ELDERS
Topic: ELDERS Key Texts: Genesis 27: 21-24 Genesis 48: 10-19 Thank God for the lives of our Elders: within our immediate families parents/uncles/aunties/elders within the body of Christ and in our nations We are to examine two case studies to help us to pray for our Elders; Genesis 27: 1, 21-24 Now it came to pass, when Isaac was old and his eyes were so dim that he could not see, that he called Esau his older son and said to him, “My son.” 21 Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not.” 22 So Jacob went near to Isaac his father, and he felt him and said, “The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.” 23 And he did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like his Brother Esau’s hands; so he blessed him. 24 Then he said, “Are you really my son Esau?” He said, “I am.” The signs of confusion was apparent with Isaac and physical ageing vulnerability o...