1. NAMES OF GOD EL-SHADDAI GENESIS 17:1

2. WHO IS HAPPY? ABRAHAM – HAPPY SARAH – UNHAPPY GOD – HAS OTHER IDEAS

3. GENESIS 17:1 I AM EL-SHADDAI - GOD ALMIGHTY WALK BEFORE ME AND BE PERFECT A DEEPER RELATIONSHIP GREATER EXPECTATIONS OF BOTH PARTIES THE COVENANT OF 15:19 WAS UNLILATERAL THE NEW ONE IS BILATERAL

4. EL-SHADDAI GOD’S COMMITMENT IS GOING DEEPER GOD IS GIVING MORE OF HIMSELF GOD OF MIRACLES – SARAH WILL HAVE A SON GOD WHO CHANGES NAMES ABRAM TO ABRAHAM SARAI TO SARAH DEEPER INVOLVEMENT IN THEIR LIVES

5. EL-SHADDAI IN GIVING MORE OF HIMSELF HE EXPECTS MORE OF ABRAHAM AND HIS DESCENDENTS “WALK BEFORE ME AND BE PERFECT” BE TOTALLY MINE IN YOUR LIFESTYLE

6. EL-SHADDAI - GOD OF MIRACLES MIRACLES OCCUR WHEN GOD GETS INVOLVED IN OUR DAILY LIVES “SARAH WILL HAVE A SON, ISAAC – HE LAUGHS” EL-SHADDAI PROMISES AND DELIVES THE IMPOSSIBLE

7. ABRAHAM AND THE PROMISE ROMANS 4:16-25 EL-SHADDAI EXPECTS FAITH FAITH IS A CHOICE PHYSICAL FACTS VS GOD’S WORD

8. ABRAHAM AND FAITH ROMANS 4:20-21 HE DID NOT DECIDE AGAINST THE PROMISE OF GOD BY UNBELIEF BUT WAS EMPOWERED BY FAITH, GIVING GLORY TO GOD BEING FULLY PERSUADED THAT WHAT HE HAD PROMISED HE WAS ALSO ABLE TO DO

9. EL-SHADDAI THE GOD WHO IS ABLE GENESIS 18:14 IS ANYTHING TOO HARD FOR THE LORD? NO! HE IS EL-SHADDAI LUKE 1:37 WITH GOD NO WORD WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE

10. EL-SHADDAI EXPECTS FAITH FAITH DARES TO BELIVE THAT GOD IS WELL ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH EVERYTHING THAT HE HAS PROMISED HE IS THE FAITHFUL GOD

11. THE FAITHFUL GOD 1 THESSALONIAN 5:23-24 JUDE 24-25 2 CORINTHIANS 1:20-22 CAN I TRUST HIM FOR THE MIRACLE?