1.  Jacob’s emotional “default” setting when faced with conflict was to deceive and scheme, trusting in himself.  Fear triggered his default setting. 2.  Once again we see that we are…

1.  Jacob desired to return to his homeland (30:25,26) but it wasn’t yet God’s time.  In 31:1,2 (six years later) circumstances became untenable as Laban and his sons’ attitudes cooled…

1.  A Biblical theology of money: - All is God’s/all is from God—we are stewards.  1 Corinthians 4:2,7; 1 Chronicles 29:10-17 - We must not love money, live for it,…