The L ORD had said to Abram, "Leave your country, your people and your father's household and go to the land I will show you. I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you." So Abram left, as the L ORD had told him; and Lot went with him. Genesis 12:1-4a (NIV1984) If you haven't yet heard, or the over-the-top celebrations of Mardi Gras didn't tip you off, we are now in the season of Lent! Lent, the season when we are encouraged to give up something in order to turn our focus towards God and the ultimate sacrifice that he made by sending his son Jesus Christ into the world as a human being in order to die for the forgiveness of our sins and for the hope of having eternal life with him. In this passage, Abram (a.k.a. Abraham) is called to sacrifice everyt...
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