Genesis 39:1-41:16, Matthew 12:46-13:23, Psalms 17:1-15, Proverbs 3:33-35
Today is the 19th day of January welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I am Brian It is wonderful to be here with you today as we do what we do every day, take the next step forward in the Scriptures. And, so, let’s do just that. We are working our way through the first book of the Bible, the book of Genesis and we have encountered the story of Joseph, who is the son of Jacob who is the son of Isaac who is the son of Abraham. Joseph has been sold into slavery. He was trafficked by his own brothers, He’s been taken from his homeland and has arrived in Egypt where he has been resold. He is now owned by Potiphar who is the captain of the guard for the king of Egypt, the Pharaoh. It’s not fair what happened to him. And let’s find out happens next. Genesis chapter 39 verse 1 through 41 verse 16.
Commentary:
Alright. So, in the book of Genesis yesterday we began following the story of Joseph, one of the children of Jacob, one and the children of Israel, since Jacob’s name has been changed. And yesterday we watched as Joseph was sold into slavery by his brothers which was not just or fair. He was subsequently taken to Egypt where he was sold to the captain of the guard for…for Pharaoh the king of Egypt. His name was Potiphar. In fairly short order Joseph’s administrative skill was perceived and before long Joseph was in charge of running the household for Potiphar. So, it’s totally unjust that he was sold into slavery, but I guess if he had to end up somewhere this isn’t the worst place to end up. Things are going decent except that Joseph is a young, handsome, well-built man. The Bible goes to great lengths to tell us this. And, so, what we are to understand is that Joseph is quite desirable, and Potiphar’s wife desires him and she begins to pressure him to go to bed with her. And this goes on and on and on until one time she corners him, and he speaks, “I can’t. Like cannot…I cannot sin against God. I cannot sin against Pharaoh. Everything that Pharaoh owns I am in charge of, except for you. I can’t do this.” And she continues to press him until he has to flee away from her, leaving his cloak. And she’s at this point in a no-win situation. Now she has some of Joseph’s clothes and there’s some sort of story going to be told. So, she jumps out in front of it and concocts the story that Joseph actually made advances toward her which is likely to get and any red-blooded husband upset. And, so, the next thing we know Joseph is thrown into the dungeon into prison. This is not fair. And if there were opportunity to have the sense that you had reached the lowest point of your life, I guess the dungeon qualifies as a good place to consider that. But instead, Joseph receives favor and again his administrative leadership in short order puts him in charge of the prison. I mean, there’s a prison warden. But Joseph does such a good job by proxy he’s in charge. Before too long there are two officials, the chief baker and the cupbearer to the king and their thrown into prison because they’ve angered the king in some sort of way. They have dreams. Joseph interprets the dreams. The dreams come true. One of them, the baker is executed, and the cupbearer is restored to his position where he promptly forgets all about Joseph. This is not fair. Two more years go by. That is not fair. And then Pharaoh has a couple of dreams that can’t be interpreted and that’s when the cupbearer remembers Joseph. And then Joseph is brought from…after years…years in the dungeon…is told to take a bath and shave and get looking nice because you’re going to see the king. And he does and Pharaoh says I hear you can interpret dreams. And Joseph says only God can do this. And we’ll have to wait until tomorrow to see if…like what other unfair thing needs to happen to Joseph. This guy has been dealt a bad hand. But at this point we should be able to look at storing and go, man how would I…how…I can’t even imagine this scenario but how would I react? At what point in this story would I begin to say this is not fair God, where are you? And then the story starts sounding familiar because we would all have that tipping point. What’s interesting is that that’s not the way that this story goes. That not Joseph’s reaction to any of this. Rather than being angry at God Joseph seems to be holding on for dear life to the only one who could do anything about it. And, so, as we move through our day and reflect back upon this story we can think about our own tipping points and times we’ve raised our fists and shaken them at the sky, saying where are you. And we will continue to move through and examine the story of Joseph tomorrow.
Prayer:
Father, we thank You for Your word and we thank You for another day of life and the opportunity to allow the Scriptures to seep into our minds and down into our hearts. And as we allow the story of Joseph to contrast with our lives and interact with our lives and the things that have made us bitter and things that have made us angry and the things we don’t think are fair and we look at the way that we’ve reacted in those situations, and then contrast that with the story of Joseph and the way that he reacted in those situations we are offered plenty to think about. And, so, we ask Your Holy Spirit to help us enter into this and pray as You continue to sanctify and transform us in the name of Jesus. Amen.
