Genesis chapter 11.
We come to the end of our series in Genesis, these foundational chapters.
If we want to understand the story of the Bible, we really need to start at the beginning,
and we've been looking at these first foundational chapters, which really shape and help us understand the whole of the story.
So if you've missed any of the talks, maybe you've been teaching on Sunday School and you've missed them,
they're all recorded for you, they're all online, and they're there for you to follow up and to go over.
So we're going to read this morning our last part of the beginning of Genesis.
We're going to start chapter 11, verse 27, through to chapter 12 and verse 5.
Let's read, let's hear God's Word.
This is the account of Terah's family line.
Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Aaron, and Aaron became the father of Lot.
While his father Terah was still alive, Aaron died in Ur of the Chaldeans in the land of his birth.
Terah, Abram, and Nahor, both married.
The name of Abram's wife was Sarai.
The name of Nahor's wife was Milcah.
She was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milcah and Iscah.
Now Sarai was childless because she was not able to conceive.
Terah took his son Abram, his grandson, Lot of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the father of his son Abram.
And together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan.
But when they came to Aaron, they settled there.
Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.
And the Lord said to Abram,
Go from your country, your people, and from your father's household to the land I will show you.
I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you.
And 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 earth will be blessed through you.
So Abram went as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him.
Abram was 75 years old when he set out from Aaron.
He took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot,
All the possessions they had accumulated, and the people they had acquired in Aaron.
And they set out for the land of Canaan, and they arrived there.
Well, great words.
Let's pray and ask for God's help.
Father, we thank you for this account of beginnings.
The beginnings of the true story about God our Creator,
God our Redeemer.
Father, we pray that as we look at these words together,
they would shape us afresh to understand who you are,
and the people you have called us to be.
Would you open up our hearts and our minds
to receive your word?
Make us attentive.
And may we be obedient to what we hear.
In Jesus' name.
Amen.
Well, little Johnny sat down for his art class.
And in his excitement,
he accidentally put a streak of paint across his page.
So he put up his hand,
and he asked teacher for a clean new page.
You can have another sheet of paper,
but you must be more careful.
Johnny took the page,
promising that he was going to do better.
Well, it wasn't long into his painting
that Johnny got distracted again,
and he used green paint instead of blue paint for his sky.
So once again, he put up his hand,
and he asked teacher for a new clean page.
Teacher came down.
This is not good.
I warned you.
I told you to be careful.
I'm going to give you another sheet of paper,
but this is the last one.
Johnny was grateful,
and he promised teacher
that he wouldn't make any more mistakes again.
So being extra careful,
Johnny painted away,
and he was just putting his finishing touches
to his picture
when he knocked the water
for cleaning the brushes
all over the page.
Poor Johnny didn't even bother
putting his hand up.
Can you relate with little Johnny?
I can.
We promise, don't we,
that we're going to do better.
I promise I'm going to be more careful.
I'm going to try harder.
But we just keep messing up.
Using up all our chances,
we blow it again,
and again,
and again.
Well, that's been the story of Genesis,
hasn't it?
New beginnings
and failure.
Fresh starts
and falling.
Of course,
there's always the hope
that the next son,
the next generation,
is going to be better
than the one before.
But it seems,
no matter how many times
there's a restart,
it ends up
the same.
Humanity,
individually
and collectively,
insist
on living their own way.
Instead of representing
God's goodness
and reflecting
his greatness,
we've replaced
God with self.
We've put our self
at the centre
of the universe.
How is God
going to respond?
Is he going to give up?
Is he like
a teacher
who comes down
wagging his finger
and says,
I've given you
your last chance,
that's it,
no more?
Well,
thankfully,
God does
as he always does.
He responds
in grace.
He gives us
a clean,
fresh start.
A fresh start
that lasts
for an eternity.
Follow on screen.
No matter
how drastic
human sin
becomes,
destroying
what God
has made good
and bringing
the world
to the brink
of uncreation,
God's grace
never fails
to deliver
humankind
from the consequences
of their sin.
That summarises
the story
of Genesis.
Let me read
it again.
No matter
how drastic
human sin
becomes,
destroying
what God
has made good
and bringing
the world
to the brink
of uncreation,
God's grace
never fails
to deliver
mankind
from the
consequences
of their sin.
So in our text
this morning
we're going
to see
that God
acts
through one
man,
through Abraham,
later to become
Abraham,
to show us
that God
does not
give up.
