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A Grateful Mentality versus an Entitlement Mentality

AUGUST 18, 2020 Genesis 27:41-43 So Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him, and Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.” Like Cain before him, Esau was motivated to kill his brother out of […]

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Keep Your Eyes on the Prize

AUGUST 16, 2020 Genesis 27:38 And Esau said to his father, “Have you only one blessing, my father? Bless me—me also, O my father!” And Esau lifted up his voice and wept. Remember how Esau responded to the invitation to sell Jacob the birthright? Esau said, “Look, I am about to die; so what is this birthright to me?” (Gen. 25:32). […]

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We Must Live Up to the Call

AUGUST 14, 2020 Genesis 27:29 “Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be master over your brethren, and let your mother’s sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you, and blessed be those who bless you!” Whether Isaac thought he was blessing Esau or not is a mystery but, nevertheless, it would seem that […]

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Seeing Isn’t Believing

AUGUST 13, 2020 Genesis 27:22-23 So Jacob went near to Isaac his father, and he felt him and said, “The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.” And he did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau’s hands; so he blessed him. Isaac was obviously suspicious. In the text, he indicated […]