Summary: There's something profoundly moving about a father's final words to his children. When Jacob gathered his twelve sons around his deathbed in Egypt, he didn't simply say goodbye. He spoke prophetically over each one, revealing their character, their destiny, and the future of the nation that would spring from their lineage.

This moment, recorded in Genesis 49, is far more than an ancient family gathering. It's a window into God's sovereign plan—a plan that stretches from paradise lost to paradise restored, from the garden of Eden to the coming Messiah.

Summary: There's something profoundly beautiful about visiting someone who is sick or struggling. You arrive thinking you're the one bringing comfort, only to discover that you're the one who leaves transformed. This divine paradox appears throughout Scripture, and nowhere is it more evident than in the story of Jacob's final days in Genesis 48.

Summary: Jacob's story is one of transformation. The deceiver became Israel, the prince with God. The schemer became the blesser. His final years in Egypt were marked by faith, maturity, and anticipation of God's promises. Your best chapter is yet to come. God is still working, still refining, still conforming you to the image of His Son. Be confident of this: He who began a good work in you will complete it (Philippians 1:6). So go into the world as Jacob went into Pharaoh's court. Speak blessing over the powerful and the powerless alike. Place God's name upon everyone you meet. And watch as He transforms both them and you in the process. You are a stranger and pilgrim here—but you carry the authority of heaven. Use it to bless.

Summary: Life often brings us to crossroads where the path forward seems uncertain. We stand at the border between what we know and what lies ahead, torn between the pull of our hearts and the wisdom of waiting. In these moments, we need more than good intentions—we need divine direction. Jacob (Israel) will be given Divine direction in our passage today as he takes the whole family down to Egypt; and along the way the Lord will give us insights on how to seek His Divine direction when we are making our life decisions.

Summary: In our passage Joseph reveals himself to his brothers who had sold him into slavery some 22-year prior. They are shocked, and of course fearful for their sin has found them out, and they stand before Joseph who has the power to punish them to death if he so choses. But Joseph will say to them, don't be grieved. Don't be troubled. In essence he is saying, I forgive you, I love you, I don't hold anything against you; so be free in these words that I give you so that we can have a relationship, be a family again, and be one. In this study we will see what a man/woman, who walks with God, does. This is who a man/woman... who sees themselves in light of who God is….. and what and how they respond…… they respond like God.

Summary: Our passage culminates with the brothers of Joseph have come to the end of their end, and all they have left is to cry out for mercy. Mercy…. ever want it? When you do want it, it will cry from the depth of your heart to receive it, nothing else in life will seem to matter at that moment. Mercy….. ever receive it? When you do receive it, it will be as a kiss of God, for mercy is the heart of God. Mercy…. ever give it? When you do, it will be the very heart of God to the brokenhearted. 

Summary: The Lord continues to break and remake these 10 brothers into the men of God they need to be, as they will be the foundation of the great Nation Israel. God is forging them, and fashioning them, so He may do something great with them and in them. God does the same today, for every one of us, and it is a high calling, but worth it all…… so that God may be glorified! Join us as we study a passage that is not just about the sons of Jacob, but each and every one of us.

Summary: For the people, it has been 7 years of plenty, hey let the good times roll, never knowing a famine was coming.  How long into the famine before they realized this is serious.  And little did they know, but it was 20 years prior that God had been preparing for this famine, and raising up Joseph to lead them through it.  I wonder what God is doing today in my life, in your life, that is preparing for something 20 years down the road.  What a chapter of comfort and confidence in our God whose hand is always upon us, working all things together for good!

Summary: After 13 years of slavery and imprisonment, Joseph will not only be free, but be made second in command of all or Egypt. Joseph was seventeen years old when he was lifted from the pit and taken to Egypt. Now he’s thirty and he’s reached the palace. In between were thirteen long, troubling years. There were many paths God could’ve used to get Joseph from the pit to the palace, but destination was not the point. By doing it His way, God not only made a way, He made a man. Join us as we are encouraged and strengthened as God does the same in our lives.

Summary: Joseph is in imprisoned, even though he did what was right. Choosing to do what is right doesn’t mean that everything will initially turn out wonderful.  We choose a do what is right because God is holy, and these are the standard that He sets for the people that He sets apart.  We have been bought with a price; living with that mindset, sets us apart from the world, and sets us above the world into the eternal perspective.  Choose to do what is right and ultimately everything turns out for His glory, because you’ve honored the Lord and any time the Lord is honored in and through you, you know He is pleased.