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It felt like the end. That was how the Psalmist felt, and yet when he cried out to God, he found that he was saved. This is his personal testimony of life from death that he has shared with us. Psalm 116.

After the three mysterious visitors have helped restore Sarah's faith, they move onto the next part of their mission – to weigh the sin of Sodom. But Abraham finds he needs to speak to the Lord about it.

Three mysterious visitors come town and Abraham just knows there is something special about them. However, it seems they have come, partly at least, to help his wife Sarah.

There's been a bit of a pause since Ishmael was born. So has God finished with Abraham? Have the dubious events of chapter 16 derailed God's plans and promises?

Abraham is still without an heir, but the Lord reassures him that he shall not be lacking in children. In fact, the Lord shows him the stars and promises that his offspring shall be as numerous as the stars. Abraham believed the LORD, and he counted it to him as righteousness.

War comes to the land and Abram's nephew, Lot, is swept up in it and taken away. It's left to Uncle Abram to save the day and he proves victorious. Soon after, Abram meets Melchizedek, King of Salem and priest of God Most High.

After a disastrous episode in Egypt, Abram returns to worshipping the Lord and calling upon his name. However, the next test is not far off – his prosperity is causing problems. The land can't support the combined weight of Abram and Lot's wealth and so they must separate, but how will Abram approach this tricky decision?

Abraham made a great start. He believed God and left everything to go to the promised land. Sadly, when his belly began to rumble and there was no food to eat due to the famine, his faith seemed to get forgotten and it nearly all ended in disaster.

Revered as the father of faith, Abraham is one of the most important characters in the Bible. This week, we take a look at how God called him to leave his old life and to set out on a new life of faith.

An all-age service looking at three ways in which the OT anticipates Jesus