If your desired candidate for president of this country wins in the 2024 election, how do you think you will feel?
Do you think you will feel elated? Satisfied? Pleased? Justified? Validated? Secure?
I read something recently regarding sheep. It said that if you were leading a herd of sheep, then stopped and held a long pole horizontally in front of the lead sheep, the lead sheep will jump over it. The next sheep in line would do the same, and the next one. Then, at some point, you could remove the pole, and the sheep would continue to jump over a pole that is no longer there.
Do you ever wonder if someone giving his or her life over to Christ, that is, becoming a Christian, actually makes a difference in their life? I mean, I have observed some people who have had a mountaintop experience, give their lives over to Jesus, and change their ways. But for some, the emotional experience lasts for a while, and over time they return to their previous ways.
In Genesis 27:30-45 Jacob swindled from Isaac the birthright rightfully belonging to Esau. Jacob used guile and dishonesty, urged on by his mother, to attain what was not his to have.
Lie – “an assertion of something known or believed by the speaker or writer to be untrue with intent to deceive; something that misleads or deceives.” – Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
In Genesis 27:30-45 Jacob swindled from Isaac the birthright rightfully belonging to Esau. Jacob used guile and dishonesty, urged on by his mother, to attain what was not his to have.
Isaac was skeptical that the person before him was his eldest son. But Jacob sounded so convincing that Isaac made his decision to give the inheritance to whom he thought was Esau.
What do the following two sets of names have in common?
The first group of names: Moses, Jonah, and Jeremiah.
The second group: Noah, Abraham, and Mary.
I frequently hear that our society has become more and more selfish when it comes to personal matters. It seems to have become every person for himself or herself.
