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Romans 3:21–26 Righteousness through Faith

Tuesday, January 31, 2012
For there is no distinction, since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God; they are now justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a sacrifice of atonement; by his blood, effective through faith. Romans 3:22B-25A

Isaiah 45:20–25 Our Only Source of Righteousness

Monday, January 30, 2012
Only in the LORD, it shall be said of me, are righteousness and strength; all who were incensed against him shall come to him and be ashamed. In the LORD all the offspring of Israel shall triumph and glory. Isa 45:24-25

Out of Egypt

Sunday, January 29, 2012
“But the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground.” Exodus 15:19

Exodus 15:11–18 An Unsurpassable God

Saturday, January 28, 2012
You brought them in and planted them on the mountain of your own possession, the place, O Lord that you made your abode, the sanctuary, O Lord, that your hands have established. The Lord will reign for ever and ever.’ Exodus 15:17-18

Exodus 15:4–10 A Divine Intervention

Friday, January 27, 2012
‘Pharaoh’s chariots and his army he cast into the sea; his picked officers were sunk in the Red Sea.); The floods covered them; they went down into the depths like a stone. Your right hand, O LORD, glorious in power— your right hand, O LORD, shattered the enemy. Exodus 15:4-6

Exodus 1:15–22 A Treacherous Plan

Thursday, January 26, 2012
Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, ‘Every boy that is born to the Hebrews); you shall throw into the Nile, but you shall let every girl live.’ Exodus 1:22

Exodus 1:8–14 A New King

Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Now a new king arose over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. He said to his people, ‘Look, the Israelite people are more numerous and more powerful than we. Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase and, in the event of war, join our enemies and fight against us and escape from the land.’ Exodus 1:8-10

Exodus 1:1–7 A Strong People

Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Then Joseph died, and all his brothers, and that whole generation. But the Israelites were fruitful and prolific; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them. Exodus 1:6-7

Psalm 77:11–20 A Mighty Redemption

Monday, January 23, 2012
Your way was through the sea, your path, through the mighty waters; yet your footprints were unseen. You led your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron. Ps 77:19-20

Joseph Transmits Abraham’s Promise

Sunday, January 22, 2012
“Even though you intended to do harm to me. God intended it for good, in order to preserve a numerous people, as he is doing today.” Genesis 50:20

Genesis 50:7–14 A Child’s Final Duty

Saturday, January 21, 2012
So Joseph went up to bury his father. With him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his household, and all the elders of the land of Egypt, as well as all the household of Joseph, his brothers, and his father’s household. Genesis 50:7-8

Genesis 49:29—50:6 A Father’s Final Wish

Friday, January 20, 2012
Then he charged them, saying to them, ‘I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my ancestors—in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite, There Abraham and his wife Sarah were buried; there Isaac and his wife Rebekah were buried; and there I buried Leah— Genesis 49:29, 31

Genesis 49:22–26 A Father’s Blessing

Thursday, January 19, 2012
The blessings of your father are stronger than the blessings of the eternal mountains, the bounties; of the everlasting hills; may they be on the head of Joseph, on the brow of him who was set apart from his brothers. Genesis 49:26

Genesis 48:8–16 A Father’s Heritage

Wednesday, January 18, 2012
He blessed Joseph, and said, ‘The God before whom my ancestors Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day, the angel who has redeemed me from all harm, bless the boys; and in them let my name be perpetuated, and the name of my ancestors Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude on the earth.’ Genesis 48:15-16

Genesis 46:28—47:6 Settled in a New Land

Tuesday, January 17, 2012
The land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and your brothers in the best part of the land; let them live in the land of Goshen; and if you know that there are capable men among them, put them in charge of my livestock.’ Genesis 47:6

Genesis 46:1–7 A Divine Confirmation

Monday, January 16, 2012
When Israel set out on his journey with all that he had and came to Beer-sheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. God spoke to Israel in visions of the night, and said, ‘Jacob, Jacob.’ And he said, ‘Here I am.’ Then he said, ‘I am God,); the God of your father; do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make of you a great nation there. Genesis 46:1-3

