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Well, it’s nearly the end of another amazing YP’s year – and what a year it’s been! We’ve met the Wisdoms, the Ephesians, Elijah and Elisha, the Trinity and Timid Tim. We’ve studied our Divine Design, how to survive testing times, our attitudes, and peeked inside God’s Tent. And then there were Insite’s offerings: Operation Mobilisation, Christians in Sport, homelessness, holidays … too much for my little brain to take in! This Insite is just as spectacular as all the others have been – but it is sadly the last one Becky will be writing. She tells you why and bids you ‘au revoir’ inside, and on behalf of all of you, and the YP’s Team here, we want to thank Becky for all her contributions and pray she carries on doing great stuff for God in the future. As we say goodbye to 2012 and start to think about 2013, I pray that God will help you to live out all the things you’ve learned this year. May what He has been teaching you travel that huge journey from your brain to your heart and take root, so that your life will be fruitful and pleasing to Him as you go through into the New Year – knowing just how much He loves and accepts you. And, may you then in turn show that love and acceptance to your mates and family. See you next year!
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THURS 1 NOV Genesis 11:27–32; Hebrews 11:8
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fRi 2 NOV Genesis 12:1–9
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‘Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife?’ Genesis 12:18
Abram is settled in the promised land. He’s built an altar to God. What more does he need?
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SaT 3 NOV Genesis 12:10–20
Food For STArTerS!
When the famine struck I wonder if Abram and Sarai had any regrets about leaving Ur. Did they have doubts they had done the right thing? Did they have doubts God cared about them? Abram and Sarai headed south into the fertile Nile valley in Egypt in search of food. News that there was a beautiful woman in town reached Pharaoh, who wanted to add her to his collection. At this point Abram bottled out of trusting God. Yes, the man of faith lost his head! He was afraid to say that Sarai was his wife in case Pharaoh did him in. So he pretended Sarai was his sister. (Mmm, that was brave – not!!) God, however, wasn’t having any of this. He had plans for Sarai to be the mummy of a great nation, not an Egyptian mummy. So Pharaoh was taken out of action with a serious illness until the truth came out. Abram got himself into a super mess by telling lies. He had let God down, but God didn’t let him down or go back on His promises. God made sure Abram and Sarai were allowed to return to the promised land with all the food they needed.
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SUN 4 NOV Genesis 13:1–13
‘There Abram called on the name of the Lord.’ Genesis 13:4
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Making choi ces is never easy. What seems best for us may not be best So use your for us. head! It mak es sense to with God fir talk st and ask fo r His advice Talk with Go . d about your friendships lot was dete too. rmined to go his own way and ended up hanging ar ound with so fairly undesi me rable charac ters. Go God’ way and yo s u’ll always have Him as closest Frie your nd.
mON 5 NOV Genesis 13:14–18
‘Go, walk through the length and breadth of the land, for I am giving it to you.’ Genesis 13:17
So had Abram been left with second best? once lot had chosen his lot, God showed Abram a lot more. Lot rushed off to claim his prize pasture land, a 25-mile stretch of the fertile Jordan valley. Abram remained on the hill top (just north of where Jerusalem is today). His head was down. What was he thinking? Was he worried about the future? How would his flocks survive in the wild rocky hills? And what about God’s promises to him? ‘What’s with the jaw on the floor? Don’t look down – look up!’ It was God speaking! God always honours those who put Him first. There was no way Abram was going to come out of this second best – not with God in charge. God told Abram to look up, then look around. He could see for miles in every direction, right out to the coast, along the Jordan valley, and over the hill ranges. As he looked up, things started looking up. God promised that all this land would be his – including the patch that Lot had selfishly chosen. It would become his family property forever. (Check out your atlas and you’ll see Abram’s descendants, the Jews, really do occupy all the land Abram saw that day. God keeps His promises.) God’s gift to Abram was better and bigger than any Nationa l Lottery payout. So ho w did he cele brate? After a quick tour of his va st new family estate Abram built an altar and worshipped God. Instead of ending up as a down-an d-out, he ende d up going out, then do wn – in prai se to God.
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