Fri 1/26 · Job 1
Because at the beginning of this story, Job was a wealthy and successful man with a wonderful family, but he lost everything (Job 1), including his health (Job 2:7-8)! After…
Daily devotionals
Pastor Elmer Inafuku’s reflections on each day’s Bible reading.
2026 Bible reading plan
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Thu 1/25 · Gen 49 · Gen 50
1-2) Simeon and Levi were cursed in their prophecy: “Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce; and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will divide them in Jacob…
Wed 1/24 · Gen 47
1) 1st, Joseph sold the grain for the people’s money. 2nd, he traded the grain for the people’s livestock. 3rd, he traded grain for the people’s land. 4th, he gave…
Tue 1/23 · Gen 45
1) He said it wasn’t his brothers, but God who sent him to Egypt (v.5, 8). 2) A) Joseph’s family was saved, and also many other lives were saved (v.5,…
Mon 1/22 · Gen 44 · Gen 43
(2/2) One of the reasons Joseph became ruler over his brothers was to root out disunity and hatred from them and lead them into unity and agape love! Upon Judah’s…
Sun 1/21 · Gen 41 · Gen 42
1) A) Joseph really believed in his calling to be a ruler (40:8b). B) He stopped hating and began forgiving and loving (39:2). C) He ruled over the temptation of…
Sat 1/20 · Gen 39 · Gen 40
1) A king or ruler 2) At Potiphar’s house, Joseph was made overseer over everything Potiphar owned (v.4-6). He also ruled over sin, in the form of the temptation that…
Fri 1/19 · Gen 37 · Gen 38
1) Joseph brought a bad report of his brothers to Jacob (v.2), which shows he didn’t love them. 2) Joseph’s brothers sold him as a slave to Ishmaelites, and they…
Thu 1/18 · Gen 36 · Gen 35
(2/2) Although Jacob and Esau seemed to have reconciled in Gen 33, their descendants became enemies, so there probably was resentment among Esau’s descendants that Jacob had stolen the firstborn…
Wed 1/17 · Gen 33
When Jacob offered to give a gift of livestock to Esau, Esau declined it, saying he had enough (v.9). So God blessed both brothers abundantly in material wealth! Let’s pray…
Tue 1/16 · Gen 31
1) I think it was to prevent her father from worshiping them! She wanted her father to leave the idols and believe in the God of Abraham! 2) 10 times…
Mon 1/15 · Gen 29 · Gen 30
Jacob traveled to Rebekah’s brother, Laban’s place and worked 7 years for Rachel (v.18), but was deceived into going to bed with Leah instead (v.! Jacob tasted the bitterness of…
Sun 1/14 · Gen 27 · Gen 28
This chapter shows how Jacob received the firstborn blessing from Isaac. In v.5-17, we see it was Rebekah who plotted to trick Isaac into imparting the firstborn blessing to Jacob…
Sat 1/13 · Gen 25
1) By selling his birthright to Jacob in exchange for one meal (v.29-34). The church is called to be the church of the firstborn. We should highly esteem this calling…
Fri 1/12 · Gen 23
After Sarah died (v.2), Abraham bought Ephron’s land as a burial site for 400 shekels (v.14-20), even though Ephron offered it for free (v.10-11). This shows a model of respecting…
Thu 1/11 · Gen 22
1) Abraham took the wood and laid it on Isaac’s back to carry to the place of sacrifice (v.6). Jesus carried the wooden cross on his back to Calvary (John…
Wed 1/10 · Gen 19 · Gen 20
Two angels visit Lot in Sodom and find the Sodomites given over to a homosexual lifestyle (v.1-11), which will cause the angels to destroy the city (v.13). This is why…
Tue 1/9 · Gen 17 · Gen 18
In v.18, when he is 99 years old, Abraham can’t believe that he and Sarah would have a son (v.17) and cries out to God, “Oh, that Ishmael might live…
Mon 1/8 · Gen 15 · Gen 16
God promised to give Abraham the land of Canaan from the river of Egypt to the Euphrates River (v.18). Some believe the river of Egypt means the Nile. But that…
Sun 1/7 · Gen 13 · Gen 14
God promised Abraham in v.14-17 that he would give Abraham 2 blessings: The land of Canaan, and innumerable descendants, like the dust of the earth. According to Gal 3:13-14, Christ…