New Situations

Genesis 46:3-4 New International Version (NIV) 3 “I am God, the God of your father,” he said. “Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there. 4 I will go down to Egypt with you, and I will surely bring you back again. And Joseph’s...

Promises

Genesis 44:32-33 New International Version (NIV) 32 Your servant guaranteed the boy’s safety to my father. I said, ‘If I do not bring him back to you, I will bear the blame before you, my father, all my life!’ 33 “Now then, please let your servant remain here as my...

Speak Up

Genesis 44:18-34 New International Version (NIV) 18 Then Judah went up to him and said: “Pardon your servant, my lord, let me speak a word to my lord. Do not be angry with your servant, though you are equal to Pharaoh himself. 19 My lord asked his servants, ‘Do you...

Hope

Genesis 44:16-34 New International Version (NIV) 16 “What can we say to my lord?” Judah replied. “What can we say? How can we prove our innocence? God has uncovered your servants’ guilt. We are now my lord’s slaves—we ourselves and the one who was found to have the...

Problems

Psalm 25:16-17 New International Version (NIV) 16 Turn to me and be gracious to me,     for I am lonely and afflicted. 17 Relieve the troubles of my heart     and free me from my anguish. Do the problems in life go from bad to worse? Know that God is the only one who...