Lessons From The Life Of Joseph (1)

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Today’s Scriptures

When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his wife,

Matthew 1:24

If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

John 14:15

Moreover, by them is your servant warned;
    in keeping them there is great reward.

Psalm 19:11

By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.

1 John 5:2-3

For as by the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man's obedience the many will be made righteous.

Romans 5:19

What's Keeping You From Winning?

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Today’s Scriptures

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us,

Hebrews 12:1

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.

Proverbs 3:5-6

Practice Being Tender-Hearted

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Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

Ephesians 4:32

Everybody Has A Thorn (2)

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Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.

Ephesians 6:10-11

Everybody Has A Thorn (1)

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Today’s Scriptures

or because of these surpassingly great revelations. Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.

2 Corinthians 12:7

God Can Keep You Together

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So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.

Matthew 19:6

Faith Equals Righteousness With God

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So also Abraham “believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.

Galatians 3:6

Intimacy, Dependency, Obedience (3)

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By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.

John 5:30

Intimacy, Dependency, Obedience (2)

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Today’s Scriptures

Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does. Yes, and he will show him even greater works than these, so that you will be amazed.

John 5:19-20

Your Past Qualifies You As A Worshiper

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Today’s Scriptures

Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven—for she loved much. But he who is forgiven little, loves little.

Luke 7:47

The Difference Between Abraham and Peter

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But when he saw the wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink he cried out, “Lord, save me.”

Matthew 14:30

and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.

Psalm 50:15

Are you Feeling Unqualified?

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Then I replied to them, “The God of heaven will make us prosper, and we his servants will arise and build, but you have no portion or right or claim in Jerusalem.”

Nehemiah 2:20

The Importance Of Fellowship

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And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.

Acts 2:42

Prayer (2)

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And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.

Luke 18:1

Prayer (1)

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Now Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.” And he said to them, “When you pray, say:

“Father, hallowed be your name.
Your kingdom come.
Give us each day our daily bread,
and forgive us our sins,
for we ourselves forgive everyone who is indebted to us.
And lead us not into temptation.”

Luke 11:1-4

You Choose: Your Calling Or Your Comfort

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Terah took Abram his son and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife, and they went forth together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go into the land of Canaan, but when they came to Haran, they settled there.

Genesis 11:31

Blessed are those whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the highways to Zion.

Psalm 84:5

God, the Lord, is my strength; he makes my feet like the deer's; he makes me tread on my high places.

Habakkuk 3:19

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.

2 Timothy 4:7-8

Faithfulness

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His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’

Matthew 25:23

Don't Give Place To Pride

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Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God,

2 Corinthians 3:5

Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts!
And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!

Psalm 139:23-24

For who sees anything different in you? What do you have that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it?

1 Corinthians 4:7

For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.

2 Corinthians 4:5

Keep Praying For Your Children

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Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.

Proverbs 22:6

The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.

Proverbs 29:15

Getting Beyond It

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Today’s Scriptures

Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh. “For,” he said, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father's house.” The name of the second he called Ephraim, “For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

Genesis 41:51-52