Genesis 41:56-57 As the famine got worse all over the country, Joseph opened the storehouses and sold emergency supplies to the Egyptians. The famine was very bad. Soon the whole world was coming to buy supplies from Joseph. The famine was bad all over. The path of those who walk closely with God is paved […]
Read moreGenesis 41:39 So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “You’re the man for us. God has given you the inside story—no one is as qualified as you in experience and wisdom. True to the saying, “You can’t keep a good man down”, that’s exactly what happened to Joseph. Even as a prisoner locked up in prison, he […]
Read moreGenesis 41:15-16 “I dreamed a dream,” Pharaoh told Joseph. “Nobody can interpret it. But I’ve heard that just by hearing a dream you can interpret it.” Joseph answered, “Not I, but God. God will set Pharaoh’s mind at ease.” In the Bible, God often speaks through dreams. Here, God even spoke to the pharaoh. God […]
Read moreGenesis 39:23 The head jailer gave Joseph free rein, never even checked on him, because God was with him; whatever he did God made sure it worked out for the best. Chuck Colson was an influential advisor to President Richard Nixon during the Watergate scandal in the 1970s. He was known as tough, cunning, and […]
Read moreGenesis 39:8-9 He said to his master’s wife, “Look, with me here, my master doesn’t give a second thought to anything that goes on here—he’s put me in charge of everything he owns. He treats me as an equal. The only thing he hasn’t turned over to me is you. You’re his wife, after all! […]
Read moreGenesis 39:2-3 As it turned out, God was with Joseph and things went very well with him. He ended up living in the home of his Egyptian master. His master recognized that God was with him, saw that God was working for good in everything he did. In a space of a few weeks, Joseph’s […]
Read moreGenesis 37:23-24 When Joseph reached his brothers, they ripped off the fancy coat he was wearing, grabbed him, and threw him into a cistern. The cistern was dry; there wasn’t any water in it. We are exploring the lives of Old Testament characters to discover how to grow closer to God. It might feel out […]
Read moreGenesis 37:10 When he told it to his father and brothers, his father reprimanded him: “What’s with all this dreaming? Am I and your mother and your brothers all supposed to bow down to you?” Joseph was a dreamer. He dreamed that he and his brothers were gathering sheaves of wheat. Suddenly, his sheaf stood […]
Read moreGenesis 49:25 The God of your father—may he help you! And may The Strong God—may he give you his blessings, blessings tumbling out of the skies, blessings bursting up from the Earth—blessings of breasts and womb. We learned a lot from Jacob. Yes, he had to wrestle with God to strip away his own ego […]
Read moreGenesis 35:18 With her last breath, for she was now dying, she named him Ben-oni (Son-of-My-Pain), but his father named him Ben-jamin (Son-of-Good-Fortune). On the way to Bethel, where God renewed His covenant with Jacob, hardship struck Jacob and his family. Rachel went through a very difficult labour, and as she died, she named her […]
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