Sermon Text: Genesis 50:15-21Companion Text: I Corinthians 13:1-71.The Doubt. “When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, ‘It may be that Joseph will hate us and pay us back for all the evil that we did to him.’” Genesis 50:152.The Deception. “So they sent a message to Joseph, saying, ‘Your father gave this command before he died, ‘Say to Joseph, Please forgive the transgression of your brothers and their sin, because they did evil to you.’” Genesis 50:16-17a3.The Description. “‘And now, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.’” Genesis 50:17b4.The Display. “Joseph wept when they spoke to him.” Genesis 50:17c5.The Discernment. “But Joseph said to them, ‘Do not fear, for am I in the place of God?’” Genesis 50:196.The Deliverance. “‘So do not fear; I will provide for you and your little ones.’ Thus he comforted them and spoke kindly to them.” Genesis 50:21

Sermon Text: Ruth 4Companion Text: John 10:7-181. The Heart. “Then Boaz said, ‘The day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you also acquire Ruth the Moabite, the widow of the dead, in order to perpetuate the name of the dead in his inheritance.’" Ruth 4:52. The Hype. “Then all the people who were at the gate and the elders said, ‘We are witnesses. May the LORD make the woman, who is coming into your house, like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you act worthily in Ephrathah and be renowned in Bethlehem.’” Ruth 4:113. The Hope. “Then Naomi took the child and laid him on her lap and became his nurse. And the women of the neighborhood gave him a name, saying, ‘A son has been born to Naomi.’ They named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David.” Ruth 4:16,17

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Sermon Text: Ruth 3Companion Text: Galatians 4:1-71.The READING. “Then Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, ‘my daughter, should I not seek first for you, that it may be well with you?’” Ruth 3:12.The RELIANCE. “He said, ‘Who are you?’ And she answered, ‘I am Ruth, your servant. Spread your wings over you servant, for you are a redeemer.’” Ruth 3:93.The REFLECTION. “She replied, ‘Wait, my daughter, until you learn how the matter turns out. For the man will not rest but will settle the matter today.’” Ruth 3:18

The song Doug references at the end can be seen at:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHQqQxYkV1MSermon Text: Ruth 2Companion Text: Hebrews 1:1-91.The PROVIDENCE. “Now Naomi had a relative of her husband’s, a worthy man of the clan of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz.” Ruth 2:12.The PROTECTION. “’The LORD repay you for what you have done, and a full reward be given you by the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge!’” Ruth 2:123.The PROVISION. “And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, ‘May he be blessed by the LORD, whose kindness has not forsaken the living or the dead!’ Naomi also said to her, ‘The man is a close relative of ours, one of our redeemers.’” Ruth 2:20

Sermon Text: Ruth 1Companion Text: Micah 5:1-5(a)1.The BROKENNESS. “In the days when the judges ruled there was a famine in the land, and a man of Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons.” Ruth 1:12.The BITTERNESS. “‘…would you therefore wait till they were grown? Would you therefore refrain from marrying? No, my daughters, for it is exceedingly bitter to me for your sake that the hand of the LORD has gone out against me.’" Ruth 1:133.The BLESSING. “But Ruth said, ‘Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God.’” Ruth 1:16

Sermon Text: Genesis 45:1-9, 25-28Companion Text: II Corinthians 1:3-71.The Need to RELATE. “So Joseph said to his brothers, ‘Come near to me, please.’ And they came near. And he said, ‘I am your brother, Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt.’” Genesis 45:42.The Need to RECONCILE. “And now do not be distressed or angry with yourselves because you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.” Genesis 45:53.The Need to RESTORE. “But when they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said to them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of their father Jacob revived.” Genesis 45:27

Sermon Text - Genesis 37:12-28Companion Text - II Corinthians 6:1-10 The ChallengeThe ConfusionThe CriesThe Cost

Sermon Text: Genesis 33:1-11Companion Text: Matthew 25:31-401. The PRELUDE. “So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, saying, ‘For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life has been delivered.’" Genesis 32:302. The PLAN. “He himself went on before them, bowing himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.” Genesis 33:33. The PRESENT. “Esau said, ‘What do you mean by all this company that I met?" Jacob answered, "To find favor in the sight of my lord.’" Genesis 33:84. The PERCEPTION. “Jacob said, ‘No, please, if I have found favor in your sight, then accept my present from my hand. For I have seen your face, which is like seeing the face of God, and you have accepted me.’” Genesis 33:10

Sermon Text: Genesis 25:19-34Companion Text: John 15:12-17The Birth of Esau and Jacob 1. 19The DAD. “These are the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham fathered Isaac, 20and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife.” Genesis 25:19-20(a)2. The DILEMMA. “22The children struggled together within her, and she said, ‘If it is thus, why is this happening to me?’ So she went to inquire of the LORD.” Genesis 25:22 3. The DIFFERENCE. “ 27When the boys grew up, Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man, dwelling in tents.” Genesis 25:27 4. The DECEPTION. “Jacob said, ‘Swear to me now.’ So he swore to him and sold his birthright to Jacob.” Genesis 25:33 5. The DIMNESS. “Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew, and he ate and drank and rose and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright.” Genesis 25:24