Author Archives: Wences Orcales Santos

Numbers 21:5-9 King James Version (KJV) 5 And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread. 6 And the Lord sent fiery serpents among […]

Exodus 22:22-24 Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless. Widows […]

Exodus 16:8 “…your murmurings are not against us, but against the Lord.” Chapter 16 of Exodus shows one of the situations of how the Israelites murmur whenever they didn’t like what’s happening to them in the wilderness. They didn’t understand what it means to trust and submit to God. They always murmur and question Moses […]

Exodus 3-12 Are you asking something to God? Is that dream seems impossible? God is too wise. His plans are sometimes hard to fathom. This thing is for sure that when you ask God for something big He will make it happen His way. God will surely make the path bumpy to show His amazing […]

Genesis 42 Have you ever had misunderstandings with your biological brother/s or sister/s. Did you came to a point that you were so angry at them because of trivial or selfish reason?  I’m sure we all did especially when when we are kids. In Genesis 42 we can see Joseph’s love to his brothers. No […]

Please read Genesis 41 This is a wonderful chapter of Genesis where God showed how He lifted up and blessed his servant Joseph. The blessings were too much and it gave Joseph great joy because it all came from God. It’s not because of his own strength and ability that he became victorious but because […]

Genesis 38 Have you ever heard a news of a notorious man who died? God is a righteous God. God has the power to kill and give long life. He controls everything because He is the creator of everything including us. Er the son of Judah lived a wicked life and so God slew him. […]

Genesis 37 Jacob had a son named Joseph. He was his favorite child because Joseph was his son of his old age. For this reason Joseph’s brothers became jealous of him and hated him. We can see in this story the negative effect of having favoritism. Sometimes we have favorite son or daughter, favorite relative, […]

Genesis 33 When was the last time you said “I love you” to your brother or sister? When was the last time you hugged him/her? On this chapter we see Esau and Jacob expressing their love for each other as brothers. (Read Gen. 33) No matter what’s the past is or no matter how many […]

Genesis 29 This chapter tells us the story of how Jacob got Rachel to wife. But let’s focus our point of view to Leah. Jacob worked 7 years for Laban to get Rachel but Laban gave Leah first to fulfill their country’s culture to give the firstborn first. For this reason Leah was hated (v. […]