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PHall | November 29, 2018
Esau sold his birthright to Jacob for a bowl of beans. He came in from an unsuccessful hunting trip exhausted and famished. Upon asking Jacob for a bowl, the younger brother bargained Esau’s birthright (twice as much left to the one with the birthright) for lentils and bread. Esau rationalized his bad decision by exaggerating […]
PHall | November 28, 2018
Do you remember where Abraham went soon after he left Ur and came to Canaan?? He left “the promised land” to go to Egypt (Genesis 12). One must wonder if leaving pleased Yahweh. Decades later, Abraham needs a wife for Isaac. He commissions his household manager to return to Abraham’s homeland to secure a bride. […]
PHall | November 27, 2018
Sarah has died, and Abraham is looking for a worthy burial spot (Genesis 23). Ephron’s spot is chosen and he offers it for free. Abraham counteroffers to pay him. Ephron answered, “400 shekels of silver, what is that between you and me?” By sneaking in the price while offering it for free, Ephron tells Abraham […]
PHall | November 24, 2018
“Dear God…#2”. Genesis 21 begins with “The LORD came to Sarah AS HE HAD SAID, and the LORD did for Sarah, WHAT HE HAD PROMISED.” This is the beginning of the seed promise even though Sarah is 90 and Abraham 100. In between the birth of Isaac and Abraham’s’prayer “life” happens that is not pleasant. […]
PHall | November 23, 2018
TODAY’S PRAYER – “Dear God….” (#1) Personally I get in a rut in how I address God. Genesis 16 helps. Hagar calls God – El-roi, “The God Who Sees” (16:3); saying, “Have I really seen here the One who sees me?” This is during a time Hagar needs comforting from God. This experience has Hagar […]
PHall | December 7, 2016
Thanksgiving is not just a holiday, it is a word describing prayer (1 Tim.2:1). Pray a thanksgiving prayer but not just on thanksgiving. Enrich your prayer life by learning and practicing the different types of prayer. Have a thanks giving prayer life.
PHall | December 23, 2015
Before a psalm is taken apart and analyzed, each needs to be experienced, even felt, as our emotions overflow and overtake our minds. We need to allow the Psalms to take apart our lives as it takes part in our lives. To experience Psalm 6 we have to experience the pain and the praise. To […]
PHall | December 22, 2015
My morning prayer: “Dear Lord, thank you for two layers of covers (it is winter), a bathroom close to my bed (I am getting old), and a hand to hold while I sleep” (I am still very much in love). You might be thinking this prayer’s contents are first mundane, then TMI, and finally sweet. […]
PHall | December 10, 2015
We all care what others think of us. Some admit it. Some are controlled by it. Others react against it. We can pretend we don’t care; but other’s words and opinions often hurt. The cloaked emotional crisis is what others think can lead beyond thoughts and words; dangerous actions can result, sometimes by “me.” Psalm […]
PHall | December 8, 2015
The best French fries are at Ollie’s Trolley. I got to eat these growing up when my father would take me to his workplace. One Saturday he did not take me, so I gathered my friends, and we stormed his office. My father’s friends looked out the window. Seeing us on the march they warned […]