Tag: Jacob
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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 Dream at Bethel
Daily Encouragement for the Family of God by Kenton Cheek 21 January 2026 Reading From Genesis 27-29 “He had a dream in which he saw a stairway resting on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. There above it stood the Lord, and he said: “I am the Lord,…
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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 Promises of God Come True
Daily Encouragement for the Family of God by Kenton Cheek 1 June 2025 Reading From John 12:27-50 “Even after Jesus had performed so many signs in their presence, they still would not believe in him. This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet: “Lord, who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of…
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Our Family Table: Faith Rewarded
Daily Encouragement for the Family of God by Kenton Cheek 10 January 2025 Reading From Matthew 8:1-17 “When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and said to those following him, “Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith. I say to you that many will come from the east and…
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Our Family Table: The Perfect Parent
A Daily Devotional for the Family of God by Kenton Cheek 21 August 2024 Reading From Jeremiah 46-48 “Do not be afraid, Jacob my servant; do not be dismayed, Israel.I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their exile.Jacob will again have peace and security, and no one will make him afraid.Do…
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Our Family Table: Return to Your First Love
A Daily Devotional by Kenton Cheek 5 July 2024 Reading From II Kings 14 and II Chronicles 25 “In the second year of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel, Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah began to reign. He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years.…