-Genesis 29:31-35
Unwanted and unloved by her husband, Leah becomes obsessed with gaining Jacob's favor over her younger sister Rachel. God sees her pain and gives her the ability to have children. She gets pregnate and while she gives credit to God fo it, she is obsessed with thinking that her husband will love her more. The fact is that her ( Read more... )

Genesis 29(part 2) ver. 13-30
Here we see Jacob come home with Rachel to meet her father Laban. Laban says hey we are family ill give you a job and help you help me make money. What we are going to see is Jacob the trickster being tricked by another trickster. Jacob agrees that he will work 7 years for Rachel's hand in marriage. On the wedding night ( Read more... )

Genesis 29

Many people who have a negative view of God and Christianity have arrogantly and mockingly asked the sarcastic and illogical question; “Can God make a rock too big for him to lift?” Ok, tuck that thought away we are going to come back to it in a minute.
I was having trouble with thinking of something to write about chapter 29 of Genesis ( Read more... )

Genesis 28

What you may have heard of as “Jacob’s Ladder” is what we see in this chapter. While sleeping God gives Jacob a vision of a stairway between heaven and earth. On the stairs we see angels going up and down and at the top stands The Lord (Jesus) who makes himself known to Jacob and promises him blessing, provision, and protection.
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Genesis 27
If you have ever been to Sunday school as a child they may have made out the men and women of the Bible as heros, but this is not the case. There is but one hero in all of Scripture, his name is Jesus. We see that everyone else is just like us or worse. They go through some of the same struggles we go through and sometimes like us have to ( Read more... )

Genesis 26
Also just like his father Isaac began to see the times that God had gotten him through before and started trusting that He would continue to be with him through trials ahead. Philippians 1:6 says being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. As God blessed Isaac ( Read more... )

Genesis 26
Whether we realize it or not, Men, we have a lot more influence than you may think about. The example you set may make or break your children. Think about were you want your great great grandkids to be. You are the first stepping stone to get them there. The more you do in your life to get them there, the closer you kid can get his kids ( Read more... )

Genesis 25
Ok, so now we have come to the end of Father Abraham's life. Now the story shifts to his son Isaac. Issac's wife Rebekah becomes pregnant, they find out that they are expecting twin boys. There are there are three main problems that are about to happen for us to learn from. While the boys are still in the womb Rebekah can feel a battle ( Read more... )

At the end of the Gospel of Luke in chapter 24:27 and verse 44 Jesus sits down with his disciples and tells how the Law of Moses the Prophets and the Psalms are all about him. The whole old testament is full of promises that point to the coming of Jesus and the things he would accomplish when he came. Since it's Christmas time I thought I'd tell ( Read more... )

Genesis 24
Proverbs 5:18 says Let your fountain be blessed ( Read more... )