Running To Win - 15 Minute Edition

Just like Abraham interceded to spare Sodom and Gomorrah, Christians make an impact in the world. In this message, we contemplate lessons on prayer for others, for our cities, and for our families. Despite Abraham’s intense intercession, the cities’ debauchery was relentless until their destruction. Was his prayer worth it? This month’s special offer is available for a donation of any amount. Get yours at https://offerrtw.com or call us at 1-800-215-5001.

Just like Abraham interceded to spare Sodom and Gomorrah, Christians make an impact in the world. In this message, we contemplate lessons on prayer for others, for our cities, and for our families. Despite Abraham’s intense intersession, the cities were destroyed. Was His prayer worth it? Let’s probe into the true purpose of prayer. This month’s special offer is available for a donation of any amount. Get yours at offerrtw.com or call us at 1-800-215-5001.

Some people feel another prayer request will just be a bother. Abraham had a dialog with the Lord about the fate of Sodom and Gomorrah. We can feel his desperation as he pleads for God’s justice. He asks that the righteous not be killed with the wicked. In this message, we find the first of three transforming lessons of Abraham’s intercession for Sodom and Gomorrah. This month’s special offer is available for a donation of any amount. Get yours at offerrtw.com or call us at 1-800-215-5001.

When we feel burned by unanswered prayer, we often neglect our friendship with God. With neighboring cities facing fire and brimstone, Abraham welcomed three men—no ordinary men—into his tent. In this message, we listen to Abraham’s intercession for Sodom and Gomorrah with transforming lessons for our prayer life. Let’s recover the primary purpose for prayer.   This month’s special offer is available for a donation of any amount. Get yours at offerrtw.com or call us at 1-800-215-5001.  

What drags our souls away from God does not have to keep us away. When God revealed His intention to give Abraham’s descendants the Promised Land, He also revealed a new name: El Shaddai, or God Almighty. He can make covenants that cannot be broken, as He did with Abraham. In this message, we are assured that God keeps us from the final lessons of God’s promise. This month’s special offer is available for a donation of any amount. Get yours at offerrtw.com or call us at 1-800-215-5001.

When resentment, envy, or anger entangle us, our souls are dragged away from God like the two sons of Abraham who parted ways. God’s intention was for Isaac to carry on the line of inheritance. In this message, we begin to look at three lessons about the flesh and submission to God. We cannot live as a child of promise and a child of the flesh at the same time. This month’s special offer is available for a donation of any amount. Get yours at offerrtw.com or call us at 1-800-215-5001.  

For 99 years he was known as “Abram” until God gave him the name “Abraham, the “father of many nations.” Arabs say the sons of Ishmael own what was then Canaan. Jews claim Isaac as the first son of promise based on Genesis 17. In this message, we see the participants in God’s covenant with Abraham. What might this land covenant teach us about our battle against the flesh? This month’s special offer is available for a donation of any amount. Get yours at offerrtw.com or call us at 1-800-215-5001.

When God is silent, we often doubt His promises. After the birth of Ishmael, Abraham did not hear from God for years. In this message, we are going to look at the nature of the God’s covenant with Abraham. God institutes circumcision to mark the newly expanded covenant. What happened when God called Abraham by name, the “father of many nations”? This month’s special offer is available for a donation of any amount. Get yours at offerrtw.com or call us at 1-800-215-5001.

We might be the victim of our own decisions or others. Abraham and Sarah’s maid Hagar bore a son—an heir. When she was pushed into the desert, God found her and comforted her. In this message, we look at God’s command and promise to Hagar. People do not have the last word. In our despair and our extremities, God sees and intervenes. This month’s special offer is available for a donation of any amount. Get yours at offerrtw.com or call us at 1-800-215-5001.

Since Abraham’s wife was past childbearing, he slept with their Egyptian maid, Hagar. The concocted plan backfired. Anger and bitterness took over their family. In this message, we identify the short and long-term consequences of trying to manipulate God’s promises. The result can still be seen in Middle Eastern tensions today. This month’s special offer is available for a donation of any amount. Get yours at offerrtw.com or call us at 1-800-215-5001.

