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When God Says You Must Lay Down Your Isaac {Carol Kent}

by | Jul 18, 2024 | Beliefs, Faith, God, Podcast 8 Sarah, Shame

Have you ever been tested by God? Has he asked you to lay down someone or something that is precious to you, just like he asked Abraham to place Isaac on the altar?
In this episode of Live Like It’s True, Carol Kent tells her painful story of laying her precious son on the altar, before the Lord. Learn how you, too, can hold on to your faith when God asks the unthinkable.

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Guest: Carol Kent

Bible Passage: Abraham Laying Isaac on the Altar (Genesis 22)

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Music: Cade Popkin

Carol Kent

Carol Kent is a bestselling author and an international speaker for conferences, outreach events, and retreats.  She’s the executive director of the Speak Up Conference, an event committed to helping people develop their speaking and writing skills. She and her husband, Gene, have founded the nonprofit organization, Speak Up for Hope, which benefits inmates and their families.  Carol holds a master’s degree in communication arts and a bachelor’s degree in speech education.

Carol has trained Christian speakers for over twenty-five years and she has been a featured speaker at Women of Faith, Extraordinary Women, and Women of Joy arena events.  She is the author of over twenty-five books, including the bestselling When I Lay My Isaac Down, Tame Your Fears, and Becoming a Woman of Influence.  Her two newest titles are a 365 page-per-day devotional titled, He Holds My Hand, and Staying Power.

Connect with Carol

Website: www.carolkent.org

Instagram: @carolkentspeaks

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To join Carol’s email list, text 55444 and type: Giveaway in the message area. You’ll receive a devotional sampler, and you can let her know what types of emails would benefit you.

Shaped by God’s Promises

God’s promises are like a set of parentheses. The first one is when he makes the promise; the second is when he keeps it. You never have one without the other. But often there’s a much longer stretch between the two than we first imagined.

That’s what we see in Sarah’s story, found in Genesis 12-21. God promised a son, but in that wide stretch between the parentheses, she wondered: Would God keep his promises? Could he?

Come find the answer to those questions–both for Sarah and for yourself–in my new six-week Bible study, titled Shaped by God’s Promises: Lessons From Sarah on Fear and Faith. Find out how you too can be shaped by God’s promises in the waiting.

What Are You Waiting on God For?

Some of God’s promises are for now, and others are for later. So, how do you know which promises to cling to—especially when you’re in a long stretch of waiting on God?

My free “Pray God’s Promises” prayer guide, will help you pray the promises found directly in the Bible. It’s designed to help you sort out which promises are for here and now, and which ones are for later. Praying God’s promises found in your Bible is one of the ways God shapes you by his promises. Ready to get started?

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