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[cimi]

November 16
Sunday


"I DID NOT
KNOW IT"


READ:
Genesis 28:10-16
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Jacob awoke from his
sleep and said, "Surely
the LORD is in this
place, and I did not
know it."
__Genesis 28:16
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As Jacob did in Genesis 28, I like to remind myself each morning when I awaken that God is here, "in this place," present with me (v.16). As I spend time with Him each morning, reading His Word and responding in prayer, it reinforces my sense of His presence__that He is near. Although we do not see Him, Peter reminds us that we can love Him and rejoice in His love for us with "inexpressible," glorious joy (1 Peter 1:8).

We take the Lord's presence with us all through the day, blending work and play with prayer. He is our teacher, our philosopher, our companion__our gentle, kind, and very best friend.

God is with us wherever we go. He is in the commonplace, whether we know it or not. "Surely the LORD is in this place," Jacob said of a most unlikely spot, "and I did not know it" (Gen. 28:16). We may not realize He is close by. We may feel lonely and sad. Our day may seem bleak and dreary withut a visible ray of hope__yet He is present.

Amid all the clamor and din of this visible and audible world, listen carefully for God's quiet voice. Listen to Him in the bible. Talk to Him frequently in prayer. Look for Him in your circumstances. Seek him. He is with you wherever you go! __David Roper
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`````````````````````Oh, how oft I wake and find`````````````````
`````````````````````I have been forgetting Thee!````````````````
``````````````````````I am never from Thy mind;````````````````
````````````````Thou it is that wakest me. __MacDonald````````````
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Our greatest privilege is to enjoy God's presence.

*************Today's Bible Reading __Genesis 28:10-16************

10 Now Jacob went out
from Beersheba and went
toward Haran. 11 So he
came to a certain place and
stayed there all night,
because the sun had set.
And he took one of the
stones of that place and put
it at his head, and he lay
down in that place to sleep.

12 Then he dreamed, and
behold, a ladder was set up
on the earth, and its top
reached to heaven; and
there the angels of God
were ascending and
descending on it.

13 And behold, the LORD
stood above it and said:
"I am the LORD God of
Abraham your father and
the God of Isaac; the
land on which you lie I
will give to you and your
descendants. 14 Also your
descendants shall be as the
dust of the earth; you shall
spread abroad to the west
and the east, to the north
and the south; and in you
and in your seed all the
families of the earth shall
be blessed. 15 Behold, I am
with you and will keep you
wherever you go, and will
bring you back to this land;
for I will not leave you until
I have done what I have
spoken to you."

16 Then Jacob awoke from
his sleep and said, "Surely
the LORD is in this place,
and I did not know it."

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

In our hectic lives, it taker practice to quiet our hearts and become
aware of God's presence. Charles Stanley said: "I'm convinced that
the man who has learned to meditate upon the Lord will be able to
run on his feet and walk in his spirit. Although he may be hurried
by his vocation, that's not the issue. The issue is how fast his spirit is
going. To slow it down takes a period of time." __Dennis Fisher

[lizzie]

Amen

Faith is what keeps us assured that our Lord is with us, cuz sometimes it gets so dark and lonely, we are tempted to believe that we are on our own. But if we know God, we know that He never breaks a promise, and His promise is that He will never abandon or forsake us.

Thank you Jesus.