The power of confessions

Genesis 30 vs. 1 – And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

Genesis 35 vs. 19 – And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which isBethlehem.

1. There is power in your tongue
2. You can make or mar your life with the words you say.
3. In the first passage, Rachel ignorantly put a curse on herself.
4. She eventually had a child, but when she was about to have the second born she died in the process.
5. Rachel should had simply said “Give me children” and refrain from putting her life on the line