Tag: God’s plan
Cover to Cover Reading: Deuteronomy 24:1-27:26 Focus: Deuteronomy 26:16-19 The people of Israel have an interesting story. Starting with God’s calling of Abraham, continuing through Isaac, Jacob, and the 12 sons of Jacob—the namesakes of the 12 tribes of Israel. Through Joseph, the family of Jacob (Israel) was preserved in the prosperity of Egypt and the family grew into a large tribe of people. In time, they were subjected to slavery as a new power rose in Egypt unaware of all that Joseph had done. In their oppression they called out and God heard their cry and the time had…
Cover to Cover Reading: Exodus 37:17-40:38 Focus: Exodus 40:34-38 Have you ever been in a train of cars following someone to a destination? If you don’t know where you’re going, you have no choice but to follow that person, even if they get lost, you don’t know that, you just follow them. Life can be a little like this for us; we have no idea where we’re going, we just try and find our own way, or we can choose to follow God. God who created all things goes before us and if we choose to follow Him, leads and…
Cover to Cover Reading: Genesis 35:16-38:30 Focus: Genesis 38:1-26 The final chapters of Genesis focus upon the story of Joseph and the preservation of the growing tribes of Israel. One chapter that is often missed in the Joseph story, as it is not about Joseph himself, is the story of his elder brother, Judah. This particular event in Judah’s history is told after our introduction to the dreamer and betrayal into slavery by his brothers, in some ways, it seems a bit odd to include this story. However, the overall story is not about Joseph so much as it is…
