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  • Heavenly Father
    give us grace when faced with sorrow to be nourished by thankfulness

    16 They travelled from Bethel. [House of God]
    There was still some distance to come to Ephrath [Fruitful],
    and Rachel travailed. She had hard labour. 
    17 When she was in hard labour, the midwife said to her, “Don’t be afraid, for now you will have another son.”

    18 As her soul was departing (for she died), she named him Benoni [Son of my sorrow]
    but his…

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  • Heavenly Father
    give us grace to do what is right (unlike Reuben in this story and Simeon and Levi in the the previous chapter), and thank you for the peace and harmony which results from our desire to be at peace with our brother (like Esau and Jacob)

    21 Israel [other name of Jacob] travelled, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Eder. 
    22 While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Israel heard of it.

    Now the sons of Jacob were twelve. 23…

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  • Heavenly Father
    give us grace to be at peace with those who are outside our family, race and nation.

    Now this is the history of the generations of Esau (that is, Edom). 
    Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan:
    Esau took all the members of his household, his livestock, and all his possessions, which he had gathered in the land of Canaan, and went into a land away from his brother Jacob. For their substance was too great for them to dwell together, and the land of their travels…

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  • Heavenly Father
    give us grace to avoid hurting others when we are motivated by love (like Jacob)
    give us grace to avoid being negative to others whatever the cause (unlike Joseph’s brothers) 

    Jacob lived in the land of his father’s travels, in the land of Canaan. 
    This is the history of the generations of Jacob.
    Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers.
    He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives.
    Joseph brought an evil report of them t…

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  • Heavenly Father
    give us grace to hear what you are saying to us, even in our dreams
    give us grace to be careful how we communicate this to others.

    Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him all the more. 
    He said to them, “Please hear this dream which I have dreamed: 
    for behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold,
    my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and behold,
    your sheaves came around, and bowed down to my sheaf.”
    His…

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  • Heavenly Father
    give us grace to do what is good particularly when others are not (like Reuben)

    12 His brothers went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem. 
    13 Israel said to Joseph, “Aren’t your brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them.”
    He said to him, “Here I am.”
    14 He said to him, “Go now, see whether it is well with your brothers, and well with the flock; and bring me word again.”
    So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. 
    15…

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  • Heavenly father
    give us grace not to lose hope, giving thanks for your provision through people going about their business (ishmaelites)

     23 When Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped Joseph of his tunic of many colours ; 
    24 and they took him, and threw him into the pit which was empty.
    25 They sat down to eat bread, and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites
    bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt. 
    26 Judah said to his…

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  • Heavenly father
    give us grace not to lose hope in grief and mourning, thanking you that you are working your purposes out. 

    29 Reuben returned to the pit, and saw that Joseph wasn’t in the pit; and he tore his clothes. 
    30 He returned to his brothers, and said, “The child is no more; and I, where will I go?” 
    31 They took Joseph’s tunic, and killed a male goat, and dipped the tunic in the blood. 
    32 They took the tunic of many colours, and they brought it to their father, and said,…

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  • Heavenly father
    give us grace to live life in all its fullness, and not be led into temptation of doing anything which is the opposite of life.

    2  Judah took a Canaanite woman as his wife, . 3 who bore him sons named Er, 4  Onan. 5  and Shelah. 6 Judah took a wife for Er, and her name was Tamar. 
    7 Er was wicked in Yahweh’s sight. So Yahweh killed him. 
    8 Judah said to Onan, “Go in to your brother’s wife, and raise up offspring for…

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  • Heavenly father
    give us grace to do the right thing, particularly when we may be embarrassed to do so.

    12 After Judah’s wife died, Judah went up to his sheep shearers to Timnah. 
    13 Tamar was told this. 14 She took off the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with her veil, and sat on the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she wasn’t given to him as a wife. 
    15 When Judah saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.…

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  • Heavenly father
    give us grace to see you at work, particularly in bad circumstances (such as slavery)

    1Joseph was brought down to Egypt by the Ishmaelites and sold as a slave to an officer of Pharaoh called Potiphar. 
    Yahweh was with Joseph, who then prospered in the house of the Egyptian. 
    His master saw that Yahweh was with him, and that Yahweh made all that he did prosper in his hand. 
    Joseph found favour in his sight. He…

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  • Heavenly father
    give us grace to refrain from doing what is wrong, whatever the consequences are,
    and open our eyes to see your grace whatever our circumstances

    Joseph was well-built and handsome. 
    His master’s wife set her eyes on Joseph; and she said, “Lie with me.”
    But he refused, and said to his master’s wife,
    “Behold, my master has put all that he has into my hand. 
    How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?”
    10 As she spoke to Joseph…

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  • Heavenly Father
    give us grace to notice others today and share their joys and sorrows 

    40 After these things, the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker offended their lord, . 
    Pharaoh put them in the prison, where The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he took care of them. They stayed in prison many days. They both dreamed a dream, in one night,
    Joseph came in to them in the morning, and saw that they were sad,…

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  • Heavenly Father
    give us grace to understand dreams (like Joseph)
    and give us grace to be a blessing to others when we are blessed (unlike the cupbearer)

    The chief cup bearer told his dream to Joseph:  “In my dream, there was a vine 10 with three branches, on which were clusters of ripe grapes,  11 which I took and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand.”
    12 Joseph said to him, “This is its interpretation: the three branches are three days. …

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  • Heavenly Father
    give us grace to be prudent in times of plenty, so that we may be able to help ourselves and others in time of scarcity. 

