Are the pressures of life getting the best of you?

Jacob's family numbered 70 people when they settled in the land of Goshen in Egypt. Though Jacob and his sons all died in Goshen, God blessed the children of Israel and caused them to grow and multiply in Egypt. Times were good until a pharaoh came to power who did not know of Joseph or Jacob, and feared the growing population of the Hebrews.

This week we finish Exodus 1 and read what happened when the Egyptians enslaved the children of Israel. We'll see how God continued to bless his people in the midst of their oppression and how he specifically blessed those individuals who feared him more than they feared pharaoh. And we'll learn how God still uses the pressures of life to draw us closer to him today.