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to get him to forget his work. He knew that if he said no to her, and she be came angry, she could tell her hus band, Joseph’s master, and he could punish Joseph. That is exactly what happened. The woman told lies about Joseph to her husband. He knew Joseph was one of the best workers he ever had, but he put him in prison anyway. All this time, Joseph was not afraid, for he trusted God, and he knew he had done what was right in the Lord’s sight. The Bible says: “The Lord was with Joseph, and showed him mercy . . . and that which he did, the Lord made it to prosper’! (Gen. 39:21, 23). Why should he be afraid? ft D • M 6 • V T • 4 %
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"for his name’s sake.” This Will give- the spiritual glow which every Chris tian should possess. Golden Text Illustration 3 J ohn 2 “Yes, I saw/ considerable of John,” said the member of the family who had been away among friends. “ John is getting on in the world.” There was a moment’s pause, and then the gray-haired mother by the fireside asked, “Which world?” Qh( that spiritual prosperity might be valued more highly than the physical and material! The Apostle John could wish that Gaius’ health and material welfare were on a par with the prosperity of his soul because he walked in truth. Often the situation is changed today with material suc cess lacking the corresponding spirit ual height.—Adapted from The Ex positor. Why Joseph Was Not Afraid M atthew 24:45-51; G enesis 39 MEMORY VERSE: “What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee” (Psa. 56:3). APPROACH: In a way, all of Us are servants, dr helpers. We like A« help at home and at school. We like to do what the Lord Jesus asks of us, too. When Jesus was here on earth, He spoke about servants. He said they
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OBJECTS: A jewel box and a ring from which the stone has been re moved. (A ring can be secured at the dime store, or borrowed from a local jeweler.) LESSON: Would you like to see something I received recently? What do you think it is? “A ring.” I will be glad to show it to you. “Oh, the stone is missing.” That spoils the ring, does it not, to have the stone gone? How do you think peonle lose the stones out of their rings? “They lose them accidentally.” / Did you know that many people accidentally lose some very precious things in life? In the Bible we are warned against losing certain things. “ Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward” (2 John 8). There was danger of their not looking, and losing things that were of far greater value than the stone out of a ring. John had been speaking about “ grace . . . mercy, and peace from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ” (2 John 3). He had spoken about their walking in the truth. He had requested that they love one an other. You were. Sorry to see this ring with the stone gone. You will be far more sorry if you do not watch your Chris tian. life in order that you may not lose some things which are priceless. For if you lose them, you will also fail to receive a full reward.
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should be faithful, doing t heir work well. Some of the u l people who heard | Jesus speak prob- - ably t h o u g h t of Jos'eph, for he was' once a servant in the land of Egypt, and the story of his life was in the part of the ' Bible
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that the people knew well. Would you like to hear what' Joseph, the good servant, did? LESSON STORY:,His wicked broth ers had lied about him, had taken away his coat of many colors, had thrown him into a deep hole, and finally sold him to men who lived in the far-away country 6f Egypt. Joseph was young, and it may be he was very lonesome, but all the time he knew God was with him. In Egypt, he worked for one of the rulers of the country and he did' his work well. His master trusted him. One day the wife of his master tried
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