In Genesis 46 we get the opportunity to see Jacob come to find his son. The lord tells him to go and so he begins this journey to Egypt to his son. Jacob begins the journey and Joseph actually meets him outside the city and it a reunion that can stir the hearts of anyone […]
In Genesis Chapter 39 we see Joseph in Egypt sold to Potiphar. He is a faithful servant to Potiphar and is put in charge of everything. Potiphar’s wife comes to Joseph many times asking him to “lie with me”. We can see Joseph’s faithfulness to the Lord. He continues to say no and no until […]
We see some of the decedents of Abraham laid out in this chapter to begin. Abraham passes away at 175 years old. As the narrative continues Rebekah, who Isaac took as a wife, is barren and yet again after Isaac cried out the Lord provided and blessed them. Rebekah got pregnant with twin boys. These […]
In Genesis 18, Abraham and Sarah are told again that they will bear a child. Then Abraham intercedes for the people of Sodom. He asks the Lord to spare the city for the sake of 50 righteous people. The Lord agrees, so Abraham continues to ask for the Lord to spare the city if there […]
In Job 42 we see Job Repent again to the Lord. The Lord shows favor on Job and again give him the wealth he once had. Not only does he give him what he once had he gives him even more. The lord blessed him with more wealth and children, he also gave him a […]
In Genesis Chapter 11, we get to see the tower of babel and God deciding to go down and disperse the people and confuse their language. In this time the people needed to be brought to humility and God knew just what would facilitate that. Our God understood they needed to understand their need for […]
In Genesis 3 we see the fall of man. We see initially the shame and guilt that Adam and Eve experienced. We then see the first instance of the blame game played in them as well. We are reminded of our responsibility for sin through God’s response to the situation. Even in spite of each […]
In 2 Peter chapter 3 we see Peter warning of the false teachings, but also encouraging Christians to look forward to the day of Christ which is to come. He encourages the people to live in holiness and godliness. He also tells them the way they can do this: by looking forward to the new […]
Here in chapter 11 of Hebrews we see a discussion on faith and what it has looked like. We see to start what faith is. Then we get to see many many examples of faith that believers can look back too. Abraham, Moses, David, the judges, they are all great examples of faith. Not only […]
Paul encourages the church in Ephesus to be unified in all that they do. He reminds them of their faith in Christ and all that he has promised and granted. He goes back and talks about what God has asked of them. Paul exhorts the believers to strive to make themselves more like Christ. He then transitions […]