June 11 - 1 Samuel 23:1-14 Dear Father, we come before You in praise and with thanksgiving for You give us our, ‘But God’ moments. You orchestrate our lives for Your glory. May we in our quiet time recognize You for who You are: our Lord God, the God of Israel. First, do your own quiet time and 4R journaling.  When you are completed, come back here for the lesson.   Request God's help Read 1 Samuel 23:1-14 Record a verse that stands out to you Respond to God But God did not give him into his hand How many times has God refused to give us into the hand of our enemies?  I think if we knew the answer we’d be utterly speechless.  But […] Read more »

June 10 - Exodus 13 Dear Father, we come before You in praise and with thanksgiving for You give us our, ‘But God’ moments. You orchestrate our lives for Your glory. May we in our quiet time recognize You for who You are: our Lord God, the God of Israel. First, do your own quiet time and 4R journaling.  When you are completed, come back here for the lesson.   Request God's help Read  Exodus 13 Record a verse that stands out to you Respond to God But God leads When we go where God leads, we are going on faith and submission.  And He WILL equip us with what we need for any battle or difficulty we face. Our travels may look an odd […] Read more »

June 9 - Genesis 50 Dear Father, we come before You in praise and with thanksgiving for You give us our, ‘But God’ moments. You orchestrate our lives for Your glory. May we in our quiet time recognize You for who You are: our Lord God, the God of Israel. First, do your own quiet time and 4R journaling.  When you are completed, come back here for the lesson.   Request God's help Read Genesis 50 Record a verse that stands out to you Respond to God But God keeps His promises Remember way back in Joseph’s early life, his brothers were extremely jealous and ultimately Joseph was sold into slavery by them?  That is a hugely simple overview, for a more in depth view, […] Read more »

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June 8 - Genesis 48 Dear Father, we come before You in praise and with thanksgiving for You give us our, ‘But God’ moments. You orchestrate our lives for Your glory. May we in our quiet time recognize You for who You are: our Lord God, the God of Israel. First, do your own quiet time and 4R journaling.  When you are completed, come back here for the lesson.   Request God's help Read Genesis 48 Record a verse that stands out to you Respond to God But God is with you I have yet to experience a well-seasoned familial Jesus follower’s dying, so I don’t fully understand what that is like.  Such as with this experience of Joseph losing his father, a father who […] Read more »

June 7- Genesis 45 Dear Father, we come before You in praise and with thanksgiving for You give us our, ‘But God’ moments. You orchestrate our lives for Your glory. May we in our quiet time recognize You for who You are: our Lord God, the God of Israel. First, do your own quiet time and 4R journaling.  When you are completed, come back here for the lesson.   Request God's help Read Genesis 45 Record a verse that stands out to you Respond to God But God sent me I think it is safe to say that most of us here know the story of Joseph pretty well.  Sometimes with stories we know well or have heard since we were little, it’s hard to […] Read more »

June 6- Genesis 31:17-55 Dear Father, we come before You in praise and with thanksgiving for You give us our, ‘But God’ moments. You orchestrate our lives for Your glory. May we in our quiet time recognize You for who You are: our Lord God, the God of Israel. First, do your own quiet time and 4R journaling.  When you are completed, come back here for the lesson.   Request God's help Read Genesis 31:17-55 Record a verse that stands out to you Respond to God But God came in a dream We are continuing on with Jacob, but focusing in on Laban. This is an interesting incident of ‘But God” because here it is not directly pointed to Jacob, it is directed at his […] Read more »

June 5 - Genesis 31:1-16 Dear Father, we come before You in praise and with thanksgiving for You give us our, ‘But God’ moments. You orchestrate our lives for Your glory. May we in our quiet time recognize You for who You are: our Lord God, the God of Israel. First, do your own quiet time and 4R journaling.  When you are completed, come back here for the lesson.       Request God's help Read Genesis 31:1-16 Record a verse that stands out to you Respond to God But God did not permit harm What’s been happening here with Jacob and Laban?  Let’s lay out some quick facts of what was stacked up against Jacob. (Not an exhaustive list). Laban had Jacob work 7 […] Read more »

June 4- Genesis 20 Dear Father, we come before You in praise and with thanksgiving for You give us our, ‘But God’ moments. You orchestrate our lives for Your glory. May we in our quiet time recognize You for who You are: our Lord God, the God of Israel. First, do your own quiet time and 4R journaling.  When you are completed, come back here for the lesson.   Request God's help Read Genesis 20 Record a verse that stands out to you Respond to God But God came in a dream and said… At first read, this ‘but God’ moment applies to Abraham and Sarah. And while, yes, it does, for this lesson we are going to focus on Abimelech, because it really is […] Read more »

June 3 - Genesis 7:17-8:1; 8:20-9:1 Dear Father, we come before You in praise and with thanksgiving for You give us our, ‘But God’ moments. You orchestrate our lives for Your glory. May we in our quiet time recognize You for who You are: our Lord God, the God of Israel. First, do your own quiet time and 4R journaling.  When you are completed, come back here for the lesson.   Request God's help Read Genesis 7:17-8:1; 8:20-9:1 Record a verse that stands out to you Respond to God But God remembers What came before the “But God”?  God was angry and wished He never created humans, so angry that He blotted them out in the flood.  Not only did it wipe out humanity, but […] Read more »