Scripture: Genesis 48:1-22

+ The Power of our Words

Hebrews 11:20–21 NIV

+The Power of our Choices

Hebrews 12:16–17

+ The Power of Jesus

Revelation 5:5–6 ESV

Revelation 5:9–14 ESV

Scripture Reading: Genesis 46-47

+ God blesses his people with his presence, his promise, and his provision. 

+ God blesses his people to be a blessing to others.

Genesis 12:1–3 NIV

Genesis 22:15–18 NIV

Genesis 26:4 NIV

Genesis 28:14 NIV

Psalm 67:1–3 NIV

Galatians 3:16 NIV

Galatians 3:8 NIV

Galatians 3:14 NIV

2 Corinthians 5:17–21 NIV

2 Corinthians 1:3–4 NIV

2 Corinthians 9:6–11 NIV

1 Corinthians 12:4–7 NIV

Scripture: Genesis 43–45:15

+ How to truly forgive 

True forgiveness renounces retaliation.  

Mark 11:24–25 NIV 

True forgiveness desires reconciliation.  

2 Corinthians 5:18–19 NIV

True forgiveness seeks relief and good for the offender.  

True forgiveness is enabled by a conviction in the Sovereign grace of God.  

Genesis 50:20–21 NIV

+ How to Be Truly Forgiven by God 

Know you can be forgiven.   

Receive forgiveness freely because it is freely given.  

1 Corinthians 6:9–11

Walk in the relief of forgiveness and a commitment to obedience.   

If you will rest in this forgiveness, you will have the power to forgive others.  

Ephesians 4:31–32 NIV

Scripture: Genesis 42

+ Joseph: Getting Strong

James 1:2–4 NIV

Hebrews 12:5–11 NIV

1 Peter 1:6–7 NIV 

+ The Brothers: Getting Honest 

Psalm 32:1–5 NIV

+ Jacob: Getting More Self-Absorbed

Scripture: Genesis 41:1-16,25-57

+ Our Sufferings do not negate God’s promises.

Genesis 12:3

Genesis 41:51–52

+ What is coming is better than our current circumstances.

Romans 8:18

Revelation 21:3–4

+ Be a faithful steward

Colossians 3:17

Matthew 25:23

+ Care for people

+ Speak the truth boldly

Genesis 12:3

Genesis 41:56–57

Scripture: Genesis 39:20-40:23  

+ Suffering for God is an invitation into intimacy with God. 

1 Peter 4:12–17 NIV

God’s presence can sustain you in any suffering, and suffering can bring you into a greater experience of his presence.   

“Dedicated to man who prayed to know Christ more richly even if it meant his cancer returned. The next year he experienced the deepest intimacy with Christ he had ever known - and then he died of cancer.” Finding God by Larry  

+ Every Painful Station is meant for purposeful preparation.  

Colossians 3:23 NIV 

Proverbs 22:29 NIV 

+ Our Sufferings are often the strategic means to bring about God’s good ends.  

2 Corinthians 1:3–6 NIV 

+ God never forgets his people and never gives up on his purposes.  

Isaiah 49:13–16 NIV 

Romans 8:38–39 NIV

John 10:28–30 NIV 

Scripture: Genesis 39:1-23

+ The Lord was WITH Joseph

Genesis 12:1-3

+ 3 Tactics of Temptation

-       Persistent

-       Persuasive

-       Private

+ The Genealogy of Jesus Christ

Matthew 1:1-2

Matthew 1:18-23

Hebrews 13:5

Scripture: Genesis 37

+ Jacob’s Partiality

+ Joseph’s Prophecy

+ The Brother’s Plot

Genesis 42:21 NIV

Proverbs 28:13 NIV

Psalm 32:1–5 NIV

+ Joseph’s Plight

+ God’s Providence

Ephesians 1:11 NIV

Genesis 50:20 NIV

Psalm 105:16–19 NIV

Romans 8:28 NIV

Acts 2:22–24 NIV

Scripture: Genesis 35:1-15

+ The Beginning

Genesis 28:20–22 (NIV)

+ The Breaking and Blessing

Genesis 32:24–28 (NIV)

2 Corinthians 1:8–10 (NIV) 

+ The Burying and Building

1 John 5:21 (NIV) 

2 Corinthians 1:20 (NIV)

Scripture: Genesis 33

+ When we yield the throne to God, He transforms our fear

+ When we yield the throne to God, He transforms our relationships

+ When we yield the throne to God, He transforms our priorities