Hello, and thank you for joining me today for Give Him 15. The title of our post today is The Grace Place.

Before I read this post, I'm asked quite often where I get the T-shirts and caps that I wear once in a while.

I will say most of the T-shirts are given to me sent by people watching the

program if they say give him 15 or appeal to heaven or the cap has a 15 or appeal to heaven on it.

It's probably one we produced and you can get that through Dutchsheets.org bookstore online. All right, enough of that.

The Grace Place. Today, I want to tell you about Anna, but first, let's review some of yesterday's

post.

Yesterday I spoke to you about Shechem and briefly mentioned another important place, Pnewell.

Penuel, meaning the face of God, is where Jacob wrestled with the Lord all night, received his transformation and new name Israel.

He then went to Shechem,

where he demanded that all of his family members bury their idols.

Yes, they had idols.

Why did Jacob choose Shechem as the place to bury them? He was finally connecting with and honoring the covenant God had made with his grandfather Abraham. This was the place where God

promised the land of Canaan to Abraham, Genesis 12.

Jacob was honoring his covenantal roots.

There's a great thought.

Honoring his covenantal roots when he buried the idols at this significant place.

He also built an altar there,

which he named Elohe Israel,

meaning God the God of Israel.

In naming it this,

Jacob was not referring to the nation, Israel.

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