks , from start to ...
... land like a stranger in a foreign country " ( Heb 11 : 8-9 ) . God commanded Abraham to risk . He could do that because he himself is a risk - taker . The story of the Bible , after all , is the story of God taking risks , from start to ...
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... land to which God calls you ? What " new thing " is God presenting to you ( see Isa 43:19 ) ? It may not be as dramatic as Abraham's journey from Ur to the promised land or as risky as Tom and Eileen's move across the state of ...
... land to which God calls you ? What " new thing " is God presenting to you ( see Isa 43:19 ) ? It may not be as dramatic as Abraham's journey from Ur to the promised land or as risky as Tom and Eileen's move across the state of ...
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... land , offspring , and measureless blessing . Third , he told Jacob , " I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you " ( 28:15 ) . Jacob reacted piously . " Surely the Lord is in this place , and I was not aware of it ...
... land , offspring , and measureless blessing . Third , he told Jacob , " I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you " ( 28:15 ) . Jacob reacted piously . " Surely the Lord is in this place , and I was not aware of it ...
Contents
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Gods Call to Ordinary People Bezalel and Oholiab | 38 |
The Fear of Gods Call Joshua | 47 |
Called by a Community Deborah | 56 |
Gods Call and Our SelfImage Gideon | 64 |
An Unlikely Call David | 82 |
Call Forwarding Elijah and Elisha | 91 |
Called in Brokenness Hosea | 100 |
Gods Intrusive Call Amos | 109 |
Called in Holiness Isaiah | 117 |
When a Call Becomes a Burden Jeremiah | 126 |
Restoring a Lost Call Zerubbabel | 135 |
Called by Circumstances Esther | 145 |
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