One year bible day 8

If God promises us something we have to believe what he says is true. Don't hasited! Just believe.

How can you not believe in Gods promise to you? He made heaven and earth! He can do anything what He wants. Just believe. You can read in the bible what happens if we not believe in Gods promises. When you ask for Gods help He will help you. Don't go and do bad things. Wait for Gods help. He will help you when He knows the time is right.

Today I have read Genesis Chapter 15 & 16.

The Lord's Promise to Abram

The Lord replied, “No, he won't! You will have a son of your own, and everything you have will be his.” Then the Lord took Abram outside and said, “Look at the sky and see if you can count the stars. That's how many descendants you will have.” Abram believed the Lord, and the Lord was pleased with him.

The Lord Makes Another Promise to Abram

The Lord said to Abram, “I brought you here from Ur in Chaldea, and I gave you this land.” Abram asked, “Lord God, how can I know the land will be mine?”

As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and everything became dark and frightening. Then the Lord said:

Abram, you will live to an old age and die in peace.

But I solemnly promise that your descendants will live as foreigners in a land that doesn't belong to them. They will be forced into slavery and abused for four hundred years. But I will terribly punish the nation that enslaves them, and they will leave with many possessions.

Four generations later, your descendants will return here and take this land, because only then will the people who live here be so sinful that they deserve to be punished.

Hagar and Ishmael

Abram's wife Sarai had not been able to have any children. But she owned a young Egyptian slave woman named Hagar, and Sarai said to Abram, “The Lord has not given me any children. Sleep with my slave, and if she has a child, it will be mine.” Abram agreed, and Sarai gave him Hagar to be his wife. This happened after Abram had lived in the land of Canaan for ten years. Later, when Hagar knew she was going to have a baby, she became proud and was hateful to Sarai.