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  • Herman Abrahams avatar

    Names Of God - Devotion No.2 - El-Roy - The God Who Sees (By Ron Botha) Series

    Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Jul 10, 2006
    based on 20 ratings
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    The Title “El-Roy” or the God who Sees was given to God by an Egyptian slave woman named Hagar. In Genesis 16:1-13 the familiar story of the tension between Hagar, Abraham’s servant, and Sarah, has all the ingredients of a modern day Hollywood soapie.

    NOTE TO THE READER: --------------------- This meditation was written by my ministerial colleague, Ron Botha. Ron is Director of Kingdom Ministries International, a covering body for churches and ministries and is based in Cape Town, South Africa. If you have been blessed by this meditation, ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

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    4 Mistakes In Dealing With Problems

    Contributed by Joel Santos on Jul 31, 2006
    based on 44 ratings
     | 12,997 views

    Let’s look this morning Abraham, Sarah’s, and Hagar’s mistakes in dealing with their problems.

    4 MISTAKES IN DEALING WITH PROBLEMS Genesis 16:1-16 INTRODUCTION: According to management expert Peter Drucker, managers do not generally spend a great deal of time making decisions. Decision making is, however, the task that has the most far-reaching consequences. It’s imperative that managers ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • David Owens avatar

    Avoiding The Mistake Of Impatience Series

    Contributed by David Owens on Jul 10, 2007
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     | 12,824 views

    Abraham and Sarah grew impatient and took matters into their own hands. If we are not careful, we can make the same mistake.

    Introduction: A. The story is told of two little boys who were waiting for breakfast one morning. 1. As their mother was preparing some pancakes, the boys began to argue loudly over who would get the first one from the griddle. 2. Their mother saw an opportunity to teach a lesson. 3. She said, “If ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • K. Edward Skidmore avatar

    The God Who Sees Me Series

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Apr 3, 2007
    based on 79 ratings
     | 37,995 views

    In Genesis 16 Hagar, the servant girl of Sarai has a personal encounter with God and calls Him "El Roi" "The God who sees me"

    Genesis Series # 4 CHCC: February 4, 2007 The God, Who Sees Me Genesis 16:1-14 INTRODUCTION: An atheist was out fishing in Scotland, when all of a sudden a huge Dragon type Amphibian began to emerge from the water. With snarling teeth it slithered closer to the atheist. In desperation he ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Richard Cathers avatar

    Genesis 16 Series

    Contributed by Richard Cathers on Apr 16, 2007
    based on 10 ratings
     | 10,731 views

    Verse by verse study of Genesis 16

    Genesis 16 Sunday Morning Bible Study February 18, 2007 Introduction God has made promises to Abram. In Gen. 12:2, God promised to make Abram a “great nation”. We saw last week in Gen. 15:4 that God promised that “one will come from your own body” and that Abram would have so many descendants that ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

  • Amy Bickel avatar

    The Middle East Crisis: Land For Peace? (Part 2) Series

    Contributed by Amy Bickel on Jun 9, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,469 views

    Look at the promises that God made to the Arab peoples. Continuation of the Middle East Crisis series.

    Today we are going to continue our study on the Mideast with part 2 of “The Middle East Crisis: Land for Peace?”. I’m constantly surprised and even disgusted by the news reports I see from major news networks presenting heavily biased, anti-Israeli accounts of what is occurring between Israel and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Roots Of Islam Series

    Contributed by Hal Seed on Jul 27, 2007
    based on 31 ratings
     | 16,265 views

    This two-week series was given two weeks after 9-11, to inform about the nature of Islam.

