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“So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, 'Get rid of the foreign gods you have with you, and purify yourselves and change your clothes. Then come, let us go up to Bethel, where I will build an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and who has been with me wherever I have gone.'" ~Genesis 35:2,3 God has called on Jacob to move again. Jacob obeys and cleans his household of the idol gods that they have been worshipping. He gives praise to God and acknowledges...

"The Lord was with Joseph so that he prospered, and he lived in the house of his Egyptian master." ~Genesis 39:2 Now we learn more about Joseph and what happened after his brothers sold him into slavery to the Ishmaelites. They in turn sold him to Potiphar, an Egyptian in Pharaoh's court. God sees Joseph and knows his heart. He blessed Joseph so that he became the head servant in charge of the running of the entire household. This would have put him in charge of the other slaves as well. All th...

"'We both had dreams,' they answered, 'but there is no one to interpret them.' Then Joseph said to them, 'Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.'" ~Genesis 40:8 Joseph is in prison and because of God's favor is in charge of everything under the head guard. God is using Joseph's time in Egypt to train him in leadership and management. We fast forward to 3 days before Pharaoh's birthday. His cupbearer and baker have both offended Pharoah, been thrown in jail and had prophetic ...

"When two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream... " ~Genesis 41:1 It is not clear how long Joseph was in prison, but we can deduce that the total time of his service to Potiphar and his imprisonment to this point was around 11 years. It had been that long since he was sold by his brothers at age 17, making him about 28 when the same Potiphar, captain of the guard who was over the prison warden, makes Joseph serve Pharaoh's chief butler and chief baker during their confinement. Joseph conti...

It's here! This past year the entire planet has witnessed the most successful branding transformation in the entire history of sales and marketing. For years we knew of the plan and we began watching for it, becoming more aware of the economic disaster and totalitarian control the plan represented. ...

Genesis 19:29 "So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, he remembered Abraham, and he brought Lot out of the catastrophe that overthrew the cities where Lot had lived." God remembered the request and concern that Abraham had for his nephew and spared Lot's life and his daughters. We see today the power of intercession. God knows the needs better than we do. He wants us involved in other people's lives and burdens so He calls on us to call on Him . In one respect to prove to ourselves if we...

Genesis 23:1 "Sarah lived to be a hundred and twenty-seven years old." Sarah was 66 went God sent Abraham to be a nomad is the land of Canaana. She was 91 when she had Issac. Now at 127 she dies. 61 years traveling from place to place. In today's world at 66 we look to retire. To slow down. Sarah was just getting started on all God would call her to do....

Genesis 20:12 “Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father though not of my mother; & she became my wife.” Abraham says these words to Abimelech king of Gerar. He is speaking of Sarah. Why would he say such a strange thing. First of all back then humanity was much closer to orginal DNA & so inbreeding was not a huge physical issue & so there were no laws against it. So Sarah really was both Abraham's sister/wife. But, why would the king care?...

Genesis 24:12, 27,35 “Then he prayed, `Lord, God of my master Abraham, make me successful today, and show kindness to my master Abraham... Praise be to the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not abandoned his kindness and faithfulness to my master. As for me, the Lord has led me on the journey to the house of my master's relatives... The Lord has blessed my master abundantly, and he has become wealthy.'" Today's chapters focus is the finding a wife for Issac. He is around 30 and consid...

“Now the Lord was gracious to Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did for Sarah what he had promised. Sarah became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised him.” ~Genesis 21:1,2 God is faithful to remember His promises and to answer in His perfect time. So stop and count your blessings. Praise Him....

“So Abraham called that place `The Lord Will Provide.ʼ And to this day it is said, `On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided.ʼ"Genesis 22:14"What is the significance of Mount Moriah in the Bible?" Mount Moriah’s history begins in Genesis. In the 22nd chapter, God commands Abraham, “Take now your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, & go to the land of Moriah, & offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you” (Gen 22:2). The place God led Abraham was...