Genesis 50:19But Joseph said to them, “Do not be afraid, for am I in God’s place?”Joseph’s brothers were afraid of retribution against them after Jacob’s death. The above verse is Joseph’s response. This should be the attitude of the child […]
Hebrews 12:15b “that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, and by it many be defiled” The root is a growth of a seed. Usually that seed is hurt or disappointment. We all have both of these. Because we […]
Genesis 50:12And thus his sons did for him as he had charged them.There are several results of a blessed life. One is shared by Clarence from It’s A Wonderful Life. Clarence tells George, “No man is a failure who has […]
Hebrews 12;15See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, and by it many be defiledThis is a warning in scripture. Plenty fall short of the grace […]
Genesis 50:11Now when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a grievous mourning for the Egyptians.”…This is a part of history that the Egyptians of Moses’ time […]
Hebrews 12:14Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no one will see The Lord.We are to pursue peace with everyone. It doesn’t say with only christians, but everyone. This doesn’t mean that we have to be close […]
Genesis 49:33 And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.This is an interesting passage. It’s as if he knew […]
Hebrews 12:12,13Therefore, strengthen the hands that are weak and the knees that are feeble, and make straight paths for your feet, so that the limb which is lame may not be put out of joint, but rather be healed.We’ve got […]
Genesis 49:28All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said to them when he blessed them. He blessed them, every one with the blessing appropriate to him.This is referring to the blessing that Jacob […]
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.I wrote about this verse earlier. I wanted to further comment […]