April 28th 2025
God Warns Noah
God shared a secret with Noah, warning him of the coming flood, and Noah responded with faith. We read that friendship with God results from fearing Him, revering Him, and at the same time, running into His arms for mercy and everlasting grace.
Question:
What do you think about your friendship with God right now? What parts of your friendship with Him do you want to grow into more maturity?
Prayer Focus:
God invites us into deeper places with Himself every day. Talk to Him about the areas where you desire more maturity.
God shared a secret with Noah, warning him of the coming flood, and Noah responded with faith. We read that friendship with God results from fearing Him, revering Him, and at the same time, running into His arms for mercy and everlasting grace.
Question:
What do you think about your friendship with God right now? What parts of your friendship with Him do you want to grow into more maturity?
Prayer Focus:
God invites us into deeper places with Himself every day. Talk to Him about the areas where you desire more maturity.
Genesis 6:11-22 New Living Translation
11 Now God saw that the earth had become corrupt and was filled with violence. 12 God observed all this corruption in the world, for everyone on earth was corrupt. 13 So God said to Noah, “I have decided to destroy all living creatures, for they have filled the earth with violence. Yes, I will wipe them all out along with the earth!
14 “Build a large boat from cypress wood and waterproof it with tar, inside and out. Then construct decks and stalls throughout its interior. 15 Make the boat 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high. 16 Leave an 18-inch opening below the roof all the way around the boat. Put the door on the side, and build three decks inside the boat—lower, middle, and upper.
17 “Look! I am about to cover the earth with a flood that will destroy every living thing that breathes. Everything on earth will die. 18 But I will confirm my covenant with you. So enter the boat—you and your wife and your sons and their wives. 19 Bring a pair of every kind of animal—a male and a female—into the boat with you to keep them alive during the flood. 20 Pairs of every kind of bird, and every kind of animal, and every kind of small animal that scurries along the ground, will come to you to be kept alive. 21 And be sure to take on board enough food for your family and for all the animals.”
22 So Noah did everything exactly as God had commanded him.
Psalms 25:14 New Living Translation
The Lord is a friend to those who fear him.
He teaches them his covenant.
11 Now God saw that the earth had become corrupt and was filled with violence. 12 God observed all this corruption in the world, for everyone on earth was corrupt. 13 So God said to Noah, “I have decided to destroy all living creatures, for they have filled the earth with violence. Yes, I will wipe them all out along with the earth!
14 “Build a large boat from cypress wood and waterproof it with tar, inside and out. Then construct decks and stalls throughout its interior. 15 Make the boat 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high. 16 Leave an 18-inch opening below the roof all the way around the boat. Put the door on the side, and build three decks inside the boat—lower, middle, and upper.
17 “Look! I am about to cover the earth with a flood that will destroy every living thing that breathes. Everything on earth will die. 18 But I will confirm my covenant with you. So enter the boat—you and your wife and your sons and their wives. 19 Bring a pair of every kind of animal—a male and a female—into the boat with you to keep them alive during the flood. 20 Pairs of every kind of bird, and every kind of animal, and every kind of small animal that scurries along the ground, will come to you to be kept alive. 21 And be sure to take on board enough food for your family and for all the animals.”
22 So Noah did everything exactly as God had commanded him.
Psalms 25:14 New Living Translation
The Lord is a friend to those who fear him.
He teaches them his covenant.