Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

Genesis

The Only Way To See Things

GENESIS 1:1 – In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. THEME OF THE DAY. THE ONLY WAY TO SEE THINGS. Our world is a mess. We are watching daily the disintegration of our nation. Our society’s foundational building block, the family, is being assaulted and destroyed. Immorality is rampant and accepted. Corruption at all levels of authority abounds. Dangers…

Our Chief Purpose And Pleasure In Life

GENESIS 1:28 – And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth”. THEME OF THE DAY. OUR CHIEF PURPOSE AND PLEASURE IN LIFE. How would…

All The Way Home

GENESIS 48:15 – And he blessed Joseph and said, “The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life long to this day. THEME OF THE DAY. ALL THE WAY HOME. Dying words are important words. If we knew that this Friday will be our last day on earth, the time we…

Our Big God

GENESIS 35:9-11 – God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him. And God said to him, “Your name is Jacob; no longer shall your name be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name.” So he called his name Israel. And God said to him, “I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a…

He Is Trustworthy

GENESIS 21:1 – The LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did to Sarah as he had promised. THEME OF THE DAY. HE IS TRUSTWORTY. Today’s scripture is brief but packed with an encouraging truth; God can be trusted. Oh, we know that is true, but is it not also true we find it difficult to trust Him when…

The Preventing Grace Of God

GENESIS 20:1–6 – From there Abraham journeyed toward the territory of the Negeb and lived between Kadesh and Shur; and he sojourned in Gerar. And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah. But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night and said to him, “Behold, you are a…