rachel and leah

Today, Laurie explores the family dynamics of Jacob and his two wives, Rachel and Leah. Sparks fly, envy reigns, and favoritism is loud and clear. But God. Even in the center of their anything-but God-glorifying mess of a family, God continues to execute His plan to build a nation. God's love surpasses our flesh. This story shows that He works all things to the good of those who love Him. Check out Laurie's blog with more details at LaurieGreenWestlake.com  You'll find the heat of your perfectionism is off and God in in control.

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Outline:

The Exodus Shape

The Father Crowns His Son with Glory

The Words of Enemies and El

Jacob as Good Shepherd

A Dream of Reassurance 

Euphrates Baptism and Mount Gilead 

Saint Athanasius Church

Contra Mundum Swagger

Video Version

I've been in church my entire life, and I have never once heard a sermon taught on Leah (a wife of Jacob-Israel). The way Leah was treated and viewed was awful, but Scripture and history teaches that she remained steadfast towards Yahweh through it all. Listen to learn how her faithfulness finally gained the reward she had been looking for for many years.

How do you react when life takes a turn in an unexpected and unwanted direction? When all your best laid plans are suddenly discarded, and the new normal is nothing like what you’d planned? Do you accept the new life, making the most of what you’ve been given, or do you resist, fighting it with every ounce of your being? Are you clamorous or contented?

In today’s episode of All God’s Women we look at Rachel and Leah, two sisters, caught up in a web of deceit by their father’s scheme, forced to live the rest of their lives as sister wives. Both were victims, but one moved on and made the best of a bad situation, and one remained a victim for the remainder of her days.

Scripture References

Genesis 29

Genesis 30:1-20

Genesis 31: 1-35

Genesis 35: 16-20

Helpful Resources

Women of the Bible by Ann Spangler and Jean E. Syswerda

Mothers of the Bible by Dena Dyer

When Life Doesn’t Match Your Dreams by Jill Eileen Smith

Every Woman in the Bible by Sue and Larry Richard

All the Women of the Bible by Herbert Lockyer

All of the Women of the Bible by Edith Deen 

All the Women of the Bible by M.L. del Mastro

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We will be finishing up chapter 30 of Genesis in this episode, and will learn about Laban's second attempt at cheating Jacob. After this, we will be going through chapter 31, where Jacob will be fleeing with his family from Laban, and his sons. There are some incredible lessons in this episode to be learned concerning handling manipulative people in your life, and the trust that we need to have at all time, in God's protection over us. As always there will be many other spiritual applications that we will learn along the way, as well as lots of other fascinating details. Praying that you are blessed by this Bible teaching!

I. The kind of Redeemer we need, vv1-10. II. The kind of life we should live, vv1-10. III. The kind of salvation we enjoy, vv11-12.