Taking Destiny: Battle of the Kenites

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Genesis 15:18-21 On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram and said, “To your descendants I give this land, from the Wadi of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates—the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites, Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites and Jebusites.”

We are continuing in our series, Taking Destiny, by unpacking the Kenite tribe! This word means something like a liar, slanderer, or gossiper.

We've all been in situations where someone has said something mean or rude to us. We've told ourselves that "sticks and stones may break our bones but words will never hurt us," but this isn't always the case.

In the New Testament, James reminds us that there is life and death in the tongue, and we can either uplift one another or tear someone down. And as followers of Christ, our call is always to speak the truth in love and to elevate one another.

This week, we'll look at the Kenite tribe and how we're supposed to deal with gossipers and slanderers!