“Deception Damage” (Genesis 27 & 28)
Published 20 August 2025
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📜 082 Title– “Parental Preference & A Plan”
🎯 Theme: Parental preference sets the stage for a fateful blessing.
⚡ Hook: Can favoritism at home set off a spiritual domino effect?
💣 Spiritual Bomb: Family preferences can distort destiny if not surrendered to God.
📌 3 Dramatic Takeaways:
- Isaac’s failing sight and looming blessing raise the stakes.
- Esau’s bond with Isaac; Jacob’s bond with Rebekah.
- A meal and a moment can pivot a legacy.
❓ 3 Follow-Up Questions:
- Where is favoritism quietly shaping your home?
- What crucial conversation must you prepare for?
- How can you re-center your family around God today?
📜 083 Title – “Let the Curse Fall on Me”
🎯 Theme: Deception is planned and justified—at great cost.
⚡ Hook: How far will we go to ‘help’ God get what we want?
💣 Spiritual Bomb: Covering sin with strategy multiplies the pain it creates.
📌 3 Dramatic Takeaways:
- Rebekah and Jacob conspire to deceive Isaac.
- The rationalization: ‘Let the curse fall on me.’
- Sin promises shortcuts but delivers scars.
❓ 3 Follow-Up Questions:
- Where are you tempted to bend truth for an outcome?
- Who is pulled into your plans and put at risk?
- What would repentance look like right now?
📜 084 Title – “The Damage Was Done”
🎯 Theme: The stolen blessing tears open old wounds.
⚡ Hook: What happens when a lie ‘works’?
💣 Spiritual Bomb: Deception may succeed for a moment but it fractures trust for years.
📌 3 Dramatic Takeaways:
- Isaac blesses Jacob dressed as Esau.
- Esau discovers the betrayal and burns with anger.
- Spoken blessings prove irreversible—words matter.
❓ 3 Follow-Up Questions:
- Where has a ‘small lie’ grown into a rift?
- Who needs to hear your honest confession?
- How can you rebuild trust you broke?
📜 085 Title – “From Running to a Ladder”
🎯 Theme: Flight, blessing, and a dream of God’s faithful presence.
⚡ Hook: What if God meets us at our lowest—on the run?
💣 Spiritual Bomb: Grace outruns our failures and re-anchors us in God’s promise.
📌 3 Dramatic Takeaways:
- Rebekah sends Jacob to Laban; Isaac blesses the journey.
- Esau’s bitterness grows; Jacob flees.
- At Bethel, God promises presence, protection, and return.
❓ 3 Follow-Up Questions:
- Where are you running instead of returning?
- What promise of God do you need to hear again?
- Who can you bless even after they’ve failed you?