The Epic Life - Bob Hallman

Genesis 40 ”Dream On”

George Fox, the famous author of Foxes Book of Martyrs,  said: “There are three sorts of dreams:1. A multitude of business sometimes cases dreams(Eccl 5:3)2. Then there are the whisperings of Satan in the night-season.3. Finally, there are the speaking's of God to man.”
Some 11 years earlier, in Joseph’s youth, he had dreamed two separate dreams: 1. One where his brother's sheaves of wheat bowed down to his. 2. The other where the sun and the moon and the eleven stars bowed down to him.
The meaning of these dreams seemed obvious at the time: God was going to elevate Joseph above his brothers and even his own father and mother. But from behind the bars of his prison cell, Joseph must have wondered what sort of dreams he had actually had so many years earlier. 
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Genesis 38: How to Goof up Your Life

n 1995 Dr. Laura Schlessinger, who is the second most listened to talk radio show host in the nation, wrote a book called,10 Stupid Things Women Do to Mess Up Their Lives. It was a best seller!
So, she wrote three more: 10 Stupid Things Men Do to Mess Up Their Lives, 10 Stupid Things Parents Do to Mess Up Their Lives, 10 Stupid Things Couples Do to Mess Up Their Lives.
Her writing is filled with practical sage advice on how not to goof up your life. But the truth be told, Dr. Laura was scooped by God by 4000 years!! Because in Genesis 38, we have a record of the decisions and actions that Judah made to goof up his life. And by studying this sordid chapter, we can avoid the kinds of self-destructive actions that goofed up the life of one of the patriarchs of the faith.
#1 Way Judah Goofed Up His Life: He failed to place a high priority on his relationship with God. This is evident in the life history we have of Judah so far in the book of Genesis He was the fourth born son of his mother Leah and his father Jacob. He was the one who had suggested to his brothers that they sell Joseph into slavery (Genesis 37:26) for a profit. He was a man of little or no spiritual depth.   Enjoy the rest of the message. 
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Genesis 37: When Dreams Turn Into Nightmares

According to George Fox, author of Foxes Book of Martyrs, there are three types of dreams: ~1. Dreams that result from a multitude of business and an overworked mind~2. Dreams that represent the whisperings of Satan in man in the night-season
~3. Dreams that come as the result of God speaking supernaturally to man
Job 33:14-18 “For God does speak-now one way, now another--though man may not perceive it. In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men as they slumber in their beds, he may speak in their ears and terrify them with warnings, to turn man from wrongdoing and keep him from pride, to preserve his soul from the pit, his life from perishing by the sword. ”But sometimes dreams are nothing more than hidden desires of the soul, and as a result, are rarely fulfilled in the manner we might hope: After waking up one morning, a woman told her husband, "I just dreamed that you gave me a pearl necklace for our anniversary. What do you think it means?"
"You'll know tonight." he said. That evening, the man came home with a small package and gave it to his wife. Delighted, she opened it to find a book entitled "The Meaning of Dreams. "We all have had dreams in life:
Visions in the night as well as hopes and aspirations for the future.
In the text of Genesis 37, Joseph experienced both the visions in the night and the aspirations for his future. But before the dreams of God would be fulfilled in his life, Joseph would know firsthand the perplexing and agonizing experience of when “Dreams Turn into Nightmares.”
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Genesis 34: Violated in Shechem

It goes without saying that this is an awful chapter--not only in the book of Genesis, but in the history of mankind. It is made worse by being the only chapter in the Bible, outside the book of Esther, where the name of God is not even mentioned.
Leupold’s homiletical suggestions on this chapter includes the following statement: “We may well wonder if any man who had proper discernment ever drew a text from this chapter.”  Acts 20:27 “For I have not hesitated to proclaim to you the whole will of God.”
In this introduction to Genesis 34, Pastor Bob Hallman begins by addressing two important questions.   Enjoy the message.
 
