Christian Foundations

Genesis 39

Joseph resists the advances of Potiphar's wife.
INSIGHT
Mark Twain once wrote: "Always do right. It will gratify some and astonish the rest." While we smile at that, there are greater reasons for doing right.
Joseph is a good example. When he resisted the advances of Potiphar's wife, Joseph set himself on the road to the throne of Egypt. Had he given in, Joseph would have set himself on the road to ruin.
Always do right. There is more at stake than you might think.
PRAYER
· We praise Christ Jesus for His wonderful works:

O Lord, You have searched me and known
me. . .
I will praise You, for I am fearfully and
wonderfully made;
Marvelous are Your works,
And that my soul knows very well. . .
How precious also are Your thoughts to me,
O God!
How great is the sum of them!
(Psalm 139:1, 14, 17).

· Now pray this confession to the Lord
to keep your life free from sin and in
fellowship with Him:

Who can understand his errors?
Cleanse me from secret faults.
Keep back Your servant also from
presumptuous sins;
Let them not have dominion over me.
Then I shall be blameless,
And I shall be innocent of great
transgression (Psalm 19:12-13).

· As you confess any sins that the Holy Spirit brings to your mind, voice your affirmation of God's Word:

Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things,
endures all things (1 Corinthians 13:4-7).

· As you make your requests known to the Lord, pray for:
· a passion for moral excellence,
· Christian education institutions,
· today's activities.

· Now offer this prayer of worship to the Lord:

So teach us to number our days,
That we may gain a heart of wisdom
(Psalm 90:12). 

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