Forgiving and Forgetting the Past

11 o’clock English Service NEP 81 Holy , Holy, Holy Lord God almighty ' Prayer Young Peoples talk Bible Reading Genesis 41: 1-16 ( NIV) Pharoah’s dreams The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot him. When two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing by the Nile, when out of the river there came up seven cows, sleek and fat, and they grazed among the reeds. After them, seven other cows, ugly and gaunt, came up out of the Nile and stood beside those on the riverbank. And the cows that were ugly and gaunt ate up the seven sleek, fat cows. Then Pharaoh woke up. He fell asleep again and had a second dream:Seven heads of grain, healthy and good, were growing on a single stalk. After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted—thin and scorched by the east wind. The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven healthy, full heads. Then Pharaoh woke up; it had been a dream. In the morning his mind was troubled, so he sent for all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him. Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “Today I am reminded of my shortcomings. Pharaoh was once angry with his servants, and he imprisoned me and the chief baker in the house of the captain of the guard. Each of us had a dream the same night, and each dream had a meaning of its own. Now a young Hebrew was there with us, a servant of the captain of the guard. We told him our dreams, and he interpreted them for us, giving each man the interpretation of his dream. And things turned out exactly as he interpreted them to us:I was restored to my position, and the other man was impaled.” So Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and he was quickly brought from the dungeon. When he had shaved and changed his clothes, he came before Pharaoh. Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream, and no one can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.” “I cannot do it,” Joseph replied to Pharaoh, “but God will give Pharaoh the answer he desires.” Sermon ‘ I cannot do it...BUT GOD..‘ In our series ‘ Joseph the Prince among his brothers’ we look this morning at the wonderful account of how God enables Joseph to interpret Pharaoh’s dreams . NEP 189 ' O Lord my God ( How great thou art) Gaelic service in the Church hall Ps 85:1-5 ‘ O Lord, thou hast been favourable’ Urnaigh Ps 126 ‘When Sion’s bondage God turn’d back Leughadh Genesis 41 Ps 119:18-24 Open mine eyes, that of thy law Searmon Ps 139: 10-16 ‘ No plague shall near thy dwelling come; 6 PM English ( in the main Church) Bible reading Genesis 41 Sermon ‘ Forgiving & Forgetting the past ’ (Gen 41:51) Tonight’s praise Psalm 116: 1-8 ‘ I love the Lord, because my voice‘ Psalm 80:1-5 ‘ Hear, Isr’el’s Shepherd! like a flock‘ Para 2 “ O God of Bethel ‘ Hymn 475 ‘Nearer my God to Thee ’ 8.30 pm Testimony Evening at Clan MacQuarrie hall Tonight featuring Rev Sean Ankers from Fort William who has just qualified as a Free Church minister.