Just as
Genesis
opened up
the words
with the words
of,
and God
said,
and brought
about the
creation of
the world,
this new
beginning,
so God
now speaks
again,
chapter 12
verse 1,
the Lord
said
to Abraham.
God's
word to
Abraham
signals
a restart,
a new
beginning,
but not
just to
Abraham
and his
family,
but to
all humanity,
to all
nations,
to all
people,
including
you and
I.
And
together
we're
going to
see
that
God
saves
by grace
through
faith
in God's
promise.
God
saves
by grace
through
faith
in God's
promise.
So let's
look at
each of
those in
turn.
First,
called
by God's
grace.
God's
act of
salvation
always
starts
with grace.
In other
words,
salvation
begins
with God's
initiative.
Look at
verse 1.
The Lord
said to
Abraham,
go from
your country,
your people,
and your
father's
household to
the land
I'm going
to show
you.
Now,
why
would God
choose
and call
Abraham?
Of all
the people
that there
are from
the family
line of
terror,
why
would God
choose
Abraham?
Well,
the answer
to that
is both
surprising
and shocking.
Keep your
finger in
Genesis 12
and go
forward to
the book
of Joshua.
So it's
Genesis,
Exodus,
Leviticus,
Numbers,
Deuteronomy,
Joshua.
Joshua
chapter 24.
Joshua.
And here
at the end
of Joshua,
he's reminding
God's people
of the
account
of Abraham.
We're
giving an
insight into
his calling.
So chapter
24,
and we're
going to
pick it up
in verse
2.
Joshua
said to
all the
people,
this is
what the
Lord,
the God
of Israel
said,
Long ago
your
ancestors,
including
Terah,
the father
of Abraham
and Nahor,
lived beyond
the river
Euphrates
and worshipped
other gods.
But I
took your
father Abraham
from the
land of
the Euphrates
and led
them throughout
Canaan and
gave him
many
descendants.
Now just
from these
couple of
verses we
learn three
things about
Abraham.
Here's the
first one.
He was
from a
family,
verse 2,
who worshipped
other gods.
They had
replaced the
one true
creator god
with their
own gods.
Gods whom
they could
manipulate and
control,
gods who
weren't going
to interfere
with them and
tell them what
to do.
They set up
their own
gods.
But not
only that,
second,
Abraham was
not seeking
the one
true god.
As we saw
back in
Genesis 11
as the
people increased,
they settled
down.
They were
meant to
scatter,
but they
settled down
building their
own life,
seeking to
establish a
name for
themselves.
And that's
what Abraham
and his
family were
doing.
They were
settling down.
building a
name for
themselves.
He's not
looking for
God.
He's not
seeking God.
He's not
calling out
for God.
But yet,
third,
he's
confronted by
God and
called by
God.
Look at
verse 3.
God
took
Abraham
from the
land beyond
the
Euphrates.
I took
him.
Literally,
God is
saying,
I turned
his heart
towards me.
I
intervened
into his
life in
such a
way that
he was
compelled
to follow
me.
It wasn't
Abraham's
will,
but it
was God's
will to
change his
heart and
to turn
him around
so that
he would
follow God.
You see,
the thing
is,
there was
nothing
special
about
Abraham.
There was
nothing in
his family
background,
nothing in
his religious
practice.
The only
thing that
he had
going for
him was
that he
was a
rebellious
sinner who
was neither
looking for
God nor
wanting God
and yet
God intervened
into his
life.
Doesn't that
surprise you
and doesn't
it shock
you?
You see,
we work
and we
live on
the basis
of merit.
It's all
about our
past performance.
It's all
about our
family pedigree.
It's all
about your
looks and
your success.
Everything
that we
have is
earned and
deserved.
Merit,
merit,
merit.
God
works on
the basis
of grace.
It's got
nothing to
do with
anything we
do or
anyone who
we are.
In fact,
it's not
even based
on our
future
performance
because if
we were to
take time
to read
through the
life of
Abraham,
we will
discover he's
a liar,
he's a
coward,
he's a
cheat,
he's a
doubter.
He's a
failure just
like you
and I.
But God's
grace to
Abraham is
one of
God intervening
by his
love,
giving to
him what
he doesn't
deserve.
It's God's
action to
save sinners
who cannot
even save
themselves.
