Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder

Welcome to an essential question of Scripture: "Am I in the place of God?" Every person, in every land, and in every era must ask this question of themselves. If you are positioning yourself in God's…

God is in the business of seeing the unseen.  He's done it before with Adam, Eve, Hagar, etc. etc. etc.  This is the beauty of having a God who really sees all.  So, let's get our heads around it, an…

Sometimes watching the knuckleheads in the Bible can be of encouragement to us.  If God can work with such imperfect people, perhaps He can work with me. 

If you are feeling a bit knuckleheaded, or if…

A vow is a statement of dedicated directional intent.  Our modern world has shied away from them, for the most part.

Watch 7 minutes as we hear about a particular vow to a peculiar God. Jacob pledges …

Jacob sees that there is a "stairway to heaven".  God is active.  His ministers are here. He sees. He cares. He intervenes.  I am with you and I will keep you wherever you go.

OOPS, I didn't know. I h…

Jacob, aka "the Deceiver" has himself been deceived.  He somehow has gone through his blessed life thinking God was good for others, but perhaps not even REAL.  Then something big happens and his lig…

I'll bet your family has some trouble as you read this.  You might be comforted by today's comparison.  The big question is: how does a family respond in difficult circumstances? God is calling to al…

Jacob is a lying, scheming deceiver guilty of elder-abuse. We can learn something from him. He gets one thing right: he VALUES the blessing of his spiritual heritage.

It is great to be in the family o…

Sometimes the Bible serves to offer great examples of being a poor example.  We'd all agree that father, grandfathers, mothers and grandmothers should bless the generations that follow them.  We'll s…

The next-door neighbor of Isaac notices that, "the Lord has been with you" and that "You are now the blessed of the Lord." Good for him in the noticing. Then he wants to make a covenant that associat…

God literally and figuratively MAKES ROOM for a guy names Isaac. Big Deal. What I want to know is, can God MAKE ROOM FOR ME? Is this something that is offered and even available? Does this crazy Old …

Life is scary and sometimes unkind.  Adversity happens to everybody, including those who call God their own.  Your problems don't go away if you become a Christian. However, the company you keep gets…

Today an ancient person receives a promise from God that He will be near.  Why should I care?

Well, because a major rescue operation started way back that has come for you.  A rescue boat of redemptio…

Our unfortunate example today finds Esau treating something that is IMPORTANT as if it is UNIMPORTANT. He forgets the value, and specifically the future value of something that didn't seem valuable a…

God would love it if you asked Him a real WHY question today.  It is a sign of a real inquiry,  of a real God, in a real situation.  He loves this sort of stuff.

Listen 7 minutes as we see this wisdom…

Like Abraham, someday you will breath your last breath here.  What will you leave behind? Will there be people that follow you? Stuff? Most importantly, what spiritual legacy footprints will you leav…

When we ask something of the Lord, we rely on His history with us.  We remember what we know of God to help us in our posture before Him. When we ask for the Lord to PROSPER us in some way, we are as…

The Lord prospers a prepared petition. He responds to His prepared, faithful, expectant, humble people sincerely inquiring of Him.  He loves people that are in a hurry to be obedient. Then, when they…

You have got a big decision before you.  How do you figure out what God wants? Well, this is not the first time in history that God has interacted sovereignly with a willing people.  Abraham and his …

Sarah leaves this earth without receiving the homeland promised to Abraham.  In fact, they had to BUY LAND even to bury her.

So she leaves this life still hoping in a better kingdom; seeking a true ho…