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Q4. Which of Abraham's achievements inspires you the most? As you reflect on his life, what stands out for you?

Abraham was known as the father of faith, being a friend of God and starting the Jewish nation. He was in many circumstances where he could have given up and he didn't. I guess right now that inspires me the most. Our going on is crucial to others even when things look bleak.
I guess what stands out for me right now is his first step of faith in leaving the Ur of the Chaldees and all he knew and following God and His calling.

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Jen
Numbers 6:24-26
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Of Abraham's achievements, his faith and obedience inspires me the most because as much as I want to be able to do that myslef, my "rational" mind wants to kick in and make me doubt. As I reflect on his life, his unconditional love for God stands out for me. He gave up/would give up every earthly possession he cared about at the command/desire of God.

Q4. Which of Abraham's achievements inspires you the most? As you reflect on his life, what stands out for you?

Ooooh! That's a hard one! Let's see. I guess it would be that he listened to God--and heard Him plainly--and then obeyed! In so many instances, from leaving his home country to go who-knew-where, to being willing to sacrifice his son at God's word, to apparently bringing even his servant to know the Lord God! What a life! Sure, he made mistakes. Who doesn't? But, the overall life he lived was one at God's beck and call! Would that I would be so true to Him!

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[color="blue"]4a.) I guess, I would not call this an achievement, but his complete trust and faith in not withholding his son Isaac.[/color]
4b.) As you reflect on his life, what stands out for you?
[color="blue"]4b.) He was no one special, but God used him in a special way. Seems to be the theme of the Bible. Little people are used in giant ways by our Father if we step out in obedience and faith.[/color]

Pastor Ralph, on Oct 26 2004, 12:11 AM, said:

Which of Abraham's achievements inspires you the most?
[color="blue"]That he followed God no matter what or where it took him. He listened to God and obeyed.[/color]

As you reflect on his life, what stands out for you?
[color="blue"]His faith in our Lord and how it continues to grow throughout his life and life’s experiences[/color]

Pastor Ralph, on Oct 26 2004, 12:11 AM, said:

[font="Optima"][color="blue"]Abraham's life was full, as I place myself there in thought and reflect on his life through my own, it's not enough to say "never a dull moment". Praise God I don't see where there is any one part of his life mentioned or imagined that is more significant then the other. Weaved in a labour of love & war. I am blessed. and redeemed by The Blood Of Our Lord Jesus[color="red"]![/color][/color][/font]

Q4. Which of Abraham's achievements inspires you the most? As you reflect on his life, what stands out for you?


[font="Optima"][color="blue"]Achievements wise, Abraham started the worship of Yahweh, separated from his idol worshipping clan. He remained faithful throught his life to the one God, Yahweh. In my mind this is the most important achievement of his life. His worship influenced even his servant, who was successful in his mission mainly due to the guidance of the Holy Spirit in his life. Even the servant worshipped openly the God of Abraham. What a tremendous influence Abraham had on his people regarding the worship of Yahweh.[/color][/font]

[font="Optima"][color="green"]The outstanding effect of Abraham's life is his obedience and faith. The more he obeyed, the more faithful he became and vice versa. This is a very important lesson for each of us. The more faithful we are to our Lord, the more obedient we become. This is a basic function of a Christian. Obey and serve faithfully. May the Lord implant these characteristic in us.[/color][/font]

The thing that inspires me most about Abraham's life was his willingness to leave his home in Ur of Chaldees, multiple gods were worshipped, in order to follow the One True God.

1. The achievement of Abraham that inspired me most was
the offering up of Isaac, in obedience to God. This was a
step of faith that most christians could not comprehend.

