Having a Deeper Relationship With God

Let’s not put the cart before the horse.  To love God, we need to know Him.

Genesis 7

76)  God tells Noah why He is saving him and his family — “I have found you righteous.”

77)  God tells Noah that in seven days He will send rain for 40 days and 40 nights, and He will wipe from the face of the earth every living creature He has made.

78)  After seven days, the floodwaters came, just as God said it would.  (He keeps his promises.)

79) The Lord shut Noah and his family, along with the animals, inside the ark.

80)  For 40 days the flood kept coming, just as God said it would (promise kept).

Genesis 8

81)  God remembered Noah and all the animals, and He sent a wind over the earth, and the water receded.  The springs of the deep and the floodgates of heaven were closed, and the rain stopped falling.  The water receded steadily from the earth.  (God keeps his promises.)

82)  God called Noah out of the ark.

83)  When Noah sacrificed burnt offerings on an altar to the Lord, God smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart:  “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from childhood.  And never again will I destroy all living creatures, as I have done.”

Today’s Lesson:  God keeps his promises!