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Wednesday
First Lesson
Genesis 41:1a, 8, 14-24
1 And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh
dreamed:
8 And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled;
and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all
the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there
was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
14 Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him
hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed
his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.
15 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and
there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of
thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.
16 And
Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give
Pharaoh an answer of peace.
17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood
upon the bank of the river:
18 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed
and wellfavoured; and they fed in a meadow:
19 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and
very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all
the land of Egypt for badness:
20 And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first
seven fat kine:
21 And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that
they had eaten them; but they were still ill favoured, as at
the beginning. So I awoke.
22 And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in
one stalk, full and good:
23 And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with
the east wind, sprung up after them:
24 And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told
this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare
it to me.
1st Lesson Questions -
In verse 16, Joseph said, "It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace". In other words, he gave God the glory. Do I do the same thing in life? How can I more fully do so in the future? Specifically, how in the next seven days? RESOLVE.
Second Lesson
1 Corinthians 10:14-22
14 Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.
15 I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.
16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion
of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the
communion of the body of Christ?
17 For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are
all partakers of that one bread.
18 Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the
sacrifices partakers of the altar?
19 What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which
is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?
20 But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they
sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye
should have fellowship with devils.
21 Ye
cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot
be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils.
22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
2nd Lesson Questions -
Am I frequent in visiting the table of the Lord and receiving the Blessed Sacrament? If not, why not? In the last year, how often do I receive each month? Why? Whose table am I found at, more often - the Lord's or the devil's? (V. 21) Do I live my life as if I am trying to partake of both the Lord's table and the table of devils? RESOLVE.