Sarai’s Name is Changed to Sarah

And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her. Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear? Genesis 17:15-17

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God changed Sarai’s name to Sarah – Princess, implying a royal personage in a nation. That nation would come from her even though she was 90 years old and had long passed menopause. God promised them a child even though it was impossible for an old couple to have a child on their own. This promise is one of the greatest promises in the Bible. Two old people having a child in their nineties would be a true miracle of God. These two would have to accept this promise by faith for there was no data available to say it was possible other than God said it.

Prayer for Today: God, if You could give this old couple a baby when both of them were too old to have a baby, then You are capable of doing anything You say. We pray today that when You say You can heal us of any problem we want to believe You as well. Help us to have such a relationship with You that we can take You at Your word. We know what happens when we promise to do something – it usually does not get done. But when You promise there is all hope, because of You. Thank You for Your promises.