July 2018

“Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, saying, ‘I gave birth to him in pain.’ Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, ‘Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm

“Then the man said, ‘Let me go, for it is daybreak.’ But Jacob replied, ‘I will not let you go unless you bless me.’” Genesis 32:26 Jacob’s most anguish-filled night was when he learned that his brother, Esau, was coming to meet him. He remembered Esau’s threats after the way

“Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.” Genesis 25:23 Rebekah was able to feel the oppression of two natures fighting in her womb. Even though her children

“But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.” Matthew 7:14 Jesus presents us with a picture of two doors and two roads. The narrow door is the door of life and faith, and it guides us to an intimate

“What I feared has come upon me; what I dreaded has happened to me.” Job 3:25 God unmasks the evil spirit of intrigue operating in the enemy, who is constantly seeking arguments to lift up against the servants of the Most High. He seeks divine permission to hurt them, and