Genesis 26:6-11 / The Path Of Fear Into The Word With Bryce Ferguson podcast

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God speaks to Jacob and encourages him that God is committed to him. The everlasting covenant continues with Jacob and it extends after Jacob. God is committed through and through. Additional scripture: Genesis 12:2, 17:1-6 To Abraham: Genesis 12:7, 13:16, 12:3 To Isaac: Genesis 26:3-4 To Jacob: Genesis 28:13-14…

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Genesis 35:1-8 / The living testimony 49:45

14 weeks ago49:45

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God speaks to Jacob and instructs him to journey to Bethel. Jacob responds with faith to go. And as they go, God puts a defense around the group to ensure their safety. Additional Scripture: 1 Timothy 3:4, Genesis 1:26-27, Genesis 12:6, Genesis 28:11-22, Genesis 33:20, Deuteronomy 7:1-2

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Genesis 34:5-31 / Lust, Anger, Deception, and Murder 1:06:13

17 weeks ago1:06:13

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*sensitive topic warning* After Shechem commits sexual assault against Jacob’s daughter, Jacob and his brothers find out. Then, Shechem and his father, Hamor, ask Jacob if he will give Dinah in marriage to Shechem. Jacob’s sons take matters into their own hands for the response. Additional Scripture: Genesis 17:1-14, James 4:12…

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Genesis 34:1-4 / Disgrace and humiliation 45:19

19 weeks ago45:19

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*sensitive topic warning* After Jacob’s family settles in Shechem, his daughter Dinah goes out into the town and is violently assaulted. The predator then acts as if he loves her and wants to marry her. Additional Scripture: Genesis 1:26-28, Hebrews 12:6, Revelation 3:19, Proverbs 10:6, Proverbs 3:29-34…

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Genesis 33:12-20 / Two brothers to two cities 49:45

20 weeks ago49:45

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After the reconciliation with Esau, Jacob does not follow Esau to his home, but continues on into the heart of Canaan. Jacob knows God has called him and he wants to be obedient to the call. Additional Scripture: Romans 14:23, Hebrews 13:5-6, 1 John 4:8, Psalm 23:4, Proverbs 14:15, James 4:12

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Genesis 33:1-11 / Maturity and forgiveness 44:59

24 weeks ago44:59

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Jacob finally meets Esau and is surprised by Esau’s countenance. Esau welcomes Jacob to prove God matures those He has called, and also to prove there is no value in fearing the unknown. Both men have been blessed and it is God who has provided. Additional Scripture: Matthew 9:9-15, 19-34, Genesis 32:13-15…

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Genesis 32:22-32 / Wrestling in faith 50:17

25 weeks ago50:17

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After Jacob sends his family and belongings on ahead of him, Jacob stays behind for the night alone. But in his struggle, a mysterious encounter changes him forever and removes his name for another. Additional Scripture: Luke 14:26

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Genesis 32:13-21 / Wrestling in fear 42:20

29 weeks ago42:20

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After prayer, Jacob sends forth a series of appeasing gifts toward Esau, in hope to dissuade what Jacob fears (but does not know), because he thinks it may help. Additional scripture: Col. 3:5-6, John 16:33, John 1:1-5

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Genesis 32:1-12 / Faith and humility 41:54

30 weeks ago41:54

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Jacob travels toward Canaan and deals with a spectrum of emotion, from faith to fear. God has called him to look ahead, but he starts looking down, when God has called him to look ahead. He prays, confessing his fear and heralding the truths God has promised to him before. Additional Scripture: Luke 18:1-8, John 10:10, 1 John 4:18, 2 Tim. 1:7, Matt. 6:33…

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Genesis 31:43-55 / God's protection for Jacob's return 45:02

31 weeks ago45:02

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After Laban disobeyed God’s rebuke, after Jacob rightly also rebukes Laban, Laban proposes a protective agreement with Jacob now out of Laban’s fear. Laban sees he is outside of God’s favor, and he confesses Jacob is within God’s favor. Additional Scripture: James 5:12, Mark 4:24, Philippians 4:8, Deuteronomy 31:1-8, John 10:27…

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Genesis 31:36-42 / Jacob's righteous anger 42:35

33 weeks ago42:35

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After Laban catches up to Jacob, and derides Jacob, Jacob responds with the plain truth. Jacob has endured mistreatment from Laban for up to 20 years, and God has been a witness to it all. The agreements Laban made multiple times with Jacob, according to Laban, meant nothing. Additional scripture: Matthew 12:34, Ephesians 4:26-27, 31, 1 Peter 5:5, James 4:12, Matthew 5:38-42, 43-46a…

