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; […]
The Invitation of the Lord (NASB) Psalm 34:11 “Come, you children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord.” The longing for good in life (NASB) Psalm 34:12 “Who is the man who desires life And loves length of days that he may see good? Response to the Lord (NASB) Psalm […]
When God says “go” – we are to go! We should keep God in our thoughts as we make practical and realistic plans. Jacob is an example… and his faith in God grew. He became aware of changed attitudes toward him by his wives family. God told him to leave and go back to his […]
Your circumstances, the people around you, your past and your present: the Lord God uses all this to bring you a growing awareness of who He is. Our faith in the living God is not stagnant… if it is not growing – it is diminishing. An example of growing faith is in the life of […]