Radically Happy

Category: Devotional

  • Exodus 7:7-7:24 Whys, as a Serpent

    God’s instruction… miraculous signs… necessary, not sufficient… manifestly inferior… choices and consequences… serpentine reminder… believe in the works… isn’t impressed… manufacture signs…

  • Exodus 6:6-7:6 Name, Calling

    more oppression… reciting His name… see Him… redemption… taken… had no God… brackets… Accentism… bumpkin… Yahweh in charge… genealogy… just guys… translator… won’t work… pulled it off…

  • Exodus 5:1-6:9 Straw Man Arguments

    Who is the LORD? … denies… accusing… gambit… larger stakes… Hopper… more work… penalties… taunts… rebound on messengers… God answers… strong hand.. I will… deaf ears… stunting… bondage…

  • Exodus 4:1-4:31 Staff Support

    objected… rod… serpent… unleashed… object lesson… leprosy… inadequacy… whining… terrifying Hope… crutch… gone native… mountain of God… reunion… worship… God saw… aggravating visit…

  • Exodus 3:1-3:22 AM-bushed

    backside of nowhere… theatrics… Moses, Moses… boundaries… guilty… excruciating… seen, heard, knows… deliverance… who? where? to do what??… incongruity… who is this… I AM… God is. Yow!

  • Exodus 2:11-2:25 Stranger in a Strange Land

    Hebrew brethren… being beaten… take action… furtive… worst fears… fled… meet women… make peace… tries to forget… hope proved false… cry unto God… manifest His concern… strengthens relationship…

  • Exodus 1:1-2:10 Midwife Crisis

    arrived… prosper… new king… despised… Oppression… emasculation/genocide… midwives immortalized… fear God… chutzpah… rewarding… cast into the river… plan… compassion… Moses…

  • Genesis 49:29-50:26 Mummy Daddy

    charged… yielded… wept… embalm… even the Egyptians mourned… final command… trick… forgiveness… processed grief… peace… reconciliation… promise… exodus?… mummy…

  • Genesis 49:1-49:28 Blessings by the Dozen

    prophecy… excellence… anger… leadership… haven… strong… judge… overcome… prosperous… free and lovely… fruitfulness amidst adversity… aggressive… according to the blessing they already had…

  • Genesis 47:28-48:22 Sons of the Father’s

    good age… nothing lasts forever… pass on the blessing… generation-skipping… privilege… breaks convention… straighten out… better than his father… final encouragement… personal… worthy

  • Genesis 46:28-47:27 Jacob and the Fat Land

    Judah leader… drawing near… wept… plan… loathsome heritage?… father… unscripted… great age… dismissive… blessing benefactor… works as intended… trading commodities… demographic rearrangement… piece of the action…

  • Genesis 45:9-46:27 Israel’s Express Way

    reconciled brothers… reunited father… demonstration of affection… uproar… thrilled… all-inclusive… favoritism… counterpoint… jocular… shock… too good… rallies… vision… rose up… happy ending…

  • Genesis 44:1-45:8 Judah’s Redemption

    sets up… twist… sham divination… indignant… enslaved… test… respond nobly… Joseph plays… Judah submits… invoke empathy… suspense… freak out… still unsure… reassurance… God’s goodness…

  • Genesis 43:1-43:34 Ben Again

    ominous note… God’s mercy… unpleasant truth… bribe… release… freaked out… saving their asses… suitable honor… deep passion… drunk on fortune… happy ending… greater trial… ultimately redemption…

  • Genesis 42:1-42:38 Corn of the Children

    staring blankly… cautious… brothers… dream come true… bowing… a plan… accusation… manipulation… hollow pleasure… tricks… harder to take… mad tale… bad horror movie… idolized… taken away… story of his father…

  • Genesis 41:1-41:57 From Pauper to Prince

    two full years… Pharaoh dream… butler remember… God’s timing… fulfill dreams… humble and confident… attributes to God… impress Pharaoh… level of detail… gets the job… fruitful… contented… saves the world…

  • Genesis 40:1-40:23 Dreams of Wine and Gallows

    wroth… two officers… minister well… free to respond… confidence and humility… obvious if wrong… prior experience… kept dreams alive… longed for freedom… not happy endings… ungrateful fool… God with him…

  • Genesis 39:1-39:23 Fare Well, Two Harms

    down to Egypt… Yahweh with Joseph… parallels Jacob… reparent… marketplace transformation… prosper in blessing others… sexual restraint… nurturing bond… dreams… wrath… grossly unfair… Lord with… be a man

  • Genesis 38:1-38:30 Pretty (Clever) Woman

    Judah’s conscience… not wise… wife… fertility… wicked… custom… blame Tamar… forked tongue… mistress of disguise… shrewd bargainer… mortgaged family honor… more righteous… redeemed…

  • Genesis 37:1-37:36 Pit Stop

    generations… Joseph… snitch… not family harmony… sins of his father… love more… hated… dream God gave… murder… pit… sympathy and greed… works too well… kills the thing he loves… not dead yet…