We're so glad that Joseph's brothers came to the point of repentance and surrender. Being in prison had quite an impact on them.

What do you think of when you think of God being "jealous"? What motivates the heart of God to be jealous? 

When I think of God's jealousy, I sometimes think of Him being angry, like a husband being angry about his wife's infidelity. And I think God's righteous anger does come into play. But is His jealous anger because He's having a temper tantrum because someone did Him wrong and "no one is gonna treat me like that!"?

Last weekend, Larry and I hosted a couple who are experts in human trafficking. As they educated us about this horrible crime and sin, I reflected back on an experience that should have been different. 

Are you ready for the third empowering way to love well? (Read my previous two posts for the other two ways). I Timothy 1:5 gives it to us: "a sincere faith." 

We're looking at I Timothy 1:5 for instruction on being able to love well: "But the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith." I defined "loving well" as being able to love with pure motives for the good of the other person. We looked at the "pure heart" for that. Now, let's look at another element of loving well: "a good conscience."