Joseph

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Memorable Scripture: Let it be to me according to your word.

Luke 1:26-27
Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. Continue reading →

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Memorable Scripture: What do you believe?

Matthew 13:55-56
“Is this not the carpenter’s son? Is not His mother called Mary? And His brothers James, Joses, Simon, and Judas? And His sisters, are they not all with us?” 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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A Just Man does the right thing.

Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not wanting to make her a public example, was minded to put her away secretly. Matt 1:19

In 1975 I was in high school. One of the girls in my class went missing. Continue reading →

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God has a plan – 3

Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid. Then the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be the sign to you: You will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger.” Luke 2:8-12 Continue reading →

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Mary, Did You Know

Then Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary His mother, “Behold, this Child is destined for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which will be spoken against (yes, a sword will pierce through your own soul also), that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.”Luke 2:34-35 Continue reading →