Jacob named the place Peniel (which means “face of God”), for he said, “I have seen God face to face, yet my life has been spared.” (Genesis 32:30 NLT) Jacob Wrestling with God Jacob came face to face with God, and he was finally changed by grace. Jacob means the “supplanter” or the deceiver. His […]
Monthly Archives: January 2020
Next to them the Tekoites made repairs; but their nobles did not put their shoulders to the work of their Lord. (Nehemiah 3:5 NKJV) When Nehemiah was building the wall around Jerusalem, a short statement is recorded, which should speak volumes to us about the value of work. I once led a discipleship training […]
The Lord observed the extent of human wickedness on the earth, and he saw that everything they thought or imagined was consistently and totally evil. 6 So the Lord was sorry he had ever made them and put them on the earth. It broke his heart. (Genesis 6:5-6 NLT) These two Bible verses record […]
But you must not forget this one thing, dear friends: A day is like a thousand years to the Lord, and a thousand years is like a day. (2 Peter 3:8 NLT) It was during the 1970s when a book called “The Late Great Planet Earth” by Hal Lindsay was popular. We all expected Lord’s return […]