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PRAYERS FOR THE WEEK
“The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.”
Mark 15:38
TO GOD: Dear loving Father, thank you that the torn curtain declares that we can ‘approach your throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need’ (Hebrews 4:16).
FOR THE CHURCH: Father, may your church know and abide in the glory of your presence, bringing light to those around us.
FOR THE WORLD: Heavenly Father, we pray for countries suffering conflict, especially in the Middle East, DR Congo, Yemen, Ukraine and Sudan, and for the aid agencies seeking to provide help. Lord, please raise up peacemakers and touch the hearts of people of influence.
FOR OUR NATION: Lord Jesus, we pray for the laws which govern our country to be consistent with your Word; a defence for the defenceless and a help for the helpless.
FOR OUR FRIENDS: Father, please may we take every opportunity to bear your presence into every circumstance we face today.
FOR MYSELF: Lord Jesus, I thank you and readily acknowledge that we are living stones, of the temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Peter 2:4-5; 1 Corinthians 6:19). Hallelujah! Amen.
THIS WEEK’S BIBLE INSIGHTS ARE BY:
Ian Moore and are based on Genesis 37-50 (NIV)
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Lord Jesus, help us to be passionate for telling others about you, The Bread of Life. For your glory.
AMEN.
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Genesis 50 & Exodus 3
15 When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph holds a grudge against us and pays us back for all the wrongs we did to him?” 16 So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Your father left these instructions before he died: 17 ‘This is what you are to say to Joseph: I ask you to forgive your brothers the sins and the wrongs they committed in treating you so badly.’ Now please forgive the sins of the servants of the God of your father.” When their message came to him, Joseph wept.
18 His brothers then came and threw themselves down before him. “We are your slaves,” they said.
19 But Joseph said to them, “Don’t be 64 afraid. Am I in the place of God? 20 You
intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives. 21 So then, don’t be afraid. I will provide for you and your children.” And he reassured them and spoke kindly to them.
24 Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die. But God will surely come to your aid and take you up out of this land to the land he promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.” 25 And Joseph made the Israelites swear an oath and said, “God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.”
26 So Joseph died at the age of a hundred and ten. And after they embalmed him, he was placed in a coffin in Egypt.