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Romans 4:18-21 (MSG)
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18 When everything was hopeless, Abraham believed anyway, deciding to live not on the basis of what he saw he couldn't do but on what God said he would do. And so he was made father of a multitude of peoples. God himself said to him, "You're going to have a 19 Abraham didn't focus on his own impotence and say, "It's hopeless. This hundred-year-old body could never father a child." Nor did he survey Sarah's decades of infertility and give up. 20 He didn't tiptoe around God's promise asking cautiously skeptical questions. He plunged into the promise and came up strong, ready for God, 21 sure that God would make good on what he had said.
This passage relates to the following topic(s):
(v. 20) Believing / Unbelief - Abraham - did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God
(v. 20) Promises - Abraham - fully persuaded that God had power to do what he promised
(v. 20) Strength / Sovereignty / Power - Abraham - strengthened in his faith
(v. 20) Strength / Sovereignty / Power - Abraham - fully persuaded that God had power to do what he promised
(v. 21) Promises - Abraham - fully persuaded that God had power to do what he promised
(v. 21) Strength / Sovereignty / Power - Abraham - fully persuaded that God had power to do what he promised
This passage is referenced in the following quiet time(s):
(v. 18) Power of Spiritual Thinking - Even though (2008-05-21)
(v. 18) Mind Change - Faith (2011-11-15)
(v. 18) Man of Hope (2015-06-06)
(v. 18) Righteousness that comes from faith (2011-05-24)
(v. 19) Righteousness that comes from faith (2011-05-24)
(v. 19) Mind Change - Faith (2011-11-15)
(v. 20) Righteousness that comes from faith (2011-05-24)
(v. 20) Promises of God - Being Fully Persuaded (2009-02-28)
(v. 20) Mind Change - Faith (2011-11-15)
(v. 21) Promises of God - Being Fully Persuaded (2009-02-28)
(v. 21) Mind Change - Faith (2011-11-15)
(v. 21) Righteousness that comes from faith (2011-05-24)
Definition(s):
Abraham (Ab-ra-ham): father of a great multitude
Abraham (Ehb-ra-ham): father of a great multitude
