Friday, September 27, 2024 “Mind Your Own Business”
Genesis 38:13-14 “13 And it was told Tamar, saying, “Look, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.” 14 So she took off her widow’s garments, covered herself with a veil and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place which was on the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given to him as … Continue reading
Thursday, September 26, 2024 “Judah is Comforted”
Genesis 38:12 “12 Now in the process of time the daughter of Shua, Judah’s wife, died; and Judah was comforted, and went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.” It seemed that death came to be all around Judah and now death came to his own house with his wife’s death. … Continue reading
Wednesday, September 25, 2024 “An Acceptable Plan”
Genesis 38:11 “11 Judah then said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Live as a widow in your father’s household until my son Shelah grows up.” For he thought, “He may die too, just like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her father’s household.” Judah seemed to have a plan that his daughter in law found acceptable. Pray that there will … Continue reading
Tuesday, September 24, 2024 “He Displeased the Lord”
Genesis 38:9-10 “9 But Onan knew that the heir would not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in to his brother’s wife, that he emitted on the ground, lest he should give an heir to his brother. 10 And the thing which he did [a]displeased the Lord; therefore He killed him also.” There are so many people who … Continue reading
Monday, September 23, 2024 “Cease The Disrespect”
Genesis 38:8-9 “8 And Judah said to Onan, “Go in to your brother’s wife and marry her, and raise up an heir to your brother.” 9 But Onan knew that the heir would not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in to his brother’s wife, that he emitted on the ground, lest he should give an … Continue reading
Saturday, September 21, 2024 “A Hope and a Future”
Genesis 38:1-5 “ It came to pass at that time that Judah departed from his brothers, and visited a certain Adullamite whose name was Hirah. 2 And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua, and he married her and went in to her. 3 So she conceived and bore a son, and he called his name Er. 4 She conceived again and bore … Continue reading
Friday, September 20, 2024 “Meant for Harm – Worked for Good”
Genesis 37:36 “36 Now the [a]Midianites had sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.” What seemed to be the end of the road for Joseph became the beginning of a story that allowed Joseph to be in the right place at the right time. Pray that those things meant for harm in … Continue reading
Thursday, September 19, 2024 “Truth Never Fails”
Genesis 37:35 “35 And all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted, and he said, “For I shall go down into the grave to my son in mourning.” Thus his father wept for him.” The loss of Jacob’s son Joseph was so much he could not be comforted. When … Continue reading
Tuesday, September 17, 2024 “No Embellishment”
Genesis 37:33 “33 And he recognized it and said, “It is my son’s tunic. A wild beast has devoured him. Without doubt Joseph is torn to pieces.” Jacob’s conclusion was believable in a day when there wasn’t DNA and other testing. Pray that the two main Presidential candidates we have this year will stick to the facts of … Continue reading
Wednesday, September 18, 2024 “Mourning Fathers”
Genesis 37:34 “34 Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many days.” May spiritual fathers in today’s America be like the Spiritual Father Jacob and mourn the loss of our political parties as they were not long ago. Pray that there will be sorrow that will impact voters on both … Continue reading
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