Lord’s Day Message: Gen. 46-50
46: 1 So Israel took his journey with all that he had and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. 2 And God spoke to Israel in visions of the night and said, “Jacob, Jacob.” And he said, “Here am I.” 3 Then he said, “I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I will make you into a great nation. 4 I myself will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also bring you up again, and Joseph’s hand shall close your eyes.”
29 Then Joseph prepared his chariot and went up to meet Israel his father in Goshen. He presented himself to him and fell on his neck and wept on his neck a good while. 30 Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die, since I have seen your face and know that you are still alive.”
47: 7 Then Joseph brought in Jacob his father and stood him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. 8 And Pharaoh said to Jacob, “How many are the days of the years of your life?” 9 And Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The days of the years of my sojourning are 130 years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their sojourning.” 10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh and went out from the presence of Pharaoh.
48: 3 And Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me, 4 and said to me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will make of you a company of peoples and will give this land to your offspring after you for an everlasting possession.’ 5 And now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, as Reuben and Simeon are.
10 Now the eyes of Israel were dim with age, so that he could not see. So Joseph brought them near him, and he kissed them and embraced them. … 14 And Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on the head of Ephraim, who was the younger, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, crossing his hands (for Manasseh was the firstborn). 15 And he blessed Joseph and said, “The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life long to this day, 16 the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the boys; and in them let my name be carried on, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.”
17 When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him, and he took his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head. 18 And Joseph said to his father, “Not this way, my father; since this one is the firstborn, put your right hand on his head.” 19 But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know. He also shall become a people, and he also shall be great. Nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations.”
50: 15 When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “It may be that Joseph will hate us and pay us back for all the evil that we did to him.” 16 So they sent a message to Joseph, saying, “Your father gave this command before he died, 17 ‘Say to Joseph, Please forgive the transgression of your brothers and their sin, because they did evil to you.’ And now, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” Joseph wept when they spoke to him. 18 His brothers also came and fell down before him and said, “Behold, we are your servants.” 19 But Joseph said to them, “Do not fear, for am I in the place of God? 20 As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today. 21 So do not fear; I will provide for you and your little ones.” Thus he comforted them and spoke kindly to them.
Message Next Week: Mat. 1-3
Bible Reading Schedule: Mat. 1-3; Exo. 1-2
Church Meetings/Time/Place
Home Meeting/Chinese Speaking Young People:
4/9 Mon., 7:30pm, Richard & Flora’s, (Dinner @ 7pm)
Pursuing of Uni Students: 5/9 Tue. 7:30pm, Yulin’s
(7:00 dinner)
Sisters Meeting: 6/9 Wed. 10:00am, Hannah Dong’s
Prayer Meeting: 6/9 Wed. 7:45pm, David Tan’s
Pursuing of Words: 8/9 Fri. 8:00 pm, David Tan’s
Saturday Home Meeting：9/9 Sat. 7:30pm
Joe & Lili’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.
- From next Lord’s Day we will enter the Gospel of Matthew for the message. Please pray that we can receive His abundant words and be equipped and burdened with the gospel.
- We give thanks to the Lord for keeping many brothers and sisters who read Genesis together. We will continue to put Bible reading schedule on the new letter and hope that many brothers and sisters can continue to pursue and to grow together in the Lord.
- From next week, the Chinese speaking meeting will have New Believers Lessons at the small group time in. All new believers are welcome to join. For details, please contact Brother Yulin Wang.
- 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. The main topic is “The healthy church life” from Matthew 18-20. May the Lord use this chance to bless His church and help all the brothers and sisters to grow in Him.
- For the visit to North America and attending the church conference in Cleveland in December, please fellowship with Brother Raymond Young if you are interested to join.
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- 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 studying for the HSC. 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: (Sep. 3)
- Message: Thomas Wu & Yulin Wang
- Breaking the Bread: Raymond Young & Thomas Wu
- Serving Bread and Cup: Olsen Yu, Benchu Guo, Jason Wang & Chuan Ma
- Cleaning: Sam & Hannah Family, Tina & Fiona Jiang, Hannah Dong & Vic, Patrick & Lily Family, Baoling Lei
- Kitchen: Julie & Baoling
- Children: Supervisor – Christine & Tina
Singing – Combined
Teachers – Esther & Angela
Serving Next Week: (Sep. 10)
- Message: David Tan & Yulin Wang
- Breaking the Bread: Richard Chen & Chuan Ma
- Serving Bread and Cup: Richard Cui, Jason Wang, Sam Li & Chuan Ma
- Cleaning: Sam & Hannah Family, Tina & Fiona Jiang, Hannah Dong & Vic, Patrick & Lily Family, Baoling Lei
- Kitchen: Lili & Mandy
- Children: Supervisor – Lamee & Hengxin
Singing – Combined
Teachers – Chris & Jono
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