Acts 7:1-51 / 11-13 – “Then a famine struck all Egypt and Canaan, bringing great suffering, and our ancestors could not find food.12 When Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our forefathers on their first visit. 13 On their second visit, Joseph told his brothers who he was, and Pharaoh learned about Joseph’s family.” There were…
Continue ReadingActs 7:1-51 / 10 – and rescued him from all his troubles. He gave Joseph wisdom and enabled him to gain the goodwill of Pharaoh king of Egypt. So Pharaoh made him ruler over Egypt and all his palace. Hebrews 13:8 – Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. It would seem appropriate to write that…
Continue ReadingPsalm 130 – Out of the depths I cry to You, Lord; 2 Lord, hear my voice. Let Your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy. 3 If You, Lord, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand? 4 But with You there is forgiveness, so that we can, with reverence, serve You. 5 I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits,…
Continue ReadingActs 7:1-51 / 8b-9 Later Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs. “Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him10 and rescued him from all his troubles. He gave Joseph wisdom and enabled him to gain the goodwill of…
Continue ReadingActs 7:1-51 / 8 – Then he gave Abraham the Covenant of Circumcision. And Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him eight days after his birth. Later Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs. Abraham was ninety-nine years old when God gave to him the Covenant of Circumcision. The…
Continue ReadingActs 7:1-51 / 6-7 – God spoke to him in this way: ‘For four hundred years your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated. 7 But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves,’ God said, ‘and afterward they will come out of that country and worship me…
Continue ReadingPsalm 33:20-22 – We wait in hope for the Lord; He is our help and our shield.in Him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in His holy name.May Your unfailing love be with us,Lord, even as we put our hope in You. Micah 7:7 – But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will…
Continue ReadingActs 7:1-51 / 4-5 – “So he left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Harran. After the death of his father, God sent him to this land where you are now living. 5 He gave him no inheritance here, not even enough ground to set his foot on. But God promised him that he and his descendants after…
Continue ReadingActs 7:1-51 / 1-3 – Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are these charges true?” 2 To this he replied: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Harran. 3 ‘Leave your country and your people,’ God said, ‘and go to the land I…
Continue ReadingPsalm 121:5-8 – The Lord watches over you—the Lord is your shade at your right hand; 6 the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. 7 The Lord will keep you from all harm—he will watch over your life; 8 the Lord will watch over your coming and going both…
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