Jacob knows that it is time to leave his Uncle Laban and return home. That will mean facing his brother who had wanted to kill him 20 years earlier. It seemed that God had told him to go home, but would God protect him?

Isaiah, the prophet, wrote 700 years before Jesus was born. He brought downtrodden people a message of hope. There would come a time when they would be restored. That message was not only for the people of Isaiah's time but it is also a message for us today. God would step into time to change the world.

Isaiah, the prophet, wrote 700 years before Jesus was born. He brought downtrodden people a message of hope. There would come a time when they would be restored. That message was not only for the people of Isaiah's time but it is also a message for us today. God would step into time to change the world.

The dueling deceiver saga continues. Jacob realizes that he must escape the clutches of his Uncle Laban. Jacob gets insight into the heart of God in these circumstances.

Jacob had been a deceiver most of his life. Now he has met his match in his Uncle Laban. God has told Laban that he is blessed because of Jacob, but still Laban deceives Jacob. When have you had to deal with a schemer?

Saul was an up and coming Jewish scholar. He was sure that he was doing God's work as he attempted to stop the Christian movement. How would the Divine Intruder change all that?

Would God ever ask us to do something that sounded crazy? God sends a message to Philip via an angel. What difference could Philip's obedience make? What difference could your obedience make?

Jacob must leave home because he has deceived his brother and his life is threatened. Even with his deceitful nature, God continues repeat the promises He has made to the family. Jacob is hired on by his uncle and works for seven years to pay the bride price for a wife. But God will use the circumstances to begin to refine Jacob. He will see what it is life to be on the receiving end of deceit.

Mary and Martha sent for Jesus when their brother was ill. But Jesus didn't show up until Lazarus, their brother, had been dead for four days. What does their story tell us about waiting on God?

Jacob has stolen his brother's blessing and now must run for his life. Jacob’s deception and manipulation of Esau sets a pattern of behavior for him. Yet, God pursues Jacob and gives him a dream of a stairway to heaven. How is God pursuing you?