A CALL BY GOD IS A CALL TO SERVICE AND DISCIPLESHIP

CALL TO SERVICE CALL TO DISCIPLESHIP CALL BY GOD TEXT GENESIS 12: 1-END AND GENESIS 13:1-4 STORY: CALL OF ABRAHAM ACTS 13:2 THE HOLY GHOST SAID, SEPARATE ME BARNABAS AND SAUL FOR THE WORK WHERE UNTO I HAVE CALLED THEM. ABRAHAM WAS CALLED. Vs. 1 He was called and given specific instructions. When God Calls you, He tells you what to do. Vs. 2,3 The call of God is accompanied with the blessings of God. These blessings are not limited to the called but also makes the called a blessing unto all. Vs. 4 Abraham obeyed. Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed. Vs. 5 When you are called, do not leave your family behind. Your family deserves to be saved to. Pray for them and talk to each member about Jesus Christ Vs. 6,7 In obedience, Abraham passed through the land and God made promises to him to give the land to hm and his seed. As you obey God today He will make you promises and will not fail. Abraham responded by building an alter unto the Lord God who appeared to Him. When you are called, respond in obedience and build God an alter in your heart. Worship Him always. Vs. 8 At every stage Abraham built an alter unto God. We must realize that worshiping God is important. Let us form the habit of worshiping God always. Vs. 9 As Abraham journeyed, there was famine. In life, we come across difficulties Vs. 10 Abraham went to Egypt. At Egypt he told a lie, to save his life. God did not like that. You do not need to tell a lie to save your life. He was rebuked. He took correction, took his wife and left Egypt. When he left Egypt, God prospered him. He went back to the place where he made an alter unto the lord; and there Abraham called on the name of the Lord. Abraham went back to God. When we repent, let us go back to God and call upon His holy Name. God will forgive us and receive us and prosper us.