Tag: genesis
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Our Family Table: Forgive, Reconcile, Restore
Daily Encouragement for the Family of God by Kenton Cheek 23 January 2026 Reading From Genesis 32-34 “And Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, Esau was coming, and four hundred men with him. So he divided the children among Leah and Rachel and the two female servants. And he put the servants with their…
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Our Family Table: God’s Will
Daily Encouragement for the Family of God by Kenton Cheek 22 January 2026 Reading From Genesis 30-31 “When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, she envied her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I shall die!” Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in the place of God, who…
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Our Family Table: The Spirit is Willing, the Flesh is Weak
Daily Encouragement for the Family of God by Kenton Cheek 20 January 2026 Reading From Genesis 25-26 “Once when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the open country, famished. He said to Jacob, “Quick, let me have some of that red stew! I’m famished!” (That is why he was also called Edom.) Jacob replied, “First sell…
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Our Family Table: The Earth is the Lord’s
Daily Encouragement for the Family of God by Kenton Cheek 3 January 2025 Reading From Genesis 7-9 “Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him: “I now establish my covenant with you and with your descendants after you and with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock and all the wild animals,…
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Restoration Reminder
The First Eden Before we can know what God has for us, we need to know what we’ve lost. Before we can know where we’re going, we need to know where we’ve come from. God will move us forward together into becoming who we were always meant to be if we walk by faith and…
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The Tree of Life
A Deeper Teaching by Kenton Cheek Blessed are those who find wisdom, those who gain understanding, She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her; those who hold her fast will be blessed. –Proverbs 3:13, 18 The Tree of Life was found in the Garden of Eden, a perfect paradise where mankind enjoyed…
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Our Family Table: The Power of Choice
A Daily Devotional for the Family of God by Kenton Cheek 17 July 2024 Reading From Isaiah 23-27 “The earth dries up and withers, the world languishes and withers, the heavens languish with the earth.The earth is defiled by its people; they have disobeyed the laws,violated the statutes and broken the everlasting covenant.Therefore a curse consumes the earth; its people must bear their guilt.Therefore earth’s…
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Our Family Table: The Detours of Life
28 January 2024 Reading From Genesis 46-47 “So Israel set out with all that was his, and when he reached Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. And God spoke to Israel in a vision at night and said, ‘Jacob! Jacob!’ ‘Here I am,’ he replied. ‘I am God, the God of your father,’ he said. ‘Do not…
Forever Home in the Eternal Family of God 