Promise 66 Gen. 25:22-23

Gen. 25:22-23 - "But the children struggled together within her, and she said, "if it is so, why then am I this way?' So she went to inquire of the Lord. The Lord said to her, 'Two nations are in your womb; and two peoples will be separated from your body; and one people shall be stronger than the other; and the older shall serve the younger'." Rebekah was bothered about how the twins were struggling in her womb. She basically went to the Lord and said, "What's up with this?" I love that! Most women would think the babies were responding to something she ate and just put up with it, but Rebekah had sense to ask the Lord what was up. I wonder if she really expected to get an answer, a reply back? God cares about everything that we care about and He's happy to answer our questions. Often times His responses are different from what we expected to hear. The main point is: God is always up for a good chat!

Promise 65 Gen. 24:60

Gen. 24:60 - "They blessed Rebekah and said to her, 'May you, our sister, become thousands of ten thousands, and may your descendants possess the gate of those who hate them'." Rebekah's brothers said a word of blessing over her before she set out with Abraham's servant. I must admit I don't speak words of blessings over people near as much as I ought to. God gives people those words as they speak them out. What a blessing to give someone; "May you become thousands of ten thousands," I love that. I'm going to hop on that blessing too and believe that from my existence in God's kingdom here on earth, God will expand that kingdom by thousands upon thousands through the generations of those who will sing out Halleluia to their Heavenly Daddy! Amen! Bring it on Lord!

Promise 64 Gen. 24:26-27

Gen. 24:26-27 - "Then the man bowed low and worshipped the Lord. He said, 'Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken His loving kindness and His truth toward my master; as for me, the Lord has guided me in the way to the house of my master's brothers'." The very first thing the servant does after Rebekah invites him to the house is fall on his face and worship God. It's a God thing that Rebekah didn't think he had lost his marbles and didn't withdraw the invitation. Then after worshipping the Lord, the servant gave testimony. He gave God the glory for what He had done..... the worship continued. Giving testimony about God's great work is a part of worship. Worshipping God isn't confined to a church pew, it happens each time we proclaim His name to others. Keep testifying and of the great things God is doing in you and through you, then watch what else He does because you chose to worship Him.

Promise 63 Gen. 24:12, 50-51

Gen. 24:12, 50-51 - "He said, 'Lord, the God of my master Abraham, please grant me success today, and show loving kindness to my master Abraham... Then Laban and Bethuel replied, 'The matter comes from the Lord; so we cannot speak to you bad or good, here is Rebekah before you, take her and go, and let her be the wife of your master's son, as the Lord has spoken.'" Abraham's servant is interceding in prayer for Abraham. Its kind of funny really because God has totally been right in the middle of this whole thing; the promises to Abraham, Abraham believing that there will be success in this, but blesses that servant any way, and he loves his master and knows that God loves him too. Sure enough, God did His bit and Rebekah was found. I love the servant's heart in this though, he worked out of compassion for his master and his God. All through this story he is interacting with God, speaking to Him and about Him. That's what intercessors do. God loves those who love spending time with Him and telling others about Him. God did bless this servant, but I don't think it was just because God was blessing Abraham and the servant got the leftovers. It was because God also cared for and had compassion on this wonderful servant. God does hear those who call out to Him on behalf of others.

Promise 62 Gen. 24:7

Gen. 24:7 - "The Lord, God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my birth, and who spoke to me and who swore to me, saying, 'To your descendants I will give this land; He will send His angel before you, and you will take a wife for my son from there." As Abraham was telling his servant to go back to the land and find a wife for Isaac, the servant was full of "but, what if's" Abraham knew the outcome already because God promised him that the land given to him would be his. He had no doubt in his mind that a daughter-in-law would come from the land of his birth. But to assure the servant, he said, "God will send His angel to go before you." How did Abraham know God would do that? Because God gave him the outcome already through His promise. Because Abraham received what was given, he knew God would send His angel ahead to prepare the way for all this to take place. When God gives you something verbally, when He promises you something, He will send His angels to see to it that you get what was promised. If you don't believe in angels, then you better start sorting that one out right now before God. It's a good thing He sends them to help us regardless if we believe in them or not. I'm proud to say that I am an angel believer, because I'm a Daddy believer and what He says, goes!

Promise 61 Gen. 22:17-18

Gen. 22:17-18 - "Indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of their enemies. In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice." The key words here are "I will bless.... because you have obeyed my voice." I think most people truly believe they are good, and maybe they are good in that they don't purposely sin or have sinful patterns. But on the whole, it's not "enough" to just be passively "good." Even in our goodness we miss hearing and obeying God's voice. Scriptures are packed full of commands that we ignore for one reason or another and even though we are not "sinning" by ignoring them, we are missing out on some huge blessings. I'm not going to get into details, I'll let you search the scriptures yourself to find out which blessings you are missing out on in not listening and obeying, for its in there you will find most of them and its in the relationship with the Blessing Giver that you will find the rest.

Promise 60 Gen. 22:14

Gen. 22:14 - "Abraham called the name of that place 'The Lord will provide', as it is said to this day. 'In the mount of the Lord it will be provided.'" There are many people in this world who have mountains that need to be moved. Some are debt mountains, others are mountains of broken relationships, there are mountains of addictions, mountains of terminal illnesses and then there is the mountain of lonliness that just can't seem to go away or to be toppled. There are many more mountains such as these. A promise has been given to us long ago. "in the mount of the Lord it will be provided." When we give our mountains over to Him, so that they no longer "belong" to us, then God has His way with them, He is the provider! No matter what He does with them, whether it be a total removal of the mountain or just a buffing. He will always make them more manageable to climb and to conquer. His is the Provider!