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Friday, July 24, 2020

Day 2 : Genesis 4: 1ff ' An Unauthorized Offering"

Gen. 4: 1 Cain and Abel brought presents to the Lord.

The Lord approved the offering of Abel, but the offering of Cain was not approved. Because God recognized Abel before Abel's gift was approved, so his gift was approved.

But God did not recognize Cain because God knew Cain better than Cain. God revealed what he was like because he did not recognize the offering.(Proverbs 21:27). The heart of Cain was not right with God and especially with his own brother. If we are able to love those who are close to us the how can we say I Love God who is unreasonable. Today many of believer are having heart of non believer, God hates such people. Following are majority find among us easily, even many good believer are easily got trapped in this character.

1) Non believer

- Genesis 4: 3,4 (Heb 11: 4)

2) Angry - Genesis 4: 5

3) Unconscious - Genesis 4: 6,7

4) Conspirator - Genesis 4: 8

5) The killer - Genesis 4: 8

6) Liar - Genesis 4: 9

7) The one who argues- Genesis 4: 9

"Our deeds are acceptable to God only when we are pleasing to Him. Our actions are also approved by God only if we are approved by God."

“Do Not Be Like Cain” (1 John 3:12).

# Amen !!

God Bless You

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Day 10 Genesis 43:1 Don’t be afraid, God is in control.

Genesis 43: 1:- “Now the famine was severe in the land.”

The famine was severe and it is threatening to kill the people of God,

In the midst of this crisis in Egypt, Jacob and his family lived in Canaan.

Jacob sent his sons to Egypt for grain.

Jacob is still under the sorrow of losing Joseph.

So he did not allow his youngest son, Benjamin, to go for fear of losing him too.

But Joseph was in Egypt and had been elevated to a position of authority.

As his sons headed to Egypt, Jacob had no idea that the journey would lead to a family reunion.

God often shows up in the most unexpected situations.

Some times we may be going through an emotional and spiritual affliction can lead to what I call a "famine of the heart."

The famine of the heart is a time of distress, and it may often result in total dryness.

When our heart is extremely hungry, we grow more confused, hopeless and weary with each day.

It may lead us to depression and the pain will never stop.

Here in these pits, we may wonder: “Does God really care, is He good?”

But Believe!!!!!!

In the toughest times, God is waiting for the perfect opportunity to bless us.

We may be going through an emotional, spiritual or financial famine.

*Don’t be afraid, God is in control.*

Think back over last year.

How did God unexpectedly bless us?

God Bless You

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Day 09 Genesis - 39 "OVERCOMING TEMPTATIONS"

*"OVERCOMING TEMPTATIONS"*

*" How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?* Genesis. 39:9.

*Everyone faces temptations. It could be sex, money, name, fame ..* Some come out victoriously whereas many others fail miserably.

The life of Joseph gives us wonderful lessons in overcoming temptations. He was a Jewish young man in Egypt, away from his dear ones but living very close to his God. He was unmarried and nearly 28 years when this incident happened.

*..Joseph was well built and handsome, and after a while his master's wife took notice of Joseph and said , " Come to bed with me"* Gen.39:6,7.

1). Joseph took the responsibility of his action." How then could I "..... He always lived in the presence of God. He was not willing to put the blame on his circumstances.

2). Joseph recognizes sin. He recognised the desire of Potiphar's wife as something wicked and terrible.

3). Joseph respond to God. Joseph acted in such a way that he didn't disappoint God.

4). Joseph refused to be near the source of sin.( Gen.39:10) He refused to be with the wife of Potiphar.

We should avoid any and every situation which can lead us to temptation.

5) Joseph ran out. (Gen.39:12). He ran away from the person and place of temptation. He didn't go back even to take his coat. He was willing to face the wrath of Potiphar's wife rather than facing the wrath of God.

Lord, help me to overcome all the temptations in my life and never sin against you.

GOD BLESS YOU

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Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Day 9 - Gen. 37-40 - Joseph the Dreamer

'Joseph the Dreamer'

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Day 9 - Gen. 37-40

*Joseph and his dreams*

Joseph was Jacob’s beloved son. He loved him because he was the son of his old age born to his beloved wife Rachel. Joseph was 17 years old when he received dreams (Gen. 37: 7, 9). He went through so many sufferings and distresses for 13 years. At last, when he was about thirty his dreams came to pass (Gen. 41:46). He became the prime minister of Egypt.

What do we learn from his dreams?

*God has a plan for every child’s future.

*God reveals his plan even to children.

* God reveals his plan through dreams or visions.

*The dreams may be greater than our imagination.

*Some may not like God’s plan for our future.

*No one can destroy God’s plan for our life.

*The steps toward fulfilling our dreams may not be what we expect.

*The steps may be painful.

*God will organize people and the situations to lead us in every step.

*God will give us His grace wherever we are and whatever may be the situation.

*Our faithfulness to God will be thoroughly tested.

* Sometimes it may seem like all is gone.

* We need to be sure that God is with us.

*God will be with us, if we really trust Him.

*God will surely fulfill his plan in His time.

*At the end we will be astonished to see our dreams fulfilled.

Young people! Ask the Lord to show you His plan.

