We don't like to be put on hold!

So What do we do when God seems to put us on hold?

We do what the Syrophoenician woman did; we ask and keep asking; we trust and keep trusting!

God has a plan

We are called to obey God instead of the culture around us.

God's promises are trustworthy

Jesus' encounter with the Pharisees and Scribes revealed that they were concerned with the external.  But the problem they and all of us have is internal; it's a heart problem.

A problem that only Jesus can solve!

God is in the business of making things right.

Not only was God working out his eternal purposes through Joseph and his brothers, but God was also reconciling Joseph to his brothers.

But Joseph and his brothers had to do their part.  The brothers had to come to some level of remorse.  And Joseph as the authority figure and the one sinned against had to come to a place of forgiveness; and he did!  He went above and beyond!

What about us?  How are we making things right with one another?

Through it all the Lord was with Joseph, even when he couldn't see it.

Likewise, the Lord is with us.  The hard part for us is that it is in His time!

Joseph's Big Dreams were part of God's plan for Joseph and through it all God was working out His plans.

However, the dreams only fueled his brothers' envy.

We see here a practical warning to guard against envy and to understand that every one of us are children of God.  The "playing field" is level at the foot of the cross!

Isaiah invites us to come to water, milk, and wine which represent refreshment, nourishment, and exhilaration, respectively.

The invitation is to those who are spiritually bankrupt as well as to those who think they're self-sufficient thus they do not know they're spiritually bankrupt.

It's a call to leave behind emotional and spiritual junk food and instead make the healthy choice and feed upon God's Word.

This message considers the final phrase of the Apostles' Creed:  "I believe .... in the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.  Amen."

The forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting are great riches we have in Christ!

This message considers the following phrase from the Apostles' Creed:  I believe in the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, ..."

Sermon is part of the Apostles' Creed series and considers the statement, "I believe in the Holy Spirit."

General look at the person and ministry of the Holy Spirit.