10 lessons · Intermediate
This set of ten lessons includes stories about Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, and how Joseph’s family ended up in Egypt.
Dear Intermediates,
How would you like to have your own Team of Brothers? With 12 boys in one family, you could have your own football team plus one substitute. There would never be a dull moment with 12 brothers in one household. And there certainly wasn’t with Joseph’s family. This family had the usual fighting, lying, hating, and even a Favorite Son that so many other families may have.
This book starts with A Romantic Encounter. Whether you are a boy or a girl, you'll enjoy learning about a different society and how they selected their life's mate. Maybe you'd like to try this method of courtship when you get to that place in life. This is a heartwarming story that could make you question whether our dating methods are really the only way to find a husband or wife.
Isaac and Rebekah were married 20 years, and still no baby. Yet God had promised that through Isaac his descendants would become many nations - like the stars in the heavens. Isaac Considered the Options and prayed to God for children. Guess what? God answered his prayer with twin boys! And there was double trouble from then on. You'll want to read about all the shenanigans that went on between these two boys.
In God's great plan, He intended that Jacob be the one to have the birthright and blessings. But Jacob and Rebekah weren't so sure of this, and they took matters into their own hands. But in the end, the Prosperity Promise was given to guess who?
It was time for Jacob to find a wife and marry. This took a lot of negotiating skills and patience. Without the Second Effort, Jacob would have never married beautiful Rachel. But you will learn that It's Worth the Effort. Jacob was the one who had a dozen sons, and yes, double trouble.
Down through history there have been devastating famines. Bad Things Happen to Good People. Even though the birthright and blessings were passed on to Jacob, his family faced a killer famine. He had to find a way to feed his family. So he sent his ten sons to Egypt where he had heard there was grain. This wasn't the simple plan that it first appeared to be.
Jacob didn't know that his conniving sons had sold his Favorite Son, Joseph, to be a slave in Egypt. They had written him off as dead. But Joseph, this Good-Looking Prisoner, was very much alive, and he very clearly remembered what his brothers had done to him. These were Heavy Weights to carry as the plot thickens. And pay-back time was at hand. Read all of your lessons and find out if Jacob's family was Saved From the Famine as real hunger came closer and closer.
These ten lesson are filled with romance, intrigue, suspense, excitement, and vital lessons for you. You'll not want to miss even one of them. Read each lesson, the devotional reading for each day, learn your memory verse, and be ready for great classes. You'll learn what God promised for these 12 sons in the latter days and what you should do about each lesson.
Allie Dart
Managing Editor