Pastor Blaik J. Westhoff Genesis 39-41 1. How would you define integrity? 2. Why did Joseph continue to have integrity in the face of such trials? 3. Genesis says that God works through the integrity of his people. In what ways has God used your integrity to bring about his purposes? Further Study: Re-read Genesis 39-41 1. There are no recorded accounts that Joesph ever had a personal encounter with God yet he lived a Godly life. How? 2. If you look at Joseph's life you might...

Pastor Blaik J. Westhoff Genesis 37 1. What have been times of peak spiritual experience for you - times when you've felt the presence of God and known that God was working powerfully in and through your life? 2. Have you ever been in the pit with Joseph - in a scary, dark and lonely part of your life? 3. Looking back over your life, can you see how God may have used a 'deep valley' in your to transform the experience into a 'spiritual peak'? Further Study As your devotion time ...

Pastor Blaik J. Westhoff Genesis 27-33 1. God often chooses to use flawed and "less than perfect" people to move his plan forward. Consider the places where you are flawed and less than perfect. 2. Genesis tells us that the broken places of personal failure can be opportunities to experience the transforming power of the living God. How might God be using failure in your life to transform you? 3. God can and does use dysfunctional people. Think about people and situations that you a...

Pastor Blaik J. Westhoff Genesis 21:1-22:19 1. Have you ever experienced something that seemed strange close up, but made sense from a distance when you could see the bigger picture? 2. Has what your faith required of you ever seemed strange to you? If so, what did you do? 3. When your faith (and what it requires of you) seems strange, God may be in the process of putting together circumstances that will strengthen your faith. What is God doing in your life right now that seems st...