Genesis 12 - Praying God's Word

Please read Genesis 12.

https://www.blueletterbible.org/nasb/gen/12/1/s_12001

Meditate on verses 1-3.

Now the LORD said to Abram,

 “Go forth from your country, and from your relatives,

 and from your father’s house,

to the land which I will show you;


and I will make you a great nation,


and I will bless you, and make your name great;

and so you shall be a blessing;


and I will bless those who bless you,
and the one who curses you I will curse.


And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”

You are about to start the Christian season many believers refer to as Advent. Advent begins four Sundays before Christmas day. It is a time for meditation and prayer in anticipation of celebrating the coming of Christ to earth as the perfect and acceptable sacrifice for the sins of the world.

Genesis 12 contains a prophecy from God to Abram about the Messiah. When God told Abram, “in you all the families of the earth will be blessed” (v. 3), God was prophesying that the Savior for the entire world would be a descendant of Abram.

As you continue reading Genesis for the rest of the year, look for Jesus. Genesis was part of the Scriptures Paul used to give evidence that Jesus is the Christ and to explain salvation through faith in Him (Acts 17:2-3). The New Testament was just beginning to be written when Peter, James, Paul, and the other New Testament preachers were teaching. The Scriptures the writers of the New Testament used are the same Scriptures used today known as the Old Testament.

Look for evidence that Jesus is the Messiah in Genesis. It is a great treasure hunt!

Pray Genesis 12:3b, 4, and 8 over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

“LORD, thank You for blessing _________ and me.

Help us go forth just as You command us to go.

Wherever we go, may we worship You
and call on Your name, LORD.


Because of You, Jesus~”