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God’s extraordinary work is most often done by ordinary people in the
seeming obscurity of a home and family.” Neal A Maxwell
News from Benin
Brother Kossi Woudji is
currently living in a
refuge camp in Agame,
Cotonou, Benin, West
Africa.
Please pray for him and
for others who are living
in such difficult circum-
stances.
BAMENDA | Bro Akoso Peter
News from Cameroon
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which is much appreciated, if possible could
do with several copies. Our Ecclesia is small
and is in need of more Bibles and any litera-
ture for preaching you can let us have.
Bro Emmanuel Nanji
The account in Gen. 44 tells us about Joseph
and his re-meeting with his brethren in a for-
eign country after their sinful act of envy in
which they had lied to their father that he was
dead. We see that their repeated lie about the
whereabouts of Joseph had seemed so long
ago that their lie seemed like truth to them.
As one sin leads to another so the brethren of
Joseph told their brother, still unknown to
them, their usual lie for fear of the man who
had Pharaoh’s authority to do as he wished.
This is a type of Christ and us today.
Judah, one of Joseph’s brethren is the spokes-
man for the brethren. He remarks in verses 19
and 20 of Gen. 44 to Joseph “do not let your
anger burn against your servant: for you are
even like Pharaoh”. This is the type of appeal
we are to be daily making to Jesus. Jesus is
like God, just as Joseph was like Pharaoh. It
was in the power of Joseph to do as he wished
to his brethren. He would not revenge but
went and wept for his brethren. In Gen. 45:5-
7 Joseph comforts his brethren with the fol-
lowing words: “do not grieve upon the sin of
having sold me” but that was God’s way of de-
liverance and why Joseph was sent to Egypt.
“God sent me before you to preserve for you
a remnant in the earth.”
T
here is one thing alone that stands
the brunt of life throughout its
length; a quiet conscience.
1 John 3:21 KJV
“Beloved, if our heart condemn us not,
then have we confidence toward God.”