SERMON NOTES

Read Genesis 42


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REFLECTION QUESTIONS

(1) What did the Lord communicate to your heart through this passage?

(2) What are some ways we see Joseph’s heart being tenderized towards his brothers?

(3) Share your salvation testimony with the group or a recent blessing in which God gets the glory.

(4) How does David’s situation with his son illustrate he had a tender heart towards a child who chose to become his fathter’s enemy? (see II Samuel 16:15-18:33 “O my son Absalom…”)

(5) How does Jesus’ prayer over Jerusalem in Matthew 23:37-39 illustrate he had a tender heart towards His own, and his own people did not receive him? (see John 1:9-13)

(6) How does the prayer of Stephen at his death demonstrate a tender heart towards his persecutors? (see Acts 7, especially verse 60)

(7) How does the turning of Mary Magdalene’s life show a person with a tender heart though she lived a very hard life before coming to Christ?

(8) How does Job illustrate a tender heart through trials?

(9) What has God done (is doing) in your life to tenderize your heart?

(10) Summarize the sermon in one word or sentence.