EVIL EFFECTS OF ENVY Now Jacob dwelt in the land where his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan. This [is] the history of Jacob. Joseph, [being] seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. And the lad [was] with the sons of Bilhah and the sons of …
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PREACH THE GOSPEL BOLDLY MEMORISE: Whosoever, therefore, shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. Matthew 10:32 READ Acts 20:22-24 And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there: 23 Save …
Read More »MOVE ON! GET MOVING!
MOVE ON! GET MOVING! READ: Genesis 35:16-29 (NKJV) Then they journeyed from Bethel. And when there was but a little distance to go to Ephrath, Rachel labored [in childbirth,] and she had hard labor. Now it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said to her, “Do …
Read More »CALL TO DWELL IN GOD’S PRESENCE
CALL TO DWELL IN GOD’S PRESENCE READ: Genesis 35:1-15 (NKJV) Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there; and make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.” And Jacob said to his household and to all …
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VENGEANCE BELONGS TO GOD READ: Genesis 34:25-31 (NKJV) Now it came to pass on the third day, when they were in pain, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, each took his sword and came boldly upon the city and killed all the males. And they killed Hamor …
Read More »AN EVER-SPEAKING ALTAR
AN EVER-SPEAKING ALTAR READ: Genesis 28:10-22 (NKJV) Now Jacob went out from Beersheba and went toward Haran. So he came to a certain place and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. And he took one of the stones of that place and put it at his head, and he lay …
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JOURNEY INTO GOD’S PURPOSE READ: Genesis 29:1-35 (KJV) 1 Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east. 2 And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well …
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THE DILIGENT HANDS READ: Genesis 30:22-43 (NKJV) Then God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb. And she conceived and bore a son, and said, “God has taken away my reproach.” So she called his name Joseph, and said, “The LORD shall add to me another …
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LED BY GOD READ: Genesis 31:1-23 (NKJV) Now [Jacob] heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, “Jacob has taken away all that was our father’s, and from what was our father’s he has acquired all this wealth.” And Jacob saw the countenance of Laban, and indeed it [was] not [favorable] toward him …
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JOURNEY INTO GOD’S PURPOSE READ: Genesis 29:1-35 (KJV) 1 Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east. 2 And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well …
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