“But Moses said to the Lord, ‘If the Israelites will not listen to me, why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I speak with faltering lips?’” Exodus 6:12 NIVUK It’s funny how different people can see you. In Exodus, Moses says, “I speak with faltering lips.” Yet in Acts 7:22, the Bible says, “Moses was…
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“Moses reported this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and harsh labour.” Exodus 6:9 NIVUK Sometimes life gets so hard you can’t even hear hope anymore. That’s where Israel was. Moses came with a message straight from God — “I will rescue you! I will bring you…
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“Ever since I went to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has brought trouble on this people, and you have not rescued your people at all.” Exodus 5:23 (NIVUK) Moses had obeyed God. He had done exactly what the Lord told him to do—confront Pharaoh, demand freedom for Israel, declare God’s word. But instead…
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“You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.” Genesis 50:20 NIVUK There are seasons in life that, to human eyes, seem unbearably cruel. The betrayal of friends, the rejection of family, the loss of opportunity—moments that feel like the very…
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“But Israel reached out his right hand and put it on Ephraim’s head, though he was the younger, and crossing his arms, he put his left hand on Manasseh’s head, even though Manasseh was the firstborn.”Genesis 48:14 NIVUK It was supposed to be simple. Joseph brought his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, to his father…
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“Joseph said to them, ‘It is just as I told you: you are spies! And this is how you will be tested: as surely as Pharaoh lives, you will not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.” Genesis 42:14–15 NIVUK Joseph’s story is one of the most powerful portraits of forgiveness in Scripture.…
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“So Pharaoh said to Joseph, ‘I hereby put you in charge of the whole land of Egypt.’ Then Pharaoh took his signet ring from his finger and put it on Joseph’s finger. He dressed him in robes of fine linen and put a gold chain round his neck. He made him ride in a chariot…
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“The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot him.” Genesis 40:23 NIVUK Joseph had faithfully interpreted the dreams of Pharaoh’s officials in prison, giving the cupbearer the good news of his release. Joseph’s only request was, “Remember me.” Yet when the cupbearer was restored to his position, he promptly forgot Joseph. Another two…
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“Joseph’s master took him and put him in prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined. But while Joseph was there in the prison, the Lord was with him; he showed him kindness and granted him favour in the eyes of the prison warder. So the warder put Joseph in charge of all those…
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“The Lord was with Joseph so that he prospered, and he lived in the house of his Egyptian master. When his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord gave him success in everything he did, Joseph found favour in his eyes and became his attendant. Potiphar put him in charge…
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“Now Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons, because he had been born to him in his old age; and he made an ornate robe for him. When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to…
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“There he built an altar, and he called the place El Bethel, because it was there that God revealed himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother.” Genesis 35:7 NIVUK Jacob’s life was marked by encounters with God at significant places. Each encounter shaped him, drawing him deeper into maturity. His journey took…
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“The sun rose above him as he passed Peniel, and he was limping because of his hip.” Genesis 32:31 NIVUK Jacob wrestled with God through the night. Desperate for blessing, he clung on until the breaking of dawn, refusing to let go. When it was over, he emerged as a changed man—no longer Jacob the…
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“Then the man said, ‘Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.’” Genesis 32:28 NIVUK Jacob had lived much of his life under the shadow of his name. Jacob means “deceiver” or “supplanter,” and it fit him all too well. He tricked…
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“So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak. Then the man said, ‘Let me go, for it is daybreak.’ But Jacob replied, ‘I will not let you go unless you bless me.’” Genesis 32:24, 26 NIVUK Jacob’s story teaches us one of the most powerful lessons of faith: don’t quit…
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“When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he thought, ‘Surely the Lord is in this place, and I was not aware of it.’ He was afraid and said, ‘How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven.’” Genesis 28:16–17 (NIVUK) Jacob was not in a…
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“So he went to him and kissed him. When Isaac caught the smell of his clothes, he blessed him and said, ‘Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the Lord has blessed. May God give you heaven’s dew and earth’s richness – an abundance of grain and new…
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“Then Abimelek said to Isaac, ‘Move away from us; you have become too powerful for us.’ He moved on from there and dug another well, and no-one quarrelled over it. He named it Rehoboth, saying, ‘Now the Lord has given us room and we will flourish in the land.’” Genesis 26:16, 22 NIVUK Isaac’s story…
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“So Abraham called that place The Lord Will Provide. And to this day it is said, ‘On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided.’” Genesis 22:14 NIVUK The words “The Lord Will Provide” were spoken on one of the most dramatic days in Scripture. Abraham had been asked to do the unthinkable—offer his…
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“And Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the exact time God had promised them.” Genesis 21:2 TPT God’s timing is never late, never early—always exact. Abraham and Sarah knew the ache of waiting, the stretching of faith through long years of delay. Yet when the promise finally came, it…
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