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What do you do when God asks you to release the one thing you cannot imagine living without? In this episode of Words From The Word, Pastor Roderick Webster walks through Genesis 22:12–17 (KJV), where Abraham's obedience on Mount Moriah became the moment God swore an oath of multiplication over his life. You will learn why the ram was already caught before Abraham arrived, what the name Jehovah-Jireh really means, and why surrendering to God is never subtraction — it is always the seed of something greater. If your faith is being tested right now, this devotion will encourage you to let go and trust the One who provides. Subscribe to Words From The Word wherever you listen to podcasts.

Is there something God gave you that you have quietly decided you will not give back to Him? That is the question at the heart of one of the Bible's most searching moments. In this episode of Words From The Word, Pastor Roderick Webster walks through Hebrews 11:17-19 and Genesis 22 in the KJV, tracing Abraham's act of total obedience on Mount Moriah — the raised knife, Isaac's silent submission, and the ram in the thicket. Listeners will be challenged to examine what they are holding back from God, and encouraged by the truth that God never takes from us without returning more in abundance. Subscribe to Words From The Word wherever you listen to podcasts.

What do you do when God asks something of you and the answer hasn't come yet? Abraham faced exactly that — commanded to offer his son, yet he rose early, kept walking, and told his young men, "We will come again." In this episode of Words From The Word, Pastor Roderick Webster walks through Genesis 22:3–8 (KJV) and shows how Abraham's obedience was his worship, how his faith was not passive but active, and why his quiet declaration — "God will provide Himself a lamb" — is one of the most powerful statements of trust in all of Scripture. If you are in a season where God has not yet shown you the answer, this message will steady your faith. Subscribe to Words From The Word wherever you listen to podcasts.

What would you do if God asked you to do something that made no sense — and then gave you three full days of walking to reconsider? In this episode of Words From The Word, Pastor Roderick Webster opens Genesis 22:1–4 (KJV) and traces Abraham's immediate, unhesitating obedience from the moment God called his name to the moment he spotted Mount Moriah in the distance. You'll learn why Abraham didn't question, delay, or turn back — and what it means to know God's voice so well that you follow even when you don't yet understand. This devotion will test and strengthen your own walk of faith. Subscribe to Words From The Word wherever you listen to podcasts.

Have you ever wondered whether your trial is pointless — or whether God is actually doing something in it? In this episode of Words From The Word, Pastor Roderick Webster brings three powerful reasons from Scripture why God tests your faith. From 1 Peter 1:7 and Malachi 3:3 (KJV), he shows that your faith is being refined like gold. From John 15, he shows that God prunes what already bears fruit to produce even more. And from the life of Paul in 2 Corinthians 11 and Acts 16, he shows that a tested faith becomes a testimony that advances the gospel. You will leave this episode with genuine hope for whatever you are walking through right now. Subscribe to Words From The Word wherever you listen to podcasts.

Have you ever been in the middle of a painful trial and wondered why God would allow it? In this episode of Words From The Word, Pastor Roderick Webster opens Hebrews 11:17–19 and Genesis 22 (KJV) to answer that question directly. Drawing from Abraham's greatest test at Moriah, Pastor Webster explains two reasons God tests our faith: first, to prove that it is genuine — because faith only becomes visible when it is tried — and second, to increase its measure, so that what comes out on the other side is stronger than what went in. If you are in a storm today, this devotion will steady you. Subscribe to Words From The Word wherever you listen to podcasts.

Have you ever stood on a promise from God and wondered why nothing changed? Pastor Roderick Webster opens Hebrews 11:17-19 in this episode of Words From The Word to answer a question many believers quietly carry: why do God's promises seem to work for some and not others? The answer isn't in the promise — it's in the faith behind it. Using Abraham's ultimate test and practical scripture from Mark 4, Matthew 6 and 17, and 1 Corinthians 10:13, Pastor Webster shows that faith has measurable degrees, that God tests each person only to the level they can bear, and that faith grows the more it is trusted. This is an encouraging word for anyone whose faith feels small right now. Subscribe to Words From The Word wherever you listen to podcasts.

What do you do when God's promise and your circumstances seem completely at odds? In this episode of Words From The Word, Pastor Roderick Webster opens Hebrews 11:17-19, Romans 4:18-21, and 1 Peter 1:7 (KJV) to walk through the supreme test of Abraham's faith. You will learn why every true believer's faith is tested, why God Himself directs that testing, and why it is always safe — even in the hardest moments — to trust God to the end. If your faith is under pressure today, this is the word you need. Subscribe to Words From The Word wherever you listen to podcasts.

