Nov2018
Welcome to the Royal Family!
Now Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons, because he had been born to him in his old age; and he made an ornate robe for him. When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to… Read more
Nov2018
What’s in a name
The man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel:’ Jacob said, “Please tell me your name” But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed him there. So, Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, “It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared:’… Read more
Nov2018
God keeps his promises!
Then Jacob prayed, “O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, Lord, you who said to me, ‘I will surely make you prosper and will make your descendants like the sand of the sea, which cannot be counted: (verses 9,12) Read Genesis 32:3-21 Jacob has heard that his brother Esau was coming… Read more
Nov2018
Tap tap tap
‘I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar and where you made a vow to me. Now leave this land at once and go back to your native land; (verse 13) Read Genesis 31:1-21 Jacob’s father-in-law was cheating him out of his wages. Jacob was distressed as he had left his homeland… Read more
Nov2018
Blood and guts
The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a burnt calf are sprinkled on the people who are ritually unclean, and this purifies them by taking away their ritual impurity. Since this is true, how much more is accomplished by the blood of Christ! Through the eternal Spirit he offered himself as a… Read more
Nov2018
A recipe for living life
As I learn your righteous judgements, I will praise you with a pure heart. (verse 7) Read Psalm 119:1-8 Do I want to live a blest life, or a life of shame? Am I going to live the kind of life that, when God and others look at it, shows blessings and wholeness? If that’s… Read more
Nov2018
You are never forgotten
Then God remembered Rachel; he listened to her and enabled her to conceive. She became pregnant and gave birth to a son and said, “God has taken away my disgrace:’ (verses 22,23) Read Genesis 30:1-24 Jacob had two wives (Leah and Rachel) and two female servants. It seems that there was a competition to who… Read more
Nov2018
Call me too, Lord
‘Take the stone away!’ Jesus ordered. Martha, the dead man’s sister, answered, ‘There will be a bad smell, Lord. He has been buried four days!’ Jesus said to her, ‘Didn’t I tell you that you would see God’s glory if you believed?’ They took the stone away. Jesus looked up and said, ‘I thank you,… Read more
Oct2018
What a feeling!
So Jesus said to those who believed in him, ‘If you obey my teaching, you are really my disciples; you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.’ ‘We are the descendants of Abraham,’ they answered, ‘and we have never been anybody’s slaves. What do you mean, then, by saying, “You will… Read more
Oct2018
In God’s presence
‘Remember, I will be with you and protect you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done all that I have promised you.’ Jacob woke up and said, ‘The LORD is here! He is in this place, and I didn’t know it!’… Read more
