by Blair Blakeslee | Mar 12, 2019 | Daily Bible Challenge
The key word for me today in this passage is deception. How did they get to the point where deception became a viable option? It was God's divine plan to have the younger brother receive the blessing and be served by the older brother. God told that to Rebekah before...
by Blair Blakeslee | Mar 11, 2019 | Daily Bible Challenge
So there are three things that stuck out to me. 1. People seem to love to hang around you or love to have you around unless their ego is challenged. It seems people want to be known as the more powerful one or better than everyone. Why are we envious when someone is...
by Blair Blakeslee | Mar 10, 2019 | Daily Bible Challenge
Abraham son, Isaac, had a set of twins with Rebekah his wife. While pregnant, God spoke to her and said that they would be separate, they would have two Nations, one would be stronger than the other, and the older would serve the younger. So when they were born it's...
by Blair Blakeslee | Mar 9, 2019 | Daily Bible Challenge
Abraham is getting very old and he knows that his time on Earth is limited. He wants to make sure his son marries a woman from a God believing country rather than from a foreign land. He shares this with his head servant and his servant prays for God to help him find...
by Blair Blakeslee | Mar 8, 2019 | Daily Bible Challenge
The word that sticks out to me today from this chapter is respect. Abraham wanted land and a burial place for his wife Sarah. The Hittites were so very willing to give him the land which I'm sure it's because of the respect they had for him. Not sure why Abraham...