READ Genesis 18
The birth of Isaac is promised.
 
INSIGHT
Don't you love hospitality? Isn't it a pleasant experience to enter someone's home and feel welcome? Hospitality is the mark of an open and giving heart. The secret to hospitality is love. If you love your guests and go out of your way to make them feel loved, you will be an exceptional host or hostess. Hospitality is such an important Christian character trait that elders in the church must be "hospitable" (1 Timothy 3:2). Abraham was a man given to hospitality. Likewise, hospitality should be a trait in our own lives.
 
PRAYER
In full confidence in the character of God, offer your praise to Him through these psalms:
Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous ones;
praise from the upright is beautiful (Psalm 33:1).
 
But I will hope continually
and will praise you more and more.
My mouth will tell about your righteousness
and your salvation all day long,
though I cannot sum them up (Psalm 71:14-15).
 
Now pray this confession to the Lord:
I return to the Lord, my God,
for He is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger, and of great kindness;
and He relents from doing harm (Based on Joel 2:13).
 
Confess any sins that the Holy Spirit brings to your mind. As you agree with God's will, voice your affirmation of His Word:
And most certainly, the mystery of godliness is great:
He was manifested in the flesh,
vindicated in the Spirit, seen by angels,
preached among the nations,
believed on in the world,
taken up in glory (1 Timothy 3:16).
 
As you make your requests known to the Lord, pray for:

• Greater commitment to the Lord
• The work of specific Christian ministries
• Today's activities

 
Offer this prayer of worship to the Lord:
May the words of my mouth
and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable to you,
Lord, my rock and my Redeemer (Psalm 19:14).