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1. As God spoke in the beginning, so God must again Communicate to us for us to have a new beginning. a. God often Challenges us to rebuild our altars. b. A Comparison between the altar of Shechem and the altar of Bethel. 2. Jacob leads his family to put an end to Compromise. a. There is a need to cast off things in our lives that have Clogged up our spiritual vitality and Curtailed the power of our walk with God. b. The response of Jacob's household is total Commitment. c. It is interesting to Contrast Jacob to Lot as far as Convincing his household to move out of their Complacency. 3. There is no safer place to be than in the Centre of God's will.