Jan 23 - Jacob moves to Egypt

Jacob adn all his possessions and direct descendants went to Egypt. God calls to Jacob and says "Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I will make your family into a great nation. I will go with you down to Egypt, and I will bring you back again. But you will die in Egypt with Joseph attending to you." Now the famine is still going on and people are starting to run out of food and money. Eventually people of Egypt and Canaan were out of food, money and had traded all their livestock for the food they just finished. So they return to Joseph and sell him all their land and themselves as slaves for Pharaoh so they could have food to live. Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh except for the priests land. As for the people, he made them all slaves, all except the priests. The decree handed down is still in effect today in the land of Egypt, Pharaoh should receive one-fifth of all the crops grown on his land.

Jesus is teaching and fireing off parables. Here's a Great one: "These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship is a farce, for they teach man-made ideas as commands from God." Then Jesus called to the crowed to come and hear. "Listen," he said, "and try to understand. It's not what goes into your mouth that defiles you; you are defiled by the words that come out of your mouth." So True! Words can be forever damaging. Once you say something it's out there nothing in the world can remove it.

Now it's time to start making some changes to how I do my bible study. Still trying to figure out the best way to really dig in and connect Stovall Weems our pastor just had a great service on how he does his devotionals. Check it out: Click
Have a Great night!