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Joseph’s ability to find forgiveness through God’s help is what makes him ready to save his family now. God’s people should seek forgiveness for our sake in addition to the sake of the relationships around us. When we hold onto grudges and refuse to forgive, we are
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Like Joseph, we can only follow God’s plan when we remain focused on God. With our eyes on God, we see His ways clearly. When we take our eyes off the world and focus our attention upon other things, we become distracted and pursue the lust of our eyes
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Joseph overcame what life gave him because his focus was on God. In our day-to-day life, it is easy to focus on the moment and get burdened down by the events and emotions of our life. It is easy to miss God calling us out of the quagmire of our
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The world is far too interested in its own agenda and its own worldview to genuinely bow to God and accept Him as God. The world wants what it wants, it is not interested in wanting what God knows is best for it. The world thinks it knows what is
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God is the one who places us in situations to demonstrate His greatness. His power encompasses the universe. He controls everything from the weather to our dreams if He wants. He is the focus. Joseph comes before Pharoah and provides a proper interpretation of the dream. He stands up, gives
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I may not know where God is leading me, but I can still be confident He is leading me somewhere. I don’t have the mind of God. I cannot possibly know about things with which I don’t interact. I cannot see into the hearts of people and know
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God will move in glory, but God moves according to His timing. God is the one in control. He is the omniscient one. His glory is most visible when He sets His plans into motion. Our job is to align with God’s plan, not venture out on our own.
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God’s hand is at work; Joseph must be patient and wait for God’s timing to be true. God is certainly with Him. God is doing great things through Him. Joseph simply needs to focus on God and let God take the lead in his life. Joseph is approached
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It is easy to think we know better than God what is good for us in our life. Today I’m coming at Joseph pretty hard. I’m disclosing this upfront to acknowledge I’m being unfair. Overall, Joseph is an upright guy. God uses him in an incredible way
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When we are mature in our righteous behavior, the world gets a glimpse of God as He works through us. This is faith in action; it is the model Jesus showed us when He came. Jesus’ life was all about servant leadership. He demonstrated God’s power through His righteousness
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It is always easy for God to use us when our eyes are upon Him. This makes sense. People are easiest to teach when they are focused on the teacher and ready to listen. People are easiest to lead when they are focused on the directions and willing to follow.
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Even when we behave righteously, the world can still attempt to bring us down. No good deed goes unpunished. In our righteousness, people choose to believe what they want instead of believing the truth. If Jesus’ righteousness could not spare him from the world’s wrath, why should our righteous