open your eyes

Gods Plan

(NKJV) 1 Now the Lord had said to Abram:

Promises to Abram

Abram and Sarai

12 Now the Lord had said to Abram:

New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update Chapter 12

1 Now athe LORD said to Abram,

“1Go forth from your country,

And from your relatives

And from your father’s house,

To the land which I will show you;

2 And aI will make you a great nation,

And bI will bless you,

And make your name great;

And so 1cyou shall be a blessing;

3 And aI will bless those who bless you,

And the one who 1curses you I will 2curse.

bAnd in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”

4 So Abram went forth as the LORD had spoken to him; and aLot went with him. Now Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.

1 12 God told Abram: “Leave your country, your family, and your father’s home for a land that I will show you.

“Get out of your country,

2–3 I’ll make you a great nation

From your family

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And from your father’s house,

and bless you.

To a land that I will show you.

I’ll make you famous;

To a land that I will show you.

2 I will make you a great nation;

you’ll be a blessing.

I will bless you And make your name great;

I’ll bless those who bless you;

And make your name great;

those who curse you I’ll curse.

And you shall be a blessing.

3 I will bless those who bless you,

All the families of the Earth

And I will curse him who curses you;

will be blessed through you.”

And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”

4–6 So Abram left just as God said, and Lot left with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.

4 So Abram departed as the Lord had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.

God Has A Plan

A New Nation --To Represent Him—Glorify Him

To Represent Him

Gods Plan For Abram

To Bless- Expand- Promote Abraham

Leaving To Go Forward

Country- Negative Cultural Influence

Family- Negative Close Influences

Fathers House- Negative Generational Influences

Look Up- Open Your Eyes- Look Around

14 The Lord said to Abram after Lot had parted from him, “Look around from where you are, to the north and south, to the east and west.

(NIV) 14 The Lord said to Abram after Lot had parted from him, “Look around from where you are, to the north and south, to the east and west.

(NKJV) 14 And the Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him: “Lift your eyes now and look from the place where you are—northward, southward, eastward, and westward;

14 And the Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him: “Lift your eyes now and look from the place where you are—northward, southward, eastward, and westward;

(The Message) 14–17 After Lot separated from him, God said to Abram, “Open your eyes, look around. Look north, south, east, and west.

14–17 After Lot separated from him, God said to Abram, “Open your eyes, look around. Look north, south, east, and west.

Look Up

Looking Down At Circumstances

Abram Had Just Been Through Family Conflict

Separation Can Hurt

You Have To Make The Decision To Look Up

Looking Down Limits Vision

Looking Down You Cant See Where To Go

(NKJV) 20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

Open Your Eyes

“You need to open your eyes..”

not seeing something you need to see

Spiritual Eyes- Born Again Eyes

Faith Eyes

What you See Influences How You Think

Thinking Influences What you Do

Thinking Influences What you think is Possible

God Always Wants To Do Above What Our Natural mind thinks Is possible

Look Around You

Look Forward

To Where God Wants You To Go

To What He Wants To Give You

From Where You Are

Positioning To see

To get the best view you need to be in the right place.

Abraham Needed To get In the Right Place

Lot in the valley

Abram in the hills

family that want to live in the lowlands

God Wants you to be on the mountain

Separation From Family

Generational Flaws/ Failings/ Weakness

Generational Curses- Sins of the fathers to the 3rd generation.

Failing To Separate

Looking Down

Not Seeing

Wrong Position

Generational Flaws

Generational Weakness

Strife