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Daily Fountain 2017 - When God Speaks

Thursday July 6 Bible Reading:      Gen. 24: 50 - 60 Topic:                   When God Speaks It was clear to all - both Abraham's servant and Rebekah's family - that God was involved in the unfolding story before them. And true wisdom demands that no man resist or seek to truncate what God has ordained in His Infinite Wisdom When God speaks concerning any matter, all obstacles are ultimately dismantled because no man has the right to say no when God has said yes on any matter. "Rebekah is yours, take her and go, let her marry your Master's son as the Lord hath commanded" was the response of Rebekah's family It is overwhelmingly clear that Abraham's servant acknowledged God from the beginning to the end (vs. 12 - 15, 52), an example that every child of God must follow in all situations. In Jer. 33: 3, God s...

Daily Fountain 2017 - Keep Your Eyes On The Goal

Wednesday July 5 Bible Reading:      Gen. 24: 29 - 41 Topic:                   Keep Your Eyes On The Goal Abraham's servant left his Master's presence with a clear-cut vision of the very purpose of his mission. Having locate Rebekah whom he strongly believed was God's choice for Isaac, many in his shoes would likely have begun to enjoy and to party; but this man understood that his mission in that land was not yet fully accomplished . Therefore at Rebekah's family house, despite the very warm reception accorded him by her relatives, still would not rest on his oars. Coming from a very long journey, he should be famished by now but he insisted that he would "not eat until I have told my business." The significant lesson here is that one of the concrete ways to accomplishing our life's mission is to have a clear vision of where we are...