A Faithful Servant Week 3, Day 4 of Choosing God Instead of the World, A Love God Greatly Study Scripture Reading: Genesis 37:2-11 (SOAP – Luke 16:10) 10 “If you are faithful in little things, you will be faithful in large ones. But if you are dishonest in little things, you won’t be honest with…
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Keeping the Covenant Week 3, Day 3 of Choosing God Instead of the World, A Love God Greatly Study Scripture Reading: Genesis 35 and Deuteronomy 30:16-20 (SOAP: Deuteronomy 30:15-16) 15 “Now listen! Today I am giving you a choice between life and death, between prosperity and disaster. 16 For I command you this day to…
Vengeance Week 3, Day 2 of Choosing God Instead of the World, A Love God Greatly Study Scripture Reading: Genesis 34 and Romans 12:17-21 (SOAP: Romans 12:19) 19 Dear friends, never take revenge. Leave that to the righteous anger of God. For the Scriptures say, “I will take revenge; I will pay them back,” says…
Reconciliation Week 3, Day 1 of Choosing God Instead of the World, A Love God Greatly Study Scripture Reading: Genesis 33 and 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 (SOAP: 2 Corinthians 5:18-19) 18 And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling…
In the third week of our study, we will watch as Jacob and Esau finally meet up again, there will be trouble over his daughter Dinah, and both tragedy and blessing on his return to Bethel. We will meet Esau’s descendants and be given our first glimpse of Joseph as a teenager. All events will continue to strengthen our understanding and resolve of choosing God instead of the world.
Fleeing his family history had been bad enough; wrestling with God Himself was a different matter altogether.
When we are afraid we are to put our trust in God. In this way we will not fear the circumstances of our life nor the men who make us afraid.