Seeker: God, what do these stories mean? Why all this emphasis on nations and generations?
Reader: O God, whose glory it is always to have mercy; be gracious to all who have gone astray from
your ways, and bring them again with penitent hearts and steadfast faith
Cong: The encircling love of God has no beginning or end; neither start nor finish. It is as deep
as the need.
Seeker: God, you made a strange promise to Abram. Changed his name for him and then he became a
father at the age of 99! Do you control the future; laying down the “plan?”
Reader: And God said to Abraham, “ I will make you nations of you and kings shall come to you and it
will be an everlasting covenant to be God to you and to your offspring after you.”
Cong: The encircling love of God has no beginning or end; neither start nor finish. It is as deep
as the need.
Seeker: So what is this convenant? Why does it matter to me?
Reader: And God continued, “And I will bless your wife and she shall give rise to nations and kings shall
come to her.
Cong: The encircling love of God has no beginning or end; neither start nor finish. It is as deep
as the need.
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