In Joseph’s first dream, eleven sheaves (similar to those above) belonging to his eleven brothers bow down to Joseph’s sheaf. (Genesis 37:5-8) That is not the immediate result Joseph had hoped for from a dream of God. Nevertheless, his prophetic destiny, confirmed by his two dreams ...
But an angel visited him in a dream, according to the Bible, and told him not to be afraid. Mary had conceived through the Holy Spirit and would bear a special child. That "huge aha moment" shaped the rest of Joseph's life, says Kleba, and still speaks to many Christians of the ...
That’s where Mary and Joseph, the parents for the Son of God, were likely born and raised. We mustn’t think anyone too weak, untrained, or undistinguished to fulfill God’s plans. An Unknowing Participant The Roman emperor Caesar Augustus—not a believer in God—unknowingly carried ...
For six years the idea of becoming a missionary in Africa had grown increasingly urgent in Lott’s heart. Finally, in 1821, the dream became a reality when he, his second wife, three children and two more co-workers withtheirfamilies set sail for Sierra Leone. They were the first black ...
2. I frequentlyhear God in dreams 3. He gives me direction topray against evil 4.His still small voicehelps me avoid bad situations Is God Speaking to You? 1.You Hear God:God can speak to you through various means such as hearing His voice audibly, receiving messages through a dream, ...
13 When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up,” he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.” 14 So he got up, took the child an...
Today’s Feast of the Epiphany celebrates the revelation of the Incarnation of God, as the child Jesus, to the gentile nations. TheGospel of Mathew(Mt 2: 1-12) speaks of distinguished foreigners Balthazar, Caspar, and Melchior, as they traveled to the home of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. Th...
22On the third day Laban was told that Jacob had fled.23So he took his kinsfolk with him and pursued him for seven days until he caught up with him in the hill country of Gilead.24But God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream by night, and said to him, “Take heed that you sa...
Joseph Interprets Pharaoh’s Dream,by James Tissot Pharaoh said to Joseph,“Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one so discerning and wise as you.You shall be in charge of my palace, and all my people are to submit to your orders. Only with respect to the throne...
Rev. Sterling Brown, Rev. Dr. G. Carlton (Carl) Moore Jr., & Rev. Joseph Yerger There are five questions which are addressed in this position paper: Is a person who identifies themselves by any sin, attributing to themselves a “sinful identity” (or claiming a particular sin as their ...