Learning To Spend Time In Scripture

8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you[a] shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. Joshua 1:8 Bible is the word …

Do you believe in God?

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1 I want you to take a moment and think about the verse. Do you honestly believe it? If you do not believe the first verse of the Bible, the rest of it is meaningless. If you remove the first verse of Genesis, the …

Genesis 37: Dangers of Leadership

Joseph, one of the greatest men in the Bible. Almost 25% of the book of Genesis is dedicated to him. Joseph along with Daniel is one of only two significant characters in the Bible of whom there is no mention of sin. It does not mean they did not commit any sins. God told us …

Genesis 34: Biblical Parenting

Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. 2 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her and lay with her, and violated her. 3 His soul was strongly attracted to Dinah the daughter …

Gen 33: Brothers Reunite

We learned a beautiful lesson in reconciliation back in chapter 25 where two brothers, Isaac and Ishmael reunited at the grave of their father Abraham. Once again, here two brothers are meeting after 20 years. As we saw in the last chapter, Jacob was very anxious about meeting Esau. As he was plotting and planning …

Gen: 29- Deceiver Is Deceived

Next 3 chapters of Genesis deals with the life of Jacob in a foreign land. He spent 20 long years away from home and with his pagan worshipping, conniving uncle Laban.  let's look at this chapter together and see what God will teach us. So Jacob went on his journey and came to the land …

Gen: 28 – Jacob is Born-Again

As we ended the last chapter, a decision was made by Rebekah to send Jacob to Padan Aram, where her brother lived to escape the wrath of Esau as well as find a suitable life partner. Let's look at chapter 28 where Jacob comes to know God and is saved. In next few chapters, we …

Gen Ch 25: Reconciliation

Abraham again took a wife, and her name was Keturah. 2 And she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. 3 Jokshan begot Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, . 4 And the sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were the chLetushim, and …

Gen 24: Holy Spirit Searches for Bride

This is the longest chapter in Genesis and it tells a beautiful story of how people come to Jesus and Church ( Bride of Christ) is formed. Genesis draws a picture of what is to come in new covenant , The covenant that we are under .  In Ch 22 we saw the Abraham almost …

Genesis 23: How Saved person grieves

As we saw in the last chapter, Abraham come through a tough test. One that many feel was his biggest faith moment but as painful as that was, now we see he faces an even more significant challenge in my eyes. Oh no, don't get me wrong, loss of a child is devastating, and there …

Genesis 22: Sacrifice Of Issac

Now it came to pass after these things that God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!”And he said, “Here I am.” Then He said, “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains …

True Thanksgiving: Psalm 116

Each year on last Thursday of November, we celebrate Thanksgiving. A day where all over America families get together and share a meal, watch some football and get ready for shopping. Between the turkey, traffic & trimmings, we may pause to Thank God ,maybe say a grace over the meal and then we get back …