The document discusses God's call to Abram in Genesis to leave his homeland for a new land that He will show him, promising to make him a great nation and bless all peoples through him. It emphasizes the importance of obedience and letting go of the past in order to embrace God's promises and write a new future. The document includes a call to action for self-reflection and living differently in current circumstances.

1. Genesis 12:1
The Lord had said to Abram, ‘Leave your country,
your people and your father’s household and go
to the land I will show you.
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2. Genesis 12:2-3
‘I will make you into a great nation and I will
bless you; I will make your name great, and you
will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless
you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all
peoples on earth will be blessed through you.’
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3. Genesis 12:4-5
So Abram left, as the Lord had told him; and Lot
went with him. Abram was seventy-five years
old when he set out from Haran. He took his
wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the possessions
they had accumulated and the people they had
acquired in Haran, and they set out for the land
of Canaan, and they arrived there.
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4. Genesis 12:6-7
Abram traveled through the land as far as the
site of the great tree of Moreh at Shechem. At
that time the Canaanites were in the land. The
Lord appeared to Abram and said, ‘To your
offspring I will give this land’. So he built an altar
there to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
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5. Genesis 12:8-9
From there he went on toward the hills east of
Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the
west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar
to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord.
Then Abram set out and continued toward the
Negev.
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6. “A good name is more desirable
than great riches; to be
esteemed is better than silver or
gold” (Proverbs 22:1)
A name is more than a LABEL.
A name carries with it a HISTORY.
Names are given for a VARIETY of reasons.

7. Is there significance to the name
NETWORK Christian Church?
From Luke 5…not called to DIFFERENT places, but to
live DIFFERENTLY in the places we already are.
“Changes in name were to designate a new STATUS”
This promise is conditioned on OBEDIENCE.

8. This new chapter in Abram’s life
requires a willingness to LEAVE
behind the old.
If you remain tied to the PAST it is difficult to write a
different FUTURE.
God isn’t calling him to leave just to leave, but for
the higher purpose of BLESSING the people of earth.
A willingness to leave is just talk until you GO.
God gives him a new NAME not simply as a label,
but to reflect his new status.

9. Please take a moment to fill out your
Communication Card
My Next Step Today is to:
( ) Do the home life help (in bulletin)
( ) Evaluate if I am living in the way I want to be
remembered.
( ) Identify if I am tied to something from my past that is
keeping me from God’s promises
( ) Examine where I have been dragging my feet rather
than obeying God.
( ) Reflect on where God is calling me to grow, to “write a
new chapter” in the New Year
( ) Other________________________