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Community Prayer and Praise:
Hi this is Simone. This is Simone calling in from Houston and just wanted to call in and pray for everyone listening. First year with you guys and I’m also double DABbing and I’m just so inspired. At first, I just wanted to pray. Father God on this morning I just wanted to lift you up. God, I ask that you would search my heart and anything that’s in it that’s not like You I ask for forgiveness for. Look God I just wanted to give you the honor and the glory and the praise for my life and for everyone listening. Lord in this year I’ve made a commitment to just walk with You and do and live and be better. And God I thank You right now that even on the things that I need to work in on my life that You walk alongside me Lord God, that You coach me and You teach me. Teach me how to be more like You. That is the desire of my heart and I pray for everyone listening that that's…that’s one of their desires as well. Lord God I just thank You for life and for grace and I thank You for how far I’ve come in my journey as someone that has struggled with depression, that…that fights depression and deals with suicidal ideations and thoughts. And I just thank You God that You are a healer. You are a Jehovah Rapha Jehovah Jireh. You are everything that we need. And I thank You that in this season we will all look to You for strength Lord God. We will lean on You for the help that we need. God help me to encourage and pray for and be there for others and we just thank You for life and strength. And I just want to bless Your holy name. It’s in Jesus power and wisdom and strength I pray this prayer. Amen.
Hello everybody this is Eddie from Las Vegas. I’m calling about a request that I just heard from Tammy. She’s fasting from Facebook. And Tammy I just want to tell you, you know, those struggles that you’ve been having, you know, it sounds like you’re going through a lot. And, you know, I praise God that you’re in remission, you know, and you’re having to take care of your husband and all these things that you’re dealing with, you know, the anxiety depression, all that kind of stuff. Sister you don’t have to walk through that alone anymore. I just want you to know that you are worthy of everything that God has for you, that He loves you and He’s with you and He’s for you. And He will never fail you. Everything that you’ve had to walk through in the past. When I heard that…that you were taking care of your husband all those years and everything, I…I thought to myself, my God, you know, she had to walk through all that without you Jesus and now that you are saved, He’s walking with you through it and He loves you. So, take courage sister and, you know, just remember that…that you are not alone. He loves you and He is your strength, He’s your song, He’s your victory. You know, you are no longer bound to anything that the devil might throw at you, you know. Those chains are broken. The darkness has to flee in their light of Jesus. It cannot stand, it will not stand in the presence of God. So, just take heart and hold on to that truth that Jesus is with you, and He will carry you through everything. You know, everything that you go through you won’t go through alone. So, praise God. Be encouraged sister. Love you.
Hey DAB family this is your sister Ashley from California and I wanted to come on here and pray for the sweet sister at the end of the January 14th post. My sweet sister who has recovered from cancer, but it is now on the journey of growing a family. My heart breaks for you and I want to encourage you as I admire your humility. You’re heeding the verse of wisdom as you’re asking for prayer and discernment. I am asking our loving advocate Jesus to grant you and your husband the wisdom, strength, and encouragement to follow the path of the Holy Spirit leads you to. I want to leave you with this scripture. Those who sow would tears will reap with songs of joy - Psalms 126 verse 5. I am praying for your joyful harvest. And family I just want to ask you for prayer too because I got COVID but God has graciously been helping me get better. And I just want to ask you family to please pray for my dad Doug as he is not…as he now has it and he has pre-existing medical conditions. Like, he had strokes and all that jazz. So please pray for that but I also I just want to thank God for the super natural Holy Ghost power he infused my mom Heather with to take care of the household of eight while my brother, sister, and myself had been sick. So, I am praying for everybody out there who has gotten COVID. It is different for everybody, but man alive it is not something to be trifled with. So, I am praying for our world out there and let’s just pray for them too. Alright DAB family. I love you and I’m glad to be on the up and up. Bye.
Daily Audio Bible family this is grandma and Nikki. I am in desperate need of prayers for healing. I have bronchitis and I’ve had it since New Year’s Eve and I also have COPD which is making this even more difficult. It makes it hard to breathe and hard to talk and I desperately need healing from Jesus. Please, please pray for me. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
This is Marissa in southern Ohio and this message is for Remorseful Sinner. I wanted to offer you a special kind of prayer that you can participate in if you’d like to. So, just feel free to repeat after me and anywhere where I say my boyfriend you can just insert your boyfriend’s name there. So, in the name of Jesus I renounce all authority I gave to my boyfriend and to the occult when I decided to get involved with witchcraft. I renounce any known or unknown covenant agreement or commitment that I made with him or anything dealing with the occult. I renounce every spoken incantation, spell, agreement or prayer that was stated. I take back all authority I lost as a result of these things. I break any curse that came on my finances that came as the result of paying for anything that had to do with the occult. In the name of Jesus, I renounce every sexual, spiritual or soul binding with my boyfriend which resulted from me sharing my body with him. I now take back all authority I gave to him. In the name of Jesus, I renounce fear that came into my life when all of this situation started happening. I take back all authority that I submitted to fear. In the name of Jesus, I renounce all bindings of hatred, bitterness, resentment, or anger that I have against him or myself for this specific situation. I take back all the authority I have submitted to hatred, bitterness, anger, and unforgiveness. Today I make a choice to forgive myself. From the depths of my heart, I forgive myself and I bless myself and I declare this issue is finished and my life from this day forward. And I really believe there is power in Jesus’ name. I mean we have to believe that. Why are we listening to the Bible if we don’t believe that? So, I encourage you and I just bless you in the name of Jesus.