The Voice

Reading Genesis 47 for Friday, March 10th. Joseph presents his brothers and father to Pharaoh. Later his father dies. 

Reading Genesis 46 for Thursday, March 9th. Joseph invites his dad, brothers, and family to move to Egypt and to live in Goshen. My daughter, Zion read along with me and added to the discussion.

Reading Genesis 45 for Wednesday, March 8th. Joseph comes clean about who he is to his brothers and his father finds out when they all receive an invitation to move to Goshen. 

Reading Genesis 44 for Tuesday, March 7th. Joseph really scares his brothers by accusing them of stealing his silver cup and framing Benjamin for the crime. 

Reading Genesis 43 for Monday, March 6th. Joseph invites his brothers over for a meal when they return to buy more grain, and he is still hiding his identity from them. 

Reading Genesis 42 for Saturday March 4th. Joseph confronted his brothers and gave them a hard time, even though they did not recognize him, and the predictions from his earlier dreams were fulfilled. 

Reading Genesis 41 for Friday, March 3rd. Joseph gets promoted and gives God the credit for interpreting Pharaoh’s dreams. 

Reading Genesis 40 for Thursday, March 2nd. Joseph interprets dreams and is still forgotten. 

Reading Genesis 39 for Wednesday, March 1st. Joseph flees from temptation, but is thrown into prison due to a false accusation. 

Reading Matthew 11 for Tuesday, February 28th. Jesus confirms indirectly that he is the Messiah to John the Baptist while he’s in prison. 

Reading Matthew 10 for Monday, February 27th. Jesus tells His disciples what they can expect as they go out and spread the gospel. 

Reading Matthew 9 for Friday, February 24th. Jesus healed a lot of people, and the Pharisees were not impressed. 

Reading Matthew 8 for Thursday, February 23rd. Some people do not want to accept the sacrifice that comes with following Jesus, and some are unwilling to accept His message and ministry. 

Reading Matthew 7 for Wednesday, February 22nd. Apply what you have learned and build your house on the rock of Jesus Christ. 

Reading Genesis 38 for Tuesday, February 21st. God smites two men for their wickedness, and Tamar (a widow) disguises herself as a prostitute and becomes impregnated by Judah, but avoids her own execution by implicating him as the impregnating man. 

Reading Genesis 37 for Monday, February 20th. Joseph, Israel’s favorite son was eager to tell his brothers about the dreams he had of him ruling over them and all other things, inciting their jealous anger and resentment. They plotted to kill him, but changed their minds and sold him as a slave, then prepared evidence… Continue reading Genesis 37

Reading Genesis 36 for Saturday, February 18th. Esau had many descendants and built a nation and a people from these descendants, including many kings of Edom. 

Reading Genesis 35 for Friday, February 17th. Jacob is renamed Israel, Reuben, his son sleeps with Bilhah, Rachel’s maidservant, and Rachel dies while bearing her second son, Benjamin. 

Reading Genesis 34 for Thursday, February 16th. Dinah is defiled by a man, and her brothers avenge her by deceiving and then killing all of the men in the city. 

Reading Genesis 33 for Wednesday, February 15th. Jacob bows when he meets Esau, offers him gifts and ultimately is accepted by him. 

Reading Genesis 32 for Tuesday, February 14th. Jacob prepares to meet Esau, and wrestles with the pre-incarnate-God, who renames him Israel. 

Reading Genesis 31 for Monday, February 13th. Jacob leaves Laban, bringing his wives and children and possessions. Laban doesn’t like the way he secretly left, and they eventually make a peace treaty pillar. 

Reading Genesis chapter 30 for Saturday, February 11th. Jacob’s four wives have lots of children and his livestock wealth flourishes. 

Reading Genesis 29 for Friday, February 10th. Jacob meets Rachel, lives in her dad’s house, and works for 7 years to marry Rachel, but ends up marrying her older sister and working for another 7 years for the privilege. 

Reading Genesis 28 for Thursday, February 9th. Jacob is sent with instructions on who to marry and Esau intentionally marries contradicting his father’s wishes. 

Reading Genesis 27 for Wednesday, February 8th. Jacob disguises himself and steals Esau’s blessing, and runs for his life to live with his uncle. 

