Acts: The Spread of the Gospel

This study is taken from John MacArthur's "Acts: The Spread of the Gospel." My prayer and goal for this devo is that we will learn more about how the early church laid the foundation for what we possess today, and that we would allow God to use us to turn our world upside for Him!

This will be an exciting journey, so encourage others to join you! I'm looking forward to the interaction we will have on this blog as we study the book of Acts!

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Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Joseph's Family Album - A Snapshot of Joseph's Mother: Rachel - Devo for 08/12/08

Reading
Genesis 29-30 (this is the main reading for this section about Rachel)

Thought
Even though Rachel, Joseph's mother, had a precious son and a husband that loved her, she still struggled with discontentment. This is not uncommon even today. Many homes are filled with discontented kids, discontented dads, and discontented moms. Let's look closely at Rachel's life and see what God would have us to learn.

Questions
1. We first find Rachel in Genesis 29:6 as she brought her father's sheep to water at a well where Jacob had stopped on his journey. What did Jacob do to help Rachel in verse 10?
2. According to verse 11, how did Jacob express his joy and thankfulness for God's leading him to to his Uncle Laban?
3. How was Jacob honoring his parents on this journey? (Read Genesis 28:6-7)

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

questions:

1.he gave water to his uncles sheep.

2.he kissed rachel.

3.he didnt pick a canaanite girl to marry.

Anonymous said...

1. He gave the sheep water

2. He loved Rachel

3. He listened to them.

Anonymous said...

questions
1.he rolled the stone from the wells mouth and watered the flock of laban his mothers brother.
2.by kissing rachael that the Lord allowed him to marry.
3.he obeyed his father.

Anonymous said...

1.he rolled the stone from the wells and gave the sheep water.

2.he kissed her

3.he obeyed them and did what they told him to do.

Anonymous said...

1.he got the sheep water for her uncle's sheeps.

2.He kissed her.

3.He obeyed them

Anonymous said...

1.he gave water to his uncles sheep.

2.he kissed rachel.

3.he didnt pick a canaanite girl to marry.

Anonymous said...

1. He rolled the stone from the well's mouth.
2. He kissed rachel, lifted up his voice, and wept.
3. He didn't take wife from the Canaanites.

Anonymous said...

1. He watered Labon's flock of sheep.

2. He kissed Rachel.

3. He didn't marry a Canaanite.