Reconciliation2 Corinthians 5:19-21For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation. So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, “Come back to God!” For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that w...  Read More

ProvisionMatthew 6:26-33“Look at the birds. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren’t you far more valuable to him than they are? Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?”“And why worry about your clothing? Look at the lilies of the field and how they grow. They don’t work or make their clothing, yet Solomon in all his glory w...  Read More

ForsakenGenesis 40:23The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot him.Matthew 27:45-46From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land. About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?”—which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”Joseph can’t seem to catch a break. He is steady, conscientious, and faithful....  Read More

TemptationHebrews 4:15For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet was without sin.Matthew 4:1Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil.During his time in Potiphar’s house, Joseph was hounded by daily temptation. Jesus, too, suffered under the pressure of tem...  Read More

Humility Philippians 2:6-8Though he was God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. Instead, he gave up his divine privileges; he took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being.When he appeared in human form, he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal’s death on a cross.In this, our final week’s study of the life of Joseph, we will revisi...  Read More

RedemptionGenesis 45:25-46:1So they went up out of Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan. They told him, “Joseph is still alive! In fact, he is ruler of all Egypt.” Jacob was stunned; he did not believe them. But when they told him everything Joseph had said to them, and when he saw the carts Joseph had sent to carry him back, the spirit of their father Jacob revived. And Isra...  Read More