Reading Genesis 26 for Tuesday, February 7th. Isaac grows in power, riches, and influence, and is then asked to move along. Later a treaty is made between him and Abimelech, and Esau marries two Hittite women, which disappointed his parents. 

Reading Genesis 25 for Monday, February 6th. Abraham died. Ishmael has sons who live in hostility toward their brothers. Jacob and Esau are born and are constantly living in animosity or acting with deception toward each other. 

Reading Genesis 24 for Saturday, February 4th. Abraham’s chief servant goes to find Isaac a wife, and then Isaac gets married to Rebekah. 

Reading Genesis 23 for Friday, February 3rd. Abraham’s wife Sarah dies at the age of 127, and Abraham buys a plot of land for a burial site for her. 

Reading Genesis 22 for Thursday, February 2nd. God tested Abraham by asking him to sacrifice his son Isaac, but then stopped him before the slaying. 

Reading Genesis 21 for Wednesday, February 1st. Abraham is accommodating to his wife’s demands. He gives up some of his flock to ensure Abimelech’s servants’ misdeeds are not repeated. He also obeys God’s command to circumcise his son from Sarah, Isaac. 

Reading Matthew 6 for Tuesday, January 31st, 2017. Jesus encourages his followers not to brag about the ‘good things’ that they do because their motives will prove that they are not even doing good. 

Reading Matthew 5 for Monday, January 30th, 2017. Jesus lists those who are blessed, His fulfillment of the law, and how laws apply to our hearts and our thinking. He teaches about not swearing by God or the Earth, legal debts, and perfecting Godly love by loving our enemies, not only our friends. 

Reading Matthew 4 for Saturday, January 28th, 2017. Jesus was tempted by Satan, then began to preach, and then called his first disciples. 

Reading Matthew 3 for Friday, January 27th, 2017. John the Baptist baptized Jesus and God said that He loved him, approved, and was pleased with him, His son.

Reading Matthew 1 for Wednesday, January 25th, 2017. The paternal genealogy of Jesus. 

Reading Genesis 20 for Tuesday, January 24th, 2017. Abraham tells Abimelech that Sarah is his sister, so he takes her as a wife. God warns the king not to touch her because she is already married. 

Reading Genesis 19 for Monday, January 23rd, 2017. Lot and his daughters are spared from the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah while his wife and the rest of the disobedient city are no more. Warning: a few disturbing sexual scenarios are described in this chapter. 

Reading Genesis 18 for Saturday, January 21st. Abraham entertains three men or angels for a meal and hears God’s miraculous plans for Sarah’s womb and destruction for Sodom. 

Reading Genesis 17 for Friday, January 20th. God changes Abram’s and Sarai’s names and commands Abraham and the men in his household to be circumcised from that time on. 

Reading Genesis 16 for Thursday, January 19th. Sarai conceived a plan to have children through adding a second wife for Abram, but it was not God’s plan. 

Reading Genesis 15 for Wednesday, January 18th. God makes a covenant with Abram and tells him about the future of his offspring. 

Reading Genesis 14 for Tuesday, January 17th. Abram rescues Lot and gives a tenth to Melchizedek. 

Reading Genesis 13 for Monday, January 16th. Abram and Lot decide to part ways. God then blesses Abram and t Los him that all the land he could see would belong to his uncountable offspring. 

Reading Genesis 12 for Saturday, January 14, 2017. God declares that anyone who blesses Abram will be blessed and anyone who curses Abram will be cursed. Then Abram asks Sarai to lie about their relationship because he was afraid of Pharaoh wanting to kill him for her. 

Reading Genesis 11 for Friday, January 13, 2017. People build effectively and God hinders their progress with much more difficult communication, and the genealogy of Shem to Abram is listed. 

Reading Genesis 10 for Thursday, January 12, 2017. Noah’s sons have more sons. 

Reading Genesis 9 for Wednesday, January 11, 2017. God’s first command is to not eat meat with it’s lifeblood still in it, and to hold men and animals accountable for shedding men’s blood, then He formally makes a covenant not to repeat the wiping out all of the Earth’s inhabitants with a flood like He… Continue reading Genesis 9

Reading Genesis 8 for Tuesday, January 10, 2017. Noah sends out birds to test whether or not it is safe to go out of the ark, but even after it seems promising, he waits for God’s command to go out. Also, God makes a covenant not to destroy all life on Earth in this way… Continue reading Genesis 8