{"id":72049,"date":"2025-02-11T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T05:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/?p=72049"},"modified":"2025-02-07T15:53:36","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T20:53:36","slug":"i-will-bless-you-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/i-will-bless-you-2\/","title":{"rendered":"I Will Bless You"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Scripture Reading: Genesis 12:1-7, Galatians 3:15-29, Romans 4:13-25, Hebrews 11:8-16<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After you finish reading today\u2019s Scriptures, come back and read the essay here to dig deeper into the ways we see this specific promise at work in our day\u2019s reading. Then join your fellow Bible readers in the comments to reflect on and discuss what you\u2019re learning!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In Genesis 12, amid the chaos and brokenness in the opening narratives of Scripture, we find a command with a promise. God established a covenant with Abraham, promising to make him into a great nation. From Abraham, the blessing of that promise would extend to all the peoples of the earth. The Lord was establishing a covenant family, the people of God. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Galatians 3:16 says, \u201cThe promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed,\u201d and that seed is Christ. Abraham had faith in the promise, and today we get to have faith in the One who fulfilled the promise. Through the New Testament authors, we see that the blessings of Abraham \u201cwill be credited to us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead\u201d (Rm 4:24). Therefore, those who are in<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christ have been grafted into this blessing that God first promised Abraham.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Scripture Reading: Genesis 12:1-7, Galatians 3:15-29, Romans 4:13-25, Hebrews 11:8-16 After you finish reading today\u2019s Scriptures, come back and read the essay here to dig deeper into the ways we see this specific promise at work in our day\u2019s reading. Then join your fellow Bible readers in the comments to reflect on and discuss what […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":71902,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[295],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-promisesofgod"],"acf":{"hero_background_image":false,"related_plans":[71942],"weekly_truth":false,"grace_day":false,"share_text":"#SheReadsTruth","devotional_text":"I WILL BLESS YOU<\/b>

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After you finish reading today\u2019s Scriptures, come back and read the essay here to dig deeper into the ways we see this specific promise at work in our day\u2019s reading. Then join your fellow Bible readers in the comments to reflect on and discuss what you\u2019re learning!<\/p>
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In Genesis 12, amid the chaos and brokenness in the opening narratives of Scripture, we find a command with a promise. God established a covenant with Abraham, promising to make him into a great nation. From Abraham, the blessing of that promise would extend to all the peoples of the earth. The Lord was establishing a covenant family, the people of God.<\/p>
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Galatians 3:16 says, \u201cThe promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed,\u201d and that seed is Christ. Abraham had faith in the promise, and today we get to have faith in the One who fulfilled the promise. Through the New Testament authors, we see that the blessings of Abraham \u201cwill be credited to us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead\u201d (Rm 4:24). Therefore, those who are in
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