Bible

“I am unworthy of all the lovingkindness and of all the faithfulness which You have shown to Your servant;” Genesis 32:10a As Jacob journeys home with his family and all he owns, he has already had an encounter with a Very Angry Father-in-law and the Angels of God. With both, God has spared his life, […]

“He was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.”” Genesis 28:17 As Jacob journeyed back to his mother’s home for a wife, he stops to spend the night at the city which would become known as Bethel (House

“It came about, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out through a window, and saw, and behold, Isaac was caressing his wife Rebekah.” Genesis 26:8 This Verse always gets my attention. Here in today’s section, Isaac is asked by the Philistines about his wife. He replies,

“Before I had finished speaking in my heart…” Genesis 24:45a Here, we see Abraham’s servant being commissioned with finding a wife for his son Isaac. He would not allow him to take a wife from the women of Canaan and sent him back to search among his relatives. So, in obedience to his master’s wish,

“Is anything too difficult for the Lord?” Genesis 18:14a This is the question God asked Abraham when Sarah laughed at the news that “she would have a child”. We’re told that “Sarah laughed to herself, saying, “After I have become old, am I to have pleasure, my lord being old also?”” But it is also

“Now Sarai, Abram’s wife had borne him no children, and she had an Egyptian maid whose name was Hagar.” Genesis 16:1 This sounds like the beginning of a bad story. IT IS! God had promised Abram a multitude of children. He told him one night to “look toward the heavens and count the stars, if

“Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.” Genesis 11:7 Two things stand out in Today’s Verse. The first one is the use of the word “Us”. No one needs an explanation that this is a Plural Form of the one talking. Here, God

“While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.” Genesis 8:22 What is the Ultimate Authority in your life when it comes to shaping your World View, especially when it pertains to this Earth and all of Creation? Is it “you” and

“Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.” Genesis 6:5 This assessment of early Mankind is so severe it’s startling! Consider each of these: “Every”; not just some, or most, but EVERY! “Intent”; their inward