𝗔𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗛’𝗦 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞 𝗗𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗬 𝗗𝗘𝗩𝗢𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 | 𝗗𝗔𝗬 12 𝗡𝗢𝗢𝗡 𝗣𝗥𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥𝗦

 

𝗔𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗛’𝗦 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞 𝗗𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗬 𝗗𝗘𝗩𝗢𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 |  𝗗𝗔𝗬 12 𝗡𝗢𝗢𝗡 𝗣𝗥𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥𝗦

Asenath faced this same choice. She was born into the house of Potiphera, a priest of On, a worshiper of Ra. By natural birth, she belonged to a family that served false gods. But when she encountered the God of Israel, she had to make a decision. Would she remain tied to her father's idols, or would she leave everything to join Joseph and the covenant people?

Asenath chose her spiritual family over her natural one.

She left her father's house. She left his gods. She left his traditions. She chose to be identified with Joseph, with Abraham, with the God of Israel. And because of that choice, she became a mother in Israel, the ancestor of two tribes, and a part of the lineage of the Messiah.

You also have a choice.

You may have been born into a family that served idols—whether literal idols of wood and stone, or the idols of money, power, fame, or self. You may have inherited patterns of sin, brokenness, and shame. But today, you can choose your spiritual family. You can choose to be identified with Christ. You can choose to be counted among the household of faith.

But choosing your spiritual family also means breaking ties with what held your ancestors. It means cutting soul ties to idolatry. It means separating from unclean things. It means coming out from among them and being separate, as God commands.

Let us pray …

𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝟲: 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝘆 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆

𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗶𝗻 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀' 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲, 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝘆 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗻𝗲. 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗔𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿'𝘀 𝗶𝗱𝗼𝗹-𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗺'𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗻𝘁, 𝗜 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵. 𝗠𝘆 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗺, 𝗜𝘀𝗮𝗮𝗰, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗯.

▶️ 𝗚𝗮𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝟯:𝟮𝟵 – "And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise."

𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝟳: 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗲

𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗶𝗻 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀' 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲, 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗿 𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗼𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆. 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝘁. 𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁'𝘀 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗺𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀' 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝘀.

▶️ 𝗣𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗺 𝟯𝟮:𝟭-𝟮 – "Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile."

𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝟴: 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗜𝗱𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗿𝘆

𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗶𝗻 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀' 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲, 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗹 𝘁𝗶𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀' 𝗶𝗱𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗿𝘆. 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗱𝘀, 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆, 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿, 𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀, 𝗜 𝗰𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁. 𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲.

▶️ 𝟮 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝟲:𝟭𝟳 – "Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you."

𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝟵: 𝗜𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁

𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗶𝗻 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀' 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲, 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁 — 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲. 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗺𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝗳𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿'𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝘀, 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀' 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗿. 𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗜 𝗮𝗺: 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗻, 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱.

▶️ 𝟭 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝟯:𝟭 – "Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not."

𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟬: 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝘆 𝗔𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀

𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗶𝗻 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀' 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲, 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲. 𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗯𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗜 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗯𝗮𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀. 𝗜 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗰𝘆. 𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗺𝘆𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳.

▶️ 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝟭𝟭:𝟮𝟱 – "And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses."

𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗗 𝗞𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗸𝘂