Daily Devotion for 31 March 2023 (Lent 5, Friday)

Jonah – Confident.Faith · Mar 31, 2023 · 21m

Readings Psalm 22 Psalm 38 Exodus 5:1—6:1 Mark 15:33–47 Formula of Concord: Solid Declaration, IV, 21–32 Commemoration Today we commemorate Joseph, Patriarch. Son of the patriarch Jacob and his beloved wife Rachel, Joseph was sold into slavery in Egypt by his brothers, who told his father that he was dead. Unjustly accused in Egypt, because he refused the invitation of his master’s wife to commit adultery with her, Joseph was thrown into prison, where he interpreted dreams for two fellow prisoners. When pharaoh, some time later, had a pair of dreams that none of his wise men could interpret…