    [This sermon is contributed by Hal Seed of New Song Church in Oceanside, California and of www.PastorMentor.com. Hal is the author of numerous books including The God Questions and The Bible Questions. If you are interested in The Bible Questions Church-wide Campaign, please visit and watch Hal’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Duane Brown avatar

    Hot Sand, No Water Just Grace

    Contributed by Duane Brown on Oct 26, 2003
    based on 37 ratings
     | 10,820 views

    Hagar was lost from herself, but never from God

    Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar; 2 so she said to Abram, "The LORD has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family through her." Abram agreed to what Sarai said. 3 So after Abram had ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    The Hagar Affair Series

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Nov 29, 2004
    based on 36 ratings
     | 8,957 views

    The birth of Ishmael came about as a lapse of faith. Like Abram & Sarah, we sometimes try to “help God out,” when instead we should be waiting and trusting.

    “The Hagar Affair” Genesis 16 & Galatians 4 Pastor Bob Leroe, Cliftondale Congregational Church, Saugus Massachusetts The Arab world dominates our thinking these days; it’s our major global concern--with the war against terrorism, hostage-taking, beheadings, and the Palestinian uprising in ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

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    Lesson 5: Waiting On God In Faith

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Apr 11, 2003
    based on 26 ratings
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    Abraham’s Journey of Faith

    A. INTRODUCTION: GENESIS 16:1-16 1. Promised Seed. "Now Sarai Abram’s wife bare him no children" (Gen. 16:1). "I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth" (13:16). "Look toward heaven, can you count the stars . . . so shall your seed be" (15:5). 2. Rejected alternative. "What wilt thou give ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Stephen Todd avatar

    It Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time Series

    Contributed by Stephen Todd on Apr 27, 2003
    based on 41 ratings
     | 5,479 views

    Like Sarai we often come up with plans to help God out which unfortunately usually end in disaster.

    Genesis 16 April 27, 2003 It was one of those rare moments in a thirteen-year-Olds life. For once I was thinking of someone other than myself. My parents were both working and I decided that I would be considerate and make supper for them. I got the meat going in the oven without too much ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Victor Yap avatar

    The God Who Really Sees Series

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Jun 18, 2003
    based on 104 ratings
     | 8,958 views

    The Life of Abraham, Part 4 of 10.

    THE GOD WHO REALLY SEES (GEN. 16:1-16) Are you suffering, weak, or troubled? At the lowest point of my ministry, I took a course co-taught by two professors that required all students, mainly pastors, to stay together in a retreat center for two weeks, and every night we had a designated time for ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Pat Cook avatar

    Only The Lonely

    Contributed by Pat Cook on Jun 28, 2003
    based on 18 ratings
     | 2,901 views

    A look at what happens when we step outside of God’s plans (Abraham), and when our lives get messed up by others (Hagar).

    Genesis 16:1-16 – Only the Lonely We see Abraham wanting to have a God-promised child, but taking the matter into his own hands to make sure it happened. At his wife’s advice, Abraham slept with his wife’s maidservant, Hagar. She got pregnant and created some problems for herself. Abraham let ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ewen Huffman avatar

    El Roi- For An Audience Of One. Series

    Contributed by Ewen Huffman on Sep 23, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 8,498 views

    Names of God 5: El Roi. The God who sees. GOd sees the events of our lives. God knows what these events feel like. God is watching- to see if we will serve Him and live our lives ’for an audience of one’. Part of a series on ’The Names of God’. A sermon

    Names of God 5; El Roi: the audience of one. Genesis 16:1-15, WBC 25/09/05am. Baptism of Kirsty Plant Intro: Even when I wasn’t a Christian, many of the people I hung around with had Christian families. I remember being in the house of one and seeing a huge sign hanging on the door "thou, Lord, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • JERRY GATSON avatar

    His Name Is El Roi Series

    Contributed by Jerry Gatson on May 30, 2004
    based on 44 ratings
     | 10,136 views

    God sees what you are going through and He cares.

    WHO IS THIS MAN (part 4) “His Name Is El Roi” SERIES TEXT: Hebrews 3:1 INTRODUCTION – If we are going to build a confidence in the principle and process of confession, we must build a confidence in the person of our confession. We must consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic