15. Trust God’s timing and help
Last week we saw how Joseph cared about the people in prison. He saw that the baker and the butler were down and he cared enough to ask them why they were sad. If he never asked them, he would never have lived out his destiny. We then saw how crucial small caring moments in […]
14. Help others in need
Last week we saw that God left Joseph in prison for a couple of years before He released him for the calling that God had on his life. We saw that there were many reasons why Joseph had to stay in the prison for a while, reasons that he didn’t understand at the moment. But […]
13. We need to see the bigger picture
Last week we saw that despite Joseph doing the right thing by not adhering to Potiphar’s wife’s lustful requests, he was still thrown into prison. He didn’t get what he deserved. He must have been so despondent. He was simply doing the right thing, and then things started to go against him. But then we […]
12. Trust God despite the outcome
Last time we saw how Joseph did the honorable thing. He was in charge of Potiphar’s house and had great responsibilities. He was truly doing well for himself in a foreign land and God was blessings him. But unfortunately Potiphar’s wife also thought that Joseph was doing well and because he was a handsome young […]
114. Message for 2022
When I typed this heading the one thing that stood out for me was all the ‘2’s in this coming year. Three ‘2’s. This made me wonder what the number two could mean. I went to the Numbers Dictionary book that I have of Martin van der Merwe and searched the Biblical meaning of two. […]
113. Christmas 2021
This has once again been an extraordinary year, a strange year in so many ways. This year all of us have lost something, whether it is finances, our health, loved one, our freedom, holidays, time with our families, our right to practice sports or even our right to watch sports. We all lost something. This […]
11. Be ready to be tested
Last week we saw how God helped Joseph. He had no experience running a household, and he was still so very young. But despite all that, God placed him in Potiphar’s house and blessed everything he did. In fact Potiphar’s household was so blessed that the only thing that he had to worry about was […]
10. Be open to God’s leading
Last week we saw how Joseph’s brothers sold him to Ishmaelite slave traders and how they then continued with their scam by lying to their father about Joseph. They brought back his tunic, dipped in goat’s blood, insinuating that Joseph was killed by a wild animal. This broke their father and he mourned for a […]
9. Walk in the truth
Last week we saw how Joseph was sold to Ishmaelite traders by his brothers. Instead of killing him as they had originally planned, they sold him and they lived with this regret and condemnation of what they had done for more than two decades. In the end as they realized, their revenge on their brother […]
8. Make amends
Last week we saw how Joseph was caught by his brothers, how his tunic was taken and how he was thrown into a pit. He must have been so surprised and devastated by their actions, but it was too late. He was literally down in the pit, the lowest point. But yet we saw how […]
7. God is always there for you
Last week we saw how Joseph’s brothers wanted to kill him, but how Reuben, the eldest intervened and convinced them to rather throw him in a pit. Reuben’s plan was to rescue him later and take him back to his father, but his plan failed as we will see later on. So finally Joseph arrived […]
6. Stand up for what is right
Last week we saw how Joseph was searching for his brothers. They were supposed to be at Shechem, but instead they went to Dothan. Finally Joseph found them at Dothan. But he didn’t receive the welcome that he thought he would get. Even from afar they plotted against him to kill him: “Look, this dreamer […]
5. God’s protection in the lion’s den
Last time we saw how Joseph told his brothers about his dreams that they will bow before him. Joseph was still very young and immature as he bragged about his dreams to his brothers who already hated him. We learned that we must be emotionally intelligent and wise as to what to tell other people. […]
4. Use your God given emotional intelligence
As we saw last week Joseph wasn’t really popular with his brothers. He tells tales about them to his father and he is clearly more loved by their father than them. Jacob made that perfectly clear when he gave a unique multi colored tunic for Joseph and not for the rest of them. They hated […]
3. Treat all people the same
As we have learned last week, Joseph was born into a house filled with jealousy. His aunt was jealous of his mom due to his father’s devotion to her and his mom was jealous that her sister had six sons and a daughter and she had only Joseph. But love Joseph she did and his […]
2. God can bring good out of any situation
In order to understand the situation into which Joseph was born into, we need to have a look at his parents. His father was Jacob and his mother was Rachel. Jacob loved Rachel with all of his heart. The Bible tells us that he had to work seven years for her father Laban to get […]
1. There is only one way to go and that is UP
I am so excited to start with our new series on the life of Joseph. God placed Joseph specifically on my heart and I truly believe that it is because He wants to teach us many lessons, especially now as we have all experienced so much loss on different levels during the COVID-19 pandemic. Some […]
112. God’s perfect timing
I listened to a teaching by Joyce Meyer the other day and she spoke about the fact that we are never alone. God is always with us, in every circumstance and in all situations. He is our best friend and we can share anything with Him. He is always by our side and He will […]
111. Grow up
As I mentioned last week, God told me to go out every morning and to spend some time amongst the trees in our garden. At first I was skeptical, but it turned out to be the best time ever. I experienced God in such a profound way, simply by standing under the trees. Every morning […]
110. Lessons from trees
I am busy finishing off my book, The Tree of life. God has been unveiling many interesting things to me concerning the Tree of life and how we can apply many of these principles to our lives. It has been a fascinating study and I have learned so much from it. I will let you […]