2.The thing which stands out of me as I reflect on Abraham's life is the readiness of Abraham to obey the
voice of God especially when the way seemed unclear.

faith and worship intimacy with the lord

I just love it that, with all the wealth he acquired, he retained his faith and a lovely quality of innocence. It always seems that wealth (= power these days) corrupts. He was a wealthy and powerful man with a whole army at his disposal, yet he values his relationship with God above all that. He deals with his less powerful neighbours with respect and wins their respect in so doing (in the sense that they accept that he is no threat to them). He maintains complete integrity in all his dealings - I really like that, and do not always see it in so-called Christian people which saddens me deeply. Integrity and complete honesty in our dealings with each other as well as with people outside the faith is something we have to preach about and get back to these days. With all that he had going for him in the world's sense, still obedience to God was the most important facet of his life. This was amazing, because to all intents and purposes he was the first man who ever believed in the one true God. Without a Bible to guide him, he learned so very much about relating to God that it puts us all to shame! How this relationship was first initiated would be a great story in itself. He must have thought about things a great deal and come to this conclusion from the evidence all around him (Romans 2) and sought God. The Bible says seek and you shall find, and Abraham did! He must have been very individualist and brave to go against all he was brought up with, and stand by his one true God, and also teach his children the same faith he learned from his interaction with God. It's one of the most amazing stories of all time. God was just looking for one man like that so He could begin his program of redemption on the earth. This "Friend of God" became efficacious in the salvation of all mankind in so far as he co-operated with God in His great and mighty plan - probably unknowingly. We have a great deal to thank father Abraham for!

For Abraham to talk to God on a one on one basis and to respond immediately. Sometimes I get in a hurry and fail to wait for Him to answer, tho I know He is a right now God.
The one that most stands out is his faith in God. Even as familiar as God was to Abraham, Abraham never gave up his reverency to God's Holiness. He had complete trust in God to complete all His promises as were stated.

Abraham messed up. It may seem strange to you, but I’m inspired by the fact that he messed up in his life and God still blessed him. The life of Abraham really makes me see the faithfulness of God. I’m not saying we should go out and make a mess of our lives, I’m saying that God knows we are going to mess up, but He will be with us. We are going to pay the consequences for our mistakes but God is going to see us through them. That is grace, unmerited favor. Abraham makes me see that obedience brings blessings, that we grow and mature through tribulation. God has shown me how human I am through Abraham and Sarah. He has also shown me how much I can grow and that He will be there with me all the way. We may doubt, our faith may be low, but God is faithful and we will grow into that blessed assurance. God’s purposes are never delayed, nor are they defeated by man’s sin. God’s purposes are certain. What God has promised, He will accomplish.

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4b.) As you reflect on his life, what stands out for you?

I suspect that like many the fact that dispite failing many times in his life (e.g. lying about the status of Sarah more than once)Abraham was still blest by God. If we are faithful to God and acknowlege when we mess up, He will be faithful to us and bless us. This has been my experience so far in life.

May you know the peace of the Lord this season and always.
JohnK-Cov

[font="Geneva"]From the time he turned away from polytheism to follow the calling of the “one true God” to leave his family and seek out an unknown destination—Abraham’s steadfast faith is an inspiration for me.

[color="green"]Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord!
Blessed are those who keep His testimonies, who seek Him with the whole
heart! They also do no iniquity; they walk in His ways. (Psa 119:1–3)[/color]

But what really stands out for me is that God would elect to call a heathen such as Abraham—to make him into a great nation; to bless him; to make his name great; such that all the peoples of the earth would be blessed through him. Can you imagine a more unlikely candidate for the role? And despite Abraham’s human failures God is faithful and keeps his promises.

I am truly blessed to serve my Lord.
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Faith and obedience.

The initial obedience of leaving everything you know and moving on to a place unknown. This stepping out in faith requires a total reliance on God's guidance. Abraham took his wife and servants and materials and moved across foreign territories not knowing where he was going but being obedient nonetheless. This to me is soooo awesome. I'm sure all that knew him said "are you crazy?" and "who is this God?". This initial step forward into the unknown required much faith, strength and total submission to God's will. The sacrifice of his son was also awe inspiring however, he had grown so strong in his faith that he clung to God's promise that Isaac would be resurrected or saved due to the promise of him being a father of many. I'm not trying to lessen the event as it too demonstrates awesome faith, however, the initial leap of faith was most awesome to me.

Q4. What of Abraham's achievements inspire you?
His faithfulness and obedience to God.

As you reflect on his life, what stands out for you?
How he followed and obeyed God without question.

Q4. Which of Abraham's achievements inspires you the most? As you reflect on his life, what stands out for you?

Abraham's obedience to God. He just did what God told him to do even when he didn't know why.