Genesis 46-47
Life can have it's challenges! Sometimes things are riding so high! Other times it's low, low and lower! But through them all God is with us, as He is with Jacob! Jacob now at a old age travels with his family to Egypt to seek the shelter and opportunity to grow alongside Joseph! Reconciliation is so precious! Genesis 46-47
Genesis 44-45
And the narrative of Joseph continues! Times of reconciliation can be challenging. Our hearts need to be in the right spot. Grace and mercy need to be extended. What is your perspective of trials and are we willing to be people who desire reconciliation? Let's continue reading the Bible together! Genesis 44-45
Genesis 43
Genesis 42
Genesis 42 we see the first journey of Joseph's brothers to find food in Egypt! They need work! Have you ever been desperate for money? Joseph has set up Egypt during the famine with a vast amount of stored food. Joseph would manage the distribution of that food to those citizens of the country. Have you ever ran into someone you leased expected? Let's continue our reading of the book of Genesis!
Genesis 41
Genesis 40
Joseph finds himself in jail, but due to his amazing administrative gifts, he is elevated to the place of overseeing those in the prison! There is no doubt that Joseph prayed and sought God during this time. And you know what? Opportunity came! We never know what opportunity will arise in a day. As we seek God daily in our lives and look to love God and others, opportunities will come up! Are we ready? Genesis 40
Genesis 39
Genesis 38
Genesis 37
What's in a dream? Have you ever had a dream that was so powerful that it changed the direction of your life? As the narrative of the Bible get's into the life of a particular son of Rachel, we continue looking for the promised one who will rectify a world gone astray from their creator. Let's read through Genesis 37
Genesis 36
Why is there genealogies in the Bible? Remember the line of Cain and the line of Seth way back in the book of Genesis? Well here we go again! If you can believe it, today's conflicts in the Middle East are nothing new! They go back to families that lived in these area's long ago! The Edomites were such a group that lived thousands of years ago and come from the line of Esau! Edom will have a prominent place in the Old Testament due to their conflict with Israel! Do you struggle with Israel today? Maybe we are more like Edom then we think! As we await a child to be born that would save the world in the book of Genesis, we are given a close up look at the genealogy of the other son of Isaac, Esau!