Genesis
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The Rotten Apple Made New
Genesis 37:26-27 “Judah said to his brothers, “What will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood? Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him; after all, he is our brother, our own flesh and blood.” His brothers agreed.” It is hard enough to
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The Firework
I’ve never been a big fan of firework shows. I mean, once you have seen one, you have pretty much seen them all. However, one night I noticed … The Firework
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What If?
Genesis 45:5 “And now, do not be distressed and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here, because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you.” The crystal ball, card readers, horoscopes, and fortune tellers all have one thing in common, they all seek to predict your future. Despite
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Your Reputation Walks In First
Genesis 39:3 ” When his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord gave him success in everything he did,” Believe it or not, your reputation does precede you. Good or bad, before you enter, your reputation has already been mingling with the crowd. It may be your past sins or
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Stuck In Survival Mode
Genesis 43:2 “So when they had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy us a little more food.” We don’t always say or do the right thing under pressure. We marvel at trained military men and how they act under pressure, or how a
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Room to Move
I remember going to my first ACL fest in 2016. I saw a few rappers, including Chance the Rapper, Drake, and J. Cole for the headliner. One thing I … Room to Move
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Thankful for the Speckled and Streaked
Genesis 31:7-9 “7 yet your father has cheated me by changing my wages ten times. However, God has not allowed him to harm me. 8 If he said, ‘The speckled ones will be your wages,’ then all the flocks gave birth to speckled young; and if he said, ‘The streaked ones will be your wages,’
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Blessed in the Mess
Genesis 29:26 “Laban replied, “It is not custom here to give the younger daughter in marriage before the older one.” Laban was the father of Leah and Rachel and the brother of Isaac’s wife, Rebecca. So the family tree was not too far branched out. Abraham had sent a servant to his brother’s house, Nahor,
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Hold On To What Matters
Genesis 25:32 “Look, I am about to die,” Esau said. “What good is my birthright to me?” Over the years, we have seemed to acquire lots of extra things from games, to clothes, to furniture. We look around and want to clean the house from time to time. For us, the daunting task is pictures.
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Pray Without Perfection
Genesis 24:12-14, 45 “12 Then he prayed, ‘Lord, God of my master Abraham, make me successful today, and show kindness to my master Abraham. 13 See, I am standing beside this spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water. 14 May it be that when I say to a young
Let It Go 