Pastor’s Blog
JANUARY 25 Today’s One Year Bible Readings: GENESIS 50:1-26 | EXODUS 1:1-2:10 | MATTHEW 16:13-17:9 | PSALM 21:1-13 | PROVERBS 5:1-6
Today we finish reading the Book of Genesis. Jacob and Joseph die casting their faith upon the Keeper of the Promises. Israel’s tribe had increased from the original twelve (sons), to the seventy (when they come to settle in Goshen; Gen 46:27, Exodus 1:5), to the...
JANUARY 24- TODAY’s READING IN THE ONE YEAR BIBLE TOUR- GENESIS 48:1- 49:33; MATTHEW 15:29- 16:12; PSALM 20:1-9; PROVERBS 4:20-27
What are you learning from reading Genesis? I will list some sample responses we have heard and include Scripture references: “I have learned afresh that we were made in the image of God (Genesis 1:26). God originally created us to be like Jesus Christ. He is the...
JANUARY 23 – TODAY’S READING IN THE ONE YEAR BIBLE TOUR- GENESIS 46:1-47:31; MATTHEW 15:1-28; PSALMS 19:1-14; PROVERBS 4:14-19
TODAY’S READING IN THE OLD TESTAMENT: GENESIS 46:1- 47:31 “Hear and understand!” (Matthew 15:10). This is what Jesus says to his disciples. Our prayer as we read God’s Word should be: “Let me hear and help me to understand!” In Genesis 46:2 God speaks to Jacob in the...
JANUARY 22- TODAY’S READING FROM THE ONE YEAR BIBLE- GENESIS 44:1-45:28; MATT 14:13-36; PSALM 18:37-50; PROVERB 4:11-13
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- GENESIS 44:1-45:28 In Chapter 35 Joseph’s story comes to a climax. The sons of Jacob finally receive the revelation that the one they had betrayed, sentenced to death, abandoned to the pit, sold into slavery, now sits at the...
JANUARY 21- DAILY BIBLE READING TOUR GUIDE- GENESIS 42:18-43:34; MATTHEW 13:47-14:13; PSALM 18:16-34
January 20- Today’s Reading: Genesis 41:17-42:17; Matthew 13:24-46; Psalm 18:1-15; Proverbs 4:1-6
TODAY’S READING IN THE OLD TESTAMENT: GENESIS 41:17 – 42:17 HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED FRUITFULNESS IN THE LAND OF YOUR AFFLICTION? After two years of being forgotten in prison, Joseph is finally recommended to interpret Pharaoh’s terrifying and mystifying dream. The...
JANUARY 19 – TODAY’S READING IN THE ONE-YEAR BIBLE: Genesis 39:1-41:16; Matthew 12:46-13:23; Psalm 17:1-15; Proverbs 3:33-35
Joseph is really in the news in today’s Old Testament reading. Rookie Employee Promoted to CEO of Potiphar Enterprises. Third quarter profits rise (Business Weekly- Genesis 39:3-5). Joseph Jacobson’s picture is soon on the front page of Forbes Magazine, for his...
JANUARY 18- TODAY’S READING IN THE ONE YEAR BIBLE DAILY TOUR -Genesis 37:1-38:30 ~ Matthew 12:22-45 ~ Psalm 16:1-11 ~ Proverbs 3:27-32
Today we come to the last major section of Genesis, the story of Joseph (Genesis 37-50). JOSEPH- IT’S NOT JUST THE DREAM COAT THAT IS AMAZING We have caught glimpses of the TRUE HERO of the story, the Messiah, who would reverse the curse upon fallen man, the PROMISED...
JANUARY 17 DAILY ONE YEAR BIBLE TOUR – Genesis 35:1-36:43; Matthew 12:1-21; Psalm 15:1-5; Proverbs 3:21-26
TODAY’S READING IN THE OLD TESTAMENT- Genesis 35:1-36:43 Jacob is instructed by God to return to Bethel, the place where God introduced Himself to Jacob in a dream. He made known Himself as Yahweh, the one true covenant-keeping God, when Jacob was fleeing Esau...
JANUARY 16 DAILY READING FROM THE ONE YEAR BIBLE – Genesis 32:13-34:31; Matthew 11:7-30; Psalm 14:1-7; Proverbs 3:19-20
OLD TESTAMENT READING: GENESIS 32:13-34:31 JACOB- GOD CRIPPLED HIM TO CROWN HIM What a wonderful God we have! He is willing to get right down into the nitty, gritty, rough and tumble of our crazy lives. He meets with us in a personal way, comforts us, challenges us,...