Month: January 2022
Day 31 – Frogs, Gnats and Flies
Exodus 8 1 Yahweh then said to Moses, ‘Say to Aaron, “Stretch out your hand with your staff, over the rivers, the canals and the marshland, and bring the frogs up over the land of Egypt.” ‘ 2 So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of…
Cold Weather Favorite – Pasta e Fagioli
Chilly night? Want something warm and hearty? Here is a go-to favorite we have in our home. You can easily substitute the ground beef for ground turkey as well.
Day 30 – Nile Turned to Blood
Exodus 6 1 Yahweh then said to Moses, ‘Now you will see what I am going to do to Pharaoh. A mighty hand will force him to let them go, a mighty hand will force him to expel them from his country.’ 2 God spoke to Moses and said to him, ‘I am Yahweh. 3 To Abraham, Isaac and Jacob I appeared as El Shaddai, but I did not make…
Day 29 – Moses Returns to Egypt
Exodus 4 1 Moses replied as follows, ‘But suppose they will not believe me or listen to my words, and say to me, “Yahweh has not appeared to you”?’ 2 Yahweh then said, ‘What is that in your hand?’ ‘A staff,’ he said. 3 ‘Throw it on the ground,’ said Yahweh. Moses threw it on the ground; the staff turned into a…
Day 28 – The Burning Bush
Exodus 3 1 Moses was looking after the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian; he led it to the far side of the desert and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. 2 The angel of Yahweh appeared to him in a flame blazing from the middle of a bush. Moses looked; there was the bush blazing, but the bush was not being burnt…
The Patriarchs Recap
We just wrapped up following Abraham and his descendants to the Promised Land. God made three promises to Abraham – land, dynasty, and a worldwide blessing. – which was made with a covenant with him. It has been said that the Lord will write straight with crooked lines as he is revealing his will to…
Day 27 – The Birth of Moses
Exodus 1 1 These are the names of the Israelites who went with Jacob to Egypt, each of them went with his family: 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah, 3 Issachar, Zebulun and Benjamin, 4 Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. 5 In all, the descendants of Jacob numbered seventy persons. Joseph was in Egypt already. 6 Then Joseph died, and his brothers, and all that generation. 7 But the Israelites were fruitful and prolific; they became so…
Day 26 – God Responds to Job
Genesis 49 1 Jacob called his sons and said, ‘Gather round, so that I can tell you what is in store for you in the final days. 2 Gather round, sons of Jacob, and listen; listen to Israel your father. 3 Reuben, you are my first-born, my vigour, and the first-fruit of my manhood, foremost in pride, foremost…
Day 25 – Job’s Questioning
Genesis 47 1 So Joseph went and told Pharaoh, ‘My father and brothers have arrived from Canaan with their flocks and cattle and all their possessions. Here they are, in the region of Goshen.’ 2 He had taken five of his brothers, and he now presented them to Pharaoh. 3 Pharaoh asked his brothers, ‘What is your occupation?’ and they…
Day 24 – Tears of Joy
Genesis 45 1 Then Joseph could not control his feelings in front of all his retainers, and he exclaimed, ‘Let everyone leave me.’ No one therefore was present with him while Joseph made himself known to his brothers, 2 but he wept so loudly that all the Egyptians heard, and the news reached Pharaoh’s palace. 3 Joseph said to his brothers, ‘I…