'Commit your way to the Lord; trust in Him and He will act. (Psalm 37:5)

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Day 9 Genesis 37-40 ''WE ALL HAVE CUPBEARERS IN OUR LIVES"

Day 9

'WE ALL HAVE CUPBEARERS IN OUR LIVES'

Genesis 40:23:- “The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot him.”

Here Joseph is in prison.

Joseph was put in prison for a crime he didn’t commit and was left there for 10 years. This is horribly unfair and cruel to Joseph. After all, he had nothing wrong in this part of the story.

In this chapter, two other men are thrown into the same prison as Joseph was;the cupbearer and the baker in Pharaoh’s government.

Then one night, both men had a dream. By God’s help Joseph interpreted their dreams. And then, Joseph asks a favor from his new friend saying, “When all goes well with you, remember me and show me kindness, mention me to Pharaoh and get me out of this prison.”

*WE ALL HAVE CUPBEARERS IN OUR LIVES.*

Friends will abandon us, family will let us down and people will persecute us for all sorts of reasons.

*Here Joseph might have felt that, not just the cupbearer, but God had forgotten him too.*

*Joseph went from high hopes to no hope‑‑but God alone.*

*God uses disappointments to bring His servants to the place where their only hope is in Him.*

Do we sometimes feel forgotten by God in the face of the brokenness of our world?

*Some of us are in the middle of some difficult disappointments.*

May be it is a very serious situation that hasn’t turned out as we wanted it to.

May be we had high hopes, but now we have no hope.

God has promised us: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you” (Hebrews 13:5; Deuteronomy 31:6).

He assures us that he will never forget us: “I will not forget you” (Isaiah 49:15)!

*Yes!!!!! Hope in God, He will continue to be with us and bless us.*

God Bless You

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Day 1 - 270 Days Bible Reading and Meditating Program

"Let there be light"

The portion of the Bible chosen to be read from the Bible is Genesis 1 to 4.

Beginning of creation.

The first eleven chapters of the book of Genesis is arranged as a prologue or a preface to the book.

In the first part, the immense glory of God is revealed.

The order of creation can be classified into seven parts:

They are as follows :
1. The Light: Genesis chapter 1 verses 1 to 5

2. The water: Genesis chapter 1 verses 6 to 10

3. The Earth: Genesis chapter 1 verses 11 - 13

4. Sun and moon: Genesis chapter 1 verses 14 to19.

5. Living things: chapter 1 verses 20 - 23

6. Breath: Genesis chapter 1 : 24 -31

7. Fullness: Genesis chapter 2 verses 1- 3.

The works of creation can very well be seen , in the first two chapters of the book of Genesis. And both of these describe the same act of creation and their witnesses.

God made the world from nothing. God did not need any matter or matters to create this world. And all thrse we have believed and agreed with the Truth.

WORDS FOR THOUGHT.

Genesis 1:3. And God said "Let there be light, and there was Light.

As we observe diligently and intently, we understand, when He made light, we see the inception of the light has caused deliverance, redemption, and the needful basis for salvation.

John 1:5 says " God is Light and in Him is no darkness at all "

Light denotes understanding, Holiness, and righteousness, while darkness is the cause of all sins, evil, and folly.

"That (He) was the ' true 'light, that lighteth every man which cometh into the world". *Jn 1:9.

But for this light, there is no other light, for us to be saved, through the Truth.

Once it has happened to Apostle Paul on his way to Damascus, to see this light by himself. Since then, his life was changed altogether.
( Acts 9:3, 26:13)

At first, when we set our faith on JESUS, the Light of God began to shine in our hearts. Now we have fellowship with God, and brothers as we start to walk in the Light.

Even today God pronounces "Let there be light" in every man.

May we receive this LIGHT and receive the glorious life.

God Bless You
Bro. Joshua

270 DAYS BIBLE READING PROGRAM

Welcome to 270 DAYS BIBLE READING & MEDITATION PROGRAM

Reading and Meditating Bible is a lifestyle of a true follower of Christ. This 270 Days program is successfully running around the churches especially many young people are finding it easy to complete full reading of the Bible along with mediating the Word of God as part of their daily devotion.

Starting a day with the Lord is an amazing thing, the Bible says Proverbs 8:17 '...those who seek me find me'. When meditating becomes your life habit, none can stop you from growing in the Lord. Every saint in the bible had a lifestyle of meditating and connecting themselves to God. King David experienced God every time so he became the man with God's own heart. The Christian life should keep growing, I encourage you to be part of it and follow daily reading and write you thoughts. If you want to share your thoughts you are welcome to write below the comments

Day 1.Genesis 1-4. ' Unauthorized Offering'

Day 2. Genesis 5-10.

Day 3. Genesis 11-16

Day 4. Genesis 17-21

Day 5. Genesis 22-24

Day 6. Genesis 25-28

Day 7. Genesis 29-31

Day 8. Genesis 32-36

Day 9. Genesis 37-40, Joseph the Dreamer, Overcoming Temptation

Day10. Genesis 41-43, God is in Control

Day 11. Genesis 44-47 - Everything is for Good

Day 12. Genesis 48- Exodus 1. Blessings on Judah