El Shaddai

Genesis 17:1

* The story of Abraham

* God reveals Himself: "El Shaddai"

- I am God Almighty

- God all-sufficient

* Omnipotence of God

- God cannot be prevented from His purposes.

(Daniel 4:35; Isaiah 46:9-10; Psalm 115:3)

* Omnipotence of God

- What omnipotence should mean to us:

∙ reverence (Romans 9:20-21)

∙ refuge (Psalm 91:1-2)

* Is anything too hard for God?

- Jeremiah 32:17

- Numbers 11:23

- Luke 1:37