Life can be a challenge when your younger sister is the “better” sister. Leah and Rachel struggle for the affections of Jacob. Using sex and children to earn his love. In spite of all this God never stopped loving them. He even used them to bring about the Savior of the world. Daniel helps us […]

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Many of us are fans of certain sports teams because our family members are fans of that team. But some of us choose to cheer for a different team to spite our family or to simple be our own person. Jacob did not follow the God of his father. When he did seek out God […]

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God is a sovereign God, who makes promises and always fulfills them. God has promised to make the descendants of Abraham great and bless them. He then promises that Abrahams second grandson would be a great nation and the one He chooses to use to fulfill His promise, But Rebecca and Jacob decide they need […]

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Isaac was a son who saved his fathers line and blessed many nations. He was the fulfillment of an impossible promise from God. He was also faithful to his father when he was asked to do the unthinkable. In this section of Genesis Isaac is a picture of the one who would ultimately fulfill God’s […]

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Have you ever laughed when someone made you a promise that seemed ridiculous? When Sarah hears God tell her husband Abraham that they will have a child even in their old age she laughs. She doubted God and His ability to keep His promise or to do what He said He would do. Daniel walks […]

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Kevin Mayer, Teaching Pastor of New Heights Church, ask the question “Do you believe God?” Not do you believe in Him do you believe Him. God had made Abraham a great promise, and yet God asks Abraham to do something that would break that promise. Will Abraham trust God enough to do the impossible in […]

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Life is often a journey. One that makes us question where we are heading or why we are on this journey in the first place. Yet we can usually look back and see the reason for everything that happened. Daniel walks us through the beginning go the story of Abraham, and shows us that God […]

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For many of us the story of Noah’s ark is a familiar story. We’ve either heard it growing up, have seen pictures on the wall of daycares, or have watched a History Channel documentary. But The Flood story is not a happy little children story. The story of The Flood is a story of God’s […]

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In our culture everything we have has to be earned. I have to work for what we get. For many of us we believe we have to work to earn God’s love and favor. We all strive to offer up acceptable gifts/sacrifices to God, but God is more concerned with the heart behind the sacrifice […]

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This world is full of wicked, sinful, actions that make us as questions like, “Why do bad things happen to good people?” “If God made us perfect and in His image how can we be so evil and do such violent things?” The answer to those questions is found in Genesis 3. As we continue […]

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