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What a friend

Friend of God, are you?

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What a friend

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How can God become a friend? Is friendship with God possible?

Lessons from the life of Abraham

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Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. And he was called the friend of God. (James 2:23)

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Abraham was a tent-dweller i.e. he lived a life of testimony & a life of separation

from the world

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Abraham was a tent-dweller along with his wife Sarah (Gen 18)

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Abraham was a tent-dweller in the heat of the day (Gen 18) i.e. even in difficult times

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Abraham was a tent-dweller when he had the son Isaac (Gen 21)

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Abraham son Isaac became the tent-

dweller along with his wife (Gen 24:67)

Train up a child in the way he should go,And when he is old he will not depart from it.(Proverbs 22:6)

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1. An alter of Praise (Gen 12)2. An alter of Prayer (Gen 13)3. An alter of Fellowship (Gen 13)4. An alter of Sacrifice (Gen 22)

Abraham’s life is marked by

four alters he built:

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