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BORN INTO GOD’S GREATNESS By Pastor Chris Oyakhilome. Christ Embassy International

And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing(Genesis 12:2).

From the scripture above, we notice that it was God who spoke to Abraham and said, “I will make you great”; it wasn’t Abraham who cried out, “O Lord, make me great!” It was God’s choice to make him great, and from that point on, the man did great things. He defeated five kings and their armies with three hundred servants trained in his house (Genesis 14). His wealth and influence outweighed those of the nations where he dwelt. He was a force to be reckoned with by kings of nations around him because of how great he was. The Bible says,