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1 “Sometime later God tested Abraham. He Genesis 22:1-2 said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied. 2 Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about.” T E S T I N G A N D B L E S S I N G

faith is always tested. T E S T I N G A N D B L E S S I N G

“Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.” faith 1 Peter 4:12 is always tested. T E S T I N G A N D B L E S S I N G

faith in may not remove our God trials but it gives us God’s STRE STRENGTH GTH TO TO OVERC OVERCOM OME it. T E S T I N G A N D B L E S S I N G

Five Important GOD’S Lessons ULTIMATE TESTING OF ABRAHAM’S FAITH IN HIM T E S T I N G A N D B L E S S I N G

1 2 Five Important GOD’S Lessons 3 ULTIMATE TESTING OF 4 ABRAHAM’S FAITH IN HIM 5 T E S T I N G A N D B L E S S I N G

1 Obedience is a learned experience of knowing God. 2 Five Important GOD’S Lessons 3 ULTIMATE TESTING OF 4 ABRAHAM’S FAITH IN HIM 5 T E S T I N G A N D B L E S S I N G

The more you know God, the more you obey God. 1 Obedience is a learned experience of knowing God. The more you obey God, the more you will know God. The more blessings you will have! The greatest blessing of all is knowing God more and more! T E S T I N G A N D B L E S S I N G

Early the next morning Abraham got up and saddled his donkey. 1 Obedience is a learned He took with him two of his experience of knowing God. servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut enough wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the place God had told him about.” Genesis 22:3 T E S T I N G A N D B L E S S I N G

God is TRUE, ABLE, RELIABLE, AND FAITHFUL. T E S T I N G A N D B L E S S I N G

God is TRUE, ABLE, RELIABLE, AND FAITHFUL. PROVERBS 3:5 “Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.” T E S T I N G A N D B L E S S I N G

JOHN 10:27 “My sheep hear my voice. I know them and they follow me.” God is TRUE, ABLE, RELIABLE, AND FAITHFUL. PROVERBS 3:5 “Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.” T E S T I N G A N D B L E S S I N G

1 Obedience is a learned experience of knowing God. 2 Five Important GOD’S Lessons 3 ULTIMATE TESTING OF 4 ABRAHAM’S FAITH IN HIM 5 T E S T I N G A N D B L E S S I N G

1 Obedience is a learned experience of knowing God. 2 God’s intentions and plans Five Important for us are always the best. GOD’S Lessons 3 ULTIMATE TESTING OF 4 ABRAHAM’S FAITH IN HIM 5 T E S T I N G A N D B L E S S I N G

4 On the third day Abraham 2 God’s intentions and plans looked up and saw the place in for us are always the best. the distance. 5 He said to his servants, “Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. We will worship and then we will come back to you.” Genesis 22:4-5 T E S T I N G A N D B L E S S I N G

2 God’s intentions and plans “For I know the plans I have for us are always the best. for you, declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11 T E S T I N G A N D B L E S S I N G

1 Obedience is a learned experience of knowing God. 2 God’s intentions and plans Five Important for us are always the best. GOD’S Lessons 3 ULTIMATE TESTING OF 4 ABRAHAM’S FAITH IN HIM 5 T E S T I N G A N D B L E S S I N G

1 Obedience is a learned experience of knowing God. 2 God’s intentions and plans Five Important for us are always the best. GOD’S Lessons 3 True faith will persevere under trial. ULTIMATE TESTING OF 4 ABRAHAM’S FAITH IN HIM 5 T E S T I N G A N D B L E S S I N G

3 True faith will persevere under trial. 6 Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two of them went on together, 7 Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, “Father?” “Yes, my son?” Genesis 22:6-8 Abraham replied. The fire and wood are here, “Isaac said, “but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?” 8 Abraham answered, “God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two of them went on together.” T E S T I N G A N D B L E S S I N G

3 True faith will persevere under trial. “My grace is sufficient in you for my power is made perfect in weakness.” 2 Corinthians 12:9 T E S T I N G A N D B L E S S I N G

1 Obedience is a learned experience of knowing God. 2 God’s intentions and plans Five Important for us are always the best. GOD’S Lessons 3 True faith will persevere under trial. ULTIMATE TESTING OF 4 ABRAHAM’S FAITH IN HIM 5 T E S T I N G A N D B L E S S I N G

1 Obedience is a learned experience of knowing God. 2 God’s intentions and plans Five Important for us are always the best. GOD’S Lessons 3 True faith will persevere under trial. ULTIMATE TESTING OF God’s test reveals the depth 4 ABRAHAM’S of our faith in Him. FAITH IN HIM 5 T E S T I N G A N D B L E S S I N G

God’s test reveals the depth 4 9 When they reached the place of our faith in Him. God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. 10 Then he reached out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. Genesis 22:9-12 T E S T I N G A N D B L E S S I N G

11 But the angel of the LORD God’s test reveals the depth 4 called out to him from heaven, of our faith in Him. “Abraham! Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied. 12 “Do not lay a hand on the boy,” he said. “Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son.” Genesis 22:9-12 T E S T I N G A N D B L E S S I N G

1 Obedience is a learned experience of knowing God. 2 God’s intentions and plans Five Important for us are always the best. GOD’S Lessons 3 True faith will persevere under trial. ULTIMATE TESTING OF God’s test reveals the depth 4 ABRAHAM’S of our faith in Him. FAITH IN HIM 5 T E S T I N G A N D B L E S S I N G

1 Obedience is a learned experience of knowing God. 2 God’s intentions and plans Five Important for us are always the best. GOD’S Lessons 3 True faith will persevere under trial. ULTIMATE TESTING OF God’s test reveals the depth 4 ABRAHAM’S of our faith in Him. FAITH IN HIM 5 God rewards our faith in Him. T E S T I N G A N D B L E S S I N G

5 God rewards our faith in Him. 13 Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son. 14 So Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. And to this day it is said, on the mountain of the LORD it will be provided. Genesis 22:13-14 T E S T I N G A N D B L E S S I N G

1 Obedience is a learned experience of knowing God. 2 God’s intentions and plans Five Important for us are always the best. GOD’S Lessons 3 True faith will persevere under trial. ULTIMATE TESTING OF God’s test reveals the depth 4 ABRAHAM’S of our faith in Him. FAITH IN HIM 5 God rewards our faith in Him. T E S T I N G A N D B L E S S I N G

God always rewards true faith, because true faith honors Him! T E S T I N G A N D B L E S S I N G

PERSEVERING Persevering faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is the key to victory in our FAITH walk with Him. T E S T I N G A N D B L E S S I N G

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