We started the book of Ecclesiastes where the preacher tells us that everything in this life is empty and vain without God! While some of us intellectually agree, most high school students really believe and live like the world will satisfy them, but Christians need to stop thinking that way!

We finished the book of Genesis by looking at the faith and prophecies of Jacob and Joseph before they died. We should test our faith and be devoted to grow a deeper trust in God for all the big and small things in our life.

We studied Joseph’s full-fledged forgiveness of his brothers. There are many helpful insights about what Joseph does and does not do that teach us how to forgive. We pray for this sermon to maintain unity through biblical reconciliation when any conflict or bitterness arises!

God taught Joseph to trust him in prison so that he would honor him when in power. Joseph saved Egypt and his brothers instead of taking revenge. Our students should follow Joseph’s example and give up grudges!

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Our next text discusses two brothers who respond in opposite ways when tempted by sexual sin. Judah runs into it and Joseph runs away from it. We need to order our lives by insights we gain from Judah and Joseph’s examples.

We are starting a new series this week on the life of Joseph where he is treated unfairly but patiently trusts God. In Genesis 37, each family member acts selfishly. We should learn from their bad example and also see God’s sovereignty in the sinful choices of the people in our lives.

Jacob has to deal with God before he is confronted by his brother Esau after a 20-year-long break in their rivalry. Jacob needs the mercy of God and his brother! So he struggles all night with the angel of the Lord, and he is humbled, then changed. We must go through a similar experience of “wrestling” as we deal with God to find mercy!

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