This is a message from Dr. Michael Yousef, Bible teacher, on leading the way.

Our prayer is that it will encourage you in your walk of faith.

And if you'd like to learn more about Dr. Youssef and the ministry of leading the way,

the place to start is l-tw.org.

The story begins with a tale of four people.

Isaac was a miracle son of Abraham and Sarah's old age.

Isaac was a miracle baby.

At the age of 37, again through God's intervention and a prayer by Eliza the Damascus, which was the chief of staff of Abraham's business, God brings about

this distant cousin, Rebecca, to be married to Isaac. Rebecca, like her mother-in-law, Sarah, was barren.

And so Isaac begins to intercede on her behalf,

and he began to intercede in his own behalf.

And they began to cry to God,

and God answered their prayers even a little bit late in life.

But nonetheless, he gave them twin boys.

But the turmoil between those two boys began in the womb, started in Rebecca's womb. Two boys were born, Esau and Jacob. And they came out

of the womb fighting. As we'll see throughout the series of messages, how the grace of God overruled in all four lives,

it is more magnified and we will focus more on Jacob, but the grace of God overruled in all of their lives, all four of them.

You'll see how the grace of God overruled in all of their lives, all four of them. You'll see how the grace of God brought good and a blessing out of scheming and deceiving and treachery.

You see, when Rebecca experienced the turmoil inside of her, inside of her womb, God graciously,

graciously gave her a divine revelation.

God revealed to Rebecca what is really happening inside of her womb.

Genesis chapter 25, verse 23, the Lord said to Rebecca, two nations in your womb, and two people from

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