2015 7-day worship festival - personal life

PERSONAL LIFEPERSONAL LIFE

GENESIS 28:3GENESIS 28:3

May God Almighty bless you May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and and make you fruitful and increase your numbers until you increase your numbers until you become a community of become a community of peoples.peoples.

Isaac Rebekah

JacobEsau Rachel Leah Zilpah Bilhah

12 Tribes of Israel

Edomites

FAMILY TREEFAMILY TREE

Aholibamah MahalathAdahAnah

JESUS CHRIST

KING HEROD

The The ChurchChurch is only as is only as healthy as its healthy as its individual individual

membersmembers..

ESSENTIAL ESSENTIAL POINTS FOR POINTS FOR

GROWTHGROWTH

REPENTANCEREPENTANCE

GENESIS 27:41-45GENESIS 27:41-45

Esau held a Esau held a grudgegrudge against against Jacob because of the blessing Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. He his father had given him. He said to himself, “The said to himself, “The days of days of mourningmourning for my father are for my father are near; then I will kill my brother near; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”Jacob.”


When Rebekah was told what When Rebekah was told what her older son Esau had said, her older son Esau had said, she sent for her younger son she sent for her younger son Jacob and said to him, “Your Jacob and said to him, “Your brother Esau is planning to brother Esau is planning to avengeavenge himself by killing you. himself by killing you.


Now then, my son, do what I Now then, my son, do what I say: say: Flee at onceFlee at once to my brother to my brother Laban in Harran. Laban in Harran.


Stay with him for a while until Stay with him for a while until your brother’s your brother’s fury subsidesfury subsides..


When your brother is no longer When your brother is no longer angry with you and forgets what angry with you and forgets what you did to him, I’ll send word for you did to him, I’ll send word for you to come back from there. you to come back from there. Why should I lose both of you in Why should I lose both of you in one day?”one day?”

ROMANS 10:9-10ROMANS 10:9-10

If you declare with your mouth, If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in and believe in your heart that God raised him your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be from the dead, you will be saved. saved.

ROMANS 10:9-10ROMANS 10:9-10

For it is with your For it is with your heart that you heart that you believebelieve and are and are justifiedjustified, and it , and it is with your mouth that you is with your mouth that you profess your profess your faithfaith and are and are saved.saved.

What you What you bury alivebury alive will will never dienever die..

SINS TO REPENT:

Every time we sin, we Every time we sin, we don’t just break God’s don’t just break God’s

laws. More importantly, laws. More importantly, We also We also break His break His

heartheart..

ACTS 3:19ACTS 3:19

Repent, then, and turn to God, Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped so that your sins may be wiped out, that out, that times of refreshingtimes of refreshing may come from the Lord.may come from the Lord.

Repentance means Repentance means changing our thoughts changing our thoughts and ways in and ways in alignmentalignment

to God’s.to God’s.

2 CHRONICLES 7:142 CHRONICLES 7:14

if my people, who are if my people, who are called by called by my namemy name, will , will humblehumble themselves and themselves and praypray and and seek seek my facemy face and and turn from their turn from their wicked wayswicked ways, then I will , then I will hear hear from heavenfrom heaven, and I will , and I will forgiveforgive their sin and will their sin and will healheal their land. their land.

RESTORATIONRESTORATION


So Isaac called for Jacob and So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. Then he commanded blessed him. Then he commanded him: “Do not marry a Canaanite him: “Do not marry a Canaanite woman. Go at once to woman. Go at once to Paddan Paddan AramAram, to the house of your , to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel. Take a mother’s father Bethuel. Take a wife for yourself there, from wife for yourself there, from among the daughters of Laban, among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.your mother’s brother.

PADDAN-ARAM:PADDAN-ARAM:The name Paddan-aram obviously The name Paddan-aram obviously consists of two parts. The first part, consists of two parts. The first part,

p a dda np a dda n ), is a noun that does not occur in ), is a noun that does not occur in Hebrew, but HAW Theological Wordbook Hebrew, but HAW Theological Wordbook

of the Old Testament reports that the of the Old Testament reports that the Akkadian word Akkadian word p a da nup a da nu means means routeroute..

