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Podcast Introduction Our reading today is Genesis 20-23, and I’m calling the episode “God Will Provide”.  We’ll do our “On This Day In Church History” segment, and I have a somewhat urgent prayer request at the end of the show. Comments on Thoughts on Genesis 22 God promised a son to Abraham and Sarah, but it took twenty-five long years for that promise to be fulfilled. Abraham was one hundred years old when Isaac was born, and Sarah ninety or ninety-one. After such a long wait, it is hard to imagine how happy they must have been to finally hold their baby, and how much they must have loved him.  The text tells us in verse one that God tested Abraham. It was a test of faith. As we have seen as we have been reading through Genesis, Abraham's faith was not always strong. But every failure is an opportunity to grow.  And now, with the birth of Isaac, Abraham has seen evidence that God fulfills his promises, even the most unlikely ones. Because of God's faithfulness in this and many other ins