Category: Agency

  • ABF 20.8 LN

    ABF 20.8 LN

     •GOOD MORNING •Why do you pray? •This month (and next) is devoted to that topic … prayer … so we should know how to answer that question and it should be backed by the truth of God’s Word. •Proper doctrine (instruction) is important as we seek to understand our faith and devote ourselves to this…

  • ABF 20.2 LN

    ABF 20.2 LN

    John 3:16​ Devotion and affection must be closely tied in our relationship with God​ Take up the relationship you have with God and take it seriously​ Our story of how we met Jesus did not start when we became aware of him, or decided to have faith or be baptized, He has always been there​…

  • ABF 20.2 / McGARY

    ABF 20.2 / McGARY

  • ABF 19.44 / KUNKEL

    ABF 19.44 / KUNKEL

  • ABF 19.44 LN

    ABF 19.44 LN

    Joseph was a means to accomplishing God’s greater goal​ He didn’t “cash in” on God’s good graces and understood there was a purpose beyond him and his fate​ We don’t like to wait for anything in our society​ Whether it’s a line or ads, or something more like the right spouse or for God to…

  • ABF 19.43 / KUNKEL

    ABF 19.43 / KUNKEL

  • ABF 19.43 LN

    ABF 19.43 LN

    Joseph was vigilantly committed to a bigger role that God had in mind​ He also was committed to a forgiveness and reconciliation which was from God and not of this world​ Chapters Genesis 42-44 gives our context for today​ In Joseph’s reunion with his brothers, his identity is kept secret and he looks nothing like the boy they…

  • ABF 19.42 / KUNKEL

    ABF 19.42 / KUNKEL

  • ABF 19.42 LN

    ABF 19.42 LN

    Joseph’s story was never meant to be about Joseph—but a small part of a greater narrative​ Hebrews 11​ Joseph didn’t “cash in” on God’s blessing when he got to the palace, but continued to serve God​ We get to observe Joseph’s trajectory as a man, but we also get some glimpses of some detail. His ability to…

  • ABF 19.41 LN

    ABF 19.41 LN

    This month is taking a look at Joseph and his part in God’s greater thread of narrative We tend to remember narratives with broad strokes, and this leaves plenty of room to even misremember details “Be faithful and God will bless you” is a common moral we take from Joseph’s story. But reading afresh, we…