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Genesis 24:10-15 meaningJanuary 23, 2022
Abraham’s servant loads ten camels with costly gifts and journeys to the city of Haran in Mesopotamia. At the well there, the servant prays for a sign from God. He asks that a woman would give him water and water his camels, and that this would confirm that she was the wife for Isaac.
Genesis 24:6-9 meaningJanuary 23, 2022
Abraham tells his servant that Isaac must not go to Mesopotamia where his family lives. Rather, the LORD will guide the servant and lead him to the wife chosen for Isaac. But if no woman is willing to marry Isaac, the servant will not be accountable for refusal.
Genesis 24:1-5 meaningJanuary 23, 2022
Abraham has grown old, but his son is not married and has no children of his own. Abraham commands his servant to swear that he will not find a Canaanite wife for Isaac, but rather will go to Haran and find a wife from Abraham’s family there. The servant doubts if this is possible.
Genesis 23:17-20 meaningJanuary 22, 2022
Ephron’s field and cave are deeded over to Abraham and become his property. This is witnessed by the sons of Heth. Abraham buries Sarah in the cave of the field at Machpelah.
Genesis 23:12-16 meaningJanuary 22, 2022
Abraham again offers to pay for the land and cave. Ephron says the land was worth 400 shekels of silver. So, Abraham purchases the land and cave for that amount.
Genesis 23:10-11 meaningJanuary 22, 2022
Ephron heard Abraham’s offer and replies that he is willing to give the land, including the cave, to Abraham for free.
Genesis 23:5-9 meaningJanuary 22, 2022
The sons of Heth offer Abraham the choice of their gravesites. Abraham asks them to speak to Ephron about the cave at Machpelah which he owns. Abraham offers to pay full price for this to be the burial site.
Genesis 23:1-4 meaningJanuary 22, 2022
Sarah dies at the age of 127 years. Abraham mourns for his wife Sarah and then begins to look for a burial site for her.
1 Thessalonians 2:13-18 meaningJanuary 13, 2022
Paul tells the Thessalonians that they are suffering just as other believers do elsewhere, under persecution from people who oppose God. Paul misses the Thessalonians and wishes he could see them again, because they are his hope and joy as he looks forward to the day Jesus returns.
1 Thessalonians 2:9-12 meaningJanuary 13, 2022
Paul reminds the Thessalonians that he did not take food or money from them, but supported himself while preaching to them. He treated them well and did not take advantage of them, so that he has credibility when he encourages them, like a loving father would, to continue to walk with God.
1 Thessalonians 2:3-8 meaningJanuary 13, 2022
Paul draws a contrast: he did not preach the gospel to the Thessalonians out of ignorance, impure motives, deception, flattering speech, greed, or for man’s praise. Rather, he and his team preached the gospel as gently as nursing mothers taking care of their dear children.
1 Thessalonians 2:1-2 meaningJanuary 13, 2022
Paul points to the boldness he had from God to preach the gospel to the Thessalonians, despite having just recently been beaten and imprisoned in Philippi.
Psalm 8:6-9 meaningJanuary 11, 2022
All of God’s creation was given to Man to rule over, from the animals on land to the fish in the sea. David concludes his psalm by repeating his awe at God’s majesty and mysterious ways.
Psalm 8:3-5 meaningJanuary 11, 2022
When David looks at the beauty and order of God’s creation, he is dumbfounded that God cares about Man, and why He should choose Man, who is younger and weaker than the Angels, to rule over the earth. It is the Son of Man, Jesus, who inherits this glory and authority, because He lived a human life of perfect obedience.
Psalm 8:2 meaningJanuary 11, 2022
Though God is all-powerful, He has chosen to use the youngest and weakest creation, Man, to silence His enemy, Satan.
Psalm 8:1 meaningJanuary 11, 2022
King David praises God, who is the Essence of Existence and the Master of all Creation.
1 Thessalonians 1:6-10 meaningJanuary 10, 2022
Despite the suffering that the Thessalonians have experienced, they persist in their faith in Jesus. News of their good example has spread to the other churches in Greece and beyond—their testimony of turning from idolatry to faith in God, and their anticipation of Jesus their Savior’s return to earth.
1 Thessalonians 1:2-5 meaningJanuary 10, 2022
The Thessalonians are always in Paul’s thoughts and prayers. He affirms to them that they are loved by God, and that he has heard report of their boldness in faith and love. Paul reflects on the brief time he spent sharing the gospel with them.
1 Thessalonians 1:1 meaningJanuary 10, 2022
Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy greet the Thessalonian church with grace and peace. Paul was chased out of Thessalonica, so he wants to encourage the believers there and exhort them for their continued faithfulness.
Philippians 4:20-23 meaningJanuary 10, 2022
Paul concludes his letter by praising God and sending regards from the believers in Rome to the Philippians. He wishes for Jesus’s favor to be upon them all as they strive to imitate His example of radical obedience to God in the face of all circumstances.
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