You see,
the account
of Abraham
reminds us
that our
salvation,
the new
beginning and
the fresh
start that
we receive
is all
by grace.
It's not
your past
action,
it's not
your present
behavior,
it's not
even your
promise of
future goodness.
God calls
us and
God chooses
to show
grace towards
us simply
because he
delights and
he takes
great pleasure
in saving
broken,
messed up
people like
you and
I.
God saves
by grace
through faith
in God's
promises.
Isn't that
wonderful?
wonderful.
It's
amazing.
So,
first,
God calls
by grace.
Second,
he does
it to
receive
God's
promise.
God calls
Abraham by
grace,
let's go
back to
Genesis
chapter 12,
God calls
Abraham by
grace so
that he
might know
and experience
God's
great
promises.
And what
are those
promises?
Well,
let's read
again chapter
12,
verse 1.
The Lord
said to
Abraham,
go from
your country,
your people,
and from
your father's
household to
the land I
will show
you.
And I
will make
you into
a great
nation,
and I
will bless
you,
and 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
earth will
be blessed
through you.
Now,
there's different
ways we can
approach these
promises,
different ways we
can divide them
up or look at
them.
But broadly
speaking,
there are two
great promises
from God
to Abram.
We're going to
look at them
each in turn.
Here's the first
one.
Here's the first
promise.
Blessing
instead of
curse.
blessing
instead of
curse.
Remember Adam
and Eve,
right back
at the very
beginning,
living life
with God
in the
garden,
a perfect
life,
a good
life,
enjoying
his presence,
living under
God's rule.
But all
that changed
when they
followed the
desires of
their own
heart,
and they
believed the
lie of
Satan,
when Satan
came to
them and
said,
you can be
like God.
And they
started living
as if they
were God.
And by
taking God's
place,
everything
broke.
Everything
went out
of sync.
Disorder
and chaos.
And God's
response was
to curse
the world
and its
people.
They were
removed from
the land
of the
garden,
where everything
was beautiful
and good,
and brought
into a land
that produced
thorns and
thistles.
Not only
that,
they would
suffer
conflict.
Conflict
with each
other,
husband and
wife,
siblings,
and child
bearing
would become
hard and
difficult.
And now
God comes
to Abraham
and he
says to
him,
I am
now going
to bless
you,
not curse
you.
God
promises
a new
land,
verse 1
of chapter
12,
go to
the land
that I
will show
you.
I am
going to
bring you
into a
new place
to live,
a place
where you
can enjoy
God's
presence,
where he
will dwell
with you
once again.
And God
promises to
Abraham,
verse 2,
I am
going to
make you
into a
great nation,
I am
going to
give you
a great
name,
you are
going to
have
many
children,
your
family is
going to
grow and
to expand.
God is
going to
undo what
is broken
and he is
going to
put it
right,
he is
going to
reverse the
curse and
bring the
blessing.
Because
knowing
God's
grace is
to receive
unnumbered,
countless
blessings
from God.
so that's
the first
promise,
I am
going to
bring
blessing
instead of
curse.
And here is
the second
big promise,
this blessing
is going to
be for
all nations.
Look at
verse 3,
I will
bless those
who bless
you and
whoever
curses you
I will
curse and
all peoples
on earth
will be
blessed
through you.
God's
desire,
God's
intention
is not
just to
bless this
one man
Abram and
his family
but he is
going to
bless all
the nations
of the
world
through
Abram.
All the
peoples of
China,
all the
peoples of
Russia and
Afghanistan,
Iran and
Sudan and
Fiji and
Ireland and
all the
nations,
they are to
be blessed.
All peoples,
every language,
every culture,
every tribe,
God will
pour out his
goodness and
his kindness
and his love
on all peoples.
No nation is
to be excluded
or barred or
forgotten.
What amazing
great big
promises
that God
makes.
But you
know what,
if we've been
attentive to
reading Genesis,
promises,
we'll know
that these
are not
new promises.
These are
promises from
God that he
had stated
and he had
given right
from the
beginning and
they are
beginning to
be worked
out.
Let's have a
look back at
Genesis chapter
3.
Genesis chapter
3 recounts
how the curse
came,
the disobedience
of Adam and
Eve and how
God responded.
And in the
middle of all
the cursing
that God
does,
God makes
a promise
that will
shape the
history of
the entire
world for
all eternity.
