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The breath of God in our Lives

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by Edie Melson @EdieMelson Your name will no longer be Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I will make you the father of many nations . . . God also said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah. Genesis 17:5, 15 So often we become God�s children, long before we allow Him to breathe life into our lives. Our hearts belong to him, but we often resist the changes He wants to make in us. I think the same thing was true of Abraham and Sarah. They followed God for quite a while before they actually let Him make the changes He wanted. These verses are the outward evidence of the changes God made in them.  The changes God made to their names held great significance. He added an H to both their names. If you say the sound that an H makes, it�s an exhalation of breath. I think this is the evidence that they had allowed God to breathe life into their lives. God also breathes into our lives. He speaks to us in many ways. We have mu...