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Genesis 22: The Test of Faith

So far in our study of Genesis, we have observed three great tests in Abraham’s life: ~ Chapter 12-to Submit to God’s call to leave his land & family~ Chapter 13-to Separate from his nephew, Lot~ Chapter 17-to Surrender his plan about Ishmael and to trust God to do a miracle
Growing up on Oahu, I remember that on the first day of every month at noon, sirens all across the island would begin to wail. Every time it happened; I would scan the skies over the Koolaus for Japanese zeros. If you were listening to radio or TV the programming would be interrupted and a voice would say, “For the next 30 seconds we will be conducting a test of the Emergency Broadcast System. This is a test, and only a test!” The funny thing is, those wailing sirens, no matter how predictable and scheduled, caught me by surprise every single month!
1 Peter 4:12-13 “Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you. James 1:2-5 “Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 
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Genesis 33: Reconciled at Last

Genesis 33 is a pivotal chapter in Jacob’s life.  20 years earlier, Jacob had left his home because his brother had sworn to kill him for stealing his birthright and the blessing of his father, Isaac (Gen 27:41-45). Rebekah had told Jacob “when your brother is no longer angry with you and forgets what you did to him, I'll send word for you to come back from there.
Gen 27:45. But since she never sent for him, Jacob had every reason to believethat20 years had not diminished Esau’s anger.
Story: A reporter was interviewing an old man on his 100th birthday. “What are you most proud of?” he asked. “Well,” said the man, “I don’t have an enemy in the world.” “What a beautiful thought! How inspirational!” said the reporter. “Yep,” added the centenarian, “I outlived every last one of‘ em. ”But outliving Esau was not an option for Jacob. Because for Jacob to fulfill his divine calling to be a blessing to all nations, he had to go back home and face his brother Esau. As I have stated before, sometimes you have to first go back in order to advance.
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Genesis 19 What a Difference A Day Can Make

The course of human history has often turned on events that occur so rapidly and dramatically that life is forever altered. History is punctuated with examples of “What A Difference A Day Can Make!”1. The day Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit2. The day Job lost everything3. The day the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor4. The day the Berlin wall came down5. The day the World Trade Towers were brought down by terroristsThese are all examples of how quickly and radically life can change. Genesis 19 is another illustration of how life can take very dramatic turns. Little did Lot know that on this particular day his life would never be the same. 
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Genesis 31 Choose This Day

In Genesis 31, we find Jacob at a crossroads in his life. He must make a choice.
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Either he can stay where he is–in virtual slavery to Laban, but comfortable and well-fed. Or he can respond to the call of God, which involved no small degree of risk and required a great deal of faith in God and His covenant promises.
It is the same crossroads that the people of Israel would face when they were given the opportunity to either remain in the predictable life of slavery in Egypt, or believe God’s promise of a land of their own which included uncertainty and a path through the desert.
It is the same crossroads that an unbeliever who is presented with the gospel faces. Stay where you are spiritually–in the familiar life of slavery to sin, guilt, fear and frustration, or you can have a new beginning in Christ.
But this new life demands that you surrender your life to the lordship of Jesus Christ. You can’t have it both ways!  It is the same crossroads I find myself facing daily. “Choose this day whom you will serve!
We hope you've been blessed by this audio version of a sermon pastor Bob Hallman delivered to his congregation on Kauai. 
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Genesis 30: Waging Worldly Warfare

Every day we are faced with the choice to either trust in the Lord with all our heart (Prov 3:5-6), or to trust in our own resources and ingenuity to get what we thinkwe deserve.
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Trusting in the Lord leads to peace, joy and contentment–it’s called the Spirit-filled life. Trusting in ourselves leads to anxiety, anger and disillusionment–I call it “Waging Worldly Warfare.”
2 Cor 10:3-4 “For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world.
Some of you are facing significant challenges in your life today.
1. A husband or wife who has failed to fulfill their calling as a godly spouse2. A financial crisis that threatens to bring financial ruin3. A conflict with a friend or a coworker who seems unreasonable and combative4. An unfulfilled desire that you have become impatient over:a. The desire for a husband or wifeb.The desire for material thingsc. Or, as in the case of Rachel and Leah, the desire to have children.You are at a critical junction in life–a spiritual crossroads: One fork leads to a life yielded to the loving and faithful care of God. The other leads to an exhausting life marked by pain of “Worldly Warfare.”

Genesis 29:The Anatomy of a Divine Appointment

Over the years I have come to believe that there is no such thing as “coincidence” for the man or woman who is surrendered and yielded to God. Every conversation, every “chance” meeting, every opportunity to serve is divinely orchestrated by God (Ephesians2:10).
I call them “divine appointments.  ”Last week we found that Jacob was a man in transition. Before his encounter with God in Genesis 28, he could only refer to his father’s God as “your God” (27:20). But now, Yahweh was Jacob’s God (28:21). He had seen the vision of the stairway from heaven and heard the amazing covenant promises of God. There was a new sense of direction, anew hope, and a new meaning to his life. And for the first time in his life, he was working in cooperation with the purposes of God. As a result, he was about to experience the incredible joy of his first “Divine Appointment.
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