Sermons by Pastor Christian Shields (Page 3)
Sure of God’s Presence
Genesis 26:23-35 NKJV Then he went up from there to Beersheba. (24) And the LORD appeared to him the same night and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham; do not fear, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for My servant Abraham’s sake.” (25) So he built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD, and he pitched his tent there; and there Isaac’s servants dug a well. …
Faithless Religion: Jacob
Introduction Genesis 27:5–19 NKJV Now Rebekah was listening when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt game and to bring it. So Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, “Indeed I heard your father speak to Esau your brother, saying, ‘Bring me game and make savory food for me, that I may eat it and bless you in the presence of the Lord before my death.’ Now therefore, my son, obey my voice…
Faithless Religion: Rebekah
NEEDS EVERYTHING INCLUDING DATE EDITED DOWN. LINK IN WORDPRESS. DRae 10/27/25 Genesis 27:6–17 NKJV So Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, “Indeed I heard your father speak to Esau your brother, saying, ‘Bring me game and make savory food for me, that I may eat it and bless you in the presence of the Lord before my death.’ Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to what I command you. Go now to the flock and bring me…
Faithless Religion: Isaac
NEEDS EVERYTHING in sermon notes below (updated 10/27/25 DRae) INTRODUCTION Genesis 27:1-5 NKJV Now it came to pass, when Isaac was old and his eyes were so dim that he could not see, that he called Esau his older son and said to him, “My son.” And he answered him, “Here I am.” (2) Then he said, “Behold now, I am old. I do not know the day of my death. (3) Now therefore, please take your weapons, your quiver…
Sure of God’s Presence
Introduction Genesis 26:23-35 NKJV Then he went up from there to Beersheba. (24) And the LORD appeared to him the same night and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham; do not fear, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for My servant Abraham’s sake.” (25) So he built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD, and he pitched his tent there; and there Isaac’s servants dug a…
Which Well Will You Choose? Part 2
Genesis 26:12-22 NKJV Then Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year a hundredfold; and the LORD blessed him. (13) The man began to prosper, and continued prospering until he became very prosperous; (14) for he had possessions of flocks and possessions of herds and a great number of servants. So the Philistines envied him. (15) Now the Philistines had stopped up all the wells which his father’s servants had dug in the days of Abraham his…
Which Well Will You Choose? Part 1
Genesis 26:12-22 NKJV Then Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year a hundredfold; and the LORD blessed him. (13) The man began to prosper, and continued prospering until he became very prosperous; (14) for he had possessions of flocks and possessions of herds and a great number of servants. So the Philistines envied him. (15) Now the Philistines had stopped up all the wells which his father’s servants had dug in the days of Abraham his…
Patient and Prosperous
Genesis 26:1-12 NKJV There was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines, in Gerar. (2) Then the LORD appeared to him and said: “Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land of which I shall tell you. (3) Dwell in this land, and I will be with you and bless you; for to you and your descendants I give all…
Promised Land Perspective over Perishable Pleasures
Genesis 25:29-34 NKJV Now Jacob cooked a stew; and Esau came in from the field, and he was weary. (30) And Esau said to Jacob, “Please feed me with that same red stew, for I am weary.” Therefore his name was called Edom. (31) But Jacob said, “Sell me your birthright as of this day.” (32) And Esau said, “Look, I am about to die; so what is this birthright to me?” (33) Then Jacob said, “Swear to me as…
The Paradox of Pain and Promise
Genesis 25:21-28 NKJV Now Isaac pleaded with the LORD for his wife, because she was barren; and the LORD granted his plea, and Rebekah his wife conceived. (22) But the children struggled together within her; and she said, “If all is well, why am I like this?” So she went to inquire of the LORD. (23) And the LORD said to her: “Two nations are in your womb, Two peoples shall be separated from your body; One people shall be…
The Power of Persistent, Pleading Prayer
Genesis 25:19-26 NKJV This is the genealogy of Isaac, Abraham’s son. Abraham begot Isaac. (20) Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah as wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan Aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian. (21) Now Isaac pleaded with the LORD for his wife, because she was barren; and the LORD granted his plea, and Rebekah his wife conceived. (22) But the children struggled together within her; and she said, “If all is…
Blessed in the Background
Genesis 25:1-18 NKJV Abraham again took a wife, and her name was Keturah. (2) And she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. (3) Jokshan begot Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim. (4) And the sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. (5) And Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac. (6) But Abraham gave gifts to the sons of…