Daily Devotions (Page 166)

Daily Devotions (Page 166)

Daily Devotions – The anointing at Bethany

    Click this link to hear an audio version of the below text narrated by SOTH member Jerry Rhinehart:   Mark 14:3-9 (ESV) Jesus Anointed at Bethany 3 And while he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining at table, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly, and she broke the flask and poured it over his head. 4 There were some who said to…

Daily Devotions – Jesus, the ultimate Joseph

  Click this link to hear an audio version of the below text narrated by SOTH member Jerry Rhinehart: Colossians 1:15-21 (ESV) The Preeminence of Christ 15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. 16 For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. 17 And he is before all things, and in him all things hold…

Daily Devotions – God’s good plan

  Click this link to hear an audio version of the below text narrated by SOTH member Jerry Rhinehart: Genesis 45:1-8 (ESV) Joseph Provides for His Brothers and Family 45 Then Joseph could not control himself before all those who stood by him. He cried, “Make everyone go out from me.” So no one stayed with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers. 2 And he wept aloud, so that the Egyptians heard it, and the household of…

Daily Devotions – Reunited, but not so good

Click this link to hear an audio version of the below text narrated by SOTH member Jerry Rhinehart:   Genesis 42:5-11 (ESV) 5 Thus the sons of Israel came to buy among the others who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan. 6 Now Joseph was governor over the land. He was the one 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. 7 Joseph…

Daily Devotions – Joseph raised from the pit

  Genesis 41:14-16 (ESV) 14 Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they quickly brought him out of the pit. And when he had shaved himself and changed his clothes, he came in before Pharaoh. 15 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.” 16 Joseph answered Pharaoh, “It is not in me; God will…

Daily Devotions – Bitter feelings lead to destructive actions

Genesis 37:12-14 (ESV) Joseph Sold by His Brothers 12 Now his brothers went to pasture their father’s flock near Shechem.13 And Israel said to Joseph, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flock at Shechem? Come, I will send you to them.” And he said to him, “Here I am.” 14 So he said to him, “Go now, see if it is well with your brothers and with the flock, and bring me word.” So he sent him from the Valley of Hebron, and he…

Daily Devotions – Reconciliation in the Life of Joseph

  Genesis 37:3-11 (ESV) 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his sons, because he was the son of his old age. And he made him a robe of many colors. 4 But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not speak peacefully to him. 5 Now Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers they hated him even more. 6…

Daily Devotions – Seek the Lord

Jeremiah 29:11-13 (ESV) 11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare[a] and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. 12 Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. 13 You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart. One of the most puzzling things about the Bible is that it seems to teach that opposite things…

Daily Devotions – God’s foolishness is greater than the world’s wisdom

1 Corinthians 1:18-25(ESV) Christ the Wisdom and Power of God 18 For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.” 20 Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish…

Daily Devotions – Jesus is the way

John 14:1-7 (ESV) I Am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life 14 “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God;[a] believe also in me. 2 In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?[b] 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.…