Jacob was dying… Joseph, his son who was the prime minister in Egypt, took his two sons to his father. Jacob had a special message he wanted his son and grandsons to know, and he sat up in bed. Jacob told them about how the Almighty appeared to him and blessed him. He also told […]
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. […]
Noah must have kept a diary of some kind… he recorded days and months. He recorded the day and the month the rains began. He recorded when the ark settled upon the mountains of Ararat. He recorded when the waters decreased. He even recorded when the tops of the mountains became visible. All life on […]
Genesis 4:1-26 Adam and Eve had two sons, Cain and Abel. Cain was a tiller of the ground and Abel was a shepherd. Cain became angry with his brother, so angry he killed him out in the field. Genesis 4:8 Before he killed his brother, God asked him, why are you angry? Then God warned […]
True liberation is glorious freedom. Freedom to live a righteous life in the Spirit.Galatians 5:25 “If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.” True liberation is not defined according to the culture you are living in. Galatians 2:20 “I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer […]
Obadiah was a prophet whose name means “the LORD’S servant.” No matter your name – are you known as “the LORD’S servant” follower of Christ? Obadiah focused on the LORD. A servant looks to their master for direction – then follows through for they have a servant’s heart.Galatians 6:9 “Let us not lose […]
Saul was converted on the road to Damascus to follow Jesus Christ by faith. While he was in Damascus, “he had spoken out boldly in the name of Jesus.” (Acts 9:27) Then Saul returned to Jerusalem after some days. He was suspect, the followers of Christ were afraid of him… for he was […]
Waiting…waiting…many times is hard. We become impatient, surly, prickly, difficult to be around…while we wait. Waiting to be doing something other than what we feel we’re trapped in at this time in our lives. Many times as we wait, we grit our teeth, every day! What did the resurrected Lord Jesus say to […]
John the Baptist understood what it was to give credit to Jesus, the Son of God. John was a popular man at one point in time. Then Jesus came and asked John to baptize Him. John tried to argue his way out of doing that. But Jesus insisted. Then John saw and heard amazing things […]
Do you feel that your life has been turned topsy-turvy? Do you believe that your circumstances are stacked against you? From the viewpoint of people in the last days of Jesus, He was “going down”, everything was “stacked against” Him. Satan entered Judas Iscariot who betrayed Jesus to the chief priests and officers of the […]