This first sermon in our Voices Series asking the question — How do we wait ON purpose WITH purpose?
GOD CAN RAISE UP RIGHTEOUSNESS OUT OF DARKNESS“
The famine grew worse and spread over the whole country, so Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians. People came to Egypt from all over the world to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was severe everywhere.”
Genesis 41:56-57 GNT
Expect OPPOSITION
“She caught him by his robe and said, “Come to bed with me.” But he escaped and ran outside, leaving his robe in her hand. Joseph's master was furious and had Joseph arrested and put in the prison where the king's prisoners were kept, and there he stayed. But the Lord was with Joseph and blessed him, so that the jailer was pleased with him. He put Joseph in charge of all the other prisoners and made him responsible for everything that was done in the prison. The jailer did not have to look after anything for which Joseph was responsible, because the Lord was with Joseph and made him succeed in everything he did.”
Genesis 39:19-23 GNT
If the enemy can’t DESTROY you, he will DISTRACT you.
“Be alert, be on watch! Your enemy, the Devil, roams around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.”
1 Peter 5:8 GNT
In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,”
2 Timothy 3:12 NIV
and In this world you WILL have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.
John 16:33b NIV
Seize OPPORTUNITY
Joseph was thirty years old when he began to serve the king of Egypt. He left the king's court and traveled all over the land. During the seven years of plenty the land produced abundant crops, all of which Joseph collected and stored in the cities. In each city he stored the food from the fields around it. There was so much grain that Joseph stopped measuring it—it was like the sand of the sea.
Genesis 41:46b-49 GNT
“Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.”
Ephesians 5:16-17 NIV‘
The opportunity of a lifetime must be seized within the lifetime of that opportunity’ - Leonard Ravenhill
Remain OPEN
“The king and his officials approved this plan, and he said to them, “We will never find a better man than Joseph, a man who has God's spirit in him.””
Genesis 41:37-38 GNT
CHUCK SWINDOLL “Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it”.
Remember your WHY
God wants to FILL you so He can FOCUS you.
“But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.”
Isaiah 40:31 NKJV
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