<h1><strong>CALL TO SERVICE</strong></h1> CONTENT <ol> <li>Meaning of Service</li> <li>Examples of People who Served in the Bible (i) Joseph is Sold to Egypt (Gen. 37 :12-36) (ii) Joseph Served in Egypt. (Gen.41: 37-57) (iii) Ruth Serves her Mother-in-law (Ruth 1: 7-18)</li> </ol>   <h2><strong>Meaning of Service</strong></h2> Service is doing some work which one is called upon to perform or one volunteers to do. In service, one is expected to do the work with all his or her heart, mind and strength. When this happens, one is said to have rendered faithful, loyal and accountable service. <br> <h2><strong>Examples of People who Served in the Bible:</strong></h2> <h3>(i)<strong> Joseph is Sold to Egypt (Gen. 37:12-36)</strong></h3> Joseph served his father faithfully. At the age of seventeen, he was shepherding the flock with his brothers. On one occasion, his father sent him to go and give food to his brothers on the field. On getting there, he couldn’t find them at Shechem where they were, he went further to Dothan where he found them. His brothers caught him and sold him to some Ishmaelite traders for twenty shekels of silver. The traders took Joseph to Egypt where they sold him as a slave.

<h1><strong>LESSONS FROM THE SERVICES OF JOSEPH AND RUTH</strong></h1> CONTENT <ol> <li>Lessons from the Services of Joseph and Ruth</li> <li>Life in God’s Service (1 Peter 2:18-25)</li> <li>Ways in Which Christians are Called to the Service of God</li> <li>Problems of Service</li> </ol>   <h2><strong>Lessons from the Services of Joseph and Ruth</strong></h2> <ol> <li>The lives of Ruth and Joseph show us that God rewards hard work and commitment.</li> <li>There are blessings in rendering faithful and loyal service to God , our country and fellow human beings. God blessed Ruth with a good husband and Joseph became a minister in a foreign land.</li> <li>Christians are blessed with eternal life for faithfulness to God.</li> <li>National award.</li> </ol>