PADDAN-ARAM:PADDAN-ARAM:Another Hebrew word of interest is the

verb (p a da ), meaning to ransomransom, rescuerescue. The letter nun is often added to a verb to create a noun that denotes a person or a

place.

PADDAN-ARAM:PADDAN-ARAM:The second part of the name is the same

as the name Aram, means to be highhigh, riserise upup

• The verb רום (rum) means to be high, in several literal and figurative fashions. This verb is used to indicate either literal height (Psalm 61:2, Job 22:12), the height of rank, statues or glory (Numbers 24:7, 2 Samuel 22:47, Proverbs 24:7), or the height of pride or arrogance (Deuteronomy 8:14, Psalm 131:1, Ezekiel 31:10).

Its derivatives are:

• The masculine noun רום (rum) or רם (rum), meaning height (Proverbs 25:3) or haughtiness (Isaiah 10:12, Jeremiah 48:29).• The adverb רום (rom), meaning on high (Habakkuk 3:10)• The adverb רומה (roma), meaning proudly (Micah 2:3).


•The feminine noun רמה (rama), meaning height or high place (Ezekiel 16:25). Note that this noun is identical to the root-verbs meaning to throw or ,(rama I & II) רמהshoot (I) and to beguile, deceive or mislead (II).• The feminine noun רמות (ramut), meaning height or lofty stature (Ezekiel 32:5).


• The masculine noun רומם (romam), meaning praise (Psalm 66:17).• The feminine noun רוממות (romemut), meaning uplifting, arising (Isaiah 33:5).• The masculine noun מרום (merum), a poetic word meaning height (Job 5:18, Micah 6:6).


• The feminine noun תרומה (teruma), meaning contribution or offering (Exodus 25:2, Deuteronomy 12:6, Ezekiel 45:13).• The feminine noun תרומיה (terumiya), meaning portion, or that what belongs to a contribution (Ezekiel 48:12).

The root רמם (rmm II) isn't used as a verb in the Bible, but it exists in Arabic with the meaning of to grow rotten or decay. In the Bible the following derivatives occur:

The feminine noun רמה (rimma), meaning worm or maggot. This noun is used exclusively (and mostly in the Book of Job) to express decay or corruption In Job 25:6, Bildad calls man a maggot when he is compared to God.

•None of the sources we commonly consult mentions it, but it might be that in an agricultural symbolic jargon a ripening of fruits was recognized to be similar as a growing high. A sapling obviously bears A sapling obviously bears no fruit; a tree has to be mature for that. no fruit; a tree has to be mature for that. In that sense, the words of this root could be interpreted as a state of over-state of over-ripenessripeness, and this either because nobody this either because nobody picked the fruits when they were ready, picked the fruits when they were ready, or else they were picked but then or else they were picked but then discardeddiscarded.

•Quite tellingly, when fruit has ripened, its destiny is limited to two optionslimited to two options: it can either be used to seed the next seed the next generationgeneration or turned into wine turned into wine (or other consumable product) or else rot awayelse rot away. This is not at all too far a fetch; in our society today recreational intoxication is also referred to as "getting high."

PADDAN-ARAM:PADDAN-ARAM:To a Hebrew audience, the name Paddan-

aram may have sounded like Elevated Ransom, or Place Where Height Is

Rescued.

We can choose to be a We can choose to be a seed for the next seed for the next

generationgeneration, to , to turn into turn into winewine, or to , or to rot awayrot away..

JOEL 2:25JOEL 2:25

I will repay you for the years the I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten—the great locusts have eaten—the great locust and the young locust,the locust and the young locust,the other locusts and the locust other locusts and the locust swarm—my great army that I swarm—my great army that I sent among you.sent among you.

God has a purpose for God has a purpose for your restoration. Serve your restoration. Serve

that purpose. that purpose.

