The Word For Today; Wednesday, September 25, 2024

For Violence Against Your Brother For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.  In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon …

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…Carry me out of Egypt…

Our reading for today is Genesis 46 through 48. We find Jacob in Egypt and near to death, and does not desire to be buried in that land, but back in Canaan. ...And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.  …

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He Answered Me In the Day of My Distress

The word of God hides nothing concerning the people He calls. In chapters 34 through 36 of Genesis we read of frailties, and the sins of the people of God; yet we also see the love, mercy, and grace of God. O that we as the redeemed of God would walk in His word and …

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The Land of Your Birth

I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto Me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred. Genesis 31:13 (KJV) Laban, Jacob's father in law was beginning to get uneasy for Jacob to live with.  God had …

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The LORD is in This Place

And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not. Genesis 28:16  (KJV) Have you ever heard the phrase, maybe even heard it or used it, "This is such a god forsaken place"?  Then, since you are a Christian, and know the Scriptures a …

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The Unchanging One

"For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed." Malachi 3:6 (KJV) In a world that is constantly changing in politics, personal, families, the work place, the play place, medicine, law, and life overall. I find it peaceful, and encouraging to know that the One who created all …

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To Walk in the Name of the LORD Our God

"But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it. And many nations shall come, and say, 'Come, and let us go up …

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Romans 9:6-13 The Word of Promise

The Word Of Promise Romans 9:6-13 Remembering that we are looking at a parenthetical statement, which gives a clearer understanding of what Paul is writing about in chapter 8 and assuring the Roman Christians that the promises of God are good, and that He will not break or void any of them; we come to …

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Know Who Keeps, Blesses and Protects You

Today's Bible Reading:  Genesis 31 - 32 "So Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field, to his flock, and said to them, “I see your father’s countenance, that it is not favorable toward me as before; but the God of my father has been with me. And you know that with all …

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Give Me Children

Today's Bible Reading: Genesis 29 - 30 "Now when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister, and said to Jacob, “Give me children, or else I die!” And Jacob’s anger was aroused against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the …

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