Women's Weekly Bible Challenge

Hello and welcome to the Women’s Weekly Bible Challenge!  I’m Lisa Ann Spencer.  Today we will jump right into part 8 of When God Speaks to Women , and our continuing study of HAGAR. REVIEW: Last week we read Genesis 21:1-9 , regarding Sarah having a son at the age of 90.   The child, Isaac, was a miracle of God.   Some time after Isaac was weaned, Ishmael was seen by Sarah, mocking. Let’s pick up the story in Genesis 21:10 Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac. 11 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight because of his son. 12 And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall they seed be called. 13 And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed. Ishmael is a uniq...

Hello and Welcome to the Women’s Weekly Bible Challenge! I’m Lisa Ann Spencer.  This is part 5 in the series, When God Speaks to Women .  Thank you for joining me. We will jump right in to Hagar ; she is found 12 times in 10 verses.   Here are the search results: Genesis 16:1, 3-4, 8, 15-16 Genesis 21:9, 14, 17 Genesis 25:12 Agar is found in the New Testament 2 times. Galatians 4:24 Galatians 4:25 Last week we covered Genesis 16:1-7 , and we determined that the angel of the LORD who went looking for Hagar is God .   And why was He looking for her? Because she was with child by Abram, to whom God had made promises regarding his seed. Did you take the challenge and search for the location of Shur ?   Shur is found 6 times.   If you looked those up you probably discovered that Hagar was fleeing towards Egypt.   Check out these references to confirm that for yourself: Genesis 25:18 1 Samuel 15:7 1 Samuel 27:8 Let’s pick up Haga...