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WEEK 8
TOPIC: CALL TO SERVICE.
SUB-TOPICS:
- meaning of service.
- examples of people who served in the bible. (i) Joseph is sold to Egypt. Gen. 37 :12 -36 (ii) Joseph served in Egypt. Gen.41: 37-57
CONTENT:
Meaning of service
Service is doing some work which one is called upon to perform or one volunteers to do. In service, one is expected to do the work with all his or her heart, mind and strength. When this happens, one is said to have rendered faithful, loyal and accountable service.
Examples of people who serve in the bible: –
(i) Joseph is sold to Egypt. Gen. 37:12 -36
Joseph served his father faithfully. At the age of seventeen, he was shepherding the flock with his brothers. On one occasion, his father sent him to go and give food to his brothers on the field. On getting there, he couldn’t find them at Shechem where they were, he went further to Dothan where he found them. His brothers caught him and sold him to some Ishmaelite traders for twenty shekels of silver. The traders took Joseph to Egypt where they sold him as a slave.
(ii) Joseph serves in Egypt Gen. 41: 37-57: He was diligent in Potiphar’s house as a slave even though his master was an Egyptian. When he was in the prison also, all other prisoners were kept in his care. (Gen 39:22). When he left the Prison and he was given appointment in pharaoh cabinet because he interpreted the king’s dream, Joseph still
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