Tag - Benjamin

Who are YOU Raising up?

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: 1 Chronicles 8:40 The sons of Ulam were brave warriors who could handle the bow. They had many sons and grandsons—150 in all. O-bservation: This chapter lists the genealogy of the Old Testament patriarch Jacob and his wife Rachel’s youngest son Benjamin. It ends with the offspring of the last major tribal leader Ulam. It says Ulam had raised up 150 male offspring, including sons and grandsons. They were brave warriors who could handle the bow. It begs the question, “Who Are You Raising Up?” A-pplication: This story of Ulam’s descendants happens, it is believed, sometime...

Read more...

Finally Sorry

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: Genesis 44:34 “How can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? No! Do not let me see the misery that would come on my father.” O-bservation: Approximately 22 years earlier, Judah had talked his brothers into selling Joseph as a slave to traders heading to Egypt. All of this was driven by the hatred they had for their little brother. But when they had seen the devastation of emotion brought upon their father as a result of their hatred, their hearts softened. Now this Egyptian ruler demand they...

Read more...