Text: Genesis 32:31-32 “And Jacob was left alone...” (Genesis 32:24a) How many people need a change – not only physically, but spiritually? Jacob, our example for this devotion, needed a change. The background for this devotion finds Jacob on … [Read more...]
Prayer of Faith
Text verses: Genesis 32:9-12 “And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac…” (Genesis 32:9) God had commanded Jacob to return to the land of his fathers and to his kindred (Genesis 31:3). Jacob had seen the House of God, … [Read more...]
God’s Token
“…the angels of God met him.” (Genesis 32:1b) God had made a Promise to Jacob: “And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and … [Read more...]
The Giver of Blessings
“And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock:” (Genesis 30:31) Jacob had answered Laban’s question of his wages for his service to … [Read more...]
The Cost of the Choice Based on Outward Appearance
Jacob was sent by Isaac to Rebekah’s brother to find a wife, and also to spare Jacob’s life from Esau (Genesis 28:1-2; 29:1). The first woman Jacob saw was Rachel, Laban’s youngest daughter, “And Jacob kissed Rachel…and wept” (Genesis 29:11). As … [Read more...]
The Word of Faith is not “If” but “Since”
“And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,” (Genesis 28:20) “So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my … [Read more...]
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