Saturday, March 29, 2014

Lesson 12: “Fruitful in the Land of My Affliction” – Scriptures and Quotes




Reading 1 – Genesis 39:21-23

Reading 2 – 1 Peter 4:12-13

Elder Richard G. Scott has said, "While you are passing through [your trials], the pain and difficulty that comes from being enlarged will continue. If all matters were immediately resolved at your first petition, you could not grow. Your Father in Heaven and His Beloved Son love you perfectly. They would not require you to experience a moment more of difficulty than is absolutely needed for your personal benefit or for that of those you love." (Richard G. Scott, "Trust in the Lord," Ensign, Nov. 1995, 1

Romans 8:28

Reading 3 – Genesis 41:1-16

Genesis 41:25

Reading 4 – Genesis 41:37-43

Reading 5 – Genesis 42:5-8

Reading 6 – Genesis 42:17-24

Genesis 42:36-38

Reading 7 – Genesis 44:18, 30-34

Reading 8 – Genesis 45:1-15

Reading 9 – Elder Dallin H. Oaks has written:  The issue for us is trusting God enough to trust also His timing. If we can truly believe he has our welfare at heart, may we not let his plans unfold as he thinks best? The same is true with the second coming and with all those matters wherein our faith needs to include faith in the Lord's timing for us personally, not just in His overall plans and purposes. (Dallin H. Oaks: Even As I Am, p. 93)


Elder Mark E. Peterson has written that Asenath was not of the forbidden Egyptian blood, but, was, in fact, a Semite, and that marriage by Joseph to her was lawful.  The true religion was not in Egypt, except in the person of Joseph, so he taught Asenath the true gospel.  (Joseph of Egypt, pp37-38)

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