God Preserves a Remnant

Sunday, January 15, 2012
So it was not you who sent me here, but God.” Genesis 45:8

Genesis 44:24–34 A Father’s Suffering

Saturday, January 14, 2012
Now therefore, please let your servant remain as a slave to my lord in place of the boy; and let the boy go back with his brothers. For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I fear to see the suffering that would come upon my father.’ Genesis 44:33-34

Genesis 44:1–13 Benjamin Detained in Egypt

Friday, January 13, 2012
He said, ‘Even so; in accordance with your words, let it be: he with whom it is found shall become my slave, but the rest of you shall go free.’ … He searched, beginning with the eldest and ending with the youngest; and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack. Genesis 44:10, 12

Genesis 43:1–14 Hold Me Accountable

Thursday, January 12, 2012
Then Judah said to his father Israel, ‘Send the boy with me, and let us be on our way, so that we may live and not die—you and we and also our little ones. I myself will be surety for him; you can hold me accountable for him. If I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, then let me bear the blame for ever. Genesis 43:8-9

Genesis 42:18–25 Paying the Penalty

Wednesday, January 11, 2012
They (Joseph’s brothers) said to one another, ‘Alas, we are paying the penalty for what we did to our brother; we saw his anguish when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this anguish has come upon us.’ Genesis 42:21

Genesis 42:6–17 Joseph Recognized His Brothers

Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Now Joseph was governor over the land; it was he who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brothers came and bowed themselves before him with their faces to the ground. When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them like strangers and spoke harshly to them. Genesis 42:6-7A

Genesis 42:1–5A Famine in Canaan

Monday, January 9, 2012
When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, ‘Why do you keep looking at one another? I have heard’, he said, ‘that there is grain in Egypt; go down and buy grain for us there that we may live and not die.’ Genesis 42:1-2

Joseph Finds Favor

Sunday, January 8, 2012
“Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find anyone else like this—one in whom is the spirit of God?” Genesis 41:38

Genesis 41:25–36 The Dreams Interpreted

Saturday, January 7, 2012
It is as I told Pharaoh; God has shown to Pharaoh what he is about to do. There will come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt. After them there will arise seven years of famine, and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt; the famine will consume the land. Genesis 41:29-30

Genesis 41:14–24 Pharaoh’s Dreams

Friday, January 6, 2012
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, ‘I have had a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.’ Joseph answered Pharaoh, ‘It is not I; God will give Pharaoh a favorable answer.’ Genesis 41:15-16

Genesis 41:1–13 The Interpreter Remembered

Thursday, January 5, 2012
‘A young Hebrew was there with us, a servant of the captain of the guard. When we told him, he interpreted our dreams to us, giving an interpretation to each according to his dream. As he interpreted to us, so it turned out; I was restored to my office, and the baker was hanged.’ Genesis 41:12-13

Genesis 40:16–23 The Predictions Come True

Wednesday, January 4, 2012
On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he made a feast for all his servants, and lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker among his servants. He restored the chief cupbearer to his cupbearing, and he placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand; but the chief baker he hanged, just as Joseph had interpreted to them. Genesis 40:20-22

Genesis 40:9–15 Restored to Office

Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Then Joseph said to him, ‘This is its interpretation: the three branches are three days; within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your office; and you shall place Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you used to do when you were his cupbearer. But remember me when it is well with you;’ Genesis 40:12-14a

Genesis 40:1–8 Interpretations Belong to God

Monday, January 2, 2012
One night they both dreamed—the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison—each his own dream, and each dream with its own meaning… They said to him, ‘We have had dreams, and there is no one to interpret them.’ And Joseph said to them, ‘Do not interpretations belong to God? Please tell them to me.’ Genesis 40:5, 8

GOD WATCHES OVER JOSEPH

Sunday, January 1, 2012
“How then could I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?” Genesis 39:9