Thursday, May 16, 2024 “Go to Bethel”
Genesis 35:3 “3 Then let us arise and go up to Bethel; and I will make an altar there to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and has been with me in the way which I have gone.” Jacob said, “Let us go to Bethel” – which by definition is “House of God.” Pray … Continue reading
Wednesday, May 15, 2024 “Change Your Garments”
Genesis 35:2 “2 And Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, and change your garments.” Jacob said, “Change your garments.” Our unbelief or faith and confidence donning the whole armor of God we find in Ephesians chapter 6. Pray that God’s people will put on the whole … Continue reading
Tuesday, May 14, 2024 “Purify Yourself”
Genesis 35:2 “2 And Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, and change your garments.” Jacob told his people, “Purify yourselves.” Let the Holy Spirit identify any sinful roots of behavior from your heart and flesh and abandon those things that keeps us from drawing near to … Continue reading
Saturday, May 11, 2024 “Faith Jacob!”
Genesis 35:1 “35 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.” Once again, Jacob was allowing fear to be a motivator in making decisions concerning his future. Pray that faith will be the … Continue reading
Friday, May 10, 2024 “Who Troubled Who?”
“Genesis 34:30-31 “30 Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have troubled me by making me obnoxious among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and since I am few in number, they will gather themselves together against me and kill me. I shall be destroyed, my household and I.”31 But they said, “Should he treat our sister … Continue reading
Thursday, May 9, 2024 “They Plundered”
Genesis 34:26-29 “26 And they killed Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah from Shechem’s house, and went out. 27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because their sister had been defiled. 28 They took their sheep, their oxen, and their donkeys, what was in the city and what was in the … Continue reading
Tuesday, May 7, 2024 “Do This and…”
Genesis 34:19-24 “19 So the young man did not delay to do the thing, because he delighted in Jacob’s daughter. He was more honorable than all the household of his father.20 And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their city, and spoke with the men of their city, saying: 21 “These men are at peace with us. Therefore let them … Continue reading
Monday, May 6, 2024 “Not Just the Outward”
Genesis 34:14-18 “14 And they said to them, “We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised, for that would be a reproach to us. 15 But on this condition we will consent to you: If you will become as we are, if every male of you is circumcised, 16 then we will give our daughters to you, and we will take your … Continue reading
Saturday, May 4, 2024 “Righteous Indignation”
Genesis 34:7 “7 And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it; and the men were grieved and very angry, because he had done a disgraceful thing in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter, a thing which ought not to be done.” As the brothers of Dinah the victim of sexual sin responded with righteous … Continue reading
Friday, May 3, 2024 “When People Talk”
Genesis 34:6 “5 And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter. Now his sons were with his livestock in the field; so Jacob held[a] his peace until they came.” Hamor came to speak with Jacob concerning the evil done by Shechem to Jacob’s daughter Dinah. Pray that in such conversations concerning what is done to good … Continue reading
We Are The People 