How are you doing with Genesis? We’re almost done!<\/p>\n
Week 45: Read Genesis 45 and write down your thoughts about these prompts in your journal:<\/p>\n
What explanation did Joseph give his brothers for his unexpected mercy and forgiveness?<\/p>\n
How does this scene prefigure the role Christ took on for all of us?<\/p>\n
How has your response been similar to that of the brothers? How has it been different?<\/p>\n
Week 46: Read Genesis 46 and answer some or all of these questions in your journal.<\/p>\n
What promise did Joseph make to his family when they moved to Egypt?<\/p>\n
From your knowledge of what comes next in the Bible, how did this all work out?<\/p>\n
Consider a time when God led you and\/or your loved ones forward into the unknown, and then things seemed to go wrong. \u00a0What happened? \u00a0Why, do you think? \u00a0Where was God in all of that?<\/p>\n
Week 47: Read Genesis 47 and consider some or all of these prompts in your journal:<\/p>\n
Summarize the events of this chapter.<\/p>\n
In some circles, the “Land of Goshen” is a favorite saying. \u00a0What do you think is meant by that?<\/p>\n
What\/where is your personal “Land of Goshen”? How so, and why?<\/p>\n
Week 48: Read chapter 48 in Genesis. Answer some or all of the following questions in your journal.<\/p>\n
What other stories from the family’s past does this story remind you of?<\/p>\n
Why do you think Jacob\/Israel did this?<\/p>\n
How does this story relate to Jesus’ pronouncement that “the first shall be last and the last first”?<\/p>\n
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How are you doing with Genesis? We’re almost done! Week 45: Read Genesis 45 and write down your thoughts about these prompts in your journal: What explanation did Joseph give his brothers for his unexpected mercy and forgiveness? How does this scene prefigure the role Christ took on for all of us? How has your … Continue reading Faithful Journaling: Genesis 45-48<\/span>