Core Laws · Unit 9 · Lesson 2 of 5 · about 5 minutes
Seven good years
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35And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities. 36And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.Genesis 41:35-36 · KJV
Store in good years, leave the edges, count the cost, don’t let debt own you, don’t lend to crush.
Joseph stored grain during seven good years so Egypt would survive seven years of famine. Good years are for building a store, not only for spending.
Check 1Joseph stored food in the famine years.
He stored in the good years, for the famine.
Check 2The purpose of the store was:
So the land would survive.
Set a goal for one month of costs saved, and write the date you’ll reach it.
Only check it if you did it. Nobody sees this but you.
What am I spending now that belongs to my lean years?
Write your answer in the journal.
Answer the checks, or play Listen to the end, to finish.
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