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“Then the Lord said to Abraham, ‘Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I really have a child, now that I am old?’ Is anything too hard for the Lord? I will return to you at the appointed time next year, and Sarah will have a son. Sarah was afraid, so she lied and said, ‘I did not laugh.’ But he said, ‘Yes, you did laugh.’” (Genesis 18:13-15 NIV) There are many stories that show how sometimes we don’t trust God because we forget that nothing is impossible for him. In the story of Abraham, we see how easily we lose trust in God.
God promised Abraham that he would have many descendants, more than one could count. As Abraham and Sarah got older, they started doubting Jesus’ promise. Sarah thought she would go ahead and help Jesus fulfill the promise he made. So, she tells her servant, Hagar, to have Abraham’s child. Instead of rejecting the idea, he goes ahead and gives Hagar a child, This is definitely not what God planned, but it was a result of Abraham and Sarah not having faith that he would give them children. …show more content…
Abraham thought that the pharaoh would see his wife and kill him so that he could have her. As a result, they tell Pharaoh that they are siblings. Not knowing that they were actually husband and wife, Pharaoh takes Sarah. God punishes Egypt, even though it was Abraham’s fault and not Pharaoh’s. God tells Pharaoh that Sarah is actually Pharaoh’s wife, and Pharaoh asks him to not punish him for it, because he had no idea that was the reality of the situation. And God removes whatever punishment he had set on Egypt. Again, this happened only because Abraham didn’t trust that God would protect him and his wife

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