Cast your burdens

6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. 7 Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. 8 Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for
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Sustained Perspective

So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God. He made me father to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household and ruler of all Egypt. Gen 45:8 Fast forward our story to when God is talking to Joseph’s descendents a few generations later. Here&#
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The pit

19 ‘Here comes that dreamer!’ they said to each other. 20 ‘Come now, let’s kill him and throw him into one of these cisterns and say that a ferocious animal devoured him. Then we’ll see what comes of his dreams.’… 23 So when Joseph

Example extraordinaire

I’ve tried to think how I can unpack today’s passage for us and frankly I feel inadequate. I can’t wrap my mind around immensity of the contents of these verses and the perfect example of Jesus, and so… kindly… I will le
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Me, myself and I

3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, 4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. Phil 2:3-4 Let’s be honest, in life there are three peo
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The Grand Entrance

29 Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. 30 But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favour with God. 31 You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him
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