The Lord called Jacob – again – to go to Bethel.  Finally, finally, Jacob obeyed. (NASB) Genesis 35:1 “THEN GOD said to Jacob, ‘Arise, go up to Bethel and live there, and make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.’” (Genesis 27:4-45) Jacob then had his […]

Jacob learned that to truly worship God he needed to be where God wanted him. Because Jacob did not immediately obey God, but took his willful way of living among pagans, his daughter was raped and his sons murdered many men. When we know what God wants us to do, according to His word, are […]

God is faithful, He is merciful and His grace is not dependent on anything anyone does, thinks or says.  It is His grace – His gift to all who turn to Him… and it is for anyone.  We need to receive God’s gift that He freely offers.  If we refuse His gift of salvation, we […]

What?!!! Overcome the wrongs done to me with good? Why?!!! Why would anyone do that?!!! Because God says so. (NASB) Romans 12:17-21 “Never pay back evil for evil to anyone.  Respect what is right in the sight of all men. 18 If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all […]

Jacob relied on the faith of his grandfather Abraham and his father Isaac.  He learned to rely on the Lord God of the Holy Bible for himself.  How? Jacob experienced God keeping His promises to him. You and I are not to rely on someone else’s faith.  We are to have faith in the living […]

Many believe that God is the same god of all religions. God of the Holy Bible is not the god of other religions.  He is the living God.  True, Jesus the Messiah died and was buried, just as other prophets and “gods” of other religions died and were buried. There is a difference, however, between […]

Jacob went back to the land of his birth.  He left with a walking stick… he went back with a large family, many servants and great wealth in livestock.  He went back to his past.  He would face his brother Esau whom he had deceived.  He went back with a new understanding of God. Jacob […]

Definition of appeasement: to moderate; to mollify Can you imagine receiving an expensive gift from a brother or sister who wronged you in the past?  Then an hour after receiving the first gift another expensive gift arrives… an hour later another gift… an hour later another gift… then another?  With the promise of the giver […]

God gives encouragement to all who go forward into the future – trusting Him. Remember God’s promises to you from His word. Jacob was such a man to whom God encouraged to go back to the land of his birth.  In addition to God’s promise, angels of God met Jacob – God’s own army! He […]

What are your circumstances this moment?  What are your real needs, which only the Lord God can meet? The following is a prayer to The God who hears my prayers. “I am crying out to You, the living, holy Lord God Almighty. I am asking, nay, pleading for You to hear my prayer. Give ear; […]