We read Psalm 20 as a pre-battle prayer and trace its call to put confidence in the Lord, then follow Abraham’s costly purchase of Machpelah in Genesis 23 as a tangible step of promise and honor for Sarah. We close by urging weary hearts to depend on God for today’s work and joy.

• Psalm 20 as a pre-battle prayer of dependence
• trusting God over skill, power, or strategy
• practical prayer for hard conversations and daily battles
• Sarah’s honored death and legacy of joy
• Abraham’s public purchase of Machpelah at full price
• a legal foothold in Canaan as promise in motion
• encouragement to pursue good works with God’s strength
• reminder that God keeps his promises

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We read Genesis 22 and Psalm 19 to trace how God tests, provides, and speaks. Abraham’s costly obedience meets David’s joyful trust, and together they call us to a steady confidence that God’s word revives and God’s promise holds.

• Abraham’s test on Moriah and the ram provided
• The name The Lord Will Provide as lived theology
• Psalm 19’s two books: creation and Scripture
• God’s law reviving the soul and making wise
• Prayer for words and thoughts to please God
• Testing versus temptation clarified with a pottery image
• Abraham’s confidence in God’s covenant with Isaac
• Encouragement for modern pressures and decisions
• God’s faithfulness despite human weakness

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We trace how God keeps his word in Genesis 21 and Psalm 18:43-50, from Isaac’s birth and Sarah’s joy to a desert well for Hagar and Ishmael, a peacemaking covenant at Beersheba, and David’s praise for deliverance. The thread ties to Jesus, the anointed King who fulfills every promise.

• Isaac’s birth as proof of God’s reliability
• Sarah’s laughter turning from doubt to joy
• Hagar and Ishmael preserved by a revealed well
• Beersheba treaty modeling honest peacemaking
• David’s praise centering God’s protection and justice
• Promises to David pointing to Jesus the Messiah
• Joy in promise given and greater joy in promise kept

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We read Genesis 20 and Psalm 18:25–42 and trace how spiritual stubbornness turns fear into excuses while humility opens the door to grace. Abraham’s repeat deception harms many, and Abimelech’s swift repentance shows what real correction looks like under God’s light.

• spiritual stubbornness exposed in Abraham’s repeated deceit
• ripple effects of sin on families and communities
• excusing versus confessing sin, and the cost of “technical truth”
• Abimelech’s humility and restitution as a model of repentance
• Psalm 18’s theme of God as light, shield and refuge
• choosing God’s proven word over fear-driven tactics
• practical steps for confession, repair and walking in the light

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We read Genesis 19 and Psalm 18:13-24 to trace judgment, mercy, and the rescue God gives to people who obey His clear commands. Lot’s fear, the city’s ruin, and David’s confidence reveal how confession and courage keep us steady when enemies close in.

• angels warn Lot and reveal God’s mercy
• the mob exposes the rot of Sodom
• Lot’s fear-driven offer shows how sin distorts judgment
• the fall of the cities and the danger of looking back
• aftermath in the cave and generational fallout
• David’s song of rescue and God’s delight
• righteousness as dependence, not self-made
• confession as a path to steady courage
• endurance through trials with hope in God’s clarity

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We read Genesis 18 and Psalm 18:1-12 and trace a single, steady thread: nothing is too hard for the Lord. From Sarah’s laugh to David’s cry, we explore how to pray boldly, trust deeply, and anchor our hope in God’s character when life feels uncertain.

• hospitality of Abraham and the promise to Sarah
• the piercing question that confronts doubt
• Abraham’s humble, bold intercession for Sodom
• Psalm 18’s portrait of God as rock and deliverer
• practical ways to remember and rehearse truth
• applying trust to parenting, work, and church life
• prayer in distress as a pattern for daily faith

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In Genesis 17, God renames Abram and confirms a covenant that stretches from Isaac to the nations. In Psalm 17 David teaches us how the word of God guards our steps and fuels bold prayer. We trace land, seed, and blessing as gospel echoes and learn simple ways to remember God’s faithfulness.

• covenant reaffirmed through land, seed, blessing
• Abram and Sarai renamed as Abraham and Sarah
• Isaac promised despite age and doubt
• circumcision instituted as covenant sign
• God’s faithfulness applied to daily life
• Psalm 17 as a model for guarded steps
• praying Scripture with confidence and clarity
• building tangible reminders of answered prayer

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We trace Sarai’s plan in Genesis 16, the pain that follows, and Hagar’s encounter with the God who sees, then turn to Psalm 16 for a vision of joy that fuels trust and obedience. We end by calling our church to zeal for good works shaped by grace.

• Sarai’s impatience and the cost of control
• Hagar at the well and the God who sees
• The angel of the Lord as a Christophany
• Trinitarian hints in the Old Testament
• Psalm 16’s path of life and true joy
• Obedience as glad worship, not cold duty
• Zealous good works anchored in grace and hope
• Practical heart check for trusting God’s timing

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