May 24 - Week 17 - Doug Mathers

Genesis 35 and 36

God tells Jacob to return to Bethel where God had met with him when he was reuniting with his brother and was having an anxiety attack over it. (Genesis 28:20-22) Wat was interesting to me was that before going back to Bethel they had to clean their spiritual houses. They collected all the idols the boys had collected. WHAT ARE THEY DOING WITH IDOLS?!

It makes me look at my own life and wonder what idols I've collected - how do I get distracted from my devotion to God? Sometimes we all need to go back to where we first connected with God - made our vows and get our spiritual houses back in order again.

Side note - did you catch that Rueben slept with his dad's concubine? ICK. Now fastforward to Genesis 49:3-4.


Psalm 18

Read this psalm and look for the declaration the author makes about faith, his trust in God and his reasons for trusting.


Proverbs 18

Read vs 2,6,7 and 21

For those of us who use a lot of words in our homes and jobs. It should give us cause to think before we speak. Makes me nervous, because I use a lot of words~

John 18

As you read John 18, make a list of all the signs in the chapter that Jesus knew exactly what he was doing and was totally in control. For example, Verse 4 says "Jesus fully realize all that was going to happen to him".

After you make the list... answer this question: Why is it important that we know Jesus had full knowledge of what was going to happen? And why does it make his sacrifice even more meaningful?

Hint: John 10:11