Question: Where is God when life is at its worst?  Answer: Right. With. Us. I know that is easier to know in our head than it is to know in our heart when life is at its absolute worst. When the deep valleys come it's easy to ask: God where are...

What does it feel like to be weak, wounded, and wrestled to the ground by God? Jacob knows, and it changed the way he walked through life. We need to know what this is like as well.     There is no prevailing without first having been weakened...

The schemer gets schemed.Jacob has been wheeling and dealing, scheming and dreaming, conniving and thriving (or so he thinks). He is about to meet his match in uncle Laban.Genesis 29 begins a series of events in which Laban and Jacob battle and scheme...

Have you ever found yourself making deals with God? "God if you... then I will..." We find Jacob trying to make a deal with God while he is on the run from family drama in Genesis 28. Even after the Lord offers him the free gift of His...

If you experienced any kind of sibling rivalry growing up, I'm willing to bet it doesn't hold a candle to Jacob and Esau. These twin boys were born to Isaac and Rebekah, and from the womb, they would war with one another.  As they grew...

The promised son has come, the promised family is growing, the promised nation is on the rise. This week we watch as God unites Isaac with his wife, Rebekah. What is especially interesting is how God does it and who He uses to find a wife for...

We hate uncertainty. Uncertainty can be disorienting, confusing, and discouraging. We long for clarity! We long for certainty!But where then, if everything is clear, easy, and certain, is faith?  Sometimes God takes us down a path where we know the...

At times believing what God has promised can be hard. What's often even harder, though, is trusting Him for when that promise will come to pass. For Abraham and Sarah, they have been waiting on a promise.And waiting... And waiting... But sure...

Ever done something you shouldn’t have done?And then ever done it again?We all know those things we should have handled differently, and then we know the feeling when we make that same mistake twice. This week we watch as Abraham repeats a mistake he...

Genesis 19 could come with a warning like "This message is rated R for violent and sexual content."There are a few chapters of the Bible that bring out the complete and utter depravity of the human condition apart from a Savior and this is...