     

    After two years, Pharaoh dreamed that he stood by the river. out of which came seven sleek and fat cattle followed by seven ugly and thin cattle,  which ate up the seven sleek and fat cattle.  In a second dream, seven heads of grain came up on one stalk, healthy and good. after which, seven…

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  • Heavenly Father
    give us grace to face up to what we have done in the past and make amends for it as opportunity presents itself

     Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, so said to his sons,  “ Go to Egypt, and buy for us from there, so that we may live, and not die.” 
    Joseph’s ten brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt. 
    But Jacob didn’t send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with his brothers; for he said, “Lest perhaps harm happen to him.” 
    The…

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  • Heavenly father
    give us grace to be honest about the things which don’t make us look good
    and give us grace to trust in you.

     The famine was severe in the land. When they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said to them, “Go again, buy us a little more food.”

    Judah spoke to him, saying, “The man solemnly warned us, saying, ‘You shall not see my face, unless your brother is with you.’   “Send the boy with me -  9…

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  • Heavenly Father
    give us grace to do what is right, whatever the personal cost to ourselves

    Joseph commanded the steward of his house, saying, “Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man’s money in his sack’s mouth. Put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack’s mouth of the youngest, with his grain money.” He did according to the word that Joseph had spoken. As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their donkeys. When they had gone out of…

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  • Heavenly father, give us grace to be reconciled to others today. 

     Then Joseph couldn’t control himself before all those who stood before him, and he called out, “Cause everyone to go out from me!”
    No one else stood with him, while Joseph made himself known to his brothers. 
    He wept aloud. The Egyptians heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard. 
    Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Does my father still live?”
    His brothers couldn’t answer him; for they were terrified at his presence. …

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  • Heavenly Father, give us grace to be guided by you in big decisions, be filled with your love in our personal relationships. 

    Israel travelled with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father, Isaac. 
    God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said, “Jacob, Jacob!”  He said, “Here I am.”
    He said, “I am God, the God of your father. Don’t be afraid to go down into Egypt, for there I will make of you a great nation. 4…

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  • Heavenly father, give us grace to do what is right in our work, both paid and unpaid, (not sure if Joseph putting the whole of the land of Egypt in debt to Pharoah was a reason why the children of Israel ended up in slavery to the Egyptians) 

    Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, “Make your father and your brothers dwell in the best of the land. Let them dwell in the land of Goshen. If you know any able men among them, then put them in charge of my livestock.”  Joseph brought in Jacob, his father, and set him before…

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  • Heavenly Father, give us grace so that we may be a blessing to our family, and not live comparing ourselves with others. 

    After these things, someone said to Joseph, “Behold, your father is sick.” He took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. 

    14 Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it on Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands knowingly, for Manasseh was the firstborn. 15 He blessed Joseph, and said,

    “The God before whom my…

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  • Heavenly Father, give us grace to be a blessing to each member of our families, however different they are from each other.

    Jacob called to his sons, and said: “Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which will happen to you in the days to come.

    “Reuben, you are my firstborn, excelling in dignity, and power, [but] you shall not excel, because you went up to your father’s bed. (Gen 35) 
    “Simeon and Levi, My glory, don’t be united to their…

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  • Heavenly father, give us grace to respond to evil with good, particularly in our relationships with family and friends. 

    Joseph fell on his father’s face, wept on him, and kissed him.  Joseph commanded his servants, to embalm his father; and they did so. 
    Joseph [then] spoke to Pharaoh, ‘My father made me swear, saying, “Bury me in my grave which I have dug for myself in the land of Canaan.”
    Please let me go up and bury my father, and I will come again.’”

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  • ‘You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.’ GENESIS 50:20
     
    Lord, thank you that you know the end from the beginning. Help us to seek your perspective.

    Being thankful in all circumstances is not the same as being thankful for every situation in which we find ourselves. Thankfulness expresses our trust that, whatever the enemy meant for harm, God can use…

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  • 16 I heard, and my body trembled.
        My lips quivered at the voice.
    Rottenness enters into my bones, and I tremble in my place,
        because I must wait quietly for the day of trouble,
        for the coming up of the people who invade us.
    17 For though the fig tree doesn’t flourish,
        nor fruit be in the vines;
        the labour of the olive fails,
        the fields yield no food;
        the…

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  • Heavenly father, give us grace today to walk with Jesus the way of the cross. 

    11 But Christ having come as a high priest of the coming good things, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation, 12 nor yet through the blood of goats and calves, but through his own blood, entered in once for all into the Holy Place, having obtained eternal redemption. 13 For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled,…

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  • Heavenly father
    give us grace to live as forgiven people, not wavering in this hope

    12 Jesus, when he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God, 
    13 from that time waiting until his enemies are made the footstool of his feet. 
    14 For by one offering he has perfected forever those who are being sanctified. 
    15 The Holy Spirit also testifies to us, saying, 

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  • Heavenly father, give us grace today to walk with Jesus the way of the cross. 

    “This is the covenant that I will make with them:
        ‘After those days,’ says the Lord,
    ‘I will put my laws on their heart,
        I will also write them on their mind;’”

    then he says,
    17 “I will remember their sins and their iniquities no more.”
    18 Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.
    19 Having therefore, brothers, boldness to enter into the holy place…

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  • 19 Having therefore, brothers, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus, 20 by the way which he dedicated for us, a new and living way, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh, 21 and having a great priest over God’s house, 22 let’s draw near with a true heart in fullness of…

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