Genesis Week 10
Sharable notes for the October 15, 2023 message. You can post these notes on your social platform!
Scriptures used: Genesis 37:3-4, 21-22, 29-32; 39:2-3, 21-23; 41:16; 45:4-5; 50:14-21; Hebrews 4:15; 2 Corinthians 4:17
Passages referenced: Genesis 37-50
The marketplace is your place to be a missionary of the gospel. You can bring the presence of God, the kingdom of God and the blessing of God with you.
We have been empowered and blessed with the presence of God to be a blessing to others no matter who they are.
You do not have to feel defeated because you feel temptation.
Just because your status to those around you may be stripped from you, it doesn’t mean the purpose God has for you is.
You can delay the will of God but you can never destroy the will of God.
Time doesn’t heal all wounds, only time with God heals wounds.
“Often when you think everything has gone wrong, it’s just that you’re in the middle of a story.” Paul Miller
Stop letting your feelings dictate your focus. Instead focus on the facts of God’s word.
In God there is no wasted event, no wasted second of life.
Our willingness to be a blessing to someone is often the test of whether or not we’ve forgiven them.
Jesus Christ has already offered us forgiveness. That forgiveness is waiting on us to receive it, possess it and enjoy it.
What could change about your life if you really believed God was always with you?
How could your attitude toward your past change?
Who would you be able to forgive?
How would it direct the way you see your situation in life now, good or bad, as an assignment from God?
Reflect or meet with someone to discuss:
What about Joseph's story amazes you the most?
How would you feel if you went through all that Joseph went through? Do you believe you would have responded in the same way?
In what ways do you see the gospel of Christ demonstrated in the story of Joseph?
Do you really believe God is always with you? If so, how does that impact your life? If not, what do you believe would change about your life if you did?
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In this study, Dr. Tony Evans uses the epic faith, life, and career of Joseph to teach that God is more interested in your development than your arrival. Like Joseph, a kidnapped and enslaved boy who grew up to save an empire, the obstacles and obstructions in your life can lead to real accomplishments. Granted, detours are anything but convenient. They take you out of the way. They are longer than you originally had planned to travel. But they are necessary. God allows detours in your life because He cares more for your character than your comfort, more for your purity than your productivity. He cares about your destiny!