I Commend Joy!

For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. Gal. 3:26 Joseph had tried to forgive his family, forget his past, and move on in his new life in Egypt, with a family of his own, when he brothers appeared. He probably never thought that he would see his family again, now [...]

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Neh. 9:17 …But you are a God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love… It was probably quite a shock for Joseph to encounter his brothers in Egypt, almost 23 years after he had last seen them. The last time he saw them was when he was being [...]

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In what area of your life are you seeking wisdom? We all need wisdom daily, but for Joseph the wisdom he needed was to save the world, or at least the part of the world that he lived in. God’s dream given to Pharaoh was that there would be famine for 7 years. In that [...]

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What do you do well? What do you enjoy doing that brings honor to God? In the time when Joseph lived interpreting dreams was more common, and even was a way that God communicated with people. God has revealed himself to us through the Bible and through Jesus, the Word of God in human form, [...]

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Where is the hope when it seems like you have been forgotten by others and by God? That seems to be a question on Joseph’s mind in Genesis 40. Joseph was in his second pit, the first one being the pit his brothers unjustly threw him into before the sold him, and the second one [...]

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