*Day 20/365 (Jan 20) portions to read:*
*JACOB CHANGES NAME*
Jacob's departure from Laban continued - Genesis 31:33-55
Jacob's apprehension before his reunion with Esau - Gen.32:1-23
Jacob wrestles with Angel - Gen.32:24-32
Jacob's name changed - Gen.35:10 (Do you know the meanings of 'Jacob' and 'Israel'? Most of the Bibles give the meanings in the footnote)
Jacob meets Esau - Gen.33:1-16
Jacob's return to Shechem - Gen.33:17-20
Dina's defilement - Gen.34:1-12
*A thought:*
Have you ever stopped everything and said this one thing to God - your name? Jacob was a schemer, a trickster, a deceiver. And you? What is your name? Ego? Bulldozer? Fear? Bitter? Regret? Self-pity? Loser? A new name doesn't come until we say the old one. In other words, confession is catharsis! (Catharsis means purification or purgation of emotions)
*Week #3 memory verse:*
Hebrew 11:1
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
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