Deceptions are lies and lead to more lies and deceptions. Genesis 27:13-17 Rebekah had a hastily put together plan … to deceive her husband, Isaac. Jacob, Rebekah’s favorite son, questioned his mother. Not about the act of deception but how were they going to convince his dad that he was the other twin brother, Esau. […]
Deceptions come from wrong motives. Deceptions are deliberate lies. Genesis 27:1-12 Isaac was old, and couldn’t see so well. He called his eldest and favorite son, Esau, and told him to go hunt and “bring me my favorite dish then I will bless you”. Isaac said that he didn’t know when he would die (he […]
What you choose to do today, you will live with tomorrow. Esau, the favorite son of Isaac, married two women, both women were not Jewish. Both brought grief to Isaac and his wife Rebekah. Esau apparently did not seek the counsel of his parents or ask the LORD about his choices. Genesis 26:24-25 The choices […]
We can choose to live in fear or we can choose to live in peace, no matter how we are treated or what is going on in the world. Jesus came to bring peace to our hearts. As we live in this week ending in Good Friday and on Sunday, the glorious resurrection of our […]
Genesis 26:12-22 When someone confronts you or is contentious toward you, what do you do? Isaac is an excellent person to copy when faced with confrontation and contention. Isaac sowed wheat and it produced 100 times what was planted. Farmers hope for such a harvest. He became wealthy, he had flocks and herds and many […]
Genesis 26:1-11 What causes you to lie? Is it the fear that something bad will happen if you don’t lie? Lies many times come from fear. Fear of the consequences. One story, which really happened many long years ago, is of Isaac lying because he was afraid for his life. He and Rebekah, his wife, […]
Genesis 25:19-34, 26 What is your story? Is it filled with contentious relationships? The following story is about two brothers and their contentious relationship. Isaac and Rebekah, were the parents of twin boys. Isaac was 40 when he and Rebekah wed. Isaac was 60 when the twins were born. While Rebekah carried the boys in […]
Genesis 24:62-67 Lift your eyes … to see. Isaac was waiting for his father’s servant to return from a long journey with a wife for him. One evening during that waiting time, Isaac was walking in the field when the shadows were long as the sun spread its last lingering light. While Isaac was meditating, […]
Abraham’s servant was sent to get a wife for Abraham’s son, Isaac. He arrived at his destination, and prayed specifically for God’s leading. Then his prayer was answered, what a treasured gift to receive! As the servant told Rebekah’s family about the circumstances which brought him to them, and he told the reason he was […]
Matthew 6:9-13 “Pray, then, in this way: ‘Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done, On earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And do not lead us into temptation […]