And here's
the promise
that he makes.
The whole
Bible is
founded on
this one
promise.
Chapter 3
verse 15.
God is
speaking to
Satan and
he says to
Satan,
verse 15,
I will put
enmity between
you and the
woman and
between your
offspring and
hers.
And he,
that is one
of the
offspring of
the woman,
will crush
your head
Satan and
you will
strike his
heel.
A victorious
champion has
been promised.
Do you see
what God says
to Satan at
the end of
verse 15?
He will
crush your
head.
He, that
is a seed
from the
woman.
One of
her offspring
is going
to come.
The woman's
seed will
be one
just like
Adam, a
man, the
son of a
woman.
But unlike
Adam, he
will love
God and be
loyal to
God.
He's not
going to
sin and
mess up.
Instead, he's
going to
inflict a
blow that
will ultimately
crush Satan's
head.
The seed of
this woman
will be
victorious and
defeat Satan.
He will
destroy his
hold over
humanity.
He will
take the
curse and
break the
curse and
bring the
blessing.
That's the
promise of
God.
Go back to
chapter 12.
So with that
in mind, we
ask the
question, who
is this
promised
seed?
Who is
this son
who's going
to come
from the
woman to
bring the
blessings?
Well, at
first reading,
as we get
into chapter
12, it
seems like,
it appears
like, that
it's Abraham,
that he's
the long
awaited
promised
son.
After all,
God makes
him lots
of promises.
But as
we've seen
already, if
we're to
read on in
the story
of Abraham,
he fails
and he
sins and
he messes
up the
whole time.
You see, the
promises are
made not
just to
Abraham, but
to Abraham
and his
family.
Look at the
end of
verse 3.
And all
peoples on
earth will
be blessed
through you.
Go down
to verse
7.
The Lord
appeared to
Abraham and
said, to
your offspring,
and the
note there
at the
bottom of
your page
is singular,
to your
seed,
meaning one
person, I
will give
this land.
In other
words, one
from the
family line
of Abraham
would come
and bring
blessing.
The New
Testament, of
course, makes
that abundantly
clear to
us.
Let's go to
Galatians
chapter 3.
Turn with
me to
Galatians
chapter 3 in
the New
Testament.
Galatians
chapter 3
chapter 3.
And
verse 16.
Galatians
3 verse
16.
So we're
thinking of
the promise
that God
had made
that one
would come
from the
woman.
Is it
Abram?
Well, it's
certainly one
from his
family line.
Here we
come, chapter
3 verse
16.
The promises
were spoken
to Abraham
and to
his seed.
Scripture
does not
say and
to seeds,
meaning many
people, but
and to
your seed,
meaning one
person who
is Christ.
You see,
God uses
the family
line of
Abraham to
lead us
to the
promised
son.
Because
Jesus Christ
is the
promised seed
from the
woman that
God had
said all
along, right
back from
Genesis 3
15.
He is the
faithful,
obedient son
who will
live the
perfect life
for us so
that we can
receive the
blessings from
him.
Because all
the blessings
are now
in Christ.
So how do
we get to
receive all
the blessings
if they're
now in
Christ?
Well, go to
verse 26.
Galatians 3
verse 26.
So, in
Christ Jesus
you are all
children of
God through
faith.
For all of
you were
baptized into
Christ, have
clothed
yourself with
Christ.
there is
neither Jew
nor Gentile,
neither slave
nor free,
nor is there
male and
female, for
you are all
one in
Christ Jesus.
If you
belong to
Christ, then
you are
Abraham's
seed and
heirs
according to
the promise.
Anyone who
comes to
Christ, anyone
who trusts in
Christ, whatever
their nationality,
whatever your
past might
have been,
become the
children of
God, brothers
and sisters of
the Lord Jesus.
So all that
now belongs to
Christ, now
belongs to
us.
We become
co-heirs with
Christ.
We receive the
promised blessings
because we are
now through
faith in
Christ.
Can you see
what God is
doing?
In Christ,
God is
bringing about
a new
nation, a
new people
who are
brought together
just as
God had
promised
Abraham.
And in
Christ, God
is bringing a
people together
who can know
God and who
can enjoy his
presence
forever, just
as he
promised.
So as we
come to
Christ, we
are united
together to
be the
family of
God.
There is
no superiority,
there is no
inferiority.
