— by Victor Fawole To the Church in Gospel of Grace Outreach, I say welcome back to our “No Bible, No Breakfast” spiritual exercise. Over the past few months, we have fed our souls and gleaned wisdom as we went through the book of Genesis. We see God showing Himself as sovereign in the affairs...
— by Victor Fawole How often do we succumb to the defeat of guilt whenever we are confronted with our sin! The Yorubas have a saying that “Iyan ogun odun a maa jo’ni l’owo felifeli…” That is, the evil that men do, live after them… Welcome to Genesis 42, a chapter of the reunion of...
— by Victor Fawole From pit to pinnacle… From prison to palace… From poverty to prosperity… From slavery to supremacy… Welcome to one of the most encouraging and memorable chapters in the Bible. For 13 long years, Joseph had suffered as a slave and as a prisoner. In all of these, God was building him...
— by Victor Fawole Joseph had hit rock bottom. He had seen firsthand betrayal and bullying. This chapter is dedicated to his prison experiences. God prospered him everywhere he went, even in the prison. In this review, we shall consider four leadership qualities of Joseph. 1. JOSEPH THE SERVANT LEADER Gen. 40:1-4 And it came...
— by Victor Fawole Welcome to one of the most frequently read chapters of Joseph’s life – the go-to chapter for young men in our battle against sexual temptations. If you’ve ever faced workplace sexual harassment, this chapter contains arguably the oldest record of such, and there are lessons we can learn from it. But...
— by Victor Fawole The flow of the accounts of Joseph’s life began in Gen. 37 and one would expect that it continues in Gen. 38. However, today’s reading takes the camera off Joseph and directs the focus on Judah. Yesterday, we read about Judah’s first major action in the Bible — he proposed the...
— by Victor Fawole Welcome back to our “No Bible, No Breakfast” spiritual exercise. Last time out, we did an overview of Esau’s life and the nation that came through him. Today, we are resuming back to Jacob and his family, as we read Genesis chapter 37. We continue with another “lugubrious” episode of the...
— by Victor Fawole It’s been a scintillating ride into the life of Jacob and his family. However, this chapter tells a lot about Esau and his descendants. Esau was a man who compromised God’s standards for the world’s standards, always loving instant gratification and worldly pleasures. He grew up with low regard for the...
— by Victor Fawole After his “japa” from home, Jacob spent 20 years with Laban, left there only to settle in Shechem for another 10 years. Those 30 years culminated with the sexual assault of his daughter Dinah, and his son’s resulting vengeful acts of mass murder, theft, and kidnapping. Gen. 34:30 And Jacob said...
— by Victor Fawole I welcome everyone to the reading and review of Genesis 34, our focus for today’s Bible reading. What a chapter! The deception of violence and its accompanying force were employed by different people in this chapter. However, there are lessons we can pick from this chapter, and we cannot afford to...
