Plagues, six of them, did not convince Pharaoh he needed to listen to the warnings and God’s judgments which followed the warnings. Another plague which would help to devastate Egypt was coming. Pharaoh was warned, but his hard heart did not listen. His people suffered! This next plague was one of a severe storm, lightning, […]
In the land of Goshen, a section of Egypt in which the sons of Israel lived, a man and a woman from the tribe of Levi married. They had two children, a girl and a boy, then they had a third child, a son. Because the Pharaoh said that all boy babies were to be […]
Joseph must have been surprised by his sick and dying father, Jacob. Jacob asked for Ephraim and Manasseh, Joseph’s two sons born in Egypt. Jacob said that the LORD appeared to him and blessed him, he also told them that the LORD promised he would be fruitful and fill the land given to him and […]
Many times, our circumstances seem to be not so good. People talking about us, in a derogatory and mean way. Even when we can’t see God at work, He is. In us! And in the ones bad mouthing us. We tend to look at our circumstances and go with our feelings, don’t we? Neither are […]
Even when it seems circumstances are beyond the bounds of comfort. When circumstances are out of control. We are experiencing that in the world today! Famine was in Egypt and all the surrounding countries. It was severe and would last seven years. That’s a loooong time! Joseph was in charge of the stored grain in […]
Romans 16:25-27 When we read and study the Bible, the Old Testament and the New Testament, we can find examples of obedient faith in God. One example is Abraham. He had a son, Isaac, and Isaac needed a wife. Abraham sent a trusted servant to Abraham’s people in Mesopotamia to find a wife for Isaac. […]
Faithful Servant Abraham had a faithful servant. This servant’s attitude would be good to copy as a servant to Jesus by obedient faith. Abraham knew it was time for Isaac to be married. He sent a faithful servant to get a wife for his son. He sent him to Abraham’s family in Mesopotamia. The servant […]
The LORD’S covenant with Abraham was sealed with the sign of circumcision. Spiritual circumcision is of the inner person, the heart. Romans 2:29 “But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that which is of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter; and his praise is not from men, […]
Presumptuous People Job 39:1-30 The LORD God went through a list of questions to which Job could only answer “no”. Presumptuous people think they know it all … until God questions them. Nature, all of nature, was created by God. He knows the characteristics of the animals… He made both on land and in the sea. […]
Genesis 6:1-22 In the days of Noah, people ate and drank and lived their lives without giving the living, Creator God much thought. In the days of your name, people are eating, drinking and living their lives without giving the living, Creator God much thought. But Noah was a righteous man, living his life by […]