Day 12 (Love Over Deceit by Torrie Slaughter)

A Daily Purpose Bible Study & Devotional

📌 Wednesday, January 12, 2021

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Scripture Meditation: Matthew 9:2, “And behold, some people brought to him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And when Jesus saw their faith he said to the paralytic, Take heart, my son your sins are forgiven.”

🔴 Love Over Deceit 

Written By: Torrie Slaughter

I summed up today’s reading with two words: Scandalous-Deceit.

In Genesis 27, we read the continued plot to secure Jacob’s superiority over Esau and become head of their tribe.

Am I acting with divine authority?

That was the question I asked of Rebekah and what we can ask ourselves daily.

Three critical moral & spiritual takeaways occurred in Genesis chapters 25-27. (Study these chapters and list the tension you feel.)

1. Division: In Genesis 25:23, the Lord tells Rebekah that two nations fight within her womb, and the elder will serve the younger.
2. Selfishness: Esau’s choice of brides causes misery (adversity, distress) within the family. Gen. 26:34-35
3. Status: Finally, in Gen:27:13, Rebekah’s covering of Issac and assuming the curse from willful deceit is an act we could argue as ‘good intention.’

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This devotional was submitted by the Founder of Our Given Purpose®, Torrie Slaughter.

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