Psalm 18:1-3“I love You, O LORD, my strength.” I am to remember to whom I am praying! You, O LORD, are my rock and my fortress and my deliverer. You are the one I am to turn to when I am confronted by unbelief. You are my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge. […]
Jacob-Israel heard the wonderful news that his beloved son, Joseph, was alive and prime minister in Egypt. He offered sacrifices to God when he arrived in Beersheba. God spoke to Jacob during the night. “I am the God of your father; do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you […]
Genesis 44:1-34 Joseph found out his brothers had changed over the years. Gone were the envy, the jealousy and the resentment of the brothers for their father’s favorite, Benjamin. Years before they envied, resented Joseph’s special treatment by their father. Joseph’s brothers were standing before him in his home in Egypt as the Prime Minister, […]
Joseph remembered his brothers as they were when they sold him into Egypt, many years before. The only person who could tell on them and their actions, was dead, or so they thought. Joseph was not “getting even” but finding out if they had changed in the past 22 years. The Test Joseph instructed his […]
Being teachable… sounds easy! It is not! Many times it is a hard way to learn. Have you prayed to be teachable? I have. And the way the answer is given sometimes hurts my ego. Psalm 51:10 “Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.”… After David sinned, […]
Genesis 43:1-34 Jacob’s permission was needed! Famine was great and the grain – used up. Jacob told ten of his sons to go back to Egypt and buy grain. Judah stated what the man (prime minister of Egypt, actually Joseph) warned them of, “you won’t see my face unless you bring your youngest brother.” Jacob […]
Lamentations 3:21-25 paraphrased prayer Lord God Almighty, help me to recall to mind for the reason my hope is in You. Your lovingkindnessess never stop! For this reason I have a living hope. Your compassions are new every morning! That is how great Your faithfulness is to me. You, O Lord, You are my […]
What ten brothers did not know: Joseph could understand their foreign language. They could not understand Egyptian so there was an interpreter. They said, we saw the distress of our brother when he pleaded with us, we didn’t listen to him. For this reason we are in deep trouble. Genesis 42:18-23 Joseph went out of […]
Joseph saw his ten brothers. They did not recognize this “Egyptian” Prime Minister as being the little brother they sold into slavery in Egypt. What were the emotions of Joseph when he saw the brothers that had belittled him, resented him and sold him? We are not told at this time in the story. […]
We are living in desperate times. Times we are in financial difficulty as a nation. Times of political unrest. Times of utter ruin. Times of war in other countries. We are in a spiritual famine. Do we see the Lord God as our answer? Don’t see that in the media. Do you hear it at […]