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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 45 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
You may have noticed that the Book of Genesis has been divided into different sections. Each of these sections have been marked by the phrase” These are the generations of”.The first section was about creation and so we have the marker phrase in Genesis 2:4: “These...
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,...
JANUARY 15- DAILY ONE YEAR BIBLE TOUR GENESIS 31:17—32:12; MATTHEW 10:26-11:6; PSALM 13:1-6; PROVERBS 3:16-18
Jacob is coming to realize that, apart from the grace of God, he would be destroyed. He is experiencing God’s favor because of a covenant made with Another (Abraham). This is a pattern we will see throughout the Bible. It mirrors the fact that God shows us favor...
January 14- TODAY’S BIBLE READING – Genesis 30-31:16; Matthew 10:1-23; Psalm 12:1-8; Proverbs 3:13-15
Today’s Bible readings direct us to the episodes of God building the nation of Israel through the births of the 12 sons of Jacob (Genesis 30), and Jesus Christ building His church through calling His 12 disciples (Matthew 10) and sending them out on a mission. The...
JANUARY 13 READING THROUGH THE ONE YEAR BIBLE -GENESIS 28:1- 29:35; MATTHEW 9:18-38; PSALM 11:1-7; PROV 3:11-12
TODAY’S READING IN THE OLD TESTAMENT - GENESIS 28:1- 29:35 “Open our eyes that we may behold wondrous things out of Your Law (Word)” (Psalm 119:18). The family drama of the patriarchs continues. It reads like a soap opera with so many twists and turns, family...