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Pivot Driven Devotions
By Arnie Cole & W. Terry Whalin
Bible Selections to Move You Closer to Jesus
PIVOTS
Take a tiny step in a different direction...
When was the last time you changed direction to follow the Holy Spirit’s lead? This is a prime example of a “pivot”—those tiny changes we can easily make for our spiritual life and the needs of others.
Maybe it’s the effort of going an additional step—to take notice, to listen or to open up—that create tremendous opportunities to bring Jesus to those who need Him.
Pivots are intentionally small so they’re not overwhelming to begin or add to along the way. Nor will all pivots will bear immediate fruit. They are intended as actions done today that change our course to produce future results. They make up a process of planting seeds, watering them and watching them grow just like 1 Corinthians 3:6-9.
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Your Daily Spiritual Work Out - February 8
PERSONALIZED WORKOUT OPTION: Exciting news — adapt today’s spiritual workout to what’s happening in your life right now. Our new digital librarian will pull personalized content for your workout and guide you through four simple steps to help you apply Scripture to your life today. Try it out HERE>>> STEP 1 - RECEIVE (Receive God's Word and Grow in Bible Knowledge) Paul wrote a second letter to Timothy, and it's probably the last letter of his that we have. Written from pri
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When the Heat Is On - February 8
"You can learn more about a person in an hour of play, than in a year of conversation." Have you heard that before? Have you proved it true with an unguarded comment during a heated game? Nick is here today to share several Bible verses that will help you take control of your speech before it takes control of you.
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The Four Rs of Bible Engagement - February 8
Shannon reminds us of the four Rs of Bible Engagement (Read, Reflect, Respond, Reveal). She'll then lead us in a prayer asking God for courage and opportunities to reveal His truth to the world around us.
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A Balanced Anger - February 8
Anger itself isn’t a sin. It’s what you do with anger that matters. But what if you’re angry ... at God? Is that ok? Jon Winkelman helps you see the balance between anger and honoring God. Today, if you find yourself feeling angry with God, cry out to Him. When we cry out to God, and seek Him in His Word, He always answers!
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Know Your Bible - 2 Timothy - Day 1 - February 8
Paul wrote a second letter to Timothy, and it's probably the last letter of his that we have. Written from prison, Paul reflects on the blessings of fellowship he with Timothy and others. He reminds us to be grateful for the believers we have in our lives, and he encourages us to be that faithful friend to someone else.
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Revival or Decline: Your Final Verdict Vote - Part 4
This article uncovers how modern measures of ministry success may be shaping activity without producing transformation.
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Finding Peace Through the Hard Work of Self-Forgiveness
Discover how true peace in recovery is found through total surrender and the vital practice of forgiving yourself as God has already forgiven you.
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Praying for Humility, Gentleness, and Patience - February 7
It can be hard to stay humble and patient some days. Today Mark leads our prayer as we ask for God's grace in providing these things to us.
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Link Arms and Train Together - February 7
Read Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone? And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken. Reflect Have you experienced the benefits of having a mentor
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Power Under Control - February 7
Have you ever considered how the substance we use to bathe ourselves can also, in certain conditions carve a river valley out of rock? Today Nat joins us today to help us see how Jesus demonstrated a similar kind of gentle power in his life. We'll see how to find that power in our own lives as well.
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Know Your Bible - 1 Timothy - Day 8 - February 7
As Paul continues his first letter to Timothy, he has some more wisdom to share about the proper use of money and how it should be used to strengthen each other. Paul then finishes his letter with some good general advice that we should all take note of.
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Jesus the Gentle - February 7
When people encountered Jesus, there was something irresistible about His gentle nature. There still is! Faith Sherrer encourages you to get to know “Jesus the Gentle” and let His peaceful spirit instill gentleness in you! Read about Jesus from the Bible. (The Book of John is a good source.) As you read, picture His gentle and quiet spirit. Allow yourself time to take this in and be in awe!
