23/11 Life Group Notes on Joseph

Life Group Notes on Joseph

Questions:

1)      What is your favourite Biblical story?

2)      What do you like about the story of Joseph? Who do you relate to in the story?

Read Genesis 37

3)      What struck you from the sermon on Sunday (if applicable)? What strikes you from this passage now?

4)      Tom’s sermon focussed on the character of Reuben. What does he get right and what does he get wrong?

5)      Think of a situation when you found yourself in a similar moral dilemma? What was the path of least resistance and what was the better way?

6)      In what situations might you have the opportunity to confront evil or protect a victim? What would motivate you to do the right thing?

Read Genesis 45:1-15

7)      What inspires you about Joseph’s faith and response to his brothers?  How were Joseph’s dreams in chapter 37 ultimately fulfilled?

8)      What does Joseph understand about God’s guidance and providence?

9)      How should we pray and live our lives in response?