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The Love Of Godly Mother Mother’s day sharing

How can one define a mother? She is the strongest of the woman yet the most loving and gentle. She is your most active supporter and at times your harshest critic. Every second Sunday in May we celebrate & honor mothers. Of course, most of us know one day is not enough to thank a …

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Genesis:38 – A Thread of Hope

Now, we come to one of the most sordid chapters in the Bible. I am pretty sure, you rarely read this chapter and not too many people use this portion of the scripture to preach or teach. We started looking at the life of Joseph in the last chapter, and this story of Judah contrast …

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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 …

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Being a Father is a Ministry

As a father, I feel Father's day is least celebrated, hyped holiday on the calendar. Dad's don't even get their day. We are thrown in together with GRADS. All over the place, you see Grads & Dad's. Fathers day spending is nowhere near what people spend on mother's day. Roughly 21 billion dollars are spent …

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New Year Resolution-2018

As we say goodbye to another year and say hello to new, it is a great time to pause and reflect on our lives. Every year, as the calendar changes and we welcome a new year, we all decide to make changes in our lives, hoping they will lead to better, happier, more peaceful life. …

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Gen 35: Returning to God

Jacob was told to leave Padan Aram and go to promised land. He, in his own wisdom, decided to build a house, dwell in Shechem and as result of his disobedience, he was facing a major crisis in his family. His daughter was raped and his sons became murderers. He had perhaps become bit arrogant …

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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 …

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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 …

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Gen 31: Jacob’s return to Promised Land

 Now Jacob heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, “Jacob has taken away all that was our father’s, and from what was our father’s he has acquired all this wealth.” 2 And Jacob saw the countenance of Laban, and indeed it was not favorable toward him as before. 3 Then the Lord said to Jacob, “Return to …

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Gen: 30- Jacob blessed with Sons & Flocks

As we learned in the last chapter, Leah gave birth to four sons. She was hoping to win over her husband Jacob, but it did not quite a workout that way. On the other hand, Rachel was barren and she was not happy about it. In short, both sisters were unhappy in their marriage. Let's look …

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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 …

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