We are
children under
God who've
been forgiven,
who are
loved, who
are treasured.
We become
co-heirs with
Christ, all
that is
his, now
becomes
ours.
Every
blessing that
belongs to
Christ is
now ours.
God saves
by grace
through faith
in God's
promise.
So, number
three, we've
looked at
grace, we've
looked at
the promise,
and it
comes through
faith in
God.
God calls
Abraham by
grace so
that he
might receive
the great and
good promises.
But if
Abraham is
going to
know and
experience
these promises,
he's got to
believe it.
faith.
There's got
to be
faith.
And his
faith is
seen in
three ways.
Let's look at
it together.
We need to
go back
again to
Genesis
chapter 12.
Let's see
Abraham's
faith.
Here's the
first one.
Faith is
expressed in
obedience.
Look at
verse 1.
The Lord
said to
Abraham,
go from
your country
and from
your people.
Verse 4.
So Abraham
went as
the Lord
told him.
You see,
faith is not
a feeling.
It's not an
idea.
It's not a
philosophy.
Faith is
obeying
what God
says.
It's
active.
God said
to Abraham,
Abraham,
go.
This is
my promise
to you.
Go.
And he
went.
It's a
call to
respond to
God's
word with
obedience.
Abraham
didn't know
where he
was going.
God
didn't give
him the
full plan
of what
the years
were going
to be like
as they
unfolded or
what the
land was
going to
be.
He didn't
know what
was going
on.
Scripture
even tells
us that.
Look at
the screen.
By faith,
Abraham,
when called
to go to
a place
he would
later receive
as his
inheritance,
obeyed
and went
even though
he didn't
know where
he was
going.
Now that's
what faith
is.
Faith is
expressed in
obedience all
the time.
And throughout
Scripture,
God continually
confronts us
with the
word of
his son.
Jesus says
to us,
the word
comes to
us and
says,
come to
me,
all you
who are
weary,
and I
will give
you rest.
How are
you going
to experience
that rest?
By obeying
the word.
Go to
Jesus.
And Jesus
says to
us,
come,
follow me,
and I
will make
you fishers
of men.
How are
we going
to experience
that change
and direction
in our
life?
By obeying
the word
and what it
says.
Go to
Jesus.
Of course
we'll have
questions.
We don't
know the
plan of
our life
and all
what it's
going to
entail
and what
it's
going to
look like.
Yes,
we will
have fear,
but that's
what faith
is.
It's
obeying
God's
word
because
God
said it.
He's
the
creator.
We're
the
created.
Faith
is always
expressed
in
obedience.
Second,
faith
is
treasuring
God
more than
anything
else.
It's
treasuring
God
more than
anything
else.
Look at
verse 1
again.
The
Lord
said to
Abraham,
go from
your
country,
from
your
people,
and from
your
father's
household,
to the
land I
will
show
you.
Now,
that to
me sounds
a little
bit like
a call
to
discipleship,
doesn't
it?
Put
yourself
in
Abraham's
shoes
for a
minute.
Out of
the blue,
God
says,
I want
you to
leave
Ireland.
I'm
going to
send you
to another
country.
Say
goodbye
to your
family.
Sell
your
house
because
you're
not
coming
back
here.
Or
maybe
God
comes
along
and
says,
I
want
you
to
leave
Cork
because
I'm
sending
you to
help
in a
church
plant
somewhere
else
in
Ireland.
You're
not going
to know
anyone
where you
go,
and you're
going to
feel like
an outsider.
Or
maybe
God
says,
I want
you to
leave your
career
for another
one.
It's
going to
mean less
pay,
but it's
going to
give you
more
time.
You're
going to
have to
downsize
your
house
and move
to a
new
place.
Where
you're
going to
go is
going to
be really
strange,
but I
want you
to go.
How
are you
going to
respond?
You
see,
you don't
get it,
do you?
Life
is good
here right
now.
I've
got my
family.
My
family are
all around
me.
And I've
got a
job.
I've
just got a
promotion.
I'm doing
quite well.
I've got a
good salary.
We're doing
well.
And my
kids,
they're all
settled.
They're in a
great school.
They've got
lots of
friends.
and I
mean all
the different
clubs and
all the
different
activities they
go to.
We're not
going there.
In other
words, what
we're saying
is, I
treasure my
comfort and
my security and
my familiarity more
than anything
else.
