Pharaoh – dreaming of Egypt’s future

Sunday 27th, February, 2022
Read: John 6:33-40; Genesis 41:1-57

Introduction:
Genesis 1 – 40 Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and the nations

Genesis 41: 1 – 16 Who will interpret Pharoah’s dreams?
1 – 7          Pharoah’s troubling dreams
8               The problem of who will interpret these dreams?
9 – 13      A solution from the past
14 – 16    Joseph removing his prison clothes

Genesis 41: 17 – 46 Who has the wisdom to manage?
17 – 24    Pharoah’s un-interpreted troubling dream
25 – 32   The problem created by the interpretation of these dreams
33 – 36   A wise solution
37 – 46   Joseph’s new royal garments

Genesis 41: 47 – 57 The fulfillment of many dreams
47 – 53    Fruitfulness in affliction
54 – 57    ‘All the earth’ came to the seed of Abraham

 

The testing of Joseph – Part 2

Sunday 20th, February, 2022
Read: Psalm 9; John 14: 25 – 29; 16:7; Genesis 39: 21 – 40: 23

Introduction:
Genesis 39: 21 – 23 Joseph: loved, favoured, and successful

Genesis 40: 1 – 4 Two prisoners get what they deserve

Genesis 40: 5 – 19 Two more dreams and their interpretation

Genesis 40: 20 – 23 Joseph: loved, favoured, wise, and forgotten

What is God doing? (Genesis 15: 13 – 16)

Conclusion: never forgotten (Luke 12: 4 – 7; Hebrews 6: 10)

Book of Esther – “For Such A Time As This”

Combined Church Camp with Maffra Community Church
& Meeniyan Christian Fellowship
11th – 13th, February, 2022

Four talks series by Peter Adam

Talk One: Ahasuerus, Mordecai, Esther

Read: Esther 1 – 2

Genesis 12: “Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. And I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonours you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”

 

Talk Two: Haman … the crisis 

Read: Esther 3 – 4

Haman the Agagite (1 Samuel 15)

Haman and Mordecai the Jew

Haman’s plot to exterminate all the Jews

Mordecai and Esther

 

Talk Three: “If I die, I die” – Esther

Read: Esther 5 – 7 

Esther and the king

The king and Mordecai

Esther, the king and Haman

 

Talk Four: Deliverance!

Read: Esther 8 – 10 

Esther’s plan

Deliverance throughout the whole empire

The feast of Purim

The welfare of the Jews.

For further info: Overview on Esther by the Bible Project

The Testing of Joseph – Part 1

Sunday 6th, February, 2022
Read: Psalm 105: 1 – 24; James 1: 2 – 18; Genesis 39: 1 – 20

Introduction:
Genesis 39: 1 Meanwhile, back in Egypt

Genesis 39: 2 – 6a Joseph blessed

Genesis 39: 6b – 12 Joseph tested

Genesis 39: 13 – 18 Joseph accused

Genesis 39: 19 – 20 Joseph jailed

Conclusion: “I (LORD) will be with you always”