A Heart to Help

Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Job 11-14 Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Job 15-18 Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Job 19-21   Key Thought: Abraham Lincoln has been credited with saying, “He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help.” In other words, it is not enough for us to simply point out where another…

An Anchor for our Soul

Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Job 1-3   Key Thought: The testimony of Job demonstrates how God can be an anchor for our soul. Job provides an outstanding case study in how to handle adversity. God, absolutely sovereign yet infinitely wise, reminds us that His ways are perfect; therefore, we can trust Him. When tragedy strikes,…

Mature Faith

Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Genesis 47:13-50:26   Key Thought: It is not always easy to trust God. In Mark 9, a father was told by Jesus that “all things are possible for him that believeth.” And the father exclaimed, “Lord, I believe; help Thou mine unbelief!” (vs. 24) In the life of Jacob, something similar…

The Fulfillment of a Promise

Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Genesis 42-44 Saturday: Genesis 45:1-46:9; 1 Chronicles 5:1-6 Sunday: Genesis 46:10-13; 1 Chronicles 2:18-55; 4:1-23   Key Thought: In chapter 42 we find the fruition of the dream God gave Joseph back in chapter 37… “and Joseph’s brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.”…

The Grace of God

Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Genesis 37-39   Key Thought: Many who read these chapters do not see the grace of God being displayed, but rather focus on the outward circumstances that seem like typical trials of life. However, God sending Joseph to Egypt was His grace in helping Jacob’s family get out of the temptation…