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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ธ.ค. 2024
- Joseph's Brothers: Reconvened
Genesis 42:3-8
Rev Shearn Sya
BIG IDEA: God leads us through opportunities for transformation.
Introduction
Joseph's transformation.
1. The Brothers' Transformation
From powerful to powerless.
From shared secret to shared confession.
From deception to honesty.
From trying to get rid of a brother to trying to save one.
Reflect/Discuss/Share: What is one positive transformation you have personally witnessed in your own life/the life of others?
For kids: What is one way you have become a better person? (For parents: Use this opportunity to affirm and encourage).
2. Reuben & Judah
Reuben tried to save Joseph.
Judah tried to sell Joseph.
Reuben pledges his sons' lives to guarantee Benjamin's safety.
Judah pledges his own life to guarantee Benjamin's safety.
Reuben's legacy.
Jacob's legacy.
Reflect/Discuss/Share: What sort of legacy would you like to leave to your children/others you have influence over?
For kids: If you changed to another school one day, would your old school teachers and classmates be happy or sad to see you go? What do you think they would say about you?
3. God's Guiding Hand
God was at work in the lives of Joseph and his brothers.
God brought them opportunities for transformation.
The bigger picture: A prelude to the Exodus.
Reflect/Discuss/Share: How has God used difficulties or failures in your life for good?
For kids: What is one thing in your life that was bad and God turned it into something good? (For parents: Help them to identify God's blessings in some things they dislike/complain about.)
Know: God leads us through opportunities for transformation.
Be: Open to transformation by being humble and remorseful for past mistakes.
Do: Focus on the legacy of finishing well.
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