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Genesis 31:14-35 / The call to return to Canaan 45:43

37 weeks ago45:43

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Jacob answers God’s call to leave for Canaan. When Laban finds out, he pursues Jacob in anger and because he believes Jacob has stolen his pagan idols. But God speaks to Laban in a dream, warning him not to speak to Jacob. Additional scripture: Matthew 22:35-39, Genesis 31:3-13, Exodus 20:3-16

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Genesis 31:1-13 / Jacob is blessed; Laban is reduced 44:04

40 weeks ago44:04

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After 20 long years, God calls Jacob to go. Jacob relays the commission to his wives, also recounting the oppression of their father, and affirms that as they go, God will go with them. Additional scripture: Genesis 29, Genesis 30, Exodus 29:45, Ezekiel 11:19, Ezekiel 37:25-27, James 5:12

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Genesis 30:25-43 / Two deceivers 43:13

45 weeks ago43:13

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After 14 years in service to Laban, Jacob requests his leave. Laban, taking control, refuses Jacob to leave and continues his abominable behavior against Jacob and his family. Additional Scripture: Romans 1:18-20, Genesis 29:14-25, Proverbs 12:20

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Genesis 30:22-24 / Joseph 42:22

47 weeks ago42:22

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After ten sons by other women, because the Lord opened Rachel’s womb, Jacob and Rachel have a son, Joseph, who is eleventh in the birth order, but will be the chosen one to lead the covenantal family line of faith behind Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Additional scripture: Proverbs 16:9, Hebrews 13:8, Exodus 20:18-21…

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Genesis 30:9-21 / The ugliness of polygamy 43:08

48 weeks ago43:08

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Rachel and Leah continue in a polygamous marriage with Jacob, and add both of their servants as another two wives in the family. This is not God’s design, and yet, God opens the wombs of these women and gives Jacob ten sons, who would be the first ten of the future twelve tribes of Israel. Additional Scripture: Psalm 37:4…

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Genesis 30:1-8 / Rachel's rush into sin 43:04

50 weeks ago43:04

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Faced with a terrible situation and a stressful life, Rachel lashes out in anger and runs to sin by essentially giving Jacob yet another wife, instead of turning to God. Jacob speaks truth to Rachel that the Lord is the one in control, yet Jacob participates in Rachel’s plan. Additional scripture: Genesis 16:1-6, Ephesians 4:26, James 4:11, Proverbs 16:9…

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Genesis 29:31-35 / Leah's favor from God 43:04

51 weeks ago43:04

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Once Leah and Rachel both marry Jacob, the Lord opens Leah’s womb and she conceives, while Rachel cannot. And the Lord loves them both. Additional Scripture: Psalm 24:1, 1 Samuel 16:7, Proverbs 31:30, and Ecclesiastes 2:10-11

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Genesis 29:19-30 / Laban's grievous evil 35:58

52 weeks ago35:58

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*Sensitive topic warning* Jacob pursues Rachel through an arranged seven-year-long engagement, and, when the day of marriage arrives, Jacob is deceived in an act of evil by her father, Laban. And this controlling act of Rachel’s father will impact the lives of Jacob and Rachel for a very long time – because Laban chose evil.…

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Genesis 29:1-18 / Jacob meets Rachel 46:07

1 year ago46:07

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Jacob leaves with his parent’s blessing to journey to Haran to meet Laban and marry one of his daughters. Before he arrives to his house, Jacob meets one of the daughters at a well, she, who is "beautiful in form and appearance," Rachel. Additional Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-2, 1 Corinthians 12:12-26…

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Genesis 28:10-22 / The ladder of heaven 41:39

1 year ago41:39

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As Jacob flees from the great anger of his brother, he lays down to sleep in the wilderness and has an incredible dream. The dream is incredible because it is from the Lord, and the Lord speaks to Jacob as He reveals Himself at the top of a ladder in heaven. Additional Scripture: Genesis 15:18-19, 26:4, 13:14-16, 22:17, 12:3, and John 1:43-51…

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Genesis 27:46-28:9 / It matters who you marry 52:30

1 year ago52:30

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Despondent over Esau’s pagan wives, Rebekah and Isaac instruct Jacob to go back to get a wife from the house of Laban in Paddan-aram, because they will not permit him to marry a foreign woman. Esau, in turn, adds to his household another wife - this time a relative nearby. Additional Scripture: Genesis 13:7-13, 24:1-4, 26:34-35. 2 Corinthians 6:14. Genesis 2:24. Genesis 9:18-19, 25. Genesis 15:18.…

