Crossroads Cadiz Podcast

The Need for Mercy (Genesis 43:1-15)

____________ (43:1-5)

____________ (43:6-10)

____________ (43:11-15)

The Provision of Mercy (Genesis 43:16-34)

________________ (43:16-17, 30-31)

________________ (43:23-34)

________________ (43:34)

Memory Verse: May God Almighty grant you mercy before the man, and may he send back your other brother and Benjamin. And as for me, if I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.”

Genesis 43:14 ESV

Ingredient 1: _____________ (42:1-5)

Ingredient 2: _____________ (42:6-17)

Ingredient 3: ____________________________ (42:18-25)

Ingredient 4: _____________________ (42:26-34)

Ingredient 5: ___________________________ (42:35-38)

Memory Verse: Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh. “For,” he said, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s house.” The name of the second he called Ephraim, “For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

Genesis 41:51‭-‬52 ESV

Main Point: God's Timing Displays God's _________________

God Displayed His _______________ Over Egypt (41:1-8, 16, 25, 28, Isaiah 40:15)

God Displayed His _____________ To Egypt (41:28-36, 53-54)

God Displayed His _________________ to Joseph (41:38-44, 50-52)

Memory Verse: Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

1 Peter 5:6-7 ESV

Main Point: God was using the prison as __________________ for fulfilling His promises.

God Was Preparing His ___________ (Genesis 40:1-7, Acts 17:26)

God Was Preparing His _________ (Genesis 40:5-19)

God Was Preparing the ________ (Genesis 40:20-23)

God is using suffering in the present moment to prepare you for ___________ in the future. (Hebrews 12:10-11)

God is using suffering in the present moment to prepare you for _________ in the future. (Romans 5:3-5)

God is using suffering in the present moment to prepare you for ___________ in the future. (2 Corinthians 4:17-18)

Memory Verse: I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.

John 16:33 ESV

How To Be Successful While You Suffer (Genesis 39)

True success is _________________ wherever God has you.

Don't ________, Fear God (Genesis 39:1-9, Proverbs 3:5-7, Psalm 1:1-3, Joshua 1:8)

Don't ______________, Live With Integrity (Genesis 39:6-20, Proverbs 29:25)

Don't ___________, Serve Others (Genesis 39:21-23, 12:2-3)

“He is no fool who gives up that which he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." - Jim Elliot (1927-1956)

Memory Verse: His master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord caused all that he did to succeed in his hands. - Genesis 39:3

Ruin and Redemption (Genesis 38)

How to Ruin Your Life

Doing What Feels _________ (1-5)

Doing What Makes You _________ (6-11)

Doing What Keeps You ____________ (12-19)

How To Redeem Your Life

____________ Your Sin (20-26)

_____________ To The Savior (27-30)

Memory Verse: Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram,

- Matthew 1:2-3

From Favorite Son to Foreign Servant (Genesis 37)

Dysfunctional Families Have Always Existed...

Family Dysfunction is _______________ to the Storyline of Genesis (Genesis 3:15, 37:1)

Because of what happened in the ______________, there is dysfunction at your dinner table and at your Christmas get together. 

Dysfunction continues into the _____________ generation of the book of Genesis (37:1-2) 

The Decline of Joseph...

Joseph was the ________________ Son (37:2-11)

Joseph was ______________ by His Brothers (37:12-35) 

Joseph ________________ for a Purpose (37:36) 

Joseph points us to ___________________ (Genesis 50:20) 

There is a Greater Beloved Son who was Betrayed by His Brothers to Accomplish the Purposes of God.

Memory Verse: Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his sons, because he was the son of his old age. And he made him a robe of many colors. - Genesis 37:3