To Relationship to Possessions

Genesis 31:18 And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padanaram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan In the holiday season, people are busy traveling and the way they...

Humility Makes Us Useful

Luke 1:38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her The Christmas story begins with a ministering spirit, an angel named Gabriel. Luke 1:26 says that Gabriel was “sent from God unto a...

Patience and Humility for the Big Picture

Genesis 36:43 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession: he is Esau the father of the Edomites Recently I was reading a PhD about what we can learn about history through DNA. If you trace how he...

Stuck between a Rock and a Hard Place?

Genesis 32:28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed Have you ever been stuck between a rock and a hard place? You can’t move forward or retreat because it is...