Instructions-
1. GET AN ABRAHAM PICTURE (I made my Abraham pictures by editing an online coloring page)
2. COLOR THE PICTURE.
3. DECORATE THE SKY WITH THE STAR STICKERS.
4. WRITE THE VERSE ON THE PAGE.
Verse- "Look toward Heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them." Genesis 15:5
Purpose- Can I just say that I love this verse? I love love love God's sense of humor " number the stars, if you are able to number them" He knew Abraham could never number all the stars in the heavens. Have you ever gone camping? When you go away from the city, away from the lights the sky is just a huge blanket of stars. So bright and so many. Even if you started counting you would loose track or the sun would come up before you even got a tiny section counted. Abraham lived before there was even electricity. I can just see him sitting in the field with his fire extinguished gazing into the bright night sky listening to the promises of God. It must have sounded too good to be true...but is anything too good for God? What an amazing moment...being in the very presents of God under the beautiful sky that He spoke into place. Under the complex solar system that our almighty creator created. Thinking about how He was going to use him in His amazing story. My church had a summer program last week for the kiddos and their families and it was great time but my favorite part was when we got to sing out loud what we believe in. In one of the songs it talked about how God created the whole world and everything else and how it is an "amazing story with a developing plot". Well Abraham was a huge part of that developing plot. Seriously...if there was no Abraham there would be no Jesus (yes, I know God would have made it happen with or without Abraham but God chose Abraham). Abraham was the father of the nation that Jesus was born out of. Abraham's faith in God's promises were counted as righteousness in God's eyes. Abraham's faith and righteousness were not perfect, remember when he took matters into his own hands and knocked up his servant because Sarah wasn't getting pregnant? But Jesus is perfectly righteous! And when we put our faith in Him, that perfect righteousness is ours. It covers us completely. so completely that when God looks at us He sees His perfect son. He doesn't see ruined people that take matters into our own hands and fail horribly. He sees Jesus.
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