Month: February 2014

Genesis 32:29Then Jacob asked him and said, “Please tell me your name.” But he said, “why is it that you ask my name?” And he blessed him there.I’m going out on a limb this morning. I can’t say I know […]

Genesis 32:28 And he said, “Your name shall no longer be Jacob, but Israel: for you have striven with God and with men and have prevailed.”Jacob’s life up until this point has, been a collection of destroyed relationships. He has gotten […]

Hebrews 10:23Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.I want to focus on the wavering part. As we go through our days, we often go in and out of our own […]

Genesis 32:26 Then he said to him, “Let me go, for the dawn is breaking.” But he said, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”Jacob was a persistent man. He would work a situation until he got what […]

Hebrews 10:22“Let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith…”Faith is an interesting thing. It’s how God wants us to relate to Him. We don’t see Him, yet we are to put our trust in Him. […]

Genesis 32:25 And when he saw that he had not prevailed against him, he touched the socket of his thigh; so the socket of Jacob’s thigh was dislocated while he wrestled with him.Jacob is about to enter a new phase in […]

Hebrews 10:19 “Since, therefore, brethren,we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus,”Tad Lincoln had the White House as his play house. He would play hide and seek, run from room to room and barge in […]

Genesis 32:1Now as Jacob went on his way, the angels of God met him.God sure knows how to give us what we need, when we need it. Jacob had just fled from Laban. He had the embarrassing confrontation. He is […]

Hebrews 9:9  “… Accordingly both gifts and sacrifices are offered which cannot make the worshipper clean in conscience.”While I was never part of the Old Testament system, I lived outside of the New Testament system for 18 years.  I went […]

Gen 31:49 ‘… Mizpah for he said, “May the Lord watch between you and me this day”‘Are we a good friend, neighbor and family member? Today’s entry addresses that.This is the famous verse that best girl friends used to put […]