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Monday March 17, 2025 – A stellar example of rightly responding to offense!

Genesis 42:6  Now Joseph was the governor of the land, the one who sold grain to all its people. So when Joseph’s brothers arrived, they bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.  Proverbs 18:19a  An offended brother … Continue reading

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Sunday March 16, 2025 – Why not Benjamin?

Genesis 42:3, 4  Then ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt. 4 But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with the others, because he was afraid that harm might come to him It has been about 8 … Continue reading

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Saturday March 15, 2025 – Being ready to walk through the door of opportunity

Genesis 41:38  So Pharaoh asked them, “Can we find anyone like this man, one in whom is the spirit of God?” Joseph has just interpreted Pharaoh’s dreams.  But he’s done more than that.  He has given instructions on what needs … Continue reading

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Friday March 14, 2025 – God’s plan required Joseph to be in prison

Genesis 41:1  When two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream. “Did Joseph spend two more years in prison due to a cupbearer’s faulty memory?”  Isn’t that a great question?  A companion question to it is, “Did God intend … Continue reading

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Thursday March 13, 2025 – Called from a dungeon

Genesis 41:14   So Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and he was quickly brought from the dungeon. When he had shaved and changed his clothes, he came before Pharaoh. It’s clear from scripture that Joseph had favor and responsibility while in prison, … Continue reading

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Wednesday March 12, 2025 – His trust was in God

Genesis 40:23  The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot him. Today’s devotional is special to me because it describes an insight that became clear to me while writing it, regarding Joseph’s response to his experience with the … Continue reading

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Tuesday March 11, 2025 – Without anger or desire for revenge!

Genesis 40:14-15  14 “But when all goes well with you, remember me and show me kindness; mention me to Pharaoh and get me out of this prison. 15 For I was forcibly carried off from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I … Continue reading

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Monday March 10, 2025 – Why was Joseph there?

Genesis 40:8    “We both had dreams,” they answered, “but there is no one to interpret them.”  Then Joseph said to them, “Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.” **********               … Continue reading

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Sunday March 9, 2025 – Being a slave and a prisoner were irrelevant!

Genesis 40:6-7  When Joseph came to them the next morning, he saw that they were dejected. So he asked Pharaoh’s officials who were in custody with him in his master’s house, “Why are your faces so sad today?” Have you … Continue reading

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Saturday March 8, 2025 – The lesson of shackles and chains for us

Psalm 105:17-19  and He sent a man before them— Joseph, sold as a slave.  They bruised his feet with shackles, his neck was put in irons, till what he foretold came to pass, till the word of the LORD proved … Continue reading

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