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Your Daily Spiritual Work Out - February 7
PERSONALIZED WORKOUT OPTION: Exciting news — adapt today’s spiritual workout to what’s happening in your life right now. Our new digital librarian will pull personalized content for your workout and guide you through four simple steps to help you apply Scripture to your life today. Try it out HERE>>> INTRO: SPIRITUALLY FIT | TODAY Join us as we explore why so many feel disconnected in today’s world and how the Bible offers hope and light. Discover how reconnecting with Go
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Getting Started…
“In the beginning God…” In Genesis we see the full majesty of God on display. From awe-inspiring acts of creating, to walking with Adam in Eden, God’s love and holiness fill every page. In this verse-by-verse study we’ll take a close look at this important Book of the Bible. We’ll follow God and His interaction with man from Adam’s first breath to the scattering of the people at the tower of Babel. We’ll see the loving care with which God first formed Adam and the plan He
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Genesis Part 1 - Week 1
Day 1 READ Genesis 1:1-2 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep waters. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. Verse 1 says what God did. No human witness was there. All those who describe it otherwise only prove they were not a witness. True science has to do with what is observable, testable and repeatable. That cannot be done with creation. Some want
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Genesis Part 1 - Week 2
Day 1 READ Genesis 1:14-16 14 Then God said, “Let lights appear in the sky to separate the day from the night. Let them be signs to mark the seasons, days, and years. 15 Let these lights in the sky shine down on the earth.” And that is what happened. 16 God made two great lights—the larger one to govern the day, and the smaller one to govern the night. He also made the stars. God made lights to separate the days and nights. They were to be signs of the “seasons, d
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Genesis Part 1 - Week 3
Day 1 READ Genesis 1:26 26 Then God said, “Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us. They will reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the livestock, all the wild animals on the earth, and the small animals that scurry along the ground.” God now came to the capstone of all His creative works: creating humans in His image. They were to have dominion over all he had already created. The animals were not created in His image, but the human b
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Genesis Part 1 - Week 4
Day 1 READ Genesis 2:1-2 1 So the creation of the heavens and the earth and everything in them was completed. 2 On the seventh day God had finished his work of creation, so he rested from all his work. Notice that the work of creation included “everything” in the heavens and the earth. Nothing else needed to be added. It was “completed.” God did not rest because He was tired. The word simply means that He ceased from His work. REFLECT Ponder what it means th
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Genesis Part 1 - Week 5
Day 1 READ Genesis 2:10-12 10 A river flowed from the land of Eden, watering the garden and then dividing into four branches. 11 The first branch, called the Pishon, flowed around the entire land of Havilah, where gold is found. 12 The gold of that land is exceptionally pure; aromatic resin and onyx stone are also found there. The river flowing from the land of Eden divided into four branches. This is the only mention of Pishon in the Bible. Although these four br
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Genesis Part 1 - Week 6
Day 1 READ Genesis 2:23-25 23 “At last!” the man exclaimed. “This one is bone from my bone, and flesh from my flesh! She will be called ‘woman,’ because she was taken from ‘man.’” 24 This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one. 25 Now the man and his wife were both naked, but they felt no shame. Adam realized his true helper had come! He said she was “bone of my bone, and flesh from my flesh!” Whe
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Genesis Part 1 - Week 7
Day 1 READ Genesis 3:8-9 8 When the cool evening breezes were blowing, the man and his wife heard the Lord God walking about in the garden. So they hid from the Lord God among the trees. 9 Then the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?” Until the second person of the Trinity took on a human body, God had no body. Adam did not see anyone but he “heard” God in the garden. That was enough to scare him so Adam and Eve hid “among the trees.” Apparently they had n
