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Courage

Walking out what God has said, even when life argues against it.

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How Abram's Lie Became the First Exodus (Genesis 12)

Day twenty of a walk through the whole Bible to know the God who speaks, opened up. Genesis 12:10-20 in the Hebrew: the famine (raab) that drove Abram down (yarad) to Egypt, the half-truth that put Sarai in Pharaoh's house, the plague (nega) God sent to guard His promise, and the Exodus pattern already forming here that runs all the way to the Son called up out of Egypt. Why the covenant rests on God's own faithfulness, and holds even when the patriarch's nerve fails.

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Abram in Egypt: The Fear That Nearly Cost the Promise (Genesis 12)

Day twenty of a walk through the whole Bible to know the God who speaks. A famine hits the promised land, and Abram, who days ago was building altars, goes down to Egypt, tells Pharaoh that Sarai is only his sister, and trades his wife's safety for his own. Why the promise survives anyway, how this whole scene is the Exodus in miniature, and what it means to carry your fear back to the God who keeps His word even when your trust runs thin.

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