September 5, 2021
Passage:  Genesis 21:1-34
Speaker:  Josh Holland
Main Point:  There is joy, peace and life in knowing the Everlasting-God.

I. Respond to the wonderful, promise-keeping God.  (1-8)
            A. God’s timing is perfect
            B. I can obey because of God’s great salvation.
            C. Scoffing skeptics become smiling believers.

II. Appreciate the merciful, promise-protecting God. (9-21)
            A. Ishmael represents the old self-life, the flesh.
            B. Isaac depicts new birth in Christ.
            C. Grace is for all who have faith like Abraham.

III. Reflect on what God has done. (22-34)
            A. God’s work will be noticed.
            B. God works his peace into my troubled life.
            C. I have hope for the future because God’s love is everlasting.