Jacob was given a Jacob was given a second chance. His second chance. His

redemption came from redemption came from his own offspring----his own offspring----

JESUSJESUS..

REWARDREWARD


May God Almighty May God Almighty blessbless you you and make you and make you fruitfulfruitful and and increaseincrease your numbers until you your numbers until you become a become a community of community of peoplespeoples. .


May he give you and your May he give you and your descendants the descendants the blessing given blessing given to Abrahamto Abraham, so that you may , so that you may take take possession of the landpossession of the land where you now reside as a where you now reside as a foreigner, the land God gave to foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.”Abraham.”

•Blessing (Genesis 28:3)

•Fruits (Genesis 28:3)

• Increase and growth (Genesis 28:3)

•Godly Relationships (Genesis 28:3)

•Legacy (Genesis 28:4)

• Inheritance (Genesis 28:4)

REWARDS OF OBEDIENCE:

God honors God honors obedienceobedience..

GALATIANS 6:9GALATIANS 6:9

Let us not become weary in Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest time we will reap a harvest if we if we do not give updo not give up..


Jacob looked up and there was Jacob looked up and there was Esau, coming with his four Esau, coming with his four hundred men; so he divided the hundred men; so he divided the children among Leah, Rachel children among Leah, Rachel and the two female servants. and the two female servants.


He put the female servants and He put the female servants and their children in front, Leah and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel her children next, and Rachel and Joseph in the rear. and Joseph in the rear.


He himself went on ahead and He himself went on ahead and bowed down to the ground bowed down to the ground seven times as he approached seven times as he approached his brother.his brother.


But Esau ran to meet Jacob But Esau ran to meet Jacob and embraced him; and embraced him; he threw he threw his arms around his neck and his arms around his neck and kissed him. And they wept. kissed him. And they wept.


Then Esau looked up and saw Then Esau looked up and saw the women and children. “Who the women and children. “Who are these with you?” he asked. are these with you?” he asked. Jacob answered, “They are the Jacob answered, “They are the children God has children God has graciously graciously given your servantgiven your servant.”.”

RESTREST


Now Esau learned that Isaac Now Esau learned that Isaac had blessed Jacob and had had blessed Jacob and had sent him to sent him to Paddan AramPaddan Aram to to take a wife from there, and that take a wife from there, and that when he blessed him he when he blessed him he commanded him, “commanded him, “Do not marry Do not marry a Canaanite woman,a Canaanite woman,” ”


and that Jacob had and that Jacob had obeyed his obeyed his father and motherfather and mother and had and had gone to Paddan Aram.gone to Paddan Aram.


Esau then realized how Esau then realized how displeasing the Canaanite women displeasing the Canaanite women were to his father Isaac; so he were to his father Isaac; so he went to went to IshmaelIshmael and married and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Ishmael son of and daughter of Ishmael son of Abraham, in Abraham, in addition to the wivesaddition to the wives he already had.he already had.

•Stop compromising. (Genesis 28:6)

•Forget and learn from the past. (Genesis 28:7)

•Do not rebel against God and His appointed authorities. (Genesis 28:8-9)

HOW TO REST IN GOD:

MATTHEW 11:28-30MATTHEW 11:28-30

““Come to me, all you who are Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and weary and burdened, and I will I will give you restgive you rest. Take my yoke . Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my your souls. For my yoke is easyyoke is easy and my and my burden is lightburden is light.”.”

CONCLUSION

•JESUS is our JESUS is our REPENTANCEREPENTANCE..•JESUS is our JESUS is our RESTORATIONRESTORATION..•JESUS is our JESUS is our REWARDREWARD..•JESUS is our JESUS is our RESTREST..

CONCLUSION

The secret to personal growth The secret to personal growth and multiplication is toand multiplication is to COME COME TO JESUS.TO JESUS.

2015 7-day worship festival - personal life

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paddan aram

brother jacob

brother esau

mothers brother

brother laban

height proverbs

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literal height psalm