God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream by night and said to him, "Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad."GENESIS 31:24+God Does Not Forsake UsThus God does not forsake believer...  Read More

God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream by night and said to him, "Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad."GENESIS 31:24+God Restrains SatanGod breaks and restrains the angry moo...  Read More

So Jacob arose and set his sons and wives on camels. . .. Laban had gone to shear his sheep.GENESIS 31:17, 19+The Proper Use of ReasonIt is to be observed carefully that Jacob does not tempt God but s...  Read More

[Jacob said,] "The God of my father has been with me."GENESIS 31:5+The Fight against DoubtHow am I to know for certain that I belong to the people of God? Before the incarnation of Christ the fathers ...  Read More

"I will be with you."GENESIS 31:3+God Cares for UsMen should be individually certain about this, that they are the people of God, or members of the Church. Above all things this faith is necessary whi...  Read More

Then the LORD said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you."GENESIS 31:3+For Those in NeedIt is manifest what great troubles and annoyances Jacob endu...  Read More

God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her.GENESIS 30:22+Ask, Seek, Knock without CeasingThis is how we, too, should learn to ask and hope for help whenever there is misfortune and faith totters. ...  Read More

Then God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb.GENESIS 30:22+Below the Surface[God] does not give what His saints seek on the surface of their hearts and with that foam of wor...  Read More

Then God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb.GENESIS 30:22+God Searches the HeartMoses has employed a significant word: "The Lord remembered." It is as though he were saying...  Read More

And [Leah] conceived again and bore a son, and said, "This time I will praise the LORD." Therefore she called his name Judah.GENESIS 29:35+Praise the LordLyra [a 13th-century Bible commentator] . . . ...  Read More

When the LORD saw that Leah was hated, He opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.GENESIS 29:31+The Sight of God[God] is the Creator and Governor of everything. But who would believe that God cares for...  Read More

Now as soon as Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother....GENESIS 29:10+Love at First SightWhen in his exile [Jacob] found Rachel, his blood relation, he took courage and gained gr...  Read More