Have you ever felt like you don't have enough — enough people, enough resources, enough strength — to face what's ahead? In this episode of Words From The Word, Pastor Roderick Webster opens Judges 6–7 and Hebrews 11 (KJV) to show why God deliberately reduced Gideon's army of 32,000 down to a handful before the battle. You'll learn why God sometimes strips away your resources rather than adding to them, why fear disqualifies us from the fight, and how the truth of 2 Corinthians 12:9 — "my strength is made perfect in weakness" — changes everything about how you face impossible odds. Little is much when God is in it. Subscribe to Words From The Word wherever you listen to podcasts.

Have you ever stood at a crossroads and needed to know — really know — that God was behind your next step? Gideon was facing seven years of enemy oppression, impossible odds, and a call he wasn't sure was truly meant for him. In this episode of Words From The Word, Pastor Roderick Webster opens Judges 6:36-40 (KJV) and shows why asking God for confirmation is not a failure of faith — it is courageous faith in action. You will learn what Gideon's fleece reveals about how God works with honest, seeking hearts, and you will hear a powerful meditation on what faith does for you when discouragement, exhaustion, and fear press in hardest. Subscribe to Words From The Word wherever you listen to podcasts.

What do you do when the altars of God are empty and the altars of the world seem to stand unchallenged? In this episode of Words From The Word, Pastor Roderick Webster opens Judges 6:26 (KJV) and follows Gideon through a two-part assignment from God: tear down the altar of Baal, and build an altar unto the Lord. Pastor Webster connects that ancient calling to the condition of the church today — calling believers to replace indifference with prayer, cold worship with genuine praise, and fear with courageous faith. You will hear how God changed entire eras through 300, through 120, through anyone willing to stand. Faith and fear, he reminds us, cannot live in the same heart. Subscribe to Words From The Word wherever you listen to podcasts.

Is there something in your life that has slowly, quietly moved into the place that belongs to God? That uncomfortable question opens this episode of Words From The Word with Pastor Roderick Webster. Drawing from Judges 6:25-29 and Hebrews 11:32 (KJV), Pastor Webster unpacks the night Gideon tore down his own father's altar to Baal — afraid, but obedient. You will learn what an idol actually is, why courageous faith does not require fearlessness, and how to respond when God calls you to remove something that has taken His place. A practical, honest, and hopeful word for anyone who wants to say yes to God today. Subscribe to Words From The Word wherever you listen to podcasts.

Have you ever told God you are the least qualified person for the job He seems to be calling you to? That is exactly what Gideon said. In this episode of Words From The Word, Pastor Roderick Webster walks through Judges 6 and Hebrews 11:32 (KJV) to unpack what it truly means to have courageous faith. You will learn why God chose a timid, unknown man hiding at a winepress, what God's answer to Gideon's doubts reveals about the nature of faith, and how to take God at His word even when you feel completely unprepared. If fear has been keeping you from saying yes to God, this devotion is for you. Subscribe to Words From The Word wherever you listen to podcasts.

Have you ever felt like you were hiding — from life, from trouble, maybe even from God — and wondered how you got there? In this Words From The Word devotion, Pastor Roderick Webster opens Judges 6 to introduce Gideon and the broken nation he was called to lead. Israel had done evil in God's sight, stopped obeying His voice, and found themselves impoverished and hiding in caves. But when they finally cried out to the Lord, God heard them and raised up a deliverer. Using the KJV, Pastor Webster draws a straight line from Israel's experience to ours — reminding us that God has not lost control and that crying out is always the turning point. Subscribe to Words From The Word wherever you listen to podcasts.

Are you ready when Christ comes — and will your work here on earth be done? That is the urgent double question at the heart of this closing devotion in the ambassador series. Pastor Roderick Webster opens 2 Corinthians 5:19-21 and 1 Thessalonians 4:14-17 (KJV) to show that God has already made reconciliation possible through the sacrifice of His Son, and that every believer has been commissioned to carry that message. But the moment is coming when God will recall His ambassadors from planet Earth — and only citizens of heaven will go. In this episode, you will hear the gospel call clearly and be challenged to finish the work you have been given while there is still time. Subscribe to Words From The Word wherever you listen to podcasts.