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May God Almighty Grant You Mercy Genesis 43:1-34
INTRODUCTION In chapter 42, we started this series of events that describe how Joseph reconnected with his family after twenty years of being apart. We get to witness Joseph’s interaction with his brothers as he tests them and eventually reveals who he is to them. We’ll also watch as Joseph invites his whole family into…
1 Corinthians 4:1-13
This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. 2 Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful. 3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I…
1 Corinthians 2:11-16
For who knows a person’s thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely…
Hosea Chapter 14
Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God, for you have stumbled because of your iniquity. 2 Take with you words and return to the Lord; say to him, “Take away all iniquity; accept what is good, and we will pay with bulls the vows of our lips. 3 Assyria shall not save us; we…
God On My Side Genesis 31:22-42
Last time we looked at Jacob’s preparation and flight from Haran back to Canaan. He had been 20 years as a sojourner in the land from which his grandfather Abraham had come. But Jacob’s homeland was Canaan. That was where he belonged. For twenty years he has lived with his uncle/father-in-law. These were years filled…
The Place of God Genesis 30:1-24
This is a story of a married woman who feels unloved by her husband. A woman who feels that by getting pregnant she will be able to win the heart of a husband who is cold and distant. This is a story of a wife who cannot get pregnant and desperately wishes that she could…