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Genesis Part 1 - Week 8
Day 1 READ Genesis 3:16 16 Then he said to the woman, “I will sharpen the pain of your pregnancy, and in pain you will give birth. And you will desire to control your husband, but he will rule over you.” After God placed a curse on Satan, the serpent, He pronounced a curse on the woman. Her pain in child birth would be increased. There would also be strife between the woman and her husband. She would want to control him, and he would want to control her. Such confli
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Genesis Part 1 - Week 9
Day 1 READ Genesis 4:1 1 Now Adam had sexual relations with his wife, Eve, and she became pregnant. When she gave birth to Cain, she said, “With the Lord’s help, I have produced a man!” Eve was aware that this birth was “With the Lord’s help.” The birth of Cain perhaps gave hope to Eve that she had produced the one promised in Genesis 3:15. That would be the one who would crush the descendants of the one who had tempted and deceived her. This is not the end of the
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Genesis Part 1 - Week 10
Day 1 READ Genesis 4:13-16 13 Cain replied to the Lord, “My punishment is too great for me to bear! 14 You have banished me from the land and from your presence; you have made me a homeless wanderer. Anyone who finds me will kill me!” 15 The Lord replied, “No, for I will give a sevenfold punishment to anyone who kills you.” Then the Lord put a mark on Cain to warn anyone who might try to kill him. 16 So Cain left the Lord’s presence and settled in the land of Nod, eas
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Genesis Part 1 - Week 11
Day 1 READ Genesis 5:1-2 1 This is the written account of the descendants of Adam. When God created human beings, he made them to be like himself. 2 He created them male and female, and he blessed them and called them “human.” God created the animals but only humans were made “like himself”; in His image. He only created male and female. Those who say there are more genders than male and female do not believe in God and they want to decide what He decided long ago
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Genesis Part 1 - Week 12
Day 1 READ Genesis 5:25-27 25 When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech. 26 After the birth of Lamech, Methuselah lived another 782 years, and he had other sons and daughters. 27 Methuselah lived 969 years, and then he died. These verses introduce you to Methuselah. At the end of the passage you see he died at 969 years. He was the oldest man ever recorded to have lived that long. In spite of how long he lived, he still met the same end as
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Genesis Part 1 - Week 13
Day 1 READ Genesis 6:7-8 7 And the Lord said, “I will wipe this human race I have created from the face of the earth. Yes, and I will destroy every living thing—all the people, the large animals, the small animals that scurry along the ground, and even the birds of the sky. I am sorry I ever made them.” 8 But Noah found favor with the Lord. God was so broken hearted over how the human race had devolved. He had given Adam and Eve the free will to choose His way or
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Genesis Part 1 - Week 14
Day 1 READ Genesis 6:20-22 20 “Pairs of every kind of bird, and every kind of animal, and every kind of small animal that scurries along the ground, will come to you to be kept alive. 21 And be sure to take on board enough food for your family and for all the animals.” 22 So Noah did everything exactly as God had commanded him. Noah did not have to go out and round up the animals to put them in the big boat; they came to him to be kept alive. God told Noah to take
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Genesis Part 1 - Week 15
Day 1 READ Genesis 7:13-16 13 That very day Noah had gone into the boat with his wife and his sons—Shem, Ham, and Japheth—and their wives. 14 With them in the boat were pairs of every kind of animal—domestic and wild, large and small—along with birds of every kind. 15 Two by two they came into the boat, representing every living thing that breathes. 16 A male and female of each kind entered, just as God had commanded Noah. Then the Lord closed the door behind them.
