Buy us and our land for food, and we with our land will be servants to Pharaoh. And give us seed that we may live and not die, and that the land may not be desolate. Genesis 47:19 While using opioids, I wanted to be sober. I would stop using for a few days, but…
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When Pharaoh calls you and says, “What is your occupation?” you shall say, “Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we and our fathers,” in order that you may dwell in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians. Genesis 46:33-34 When I…
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Then Jacob set out from Beersheba. The sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons that Pharaoh had sent to carry him. Genesis 46:5 One winter when I was young, a buddy and I set out to make some money after a big snowstorm. We grabbed our…
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And God spoke to Israel in visions of the night and said, “Jacob, Jacob.” And he said, “Here I am.” Genesis 46:2 I’ve mentioned previously that for me, it was love at first sight when I first met my wife. I simply knew that she was the person with whom I wanted to spend the…
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And Israel said, “It is enough; Joseph my son is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.” Genesis 45:28 I’ve got some stuff on my bucket list. I’d like to see New Zealand. I want grandchildren and I’d love to be able to help raise them. I’d like to be able…
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And they told him, “Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt.” And his heart became numb, for he did not believe them. Genesis 45:26 In my addiction, living a double life was oddly normal. Because I couldn’t let anyone know that I was using, I became an expert…
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Then he sent his brothers away, and as they departed, he said to them, “Do not quarrel on the way.” Genesis 45:24 Most of us, as parents, don’t like it when our kids quarrel. Because we love our children, and we desire to live in harmony with them, we also want them to love and…
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You shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near me, you and your children and your children’s children, and your flocks, your herds, and all that you have. Genesis 45:10 One day when I was maybe six or seven years old, my brother and I were fighting when he threw his…
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Hurry and go up to my father and say to him, “Thus says your son Joseph, God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; do not tarry.” Genesis 45:9 I’ve said this before, but I think it’s worth repeating – When I went to God, desperate to find recovery, he asked…
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