| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 57 secs | 0 Comments
Genesis 29 God is working on Jacob’s life – he has had an encounter with God at Bethel, that has changed him radically. Working under Laban will be the school of hard knocks! Later Moses song in Deut 32:1-43 tells us more about Jacob with key words – found, encircled, instructed, kept and led – […]
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Day 23 of the Murray M’Cheyne Bible Reading plan! Genesis 24 Some have called this the “success” chapter of the Bible – the word appears five times. It’s the story of finding Isaac a wife – Rebekah. Finding a wife is a noble thing! Know where you are at now – Isaac had no wife […]
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Genesis 23 Abraham’s wife dies at the age of 127 and Abraham would like to bury her. This chapter is a discussion he has with the Hittites about buying a burial plot. They want to give him a plot, but he insists on paying for it. So what? Abraham had no right to buy land […]
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Genesis 22 A Test God tests Abraham. Modern man often thinks of God as “cruise ship recreational director” whose task is give everyone a good time with no expenses spared. Our faith grows as it is tested (James 1:2-4) in just the same way our hearts get stronger when we exercise hard enough to be […]
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Genesis 20 You can’t teach an old dog new tricks, good or bad and here we see a character flaw in Abraham – his deep rooted fear that his beautiful wife will catch someone’s eye and they will get rid of him to get to her. Bear in mind she is 100 years old! I […]
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We are on day 14 of blogging through the Bible using the Murray M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan Genesis 15 “Do not be afraid! I am your shield, your very great reward” – don’t let circumstances and fear get you down! God will never leave us or forsake us. Abram is experiencing delay in the fulfilment […]
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We are on day 12 of blogging through the Bible using the Murray M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan Genesis 13 Abram and his son Lot have amassed lots of livestock and quarrelling arises among the herdsmen, so they agree to separate. Abram gives Lot the choice and so Lot takes the better looking land and leaves […]
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We are on day 10 of blogging through the Bible using the Murray M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan Matthew 10 Jesus gave his disciples authority to drive out evil spirits and to heal every disease and sickness. Why make it more complicated than that? The message they were to bring is the kingdom of God is […]
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We are on day 9 of blogging through the Bible using the Murray M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan Genesis 9-10 After the judgement comes renewed blessing of the new creation. Be fruitful and multiply is the first command, echoing the first command of Genesis 1 to Adam & Eve. They are no meat eaters, but must […]