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 […]
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 […]
Genesis 41:38-57 Joseph was taken from prison to the highest civilian position in the land of Egypt. God’s plan was for Joseph to learn life’s lessons through being a slave and then imprisoned for years. Pharaoh had two dreams which Joseph interpreted, giving the glory to God. Because Pharaoh recognized Joseph for being a godly […]
How do you view your life? Do you feel as if you are a slave to your everyday life? Perhaps you feel like you’re in prison and there is no way out? Joseph was in a real life prison, wrongfully accused and sentenced. He had been sold into slavery by ten brothers. Yet he did […]
By faith, worship! By faith, pray! By faith, live! Lord, I come to You by faith, that You are real, that You are the living God. Lord God Almighty, the God of the Bible… I come praying to You. I am assured of Your promises and Your words are true. You give me hope of […]
Joseph was responsible for all prisoners in the king’s jail. He must have talked with the prisoners on a regular basis. One day, two men were incarcerated, one of them was the king’s cupbearer and the other was the king’s baker. Both of the men were feeling the king’s anger toward them. One night – […]
Joseph arrived in Egypt as a slave. He was sold by Midianite traders to Potiphar, the king. We are not told how long he was a slave in the household of Potiphar before he was put in charge of Potiphar’s household and all he owned. Genesis 37:18-28, 36 Potiphar’s wife saw Joseph and wanted him […]