1 Year Bible

“Because the midwives feared God, He established households for them.” Exodus 1:21 The midwives, under Pharaoh’s directive “to put all Hebrew baby boys to death”, refused to obey. Why was that? Here we are told, they “feared God”. Rather than fear Pharaoh, who had the power to put them to death, they chose to fear […]

The God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day” Genesis 48:15 This was Jacob’s confession to Joseph of how God cared and provided for him. Consider 2 things: God is a Shepherd. His eye is upon us at all times. He leads, He provides, He feeds, He protects, He heals…the list

“Now, therefore, it was not you who sent me here, but God;” Genesis 45:8a The Mysterious and Sovereign ways of God! Joseph, hated and despised by his brothers and sold into Slavery by them, tells them “it was not you who sent me here, but God”. Here, irrespective of a terrible and tragic past, he

“Joseph then answered Pharaoh, saying, “It is not in me; God will give Pharaoh a favorable answer.”” Genesis 41:16 True Humility begins when we recognize all that we have, and are, comes from God. Joseph had dreams while growing up. He was familiar with that manner God had chosen to speak. He could have easily

But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the sight of the Lord, so the Lord took his life.” Genesis 38:7 We can only speculate regarding the “evil” of Er’s life. Was Judah a good father? Was his leaving his family’s influence and being exposed to an ungodly culture at fault? Couple today’s verse with Proverbs

“When they saw him from a distance and before he came close to them, they plotted against him to put him to death.” Genesis 37:1 Jacob may not have been the best of fathers. From what we are told, his favoritism towards Joseph created envy and jealousy among his other sons. But this was no

“Then he said, “Let me go, for the dawn is breaking.” But he said, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”” Genesis 32:26 This is the story of Jacob’s encounter with the Angel at the Jabbok River. Esau is coming with 400 men and Jacob fears the worst; a vengeful brother who

“He was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.”” Genesis 28:17 As Jacob journeyed back to his mother’s home for a wife, he stops to spend the night at the city which would become known as Bethel. He

“It came about, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out through a window, and saw, and behold, Isaac was caressing his wife Rebekah.” Genesis 26:8 This verse always gets my attention. Here, Isaac has told the Philistines that Rebekah was his sister. However, in time, the

“Then they came to the place of which God had told him; and Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood, and bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood.” Genesis 22:9 In what must have been a shocking command, Abraham is told by God, “Take now