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Genesis Part 1 - Week 16
Day 1 READ Genesis 8:6-9 6 After another forty days, Noah opened the window he had made in the boat 7 and released a raven. The bird flew back and forth until the floodwaters on the earth had dried up. 8 He also released a dove to see if the water had receded and it could find dry ground. 9 But the dove could find no place to land because the water still covered the ground. So it returned to the boat, and Noah held out his hand and drew the dove back inside. Noah
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Genesis Part 1 - Week 17
Day 1 READ Genesis 9:1-4 1 Then God blessed Noah and his sons and told them, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth. 2 All the animals of the earth, all the birds of the sky, all the small animals that scurry along the ground, and all the fish in the sea will look on you with fear and terror. I have placed them in your power. 3 I have given them to you for food, just as I have given you grain and vegetables. 4 But you must never eat any meat that still has the life
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Genesis Part 1 - Week 18
Day 1 READ Genesis 9:18-20 18 The sons of Noah who came out of the boat with their father were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Ham is the father of Canaan.) 19 From these three sons of Noah came all the people who now populate the earth. 20 After the flood, Noah began to cultivate the ground, and he planted a vineyard. Ham is significant later in the story so his name is inserted here. If you have questions about who populated the earth after the Genesis flood, this pass
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Genesis Part 1 - Week 19
Day 1 READ Genesis 10:3-5 3 The descendants of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. 4 The descendants of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim. 5 Their descendants became the seafaring peoples that spread out to various lands, each identified by its own language, clan, and national identity. Some of these names have later references to areas. “Tarshish” is related to Spain, and “Kittim” is related to Cyprus. Notice that the people “spread out to
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Genesis Part 1 - Week 20
Day 1 READ Genesis 10:21-24 21 Sons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth. Shem was the ancestor of all the descendants of Eber. 22 The descendants of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. 23 The descendants of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash. 24 Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber. This begins the genealogy of Shem, whose descendants will be the main characters in Genesis as well as the rest of the Bi
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Genesis Part 1 - Week 21
Day 1 READ Genesis 11:3-4 3 They began saying to each other, “Let’s make bricks and harden them with fire.” (In this region bricks were used instead of stone, and tar was used for mortar.) 4 Then they said, “Come, let’s build a great city for ourselves with a tower that reaches into the sky. This will make us famous and keep us from being scattered all over the world.” God had told the people to multiply and fill the earth; this group wanted to rebel against God’s
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Genesis Part 1 - Week 22
Day 1 READ Genesis 11:20-25 20 When Reu was 32 years old, he became the father of Serug. 21 After the birth of Serug, Reu lived another 207 years and had other sons and daughters. 22 When Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of Nahor. 23 After the birth of Nahor, Serug lived another 200 years and had other sons and daughters. 24 When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah. 25 After the birth of Terah, Nahor lived another 119 years and had other
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Getting Started…
“Count the stars if you are able…” With these words spoken to Abraham, God formed a covenant that would lead to the formation of the nation of Israel and, eventually, the birth of the Savior, Jesus Christ. In this verse-by-verse study we’ll continue our examination of the Book of Genesis and focus specifically on the family of Abraham. From Abraham’s calling to the Promised Land, to Jacob’s wrestling with God in the night, we’ll follow the ups and downs in the lives of the
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Genesis Part 2 - Week 1
Day 1 READ Genesis 12:1-3 1 The Lord had said to Abram, “Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I will show you. 2 I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others. 3 I will bless those who bless you and curse those who treat you with contempt. All the families on earth will be blessed through you.” These three verses are a key to the rest of the
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Genesis Part 2 - Week 2
Day 1 READ Genesis 14:14-16 14 When Abram heard that his nephew Lot had been captured, he mobilized the 318 trained men who had been born into his household. Then he pursued Kedorlaomer’s army until he caught up with them at Dan. 15 There he divided his men and attacked during the night. Kedorlaomer’s army fled, but Abram chased them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus. 16 Abram recovered all the goods that had been taken, and he brought back his nephew Lot with his
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Genesis Part 2 - Week 3
