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F260 Day 20: Genesis 37
Genesis 37 In Genesis 37 the biblical narrative shifts from Jacob to his son Joseph. Joseph is the son of Rachel, the wife he loved most. Because of this, Joseph finds himself favored and loved more than his other brothers. This favoritism led Joseph’s brothers to hate him. Yet, for as much as the rest
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F260 Day 19: Genesis 33; 35
Genesis 33; 35 Jacob is finally back in the Promised Land, after two decades of living in Paddan-aram. What we see happening in both of these chapters is quite beautiful. First, in chapter 33, Jacob is reunited and reconciled to his brother Esau. Upon meeting, the two brothers immediately embrace and love on one another.
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F260 Day 18: Genesis 31-32
Genesis 31-32 After 20 years of working for Laban, and being blessed by the hand of the Lord, Jacob is led by God to return to Canaan. He does so secretly so as to not be cheated once again by Laban. Even though Rachel steals the household gods, Jacob & Laban make peace with one
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F260 Day 17: Genesis 29:1-30:24
Genesis 29:1-30:24 Upon arriving to Haran, Jacob gets a taste of his own medicine at the hands of his uncle. Hoping to marry Rachel, he ends up with the older sister Leah after working for seven years. Jacob then works another seven years to marry Rachel. It’s hard to blame Jacob for being tricked &
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F260 Day 16: Genesis 27-28
Genesis 27-28 Family drama comes to a head in Genesis 27. Jacob steals his brother’s blessing. Isaac and Rebekah are still playing favorites with their children. Esau is ready to murder his brother once Isaac has passed away. And now Jacob is on the run to save his life, while also trying to find a
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F260 Day 15: Genesis 25:19-34; 26
Genesis 25:19-34; 26 Abraham has died, and the focus of the narrative now moves to his son, Isaac. After remaining childless for years, he & Rebekah pray to the Lord for a child. In response, the Lord gives them twins, brothers who will butt heads with one another. From there we see Isaac making the
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F260 Day 14: Genesis 24
Genesis 24 As Abraham nears the end of his life, he has one urgent matter he needs resolved: he must find a wife for Isaac. Abraham does not want his son to take a wife from the Canaanite women, nor does he ever want him to return to his homeland. So, he sends one of
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F260 Day 13: Genesis 22
Genesis 22 Some time after the birth of Isaac, the Lord tested Abraham’s commitment to him by having him sacrifice Isaac, the child of promise. Abraham was obedient in performing this task and trusted God. When asked by his son where the lamb was for the sacrifice, Abraham prophetically spoke that God himself would provide
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F260 Day 12: Genesis 20-21
Genesis 20-21 These two chapters are jam packed. They are bookended with Abraham having issues with Abimelech. In-between those two events there are two other significant events. First, just as the Lord had promised, Sarah gives birth to a son, whom they name Isaac. Then, not too long after that, Hagar has once again fallen
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F260 Day 11: Genesis 18-19
Genesis 18-19 The Lord once again visits Abraham, this time with two other angels. Abraham has them stop as he refreshes them with food. During this time Sarah is told she’ll have a son within a year. God then tells Abraham what he is about to do to Sodom & Gomorrah. At this, Abraham asks
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F260 Day 10: Genesis 16-17
Genesis 16-17 Genesis 16 shows us the second time Abram took God’s promise into his own hands. After a decade of living in Canaan he still has no heir. So, Abram & Sarai take matters into their own hands. Sarai gives Abram her slave Hagar as a wife so he can have a child with
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F260 Day 9: Genesis 15
Genesis 15 It had been several years since Abram first left his family to follow the Lord’s call in Canaan. He had prospered and been blessed by the Lord, but he still had no heir. In this chapter, God once again speaks to Abram and reaffirms the promise he made to him. God told Abram
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F260 Day 8: Genesis 11-12
Genesis 11-12 Today’s reading is a tale of two names. First, there are those at Babel who wanted to make their own name great. To prevent the same level of sin we saw earlier in Genesis, God confuses their language and scatters them across the earth. Then, we have Genesis 12. Here, God says that
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F260 Day 7: Job 40-42
Job 40-42 The final chapters of Job continue where chapters 38 & 39 left off, with God confronting Job. God commands Job to answer him as chapter 40 opens. In response, Job finally gets it and says he is unworthy to speak. Instead, he covers his mouth and lets God continue. The most important question
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F260 Day 6: Job 38-39
Job 38-39 After more than 30 chapters of Job and his friends going back & forth about why Job is suffering, God finally shows up on the scene. But, he doesn’t show up in the way Job had hoped. At this point, Job felt entitled to question God and was quite proud. God made made
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F260 Day 5: Job 1-2
Job 1-2 Job is one of the more interesting books in the Bible. It gives us a glimpse of the heavenly realm that we don’t typically get to see. In these first two chapters we find a servant of the Lord named Job. Job is a man full of integrity, blameless, and upright. He does
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F260 Day 4: Genesis 8-9
Genesis 8-9 These chapters show us the aftermath of the flood. After the waters recede, the first thing Noah does is build an altar and make sacrifices to the Lord. God finds this to be a pleasing aroma. The rest of the narrative shows us the faithfulness of God. Not only does he promise to
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F260 Day 3: Genesis 6-7
Genesis 6-7 Genesis 6 is several generations after the original sin of Adam & Even in the Garden. Humanity has continued on a downward spiral into deeper sin. Things have gotten to a point where God wants to wipe all of humanity off the face of the earth. But then Noah found favor with God,
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F260 Day 2: Genesis 3-4
Genesis 3-4 In Genesis 3-4 we see that humanity has a sin problem. It begins when Adam and Eve eat of the fruit God commanded them not to eat. Each person shifts blame, instead of confessing and taking responsibility. This results in all parties being cursed & expelled from the Garden. We then see this
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F260 Day 1: Genesis 1-2
Genesis 1-2 The Bible opens with an account of creation. As Christians, we are very familiar with this passage and quickly gloss over it because of familiarity. But, there is so much we can learn about God and his character in these opening chapters. What do you learn about God in the creation account?