{"id":12558,"date":"2025-01-06T09:55:23","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T14:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/?p=12558"},"modified":"2025-01-06T09:55:23","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T14:55:23","slug":"two-recipes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2025\/01\/two-recipes\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Recipes"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2025 THEME: Burning Hearts<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">TITLE: Two Recipes<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Scripture: Genesis 16-34<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>I.\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #000000;\">A RECIPE FOR DISASTER<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Genesis 16: Abram\u2019s recipe for disaster<\/span><\/p>\r\n<ol>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ol>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ol>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ol>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ol>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ol>\r\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0God\u2019s promise- Genesis 15:4-5<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Abram\u2019s decision- Genesis 16<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0A house divided (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>even today<\/strong><\/span>)- Isaac (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Jewish nation<\/strong><\/span>)\/Ishmael (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Arab nation<\/strong><\/span>)<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Another bad decision: Genesis 20<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There is (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>nothing<\/strong><\/span>) God cannot do when He has made a (promise).<\/span><\/p>\r\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>II.\u00a0 THE RECIPE FOR SUCCESS<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cSo much of our fear, discouragement, anxiety, and worry is the result of underestimating what <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">God is willing and able to do.\u201d PDT (January 6)<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Genesis 21:1 is loaded. See also Eccl. 3:11 and Gal. 4:4<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Abraham\u2019s supreme test: Genesis 22<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For your information: The name Jacob means (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>supplanter or deceiver<\/strong><\/span>).<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Closing verse to consider: Isaiah 55:8-9<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">THEME: Burning Hearts<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">NEXT WEEK: Overcoming Life&#8217;s Challenges<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Scripture: Genesis 35-Exodus 3<\/span><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025 THEME: Burning Hearts TITLE: Two Recipes Scripture: Genesis 16-34 I.\u00a0 A RECIPE FOR DISASTER Genesis 16: Abram\u2019s recipe for disaster \u00a0God\u2019s promise- Genesis 15:4-5 Abram\u2019s decision- Genesis 16 \u00a0A house divided (even today)- Isaac (Jewish nation)\/Ishmael (Arab nation) Another bad decision: Genesis 20 There is (nothing) God cannot do when He has made a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2025\/01\/two-recipes\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermon-notes","nodate","item-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12558"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12560,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12558\/revisions\/12560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}