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Genesis 27:30-45 / The result of deception 45:47

1 year ago45:47

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The choice of Rebekah and Jacob to sin by means of the deception of Isaac changed their family forever. It turned Esau in great anger against Jacob, dishonored Isaac and shook his spirit, and betrayed the honor and respect of Rebekah's marriage and their family. Sin has consequences and sometimes the consequence is huge.…

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Genesis 27:26-29 / A prophetic blessing (the blessing received by Jacob) 41:45

1 year ago41:45

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In the middle of Jacob’s deception, masquerading as Esau, Jacob receives Isaac’s blessing. And though Isaac believes he is blessing Esau, the prophetic blessing spoken from Isaac is a word from the Lord, and therefore later comes true in the life of Jacob. Additional Scriptures: Genesis 25:23, 28:10ff, 30:25ff, 32:22ff, 33:1ff, 32:28, 35:10, Ch. 42-45, 47:9, 47:28-29, 48:13-49:1…

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Genesis 27:14-25 / Bad character 53:31

1 year ago53:31

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After Rebekah plots deception against her husband, she and Jacob now bring this deception to pass before Isaac, bringing confusion and untruthfulness before him, before he is to give the blessing to Esau. In so doing, they do not bring truth and God’s word to Isaac, and therefore they do not act in holiness. Additional Scripture: Proverbs 14:25-26, Matthew 12:34-35, Exodus 20:3-6…

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Genesis 26:34-27:13 / Blindness and deception 52:19

1 year ago52:19

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When Isaac is old, his focus continues to be for Esau. As his sight leaves him, he seeks to bless Esau. But Rebekah overhears Isaac’s intentions and, in a plot to deceive her husband and take advantage of his blindness, because her focus is Jacob, she recruits Jacob to pass himself off as Esau and be the supplanter. [note: technical difficulties prevented an episode on 4.28.24] Additional scripture: 1 Samuel 3:1-21, 1 Samuel 2:12-36, Matthew 13:10-15, 2 Timothy 3:12-13, John 3:19-21…

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Genesis 26:23-33 / Testimony 42:03

1 year ago42:03

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God appears to Isaac at Beersheba and reminds Isaac, “I am with you.” Isaac then receives an unexpected visit from Abimelech, who proactively reached out to Isaac for the purpose of peace. And the first words out of Abimelech’s mouth at their encounter is a testimony of the Lord.

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Genesis 26:12-22 / God gives as God wills 44:25

1 year ago44:25

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Isaac follows God’s leading into the land of Gerar, and as he plants, God blesses his yield. From there, God continues to give Isaac more until he had great wealth. So, how will Isaac steward that which he has been given? Because it is the Lord who decides who is given how much. Additional Scripture Ref. Psalm 89:1,11 / Psalm 135:6-7 / Psalm 135:15-18 / Proverbs 30:4-9 / Zephaniah 1 / James 5:1-6 / Matthew 5:3 / Matthew 6:9-13 / Matthew 6:19-21 / Mark 8:34-36 / Eccl. 5:10,12…

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Genesis 26:6-11 / The path of fear 50:48

1 year ago50:48

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Isaac follows God’s guidance during a time of famine to the land of Gerar. But then, Isaac takes his eyes off God, creating and following his own assumptions instead, and walking a dangerous path. But, while Isaac and Rebekah dwell there among a pagan people, God works through a pagan king to accomplish God’s purposes, and correct Isaac and Rebekah.…

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Genesis 26:1-5 / God's word to Isaac 51:51

1 year ago51:51

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God appears to Isaac and affirms that His call to Abraham and His covenant with Abraham and the blessing for Abraham, is also for Isaac, and for Isaac's offspring. God affirms the continuity that the covenant is an everlasting covenant, the possession an everlasting possession, and God's relationship with His people is present every single day. To God be the glory!…

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Genesis 25:29-34 / Dishonor and shrewdness 43:54

1 year ago43:54

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After the brothers are grown, true to their nature in the womb, they continue to be divided as one is careless and the other is shrewd in a disrespectful transaction over the birthright. Impulsively, Jacob asks for the birthright from Esau, and over a simple meal, Esau throws it to the wind. Additional scripture: Hebrews 12:14-17, 25, 28-29, and Exodus 20:18-21…

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Genesis 25:19-28 / God's answer to Rebekah 46:46

1 year ago46:46

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In God’s chosen family line, Isaac encounters the same barrier his parents did, and he knew that God had promised in the covenant for a large nation of descendants – yet Rebekah was barren. And as they prayed to the Lord, they had to wait, a long time. When God brought about Rebekah’s pregnancy, God spoke to Rebekah, telling her the two children would not be peaceful, but rather divisive. Psalm 27:14, Isaiah 33:2…

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Genesis 25:1-18 / Choosing the way of humility 50:47

1 year ago50:47

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When Abraham dies, his estranged son returns along with the son of his household. Both Ishmael and Isaac come together in respect to grieve and arrange the burial of their father. Two different lines of Abraham produce very different paths.

