Tag Archives: Love

Questions for Reflection for Study of Genesis 33-36

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Mark Shields

Over the last few weeks, I’ve studied about Jacob’s life. Jacob had been told by his father Isaac to find a wife among the daughters of Laban so he traveled to Laban’s home near Haran. After he meets Laban’s daughter … Continue reading →

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Love is Unstoppable

Posted on April 15, 2015 by Mark Shields

Written about in the post Love Beyond Measure, a deal was made by Jacob with Laban (Rachel’s father) to work for him for seven years and in return Jacob could have his daughter in marriage. We are told in Genesis … Continue reading →

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Love Beyond Measure

Posted on April 14, 2015 by Mark Shields

This map traces Jacob’s travels as written in Genesis 29. He set out from Beersheba, a desert town in the extreme south of Palestine. The he stops around the 2nd or 3rd night hundreds of miles away and has a … Continue reading →

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Beyond Your Wildest Dreams

Posted on March 20, 2015 by Mark Shields

What God gives in a plan for life is a treasure and the more we surrender to His plan, the more passion we have. In yesterday’s post Listen and Follow Directions, God would eventually bless Abraham with more descendants than … Continue reading →

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Listen and Follow Directions

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Mark Shields

Isaac was Abraham’s only son and he loved him very much which makes this test found in Genesis 22 extremely difficult. Reading in this passage, God told Abraham to take his only son and sacrifice him on a mountain in … Continue reading →

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