Quiet Time TAKEAWAY: Instant gratification often costs life long consequences. Note from Genesis 25:29-34 Esau comes in from hunting and he’s very hungry. His brother, Jacob, has some lentil soup cooking and Esau demands some. But Jacob says he’ll give the soup in trade for Esau’s birthright. Esau agrees. Much later Esau begs for the …
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Quiet Time NOTES from Genesis 24:1-9 paraphrased My lesson today comes from Abraham’s most trusted servant: It’s good to clarify. Before the servant swore an oath to Abraham to get a wife for Isaac from Abraham’s own country, he asked clarifying questions to make sure he understood what he was agreeing to do. He wanted …
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My Quiet Time NOTES: I’ll sum up a clip out of Genesis 20-22: Abraham and Sarah deceive King Abimelech by not saying she is Abraham’s wife. God intervenes and tells Abimelech the truth, that she is Abraham’s wife! My awe inspired thought is that at this point in their lives Sarah is somewhere in her …
Quiet Time TAKEAWAY: Both laughed… But God knows our heart motive-always! My NOTES – Genesis 17-18 God told Abraham that Sarah would birth him a son, and he laughed to himself- in joyous amazement! In contrast when Sarah overheard the conversation from the three visitors she laughed in skepticism… as if to say, ‘Sure, right …
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Quiet Time TAKEAWAY: Interceding causes an interception. – This year I’m reading through the Bible book by book, starting at Genesis- so my posts to you may morph from using all the quotes I’ve found in the past, to just what I ‘get’ from the Bible each day. Please let me know if this speaks …
Quiet Time TAKEAWAY: God’s order is always better. My NOTES: In Genesis 8:16 God tells Noah, “Come out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and their wives….” “So Noah came out, together with his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives.” Genesis 8:18 “God has an order for all the …
Quiet Time TAKEAWAY: God gives me what is best for my life; I’m to give him my best too. My NOTES: – “Satan convinced Eve to forget all the amazing things God had given her, he got her to focus on the one thing she was forbidden to have, and sin entered the world.” Genesis …
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New Year Quiet Time Prayer: Rejoice – Pray – Gratitude will be my 2024 guidelines “May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful, and he will …
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Quiet Time TAKEAWAY: A Prayer for those we love, upon thinking of them: God, as I hold ___________ a moment in my thoughts, I ask that you would hold them eternally in yours, remaining ever at work in their life, even now directing their paths toward your good end. Quoted from Every Moment Holy, page …
Quiet Time TAKEAWAY: It is God’s covenant of compassion that gives me Hope. My NOTES: “God’s love is not intermittent, it is eternal.” Valley of Vision “… because of my covenant with you, I will free your prisoners from the waterless pit. … I will restore twice as much to you. … I will restore …
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Quiet Time TAKEAWAY: All creation knows God is Faithfully Just in all he does; we are the ones that question Him. My NOTES: “The LORD is trustworthy, faithful, uplifting all who are bowed down.” Psalm 145 paraphrased “The LORD is righteous in all his ways and faithful in all he does.” Psalm 145:5 “You are …
When we look at the life of Jesus we see that it isn’t a rags-to-riches story; it’s a riches-to-rags story. Jesus gave up everything for us. His was the sacrifice was the ultimate gift to humanity. And what we must not lose sight of is that Christmas is all about joy—because a Savior has been …
Quiet Time TAKEAWAY: We gather together to Share God … My NOTES: This is my Christmas prayer and purpose: “Set a guard over my mouth, LORD, keep watch over the door of my lips.” Psalm 141:3 “… we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the LORD, his power, and the wonders he …
Quiet Time TAKEAWAY: Consider that God Himself intercedes for us… My NOTES: – I need to consult God about my goals and priorities for this Christmas week- and this new year ahead … But when I face God, a self-protection kicks in that is really just self-deception. I want to think I’m attentive to the …
Quiet time TAKEAWAY: This Christmas, give deep thought to what God has given you… Pause to Praise Him! My NOTES: – Four times in Haggai the prophet tells us, “Give careful thought to your ways…” – Zephaniah 1:12 says: ‘At that time I will search… and punish those who are complacent, … who think, “the …
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