memory verses

It’s hard to believe that we’re almost done with our year in Genesis! Just two more weeks left. This week, we see Jacob giving his final instructions to his sons when he is just breaths away from death. These are

Jacob is a great example of growing toward spiritual maturity. He shows us how to finish our earthly lives well. He didn’t reach spiritual maturity without work, suffering, trials or prayer. But it’s clear that he saw many of God’s

Last Tuesday, we left our lesson with Joseph in prison, waiting for the cupbearer to remember him to Pharaoh. This week, we see Joseph finally seeing God’s plans come to fruition. Joseph had to wait 20 years (13 years in

I’m always amazed at how God worked through so many trials in Joseph’s life. He really brings Romans 8:28 to life: “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been

When Jacob and Esau parted ways last week, Jacob led his family to Canaan. But he failed to bring them to the place God had called them. This disobedience led to more sin in Jacob’s family. At the time of Genesis

At the end of last week’s lesson, we saw Jacob leaving his Uncle Laban’s family in Haran and heading to Canaan. On the way, God’s angels meet Jacob. The angels are God’s physical assurance of His protection on Jacob’s family.

Do you realize that you need correction? God needs to correct our actions and attitudes. God’s purpose for this discipline is “…for our good, in order that we may share in his holiness” (Hebrews 12:10). God did just that with Jacob.

Do you tend to focus on your immediate problems and circumstances instead of your eternal future? I know I can be guilty of this. As humans, it’s so easy for us to get hung up on what’s happening in the