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Genesis 24:62-67 / Isaac and Rebekah 48:52

1 year ago48:52

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After the servant’s long journey to find a wife for Abraham’s son, Isaac is comforted after his mother’s death, by his joining together in marriage with Rebekah. Each had sought the Lord first, and now they will seek Him together, in marriage.

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Genesis 24:50-61 / A servant's obedience and Rebekah's faith 44:28

1 year ago44:28

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As Abraham’s servant is about to leave on his journey back with Rebekah, to fulfill his commission, her family asks that she stay. The faith from the night before is now being tested at the moment of departure. The line of the covenant is at hand. And Rebekah says, “I will go.” Reference texts: Matthew 14:25-33 Genesis 22:17-18…

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Genesis 24:33-49 / The testimony of the servant 51:19

1 year ago51:19

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The servant continues his mission in testifying to Rebekah’s family of God’s sovereignty and God’s leading, His provision and His goodness. The God of the covenant has led him here.

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Genesis 24:22-32 / The Lord provides 34:54

1 year ago34:54

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When Rebekah answers Abraham’s servant about her family line, the servant sees God has fulfilled his commission from Abraham. The initial faith of Abraham has now passed to his servant, and the servant testifies to Rebekah.

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Genesis 24:15-21 / Rebekah's heart of generosity 49:41

1 year ago49:41

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Before the servant was finished praying, Rebekah arrives at the well. The boldness of his prayer is met with a bold answer. Additional scripture: James 4:2-6, Matthew 7:7-8, Luke 6:33-36, Matthew 22:35

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Genesis 24:9-14 / A servant's faith 35:20

1 year ago35:20

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Abraham’s servant swears to Abraham that he will venture the long distance to Mesopotamia to take a wife for Abraham’s son, Isaac. And it will be an adventure of faith. As the servant nears the destination his prayer to God builds into a very bold request.

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Genesis 24:5-8 / Abraham's faith re Isaac 43:36

2 years ago43:36

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God has set Abraham’s gaze forward, tied to the covenant, tied to the promises, and tethered to God’s desires. In his spiritual maturity, Abraham focuses his gaze on being a provisional patriarch. Ref. Genesis 15:17-20, 17:7-8

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Genesis 24:1-4 / Leadership for your offspring 33:55

2 years ago33:55

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Abraham’s faith in God propels him to seek a godly wife for his son, Isaac. He knows the importance of a godly spouse and he knows the covenant of God will be continued through Isaac. Reference Scripture: Genesis 22:1-18 Matthew 10:37-38 Proverbs 22:6

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Genesis 23 / Integrity in suffering 42:35

2 years ago42:35

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After the child of the promise was born, after the dramatic test of Abraham’s faith on the mountain with Isaac, after the Lord stayed Abraham’s hand and provided a ram, there were many more years, and then came the death of Sarah. While grieving her loss, Abraham arranges her burial in this foreign land, and leads in the testimony of his faith. Deuteronomy 30:15-20a 2 Corinthians 5:6-9 1 Peter 1:3b-9 Matthew 6:19-21…

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Recap 1st half of Genesis / God's call, God's provision 39:37

2 years ago39:37

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The origin story of mankind and earth is from God. The reason we are here is for God. The purpose is to glorify God. And our testimony is to proclaim His excellencies before all mankind. Note: Please join me in prayer as we consider and step forward toward 501(c)3 non-profit ministry status later in 2024.…

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Jesus, the Ultimate Sacrifice 32:28

2 years ago32:28

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Every single person on earth is struggling in some way, carrying a burden, affected by the sin of others and their own sin. In the sadness, depression, and loneliness, God reaches down to man, to be the ever-present Friend, the ever-present Guide, and the ever-present God to them. No longer need any single person be alone. Jesus has made the acceptable sacrifice. This is the story of Christmas.…

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Genesis 22 / The ultimate test of faith 51:04

2 years ago51:04