Posts with the category “the-beginning-devotionals”

READ GENESIS 3:9-11 I used to navigate life wearing a mask, presenting a façade of strength and composure. “I’m fine, I’m good, life is great.…” These were the rehearsed lines I delivered in conversat...  Read More

READ GENESIS 3:7-8I remember being asked a simple, yet profound, question years ago while playing disc golf with one of our student leaders: “What is the hardest part about marriage?” My brain quickly...  Read More

READ GENESIS 3:6In Genesis 3:6, we read the account of original sin and the fall of mankind. Eve was tempted by the crafty serpent in the Garden of Eden, and she disobeyed God’s command to not eat of ...  Read More

READ GENESIS 3:4-5 Satan is a liar.  Don’t ever forget that truth!  Genesis 3:1 describes him as “more cunning than any animal of the field which the Lord God had made.”  Then, in Gen 3:4-5, the very ...  Read More

READ GENESIS 3:2-3I am the proud father of two little girls - one six-year-old, and one three-year-old. Naturally, now that I’m a parent, so many passages of scripture have taken on a whole new meanin...  Read More

READ GENESIS 3:1 This scene opens with the woman, full of innocence, living her best life in paradise. I imagine the garden suddenly growing silent as ominous music begins to play, signaling the serpe...  Read More

READ GENESIS 2:22-25Genesis 2:22-25 illustrates the first wedding between man and woman, blessed by God, and it serves as a perfect example of our relationship with Christ.We see the first woman made ...  Read More

READ GENESIS 2:21I often forget that I’m reading Bible stories from the comfort of the "cheap seats." I know how these stories end, but the people living them did not. As a result, it’s easy for me to...  Read More

READ GENESIS 2:18-20 It is not good for man to be alone. God Himself is never alone; as a triune being, Elohim is in constant community with Himself. Relationship is in His very nature. Yet, even thou...  Read More

READ GENESIS 2:15-17 These verses offer us a profound glimpse into God’s heart in creation. He placed Adam in the Garden of Eden, entrusting him with the responsibility to cultivate and care for it. T...  Read More

READ GENESIS 2:10-14I love a good map. In these verses, we get a description of the rivers and lands surrounding and flowing through the Garden. Unfortunately, we do not know anything about two of the...  Read More

READ GENESIS 2:8-9Milton, my oldest son, is majoring in French Horn Performance at the University of Alabama. His dream is to play in a symphony orchestra one day. Why go to Alabama to study French Ho...  Read More

READ GENESIS 2:7Does God have hands to form mud, or lungs to breathe life? As a young child, I used to think in these literal terms. However, Genesis 2:7 intends to communicate something infinitely mo...  Read More

READ GENESIS 2:4-6 One of my favorite movie tropes is the flashback scene.  They give you a scene showing what happened, but then go back and show you the same scene from a different perspective.  You...  Read More

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GENESIS 2:1-3At the beginning of Chapter 2, we witness the conclusion of God’s creation: “the heavens and the earth were completed.” After six days of intentional work--from the creation of light...  Read More

READ GENESIS 1:29-31When was the last time something grabbed your attention? Maybe it was a kid yelling your name from the other room in that precise panic-inducing pitch. Maybe it was a stunning sunr...  Read More

READ GENESIS 1:28In Genesis 1:28, God gave Adam and Eve a clear purpose and picture of what their role would be in the world. First, they were called to be fruitful and multiply together. As image bea...  Read More

READ GENESIS 1:26-27These verses are so familiar to us that we often just scan over them, without thinking deeply about the impact of what’s happening. God had already created the heavens and the eart...  Read More

READ GENESIS 1:24 – 25Have you ever felt like you were in a season of waiting for God to change your circumstances? Maybe you were waiting for God to bring along that new job or a promotion because yo...  Read More

READ GENESIS 1:20–23Living in the Colorado Mountains was an unforgettable experience. The quiet majesty of the peaks, the streams teeming with fish, and the birds soaring high above the valleys made m...  Read More

READ GENESIS 1:14-19Have you ever allowed yourself to be silenced by the vastness of the universe? Have you ever wrestled with the mind-blowing truth that the brilliant, creative, all-powerful Creator...  Read More

READ GENESIS 1:9-13 My kids wake up every morning to the sounds of me and Christina laying the foundation of the day.  I’m usually making breakfast. Christina is often putting the finishing touches on...  Read More

READ GENESIS 1:6-8Growing up I remember taking swimming lessons. I was late to the game and did not learn to swim as early as many of my friends did. The reason was simple; my mom was terrified of the...  Read More

READ GENESIS 1:3-5Have you ever paused to reflect on the power of light? Beyond simply illuminating the world, natural light plays a vital role in our well-being. It helps our bodies produce Vitamin D...  Read More

READ GENESIS 1:1–2Genesis 1:1 is deceptively simple, yet it is perhaps the most profound sentence in all of the Bible. In the following verses, we learn that God spoke all of creation into existence –...  Read More