Part 8 Then what...?

Genesis 18:9-15 (NIV)

9 “Where is your wife Sarah?” they asked him. “There, in the tent,” he

said.

10 Then one of them said, “I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah

your wife will have a son.” Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, which was

behind him.

11 Abraham and Sarah were already very old, and Sarah was past the age of

childbearing.

12 So Sarah laughed to herself as she thought, “After I am worn out and my lord is

old, will I now have this pleasure?”

13 Then the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and

say, ‘Will I really have a child, now that I am old?’

14 Is anything too hard for the Lord? I will

return to you at the appointed time next year, and Sarah will have a son.”

15 Sarah was afraid, so

she lied and said, “I did not laugh.” But he said, “Yes, you did laugh.”

Part 7 Then what...?John 11:1-6

11 Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

2 (This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay sick, was the same one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair.)

3 So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one you love is sick.”

4 When he heard this, Jesus said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God’s glory so that God’s Son may be glorified through it.”

5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

6 So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was two more days,

Part 6 Then what...?

Genesis 32:23-2923 After he had sent them across the stream, he sent over all his possessions. 24 So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak. 25 When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man. 26 Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.” 27 The man asked him, “What is your name?” “Jacob,” he answered. 28 Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.” 29 Jacob said, “Please tell me your name.” But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed him there.

Part 5 Then what...?

Acts 7:54-60

54 The Jewish leaders were infuriated by Stephen’s accusation, and they shook their fists at him in rage.

55 But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed steadily into heaven and saw the glory of God, and he saw Jesus standing in the place of honor at God’s right hand.

56 And he told them, “Look, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing in the place of honor at God’s right hand!”

57 Then they put their hands over their ears and began shouting. They rushed at him

58 and dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. His accusers took off their coats and laid them at the feet of a young man named Saul.

59 As they stoned him, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”

60 He fell to his knees, shouting, “Lord, don’t charge them with this sin!” And with that, he died.

Part 4 Then what...?

Genesis 6:13-1413 So God said to Noah, “I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth.

14 So make yourself an ark of cypress[a] wood; make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out.

Part 3 Then what...?

Isaiah 43

18 Forget the things that happened in the past. Do not keep on thinking about them.

19 I am about to do something new. It is beginning to happen even now. Don’t you see it coming? I am going to make a way for you to go through the desert. I will make streams of water in the dry and empty land.

20 Even wild dogs and owls honor me. That is because I provide water in the desert for my people to drink. I cause streams to flow in the dry and empty land for my chosen ones.

21 I do it for the people I made for myself.

Part 2 Then what...?To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven:

Ecclesiastes 3:1

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

Hebrews 13:8

Part 1 Then what...?

1 Corinthians 11:27-31

27 So then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord.

28 Everyone ought to examine themselves before they eat of the bread and drink from the cup.

29 For those who eat and drink without discerning the body of Christ eat and drink judgment on themselves.

30 That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep.

31 But if we were more discerning with regard to ourselves, we would not come under such judgment.