Day 1 READ Genesis 17:9-11 9 Then God said to Abraham, “Your responsibility is to obey the terms of the covenant. You and all your descendants have this continual responsibility. 10 This is the covenant that you and your descendants must keep: Each male among you must be circumcised. 11 You must cut off the flesh of your foreskin as a sign of the covenant between me and you.” God gave Abraham what would be the mark of His covenant with him and his descendants. T
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Genesis Part 2 - Week 4
Day 1 READ Genesis 19:12-14 12 Meanwhile, the angels questioned Lot. “Do you have any other relatives here in the city?” they asked. “Get them out of this place—your sons-in-law, sons, daughters, or anyone else. 13 For we are about to destroy this city completely. The outcry against this place is so great it has reached the Lord, and he has sent us to destroy it.” 14 So Lot rushed out to tell his daughters’ fiancés, “Quick, get out of the city! The Lord is about to
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Genesis Part 2 - Week 5
Day 1 READ Genesis 21:22-24 22 About this time, Abimelech came with Phicol, his army commander, to visit Abraham. “God is obviously with you, helping you in everything you do,” Abimelech said. 23 “Swear to me in God’s name that you will never deceive me, my children, or any of my descendants. I have been loyal to you, so now swear that you will be loyal to me and to this country where you are living as a foreigner.” 24 Abraham replied, “Yes, I swear to it!” It s
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Genesis Part 2 - Week 6
Day 1 READ Genesis 24:12-14 12 “O Lord, God of my master, Abraham,” he prayed. “Please give me success today, and show unfailing love to my master, Abraham. 13 See, I am standing here beside this spring, and the young women of the town are coming out to draw water. 14 This is my request. I will ask one of them, ‘Please give me a drink from your jug.’ If she says, ‘Yes, have a drink, and I will water your camels, too!’—let her be the one you have selected as Isaac’s
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Genesis Part 2 - Week 7
Day 1 READ Genesis 25:1-4 1 Abraham married another wife, whose name was Keturah. 2 She gave birth to Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. 3 Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. Dedan’s descendants were the Asshurites, Letushites, and Leummites. 4 Midian’s sons were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. These were all descendants of Abraham through Keturah. The account continued with Abraham, but this chapter brings his life to a close. B
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Genesis Part 2 - Week 8
Day 1 READ Genesis 26:12-15 12 When Isaac planted his crops that year, he harvested a hundred times more grain than he planted, for the Lord blessed him. 13 He became a very rich man, and his wealth continued to grow. 14 He acquired so many flocks of sheep and goats, herds of cattle, and servants that the Philistines became jealous of him. 15 So the Philistines filled up all of Isaac’s wells with dirt. These were the wells that had been dug by the servants of his f
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Genesis Part 2 - Week 9
Day 1 READ Genesis 28:1-2 1 So Isaac called for Jacob, blessed him, and said, “You must not marry any of these Canaanite women. 2 Instead, go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your grandfather Bethuel, and marry one of your uncle Laban’s daughters.” Rebekah had wanted to send Jacob away for his safety. Isaac agrees and orders him not to marry any of the Canaanite women. Jacob was to visit Rebekah’s brother Laban and marry one of his daughters. Jacob, the “h
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Genesis Part 2 - Week 10
Day 1 READ Genesis 29:9-10 9 Jacob was still talking with them when Rachel arrived with her father’s flock, for she was a shepherd. 10 And because Rachel was his cousin—the daughter of Laban, his mother’s brother—and because the sheep and goats belonged to his uncle Laban, Jacob went over to the well and moved the stone from its mouth and watered his uncle’s flock. This reveals that Rachel was a shepherd when she met Jacob. Although a stranger, Jacob took it upon
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Genesis Part 2 - Week 11
Day 1 READ Genesis 30:25-28 25 Soon after Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Please release me so I can go home to my own country. 26 Let me take my wives and children, for I have earned them by serving you, and let me be on my way. You certainly know how hard I have worked for you.” 27 “Please listen to me,” Laban replied. “I have become wealthy, for the Lord has blessed me because of you. 28 Tell me how much I owe you. Whatever it is, I’ll pa
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Genesis Part 2 - Week 12
Day 1 READ Genesis 32:1-2 1 As Jacob started on his way again, angels of God came to meet him. 2 When Jacob saw them, he exclaimed, “This is God’s camp!” So he named the place Mahanaim. Jacob is on his way to his homeland and was met by angels. This caused him to rejoice and realize he was in a special place that he referred to with a word that meant “two camps.” It is unsure what Jacob meant by “two camps”; perhaps he referred to the camp of angels and to his ca
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Genesis Part 2 - Week 13
Day 1 READ Genesis 33:12-14 12 “Well,” Esau said, “let’s be going. I will lead the way.” 13 But Jacob replied, “You can see, my lord, that some of the children are very young, and the flocks and herds have their young, too. If they are driven too hard, even for one day, all the animals could die. 14 Please, my lord, go ahead of your servant. We will follow slowly, at a pace that is comfortable for the livestock and the children. I will meet you at Seir.” Jacob k
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