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[Example of underwhelming solution to an overwhelming problem] Maybe we feel like that. The problems, troubles, difficulties in our lives are overwhelming. And we don’t have the resources to deal with it. Maybe that’s not how you feel. But you SHOULD! Things in your life might be fine, but there is an…

Abraham: Following God's Promise

Abraham: Following God's Promise

Dysfunction in families can wreak havoc over multiple generations. We see this in the background of the life of Joseph. Joseph’s family tree demonstrates the truth of passages such as Exodus 34::7 which speaks of the sins of the parents affecting even the third and fourth generations. Now generational…

We pick up from where we left off with our study on love and dating. This will be the last lesson before we delve into a new section of the series where we transition from pre-dating to the dating phase. Have you ever heard the phrase: “Let’s just go with the flow.” “Let’s not label things.” “I’m really…

The Gospel According to Genesis Today, we will deal with a few passages from the book of Genesis that teach us about the prophetic text concerning our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. As we approach the days to celebrate the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ, we must learn about the prophetic texts that teach…

Today we are wrapping up this six part study of the Good News called, “Life in 6 Words.” We get these six words by using the word “Gospel” as an acrostic. As a way of review, let’s walk through these six words one final time… G - God created us to be with Him. ( Genesis 1-2 ) O - Our sins separate us…

Intro I’ve got a little metal train on my desk. Well, It’s parts of a train… Our lives are like that train. We might have some pieces in place, but the pieces don’t know what the train looks like. We need a finished image, and the right steps to get us there. Overview. Today: Gen 25:19 through 29:30…

The Prophecies Concerning Jesus Christ Part 2 | The Abrahamic Covenant

Genesis 28:10-32:3 Hosea 12:12- 14:9 Review In our last Hafltarah We spoke of Jacob and Esau - and their purpose After speaking of Esau and Jacob, Summary of The Torah Portion: Genesis 28:10-32:3 10 Now Jacob went out from Beersheba and went toward Haran. Vayetze Picture Jacob leaves his hometown of…

There is certain background in Daniel chapter nine that is essential to understand the events that will unfold in the following chapters of Revelation. The angel Gabriel gave Daniel a prophecy involving seventy weeks. Sixty-nine of these weeks are history but they constitute the most astonishing passage…

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Warning of Deceit The warning of disillusiolnment The Providence of Destiny Conclusion

Today, we are finishing up this series called Family Matters. I have said this for the past few weeks now, but family is the greatest gift, other than salvation, that God has given us. I hope you have learned something from this series. Today, I want to conclude this series by talking about leaving a…

What do we build our lives on? We can often find our value in things we have no control over accomplishments circumstances good fortune But this is a two edged sword because we don’t control many of these things Even worse, they can make us into awful people we begin to try and manipulate and deceive…

Jacob Arrives in Paddan Aram Then Jacob went on his journey and came to the land of the people of the east. As he looked, he saw a well in the field, and behold, three flocks of sheep lying beside it, for out of that well the flocks were watered. The stone on the well’s mouth was large, and when all…

Last week we saw Jacob find Rebekah’s brother Laban, along with his 2 daughters, Rachel and Leah. He met Rachel first and worked 7 years to marry her, but was given Leah instead. He worked another 7 years in order to be able to marry Rachel also. 1 Now when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children,…

Last week we saw the sending of Jacob off to Rebekah’s side of the family. Though Isaac was the sender, Rebekah was the instigator, in an effort to save Jacob’s life from Esau. Jacob began his travels, and in doing so had a vision of God and a ladder to heaven. 1 Then Jacob went on his journey, and came…

This Torah Portion: Gen 44:18 - 47:27 Introduction In the previous Torah portions we talked about how Jacob finally settled and had children - among who Joseph became the first born of promise We heard how Joseph had a first dream -regarding ruling over his brothers and that seem to have made him overconfident…

Today we are going to look at the story of Jacob. Last week, we looked at the overview of Abraham’s life and saw how he is the father of our faith. He was not perfect, but he believed God and grew in trusting the Lord instead of trying to work things out for himself. As we saw last week, God did give…

15 Then Laban said to Jacob, “Because you are my kinsman, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what shall your wages be?” 16 Now Laban had two daughters. The name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. 17 Leah’s eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful in form and…

Introduction Called as Pastor of FBC Bagdad five years ago yesterday. 18 Where there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint, but blessed is he who keeps the law. We must continually place ourselves under the authorities set over us by God, or we will eventually walk out from under authority…

Unexpected Blessing We’ve been following Jacob in this series about identity. Jacob struggled with a bit of an identity crisis from before the time he was born. His brother, Esau, didn’t put much stock in his identity and actually sold his own birth right as first born son for a bowl of beans. Last week…

The Gospel Project® for Adults, Daily Discipleship Guide ESV, Unit 3, Session 2 © 2018 LifeWay Christian Resources, edited by Rev. Lex A. DeLong, M.A. Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser. God grants His creatures the gift of love, but Himself has…

The Gospel Project® for Adults, Daily Discipleship Guide ESV, Unit 3, Session 2 © 2018 LifeWay Christian Resources, edited by Rev. Lex A. DeLong, M.A. Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser. God grants His creatures the gift of love, but Himself has…