The Bible reading for today, January 13, 2026, is Genesis 34 - 36. And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him. And God said unto him, "Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and He called …
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The Word For Today; Monday, September 23, 2024
Seek GOD and Live Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel. The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up. For thus saith the Lord GOD; "The city that went …
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From the Pastor’s reading of Hosea 6 through 10
And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods. Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is …
Continue reading From the Pastor’s reading of Hosea 6 through 10
Cut Off From The LORD
In our reading of 1 Kings 12 through 13 today we read of the evil heart of the new king of the divided kingdom. When reading the history of the kings of the Northern Kingdom of Israel you will notice that not one of the kings does what is right in the eyes of the …
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 …
The Chaos When GOD Is Not King
Surely the final chapters and verses of Judges is a sad and great example of what happens when the people of God turn their backs on Him in disobedience, and rule their own lives in their own way. Please read Judges 20 through Ruth 1. Then the elders of the congregation said, "How shall we …
The Journey from Bethel
From today's Bible reading of Genesis 34 - 36: And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour. And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, "Fear not; thou shalt have …
GOD Blesses His Own
From today's scheduled Scripture reading. And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, "Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's hath he gotten all this glory." And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before. And the LORD …
Go Back to Bethel
And God said unto Jacob, "Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother." Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, "Put away the strange gods that are among …
According To The Word Of The LORD
"Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, and stamped it small to powder, and burned the grove. And as Josiah turned himself, he …
Lift Up Your Eyes and See
"And the Angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, 'Jacob:' And I said, 'Here am I.' And He said, 'Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee. I am the …
Surely the LORD is in This Place
"And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran. And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep. And he dreamed, and behold a ladder …
It Shall Surely Come to Pass
Please read 1 Kings 11 - 13... "For the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass." 1 Kings 13:32 (KJB) It is really necessary that you …
The Mighty Almighty
And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins; and the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give …
Preparing to Meet with God
Today's Bible Reading: Genesis 33 - 36 "Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there; and make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.” And Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put …