Sometimes, we try to engineer circumstances to bring God’s will to pass. In the face of childlessness, Abraham and Sarah were faced with a decision—one of desperation, frustration, and opportunity. In this message, we walk through the sequence of events that led to conflict in Abraham’s family. The immediate consequences were devastating.  This month’s special offer is available for a donation of any amount. Get yours at offerrtw.com or call us at 1-800-215-5001.

How do we know God is working in us to bring about His purpose? In Genesis 15, God makes a covenant with Abraham—entirely based on His own word. In this message, we are invited to a covenant without conditions. What does it mean that the work of Jesus is all that is needed to gain eternal life? Our eternity depends on it. This month’s special offer is available for a donation of any amount. Get yours at offerrtw.com or call us at 1-800-215-5001.

Can our eternal future be guaranteed? God promised Abraham many offspring, more than the stars in the heavens, pledging to give them Canaan. In this message, we reflect on another promise God gave Abraham: his faith was “counted to him for righteousness.” This gift provides the faith and right standing before God announced in the gospel. This month’s special offer is available for a donation of any amount. Get yours at offerrtw.com or call us at 1-800-215-5001.

When situations spiral into sin or anxiety, what really matters is our own trust and whether God is trustworthy. In Genesis 15, God makes an astounding promise. But Abraham is obsessed with the problem of the promise. In this message, we begin to reflect on God’s three promises to Abraham. Do we trust God to protect and preserve us? This month’s special offer is available for a donation of any amount. Get yours at offerrtw.com or call us at 1-800-215-5001.

In our heart of hearts, we have a choice of allegiances: receive God’s blessing or manipulate to our own ends. Lot chose to ally with the King of Sodom. Abraham paid homage to the King of Salem, priest of God Most High. In this message, we perform a heart check on what possesses us at our points of decision. Our choices expose what we really want.   

On his journey, Abraham meets someone named Melchizedek near what is now Jerusalem. He recognizes this other man of God’s spiritual authority, giving a tenth of all that he had. Just who is Melchizedek? In this message, we find three lessons for our hearts today. Let’s explore the mystery.  This month’s special offer is available for a donation of any amount. Get yours at offerrtw.com or call us at 1-800-215-5001.

The decisions we make—even about money—have eternal consequences. After an unusual victory in battle, Abraham is given a choice to be generous. In this message, we are introduced to two kings at Abraham’s point of decision. Are we living like God owns everything or do our decisions and bank accounts say otherwise?  This month’s special offer is available for a donation of any amount. Get yours at offerrtw.com or call us at 1-800-215-5001.

In tracing the life of Abraham, we also trace the lives of his relatives. Lot lifted his eyes only to choose the best land, while Abraham lifted his eyes to what God gave him. In this message, we find two ways to live:  looking out for number one, or letting God be God. God gives His best to those who entrust their future and legacy to Him. This month’s special offer is available for a donation of any amount. Get yours at offerrtw.com or call us at 1-800-215-5001.

“Respectable sins” are often the most dangerous in families. Abraham let his nephew Lot pick the land he wanted while agreeing to take what was remaining. Lot’s pursuit of prestige and position would result in terrible consequences, affecting his testimony, his family, and his character. This is the law of unintended consequences.  This month’s special offer is available for a donation of any amount. Get yours at offerrtw.com or call us at 1-800-215-5001.

After failing his first test by lying about Sarah in Egypt, Abraham returned to God. Yet his renewed faith is tested again during a dispute about land. In this message, we meet two men—Abraham and his nephew, Lot—at the impasse of faith. Let’s learn from Abraham why we do not have to manipulate circumstances or insist on our own rights. God has our lives in His hands. This month’s special offer is available for a donation of any amount. Get yours at offerrtw.com or call us at 1-800-215-5001.