Lord’s Day Message:
37: 5 Now Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers they hated him even more. 6 He said to them, “Hear this dream that I have dreamed: 7 Behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and stood upright. And behold, your sheaves gathered around it and bowed down to my sheaf.” 8 His brothers said to him, “Are you indeed to reign over us? Or are you indeed to rule over us?” So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.
17 … So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan. 18 They saw him from afar, and before he came near to them they conspired against him to kill him. 19 They said to one another, “Here comes this dreamer. 20 Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. Then we will say that a fierce animal has devoured him, and we will see what will become of his dreams.”
26 Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood? 27 Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And his brothers listened to him. (Gen. 37:5-8, 17b-20, 26-27)
39:1 Now Joseph had been brought down to Egypt, and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, had bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him down there. 2 The LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, and he was in the house of his Egyptian master. 3 His master saw that the LORD was with him and that the LORD caused all that he did to succeed in his hands. 4 So Joseph found favor in his sight and attended him, and he made him overseer of his house and put him in charge of all that he had. 5 From the time that he made him overseer in his house and over all that he had the LORD blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; the blessing of the LORD was on all that he had, in house and field.
7 And after a time his master’s wife cast her eyes on Joseph and said, “Lie with me.” 8 But he refused and said to his master’s wife, “Behold, because of me my master has no concern about anything in the house, and he has put everything that he has in my charge. 9 He is not greater in this house than I am, nor has he kept back anything from me except yourself, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness and sin against God?”
19 As soon as his master heard the words that his wife spoke to him, “This is the way your servant treated me,” his anger was kindled. 20 And Joseph’s master took him and put him into the prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined, and he was there in prison. 21 But the LORD was with Joseph and showed him steadfast love and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison. 22 And the keeper of the prison put Joseph in charge of all the prisoners who were in the prison. Whatever was done there, he was the one who did it. 23 The keeper of the prison paid no attention to anything that was in Joseph’s charge, because the LORD was with him. And whatever he did, the LORD made it succeed. (Gen. 39:1-5, 7-9, 19-23)
40: 5 And one night they both dreamed–the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison–each his own dream, and each dream with its own interpretation. 6 When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were troubled. 7 So he asked Pharaoh’s officers who were with him in custody in his master’s house, “Why are your faces downcast today?” 8 They said to him, “We have had dreams, and there is no one to interpret them.” And Joseph said to them, “Do not interpretations belong to God? Please tell them to me.”
20 On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he made a feast for all his servants and lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker among his servants. 21 He restored the chief cupbearer to his position, and he placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand. 22 But he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them. 23 Yet the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph, but forgot him. (Gen. 40:5-8, 20-23)
Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has shown you all this, there is none so discerning and wise as you are. (Gen. 41:39 )
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. (Rom. 8:28)
For if, because of one man’s trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ. (Rom. 5:17)
Message Next Week: Gen. 41-45 (same with Bible reading schedule)
Church Meetings/Time/Place
Home Meeting/Chinese Speaking Young People:
20/8 Sun. 7:30pm, Patrick & Lily’s
21/8 Mon., 7:30pm, Richard & Flora’s, (Dinner @ 7pm)
Pursuing of Uni Students: 22/8 Tue. 7:30pm, Yulin’s
(7:00 dinner)
Sisters Meeting: 23/8 Wed. 10:00am, Lili’s (Normanhurst)
Prayer Meeting: 23/8 Wed. 7:45pm, Olsen & Likun’s
Pursuing of Words: 25/8 Fri. 8:00 pm, David Tan’s
Saturday Home Meeting：26/8 Sat. 7:30pm
Sam & Hannah’s (YP & adults)
Olsen & Likun’s (Gospel group)
Announcements:
- We welcome all the new ones who are joining us today. May God bless you and lead you into this family of God.
- For the upcoming week, the Bible reading schedule is on Gen. 41-45. May the Lord keep strengthening all the brothers and sisters to continue the group Bible reading. Please remind and encourage each other.
- On 30/9 – 1/10 we will have a 2 days spring conference. We will invite Brother Peter Cheng from Indianapolis and Brother Xian-Jing Chin from ChongQing as speakers. May the Lord use this chance to continue blessing the testimony of His church and help all the brothers and sisters to grow in Him.
- Sister Angela has design a T-shirt with a church logo. You can purchase If interested.
<Reminder>
- For the brothers and sisters, please come on time and bring your own Bible and hymn book for the Lord’s Day meeting.
- During the meeting, please turn off your mobile phone or put the volume on silence and not to walk around or to wonder/talk too loud in the kitchen.
- Please keep the play field and rooms tidy and put all equipments in place after use.
- When you prepare the love feast for Lord’s Day lunch, please do not prepare any food containing nuts as someone may have food allergy.
Please refrain from bringing uncooked food for the love feast so we may lighten the work for the serving ones in the kitchen.
Intercession:
- May the Lord bless the gospel friends among us that they can know how precious the Lord is and are willing to believe in Him.
- Pray for the new believers (4 brothers: Vincent Tai, YuMing Liang, Zylen Liang and Frank Wang, and 7 sisters: Vanessa Lu, Li Zhou, XiaChun Li, YuRong Liu, Lili Chen, Jenny Zhu and Yun-Yue Lin). May the Lord establish them in the church life and bless their growth in life.
- Pray for those year 12 young people who are taking the HSC trials. May the Lord give them wisdom and abundant grace.
- Pray for the brothers and sisters or their relatives who are weak in body or spirit. May the Lord care for them and give them sufficient grace.
Serving This Week: (Aug. 20)
- Message: Yulin Wang
- Breaking the Bread: David Tan & Olsen Yu
- Serving Bread and Cup: Sean Dong, Patrick Li, Richard Cui & Jason Wang
- Cleaning: Raymond & Lucy Family, Thomas & Lena, Joyce & Chris, Joe & Lili Family, Michael & Mandy Family, Margaret Yang
- Kitchen: Anne & Susan
- Children: Supervisor – Flora & Hannah
Singing – Combined
Teachers – Angela & Tracy
Serving Next Week: (Aug. 27)
- Message: David Tan & Yulin Wang
- Breaking the Bread: TBA
- Serving Bread and Cup: TBA
- Cleaning: Raymond & Lucy Family, Thomas & Lena, Joyce & Chris, Joe & Lili Family, Michael & Mandy Family, Margaret Yang
- Kitchen: Didy & WeiQiong
- Children: Supervisor – Lydia & Lily
Singing – Sarah & Vasya
Teachers – Chris & Jono
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