Abram was eighty-six years old at the time.

The LORD said to Abram, "Leave your country, your relatives, and your father's home, and go to a land that I am going to show you.

Is anything too hard for the LORD? As I said, nine months from now I will return, and Sarah will have a son."

May Almighty God bless your marriage and give you many children, so that you will become the father of many nations!

And God said to him, "I am Almighty God. Have many children. Nations will be descended from you, and you will be the ancestor of kings.

I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as Almighty God, but I did not make myself known to them by my holy name, the LORD.

"Is there a limit to my power?" the LORD answered. "You will soon see whether what I have said will happen or not!"

The LORD your God is supreme over all gods and over all powers. He is great and mighty, and he is to be obeyed. He does not show partiality, and he does not accept bribes.

Can you discover the limits and bounds of the greatness and power of God?

Our God is in heaven; he does whatever he wishes.

"Sovereign LORD, you made the earth and the sky by your great power and might; nothing is too difficult for you.

He looks on the people of the earth as nothing; angels in heaven and people on earth are under his control. No one can oppose his will or question what he does.

Jesus looked straight at them and answered, "This is impossible for human beings, but for God everything is possible."

To him who by means of his power working in us is able to do so much more than we can ever ask for, or even think of:

I have the strength to face all conditions by the power that Christ gives me.

And so he is able, now and always, to save those who come to God through him, because he lives forever to plead with God for them.

After that, Enoch lived in fellowship with God for 300 years and had other children.

He spent his life in fellowship with God, and then he disappeared, because God took him away.

This is the story of Noah. He had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Noah had no faults and was the only good man of his time. He lived in fellowship with God,

Then he blessed Joseph: "May God, whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac served, bless these boys! May God, who has led me to this very day, bless them!

If you obey him, the LORD will keep the promise he made when he told me that my descendants would rule Israel as long as they were careful to obey his commands faithfully with all their heart and soul.

Solomon answered, "You always showed great love for my father David, your servant, and he was good, loyal, and honest in his relation with you. And you have continued to show him your great and constant love by giving him a son who today rules in his place.

And now, LORD God of Israel, I pray that you will also keep the other promise you made to my father when you told him that there would always be one of his descendants ruling as king of Israel, provided they obeyed you as carefully as he did.

"Remember, LORD, that I have served you faithfully and loyally and that I have always tried to do what you wanted me to." And he began to cry bitterly.

And so I walk in the presence of the LORD in the world of the living.

"Remember, LORD, that I have served you faithfully and loyally, and that I have always tried to do what you wanted me to." And he began to cry bitterly.

No, the LORD has told us what is good. What he requires of us is this: to do what is just, to show constant love, and to live in humble fellowship with our God.

They both lived good lives in God's sight and obeyed fully all the Lord's laws and commands.

Paul looked straight at the Council and said, "My fellow Israelites! My conscience is perfectly clear about the way in which I have lived before God to this very day."

And so I do my best always to have a clear conscience before God and people.

Let us be thankful, then, because we receive a kingdom that cannot be shaken. Let us be grateful and worship God in a way that will please him, with reverence and awe;

This is the story of Noah. He had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Noah had no faults and was the only good man of his time. He lived in fellowship with God,

Be completely faithful to the LORD."

There was a man named Job, living in the land of Uz, who worshiped God and was faithful to him. He was a good man, careful not to do anything evil.

You must be perfect---just as your Father in heaven is perfect.