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Memorable Scripture: A respect of God gives life and brings a blessing.

Therefore God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied and grew very mighty.  And so it was, because the midwives feared God, that He provided households for them. Exodus 1:20-21

Pharaoh wanted all newborn males killed Continue reading →

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Memorable Scripture: Forgetting the blessings of the past for the sin of the present.

Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. Exodus 1:8

I seriously doubt someone in Egypt did not know Joseph. Continue reading →

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Memorable Scripture: Trust God for today and twenty years from now.

And Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come near to me.” So they came near. Then he said: “I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt. 5 But now, do not therefore be grieved or angry with yourselves because you sold me here; for God sent me before you to preserve life. Genesis 45:4-5

God has a plan for you but most of the time you do not understand it. Continue reading →

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Memorable Scripture: Dad always loved you more!

Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age. Also he made him a tunic of many colors. But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not speak peaceably to him. Genesis 37:3-4

Jealousy and hatred lead to other problems when not kept under control. Continue reading →

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Memorable Scripture: Make your name mean something good.

And God said to him, “Your name is Jacob; your name shall not be called Jacob anymore, but Israel shall be your name.” So He called his name Israel. Genesis 35:10

Names have meaning. Continue reading →

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Memorable Scripture: Burying the past to move forward for the future.

And Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, and change your garments. Then let us arise and go up to Bethel; and I will make an altar there to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and has been with me in the way which I have gone.” So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands, and the earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the terebinth tree which was by Shechem. Genesis 35:2-4

When I turned thirteen years old I bagged up all my toys and rid myself of them. Continue reading →

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Memorable Scripture: You love more than you think!

Now Jacob loved Rachel; so he said, “I will serve you seven years for Rachel your younger daughter.” Genesis 29:18

Love is a strong force. Continue reading →

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Memorable Scripture: The Lord is in this Place

Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it.” Genesis 28:16

Jacob had left home for the first time. Continue reading →

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Memorable Scripture: Yahweh Yir'eh – look around and see how God provides for you.

And Abraham said, “My son, God will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering.” So the two of them went together. Gen 22:8

I remember the first time I read this scripture and thought how prophetic. Continue reading →

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Memorable Scripture: How much love and faith do you have in the Lord God?

Then He said, “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.” Gen 22:2

Many are troubled by this scripture Continue reading →