Genesis 49:1Then Jacob summoned his sons and said, “Assemble yourselves that I may tell you what shall befall you in the days to come.”This is a very unique circumstance. He gathers all of his sons together and foretells the future […]
Hebrews 12:11All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness.Discipline is the method of instruction in God’s schoolhouse. When we […]
Genesis 48:17When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on Ephraim’s head it displeased him, and he graped his father’s hand to remove it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.This is the only time that I recall Joseph […]
Hebrews 12:10 For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but He disciplines us for our good, that we may share His holiness.Today’s passage gives one of the reasons for discipline, holiness. This is good, as […]
Genesis 48:15b“The God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day.”Jacob is in the twilight of his years. He has been through great turmoil. He had a father who favored his brother, Esau. Jacob spent his youth […]
Hebrews 12:5,6“and you have forgotten the exhortation which is addressed to you as sons, “My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of The Lord, nor faint when you are reproved by Him; for those whom The Lord loves He […]
Genesis 48:11 And Israel said to Joseph, “I never expected to see your face, and behold, God has let me see your children as well.”I love this. This is the result of the one who puts his faith in God. When […]
Hebrews 12:2,3“Fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider […]
Genesis 46:34When Pharoah calls you and says, “What is your occupation?” You shall say, “your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we and our fathers,” that you may live in the land of […]
Hebrews 12:1Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance, and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before […]