Confianza en Dios: La Historia de Sara y Agar

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1. "What we see here is the humanity of Sarai. But also we see it in Hagar, who seems bitter with Sarai. And we see it in Abram, who just seems to kind of go the path of least resistance. Abram has been given a vision from God, and he believes God, but it isn't fulfilled after 10 years. Sarai is feeling many things from her inability to have children as she waits on this promise that seems like it's not going to happen." [46:57] (31 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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2. "For the first time in her life, she's experiencing something so different, so real, because she's experiencing the true, real God. That she is being seen, and she is being heard. Now, what's uncomfortable for us about this moment though, is that she's not told to keep running. She's not told, see you and I hear you, and I'm just going to magically snap and fix your situation. She's told, go back. Don't run away. I will bring about something in your situation, but go back." [51:54] (44 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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3. "Knowing that God, knowing that God, God saw her was enough to hit for Hagar to obey God and to go back. I want to mention something specific that I think is relevant to us as a church, because many of these things are individual, but I think there are certain things that maybe connect to us as a church as a whole. I'm speaking to those who have been around the church for a while. I hear and see a pain within the church at times regarding who we used to be." [55:07] (31 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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4. "We need to move forward into the future, believing that you're with us, trusting you, following you, obeying you. In one sense, this is so simple, but simple is not the same as easy, by the way. Easy is one thing, simple is another. It's simple. Say yes to God. How hard is that? Very hard. But are you willing to step out and say yes? God, wherever my situation has me right now, individually, wherever I am right now, I will say yes to you." [57:56] (32 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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5. "How many of us forgive others like God is the God that does miracles? Trusting God, I will forgive and I will see God bring about the victory. How many of us just accept our situation? This is where God has me right now. And I'm just going to accept this place that God has me because I believe God is the God that does miracles. How many of us, even in those moments of trial and difficulty and struggle, live with joy? Because we, we serve a God that does miracles." [01:04:17] (34 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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1. "Sarai finds herself in a difficult spot. She's probably looking at the customs and nations around her and saying maybe this is the answer. Right or wrong, this may answer our questions and our doubts about why would they do this. And it may help us understand, okay, there's some cultural things happening in this moment. It is possible she believes that this was an option that God had intended for them to follow. Yet with that said, I, like you, may question this either way." [45:30] (32 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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2. "When I think about the times in my life that things just seemed like I was walking through a desert, something that I realized is that although I wanted the desert to end, the end wasn't really the issue, and it wasn't really where the victory lied. The end was just the end. My willingness to trust God through the trial, believing that he saw my situation and was present through the desert, was where the victory lied. That's where the victory truly lied." [53:35] (36 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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3. "My question is, if God is a God of vision, he is the one who sees, he is the one who hears, and he is the one who has the plan, then are you simply willing to say yes to God? Not trying to look and say, this is what we need to do. This is how we need to do it. This is the direction. That's the direction. This is where we need to go. We better not go back to this. We better go to that. As opposed to stepping in and saying some kind of, some level of, and each one of these women, you see the challenge." [56:28] (36 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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4. "Sarah's laughter of disbelief, Abraham's laughter of disbelief and doubt has become laughter of joy and excitement and awe at all that God has done. God had a vision, and it came true. God had a vision of what would happen, and he fulfilled that vision. Now back to Hagar. Some of what God says to Hagar earlier on ends up happening. Ishmael happens to taunt Isaac. He taunts him, and Sarah finally says, I just want them to leave. So Abraham speaks to God, and God basically says, I will take care of the woman and the child." [01:05:58] (51 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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5. "God is a God that sees. God is a God that opens her eyes so she can see clearly as well. As difficult of a story as this may be, we may wrestle with both of these women and their situation. We look at what we see as a character in God. A God who sees and a God who hears. A God that sees what's going on in people's lives and eventually acts. Not always in the time that we want, but in his timing. These two side-by-side stories are not the type of stories that we may think of that are on a Hallmark type of movie, right?" [01:07:52] (40 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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