That's what's
important to
me.
How did
Abram respond?
Abram, I
want you to
go.
And he
went.
Why?
Because he
treasured God
more than
anything else
or anyone
else.
In other
words, he
trusted that
following God
and stepping
out in
faith,
whatever the
cost,
whatever the
hardship,
whatever the
suffering,
was nothing
compared to
walking in
obedience and
all the
blessings that
he would
receive from
God.
Nothing could
compare to
it.
It's what God
continues to
say to us.
Remember the
words of
Jesus?
Whoever wants
to save their
life will
lose it.
but whoever
loses their
life for me
and for the
gospel will
save it.
What good
is it for
someone to
gain the
whole world
yet forfeit
their soul?
So let me ask
a challenging
question to you
and to me.
What is it
that you
treasure
more than
God?
what do
you treasure
more than
God?
What comfort
and security
are you
holding on
to?
Is it your
family?
Is it your
job?
Is it your
home?
Lord,
you can have
anything you
want,
but you
are not
having
you fill
in the
blank.
you're not
touching it.
Faith is
treasuring
God
above
anything
else.
And third,
faith is
trusting the
one who
is faithful.
You see,
I read this
account
and I look
at the life
of Abram
and I say,
this call
of him,
go leave
your country,
go to
another
place,
go do
this.
Well,
that's great
for Abram,
but you
know what,
I just
don't have
that kind
of faith.
I'm just
not in
his category.
He's up
there,
I'm down
here.
I'm just
not able
for this
stepping out
business.
I just
can't do
it.
I try,
but I just
fail and
fall all
the time.
Abram's
faith was
not great
because of
how big
and how
strong his
faith was.
His
faith is
great
because his
faith is in
the faithfulness
of God.
His
faith is in
the faithfulness
of God.
He was
sinful,
he was
weak,
he was
disobedient
and fearful.
He simply
trusted in
what God
said he
will do.
And what
does God
say he
will do?
Look at
the promises,
look at
verse 2
with me.
Listen to
what God
said to
him.
Go,
I will
make you
into a
great nation
and I
will bless
you and
I will
make your
name great
and you
will be a
blessing and
I will
bless those
who bless
you and
whoever curses
you I
will curse
and all
peoples on
the earth
will be
blessed
through you.
I will
do it.
Don't
worry
Abraham,
I know
exactly what
your life
is like,
I know
what your
faith is
like,
but I
am faithful
to you.
Just as
God knows
Abraham's
heart,
so God
knows your
heart and
he knows
my heart.
It's never
about the
strength of
my faith,
but God's
faithfulness
to me.
I will
do it.
I will
do it.
I will
bless you.
Don't
believe me?
Well,
listen to
the Apostle
Paul because
he picks it
straight up
and he
applies it
right to
our heart.
Look at
what it
says.
Therefore,
the promise
comes by
faith,
so that
it may
be by
grace
and
may be,
can you
read that
word?
Guaranteed
to all
Abraham's
offspring.
Guaranteed.
It all
comes
from the
guarantee
of what
God will
do for
you and
for me.
God
saved
Abraham
and
through
him
he
would
save
the
nations
of the
world
for all
who
will
turn
to
him.
He
has
saved
me
and
I
know
he
has
saved
some
of
you
and
maybe
you
are
sitting
here
today
and
saying
can
he
save
me?
Yes
he
can.
By
grace
through
faith
in
God's
promise
I
will
do
it
for
you.
Let's
pray.
Amazing
grace
incredible
promises
simple
failing
faith.
Thank
you
Father
God
that
you
are
faithful
to
us.
You
are
faithful
in all
that you
say
and all
that you
do.
as
weak
as
we
are
we
trust
in
your
faithfulness
to
keep
us
to
hold
us
so
that
we
might
know
your
blessing.
Thank
you
Father
for all
that we
have
learned
together
through
this
account
of
Genesis
of
the
almighty
God
that
you
are
the
God
who
gives
new
beginnings
the
God
who
gives
a
restart
that
lasts
not
just
today
but
for
all
eternity
dealing
with
every
single
one
of
my
failures
past
present
and
future
nothing
will
hinder
what
God
promises
to
do.
Help
us
to
walk
in
obedient
faith
treasuring
you
above
all
else
stepping
out
and
doing
as you
command.
Amen.
We're
going to
sing.
Amen.