Category Archives: Genesis

I Need You More

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Jody Neufeld

The Lord said to Abram: Leave your country, your family, and your relatives and go to the land that I will show you.”          Genesis 12:1 (CEV) Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness … Continue reading →

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See the Good?

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Jody Neufeld

So the Lord God banished them from the Garden of Eden, and he sent Adam out to cultivate the ground from which he had been made. After sending them out, the Lord God stationed mighty cherubim to the east of … Continue reading →

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Obedience + Love = Worship

Posted on August 31, 2012 by Jody Neufeld

So the creation of the heavens and the earth and everything in them was completed. On the seventh day God had finished his work of creation, so he rested from all his work. And God blessed the seventh day and … Continue reading →

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Who Are His Chosen?

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Jody Neufeld

Jody note 2/28/12: God has been speaking to me about His promises, His covenant. I am meditating today on something He said to me four years ago. He continues to build our relationship. [reprinted from June 12, 2008] [God said,] … Continue reading →

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Ash Wednesday

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Jody Neufeld

And He said to Adam, “Because you listened to your wife’s voice and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘Do not eat from it’: The ground is cursed because of you. You will eat from it by … Continue reading →

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Hope: Has Arrived!

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Jody Neufeld

[reprinted from January 26, 2010] — Henry Neufeld And God saw everything he had made, and it was very good! There was evening, there was morning, a sixth day. — Genesis 1:31 (HN) Sometimes when things are going bad, as … Continue reading →

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Plan A

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Jody Neufeld

So the Lord God banished them from the Garden of Eden, and he sent Adam out to cultivate the ground from which he had been made. After sending them out, the Lord God stationed mighty cherubim to the east of … Continue reading →

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Am I Capable of Murder?

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Jody Neufeld

When it was time for the harvest, Cain presented some of his crops as a gift to the Lord. Abel also brought a gift—the best of the firstborn lambs from his flock. The Lord accepted Abel and his gift, but … Continue reading →

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God’s Miracles: Transformation

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Jody Neufeld

This week’s lectionary texts were not a group that had me marking my Bible so I would remember them. It occurs to me that they may just not be speaking to me in this season of my life. However, they … Continue reading →

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If You Have Ears to Hear

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Jody Neufeld

– Henry Neufeld The cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison, each had a dream. Both had a dream on the same night, and each dream had its own meaning. When Joseph … Continue reading →

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