Weaving Healthy Relationships:

Part II - "Practicing Forgiveness"

by Pastor Kathleen O'Connell

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PCUSA Peacemaking Offering

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Genesis 50: 15-21: 16 So they sent word to Joseph, saying, "Your father left these instructions before he died: 17 'This is what you are to say to Joseph: I ask you to forgive your brothers the sins and the wrongs they committed in treating you so badly.' Now please forgive the sins of the servants of the God of your father." When their message came to him, Joseph wept.

Ephisians 4:31 - 5:2: Put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander, together with all malice, and be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you. Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children, and live in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

God's love and attention for us is without end, without bound, without limits.  Why should our personal worship encompass only 1 hour on Sunday?  God invites us to a 24/7 relationship.  Here's your opportunity to continue to explore the way God's word connects with this week's worship theme.  We invite you to spend some time each day discovering God's word...

24/7 readings     Spend some time each day with God’s word. This week, read and reflect on the way forgiveness happens in the story of Joseph and his brothers...

Genesis 37, Genesis 39, Genesis 40 - 41, Genesis 42-43, Genesis 44 -45, Genesis 50:15-21