Joyce W.’s Journal
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2016
Apr 04
Genesis 35:11
And God said to him, "I am God Almighty; be fruitful and increase in number. A nation and a community of nations will come from you, and kings will be among your descendants.
Joyce W. from Stonewall, LA said:
How wonderful God is...Jacob was a Godly man...he did what God told him and God found favor in him...and that's what we should do today and everyday...be someone who does what God tells us...
2016
Apr 03
Genesis 34:5
When Jacob heard that his daughter Dinah had been defiled, his sons were in the fields with his livestock; so he did nothing about it until they came home.
Joyce W. from Stonewall, LA said:
I just wondered what Jacob had thought about doing before his sons were told what had happened when they came in from the fields...hmmm....probably do anything to keep peace because he was upset about what his sons had done...still the man should've been punished to rape a woman...just saying.
2016
Apr 02
Genesis 33:4
But Esau ran to meet Jacob and embraced him; he threw his arms around his neck and kissed him. And they wept.
Joyce W. from Stonewall, LA said:
I have a sister who's estranged from me, her son's, her grandchildren, and our family by her own doing and I pray that we are able to do this one day...Lord, I pray for peace between my sister and the rest of us, Father...I lift my sister up to You, Lord...she has wandered away but I pray that she returns to You and her family...AMEN!
2016
Apr 01
Genesis 32:28
Then the man said, "Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome."
Joyce W. from Stonewall, LA said:
Oh the struggles we have with God and humans...the trials that we encounter today are as real as the ones that God's prophets years ago...God hasn't changed...He's still the same God yesterday, today and tomorrow...He allows us to have struggles because He is there to get us through them...when we have God in our lives and give Him the reins to lead, He will get us through the toughest trials...when others see God in our lives, they can see His strength in our weaknesses...hallelujah! Thank You, Lord God for Your Presence in my life...AMEN!
2016
Mar 31
Genesis 31:7
yet your father has cheated me by changing my wages ten times. However, God has not allowed him to harm me.
Joyce W. from Stonewall, LA said:
In spite of the hardships that Jacob went through, God was still with him...praise God! Laban treated him bad at every chance he could but God was with Jacob and protected him...hallelujah! I serve a living and caring God! AMEN!
2016
Mar 28
Genesis 28:15
I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you."
Joyce W. from Stonewall, LA said:
WOW! It's so amazing that the Lord always keeps His promises then and He still keeps them now because God doesn't change...HALLELUJAH! As with Jacob, the Lord is with me and He watches over me....and You! Thank You, Lord! I adore You! AMEN!
2016
Mar 25
Genesis 25:22
The babies jostled each other within her, and she said, "Why is this happening to me?" So she went to inquire of the Lord.
Joyce W. from Stonewall, LA said:
Never having twins but the mother of five, I can relate to how Rebekah felt...sometimes, I felt like they were doing gymnastics inside of me...but I called the doctor and that's what Rebekah did...she called to the Great Physician...praise God!
2016
Mar 24
Genesis 24:50
Laban and Bethuel answered, "This is from the Lord; we can say nothing to you one way or the other.
Joyce W. from Stonewall, LA said:
They believed that if it was from the Lord that it had to be right...I think that's how I should be when things happen, whether good or bad, it's from the Lord and it has to be right...let me add here...the more I read God's Word, the better my relationship becomes and the more He allows me to understand with this knowledge...and the more guidance I can use in my life...ain't God GOOD? EVERYDAY...
2016
Mar 23
Genesis 23:15
"Listen to me, my lord; the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver, but what is that between you and me? Bury your dead."
Joyce W. from Stonewall, LA said:
Enphron thought so much of Abraham that he wanted to give him a place to bury Sarah not sell it to him...a very strong friendship indeed!
2016
Mar 22
Genesis 22:8
Abraham answered, "God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son." And the two of them went on together.
On Numbers 2:34 by Ken J.
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