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Lessons

Jan 23, 2016

An Advocate Who Intercedes

Today’s Scripture
“My witness is in heaven. My advocate is there on high” (Job 16:19).
We have an Advocate who sits at the

Jan 22, 2016

Paradox and Prayer

Today’s Scripture
“I call on God and expect an answer” (Job 12:4).
Inside today’s reading are various Scriptures that teach

Jan 21, 2016

The Greatness of God

Today’s Scripture
“If he commands it, the sun won’t rise and the stars won’t shine. He alone has spread out the heavens and m

Jan 20, 2016

When Answers Don’t Come

Today’s Scripture
“What are people that you should think so much of us, that you think of us so often?” (Job 7:17) (See also

Jan 19, 2016

Love Without Question

Today’s Scripture
“In all of this, Job did not sin by blaming God” (Job 1:22).
Job was a man with a right relationship with

Jan 18, 2016

A Lion Lying Down

Today’s Scripture
“The scepter will not depart from Judah” (Gen 49:10). Notes
The scepter is a sign of kingship, power and au

Jan 17, 2016

A House Which Finds A Home

Today’s Scripture
“There were 70 members of Jacob’s family in Egypt” (Gen 46:27).
As Jacob enters the land of Egypt, he off

Jan 16, 2016

Destined to Deliver

Today’s Scripture
“It was God who sent me here ahead of you to preserve your lives” (Gen 45:5).
The certainty of God’s purp

Jan 15, 2016

The Revealer of Secrets

Today’s Scripture
“So Pharaoh asked his officials, “Can we find anyone else like this man so obviously filled with the spirit

Jan 14, 2016

Three Disciplines in Joseph

Today’s Scripture
“So when the Ishmaelites, who were Midianite traders, came by, Joseph’s brothers pulled him out of the cist

Jan 13, 2016

Cultivating a Heart for God

Today’s Scripture
“These were the kings who ruled in the land of Edom before any king ruled over the Israelites” (Genesis 36:

Jan 12, 2016

What’s In A Name

Today’s Scripture
“There he built an altar and named it El-Elohe-Israel” (Genesis 33:20).
Here are the 12 sons of Jacob.

Jan 11, 2016

Commit To God

Today’s Scripture
“I have become wealthy for the Lord has blessed me because of you” (Genesis 30:27). It was Jacob’s thinking

Jan 10, 2016

How God Builds Character

Today’s Scripture
“Jacob found a stone to rest his head against and lay down to sleep. As he slept, he dreamed of a stairway

Jan 9, 2016

Blessed by Obedience

Today’s Scripture
“When Esau heard his father’s words, he let out a loud and bitter cry. “Oh, my father, what about me? Bless

Jan 8, 2016

Wife or Concubine

Today’s Scripture
“The sons in your womb will become two nations. From the very beginning, they will be rivals. One nation wi

Jan 7, 2016

Recognizing God’s Tests

Today’s Scripture
“Isaac turned to Abraham and said, “Father? We have the fire and the wood, but where is the sheep (lamb) fo

Jan 6, 2016

Choosing the World or God

Today’s Scripture
“Lot’s wife looked back as she was following behind him, and she turned into a pillar of salt” (Genesis 19:

Jan 5, 2016

A Heart That Waits on God

Today’s Scripture
“Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had not been able to bear children for him. But she had an Egyptian servant named

Jan 4, 2016

The Stages of Life

Today’s Scripture
“Then Abraham continued traveling by stages” (Gen 12:9, 13:3).
As Abraham followed the will of God for hi

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