Sarai out of her insecurity told Abram to have a child by Hagar, her servant, so that Abram could have the son that he always wanted, but when Ishmael came it was not what Sarai intended and she ended up hating Hagar for it, but God didn't ignore Hagar or leave Ishmael without anything even though that was Sarai's intention. God blessed Ishmael because he was from Abram and also part of the covenant. Even if you are distressed or someone is holding you back keeping you down. Hold on, God is there and he sees you and will remember the promises he made to you.

Whenever God enters into a covenant with man we are always unable to hold up our end of the bargain. So what does God do when He wants to bless us? He makes a covenant with Himself and because God can't lie it is unbreakable and will reveal his goodness. You can make a commitment today whether it's to follow God for the first time or to commit a specific part of your life to him.

God honored Abram because Abram gave back to God.

God told Abram to all the land that God would give him, but Abram doesn’t so God allows Lot to be captured so Abram has to walk the land in order to save his nephew.

Abram out of the Pharaoh goes against gives his wife to Pharaoh but God’s goodness won’t let Abram be put to shame.

God chose Abram even though Abram had nothing to offer God.

God is good. He separated us so we can get stuff done.

We give Noah a bad wrap for being a drunkard but a lack of respect even for people who have “lost” says more about us than about them. A lack of respect often leads to a lack of trust.

How did the destruction of the world show God’s goodness?

Even when someone does a terrible act God is still good and provides the murderer a way to turn his life around.