Exodus 7:1-2

And the LORD said to Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron shall be your prophet. 2 You shall speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron shall tell Pharaoh to let the people of Israel go out of his land. See, I told you so! These are not our favorite…

Acts 7:9-10

And the patriarchs, jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt; but God was with him 10 and rescued him out of all his afflictions and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and over all his household. This past Christmas, we had as our theme, Christmas Presence, God with us in…

Genesis 37:2-3

Joseph, being seventeen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. And Joseph brought a bad report of them to their father. 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his sons, because he was the son of his old age. And he…

1 Thessalonians 2:9-10

For you remember, brothers, our labor and toil: we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God. 10 You are witnesses, and God also, how holy and righteous and blameless was our conduct toward you believers.  There is an article in the Guardian today…

Revelation 1:1-2

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, 2 who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. On this epiphany, January 6th,…

Psalm 84:1-4

        How lovely is your dwelling place,        O LORD of hosts!              2       My soul longs, yes, faints        for the courts of the LORD;                    my heart and flesh sing for joy        to the living God.                3       Even the sparrow finds a home,        and the swallow a nest for herself,        where she may lay her…