Scripture:        Exodus, chapters 12-13; Psalm 21; Acts, chapter 1 Exodus 12:24-27 (NLT): “Remember, these instructions are a permanent law that you and your descendants must observe forever. When you enter the land the Lord has promised to give you, you will continue to observe this ceremony. Then your children will ask, ‘What does this ceremony mean?’ And you will reply, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the Lord, for he passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt. And... Read more

Scripture:        Exodus, chapters 9-11; Luke, chapter 24 Exodus 9:13-26 (NLT): Then the Lord said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh. Tell him, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: Let my people go, so they can worship me.  If you don’t, I will send more plagues on you and your officials and your people. Then you will know that there is no one like me in all the earth. By... Read more

Scripture:        Exodus, chapters 6-8; Luke, chapter 23 Exodus 8:16-19 (NLT): So the Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Raise your staff and strike the ground. The dust will turn into swarms of gnats throughout the land of Egypt.’” So Moses and Aaron did just as the Lord had commanded them. When Aaron raised his hand and struck the ground with his staff, gnats infested the entire land, covering the Egyptians and their animals. All the dust in the land of... Read more

Scripture:        Genesis, chapters 47-48; Psalm 10; Luke, chapter 19 Genesis 48:12-20 (NLT): Joseph moved the boys, who were at their grandfather’s knees, and he bowed with his face to the ground. Then he positioned the boys in front of Jacob. With his right hand he directed Ephraim toward Jacob’s left hand, and with his left hand he put Manasseh at Jacob’s right hand. But Jacob crossed his arms as he reached out to lay his hands on the boys’ heads.... Read more

Scripture:        Genesis, chapters 44-46; Luke, chapter 18 Genesis 46:1-7 (NLT): So Jacob set out for Egypt with all his possessions. And when he came to Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father, Isaac. During the night God spoke to him in a vision.  “Jacob! Jacob!” he called.  “Here I am,” Jacob replied. “I am God, the God of your father,” the voice said. “Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I will make... Read more

Scripture:        Genesis, chapters 42-43; Psalm 5; Luke, chapter 17 Genesis 42:25-28 (NLT): Joseph then ordered his servants to fill the men’s sacks with grain, but he also gave secret instructions to return each brother’s payment at the top of his sack. He also gave them supplies for their journey home. So the brothers loaded their donkeys with the grain and headed for home. But when they stopped for the night and one of them opened his sack to get grain... Read more

Scripture:        Genesis, chapters 27-28; Psalm 4; Luke, chapter 11 Genesis 28:10-22 (NLT): Jacob’s Vision Meanwhile, Jacob left Beersheba and traveled toward Haran. At sundown he arrived at a good place to set up camp and stopped there for the night. Jacob found a stone to rest his head against and lay down to sleep. As he slept, he dreamed of a stairway that reached from the earth up to heaven. And he saw the angels of God going up and... Read more

Scripture:        Genesis, chapters 25-26; Psalm 6; Luke, chapter 10 Luke 10:16-20 (NLT): Then he said to the disciples, “Anyone who accepts your message is also accepting me. And anyone who rejects you is rejecting me. And anyone who rejects me is rejecting God, who sent me.” When the seventy-two disciples returned, they joyfully reported to him, “Lord, even the demons obey us when we use your name!” “Yes,” he told them, “I saw Satan fall from heaven like lightning! Look,... Read more

Scripture:        Genesis, chapters 12-14; Luke, chapter 5 Luke 5:27-31 (NLT): Later, as Jesus left the town, he saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at his tax collector’s booth. “Follow me and be my disciple,” Jesus said to him. So Levi got up, left everything, and followed him. Later, Levi held a banquet in his home with Jesus as the guest of honor. Many of Levi’s fellow tax collectors and other guests also ate with them. But the Pharisees and... Read more

Scripture:        Genesis, chapters 9-11; Luke, chapter 4 Luke 4:1-13 (NLT): Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan River. He was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, where he was tempted by the devil for forty days. Jesus ate nothing all that time and became very hungry.  Then the devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become a loaf of bread.”  But Jesus told him, “No! The Scriptures... Read more