Part 1: Overcoming Evil

June 12, 2022 • Ryan Oddo • Genesis 50:19–21

There is no quick fix to hardship. No matter who you are, you will have to endure it to some degree. For followers of Jesus, this hardship is part of the process by which we begin to resemble our Savior and Teacher. You can't avoid it. You must experience it. The good news, however is this: You don't go through it alone. Even in hardship we can trust in the name of God. We can trust in His goodness and that His purposes are ultimately, eternally good.

Part 5: Overcoming Tragic Loss

July 24, 2022 • Cami Wittwer • Genesis 42:36–38, Genesis 43:1–14

Pastor Cami concludes our series surveying the last part of the book of Genesis and considering the areas that God demonstrated His ability to work difficult things For The Good. In this final installment, we look at perhaps the most difficult of the five. We look at where God is in the midst of our loss. The last couple years have brought with them a great lot of loss for a many great people, not dissimilar to the famine experienced in the known world at the time of Joseph's time in influence in ancient Egypt. God was present then, working For The Good, and He is present now.

Part 4: Overcoming Scarcity

July 3, 2022 • Ryan Oddo • Genesis 41:29–44, Genesis 41:53–57, Genesis 42:1–5

"God is our Provider." It's easy to say, but hard to believe. Add the pressures of economic downturn, high cost of living, and social pressures to impress to this disconnect between our heads and our hearts and the results can be devastating. We might put our hope in finances. We might draw our identity from our careers or incomes or our roles as breadwinners in the family. Or inversely, we might draw identity as the "have nots", regardless of our position globally. All of this turns our attention away from a loving Father who not only cares for us, but desires to teach us to abound in wealth and in scarcity. He wants to teach us to- and aid us in overcoming scarcity for the good.

Part 3: Overcoming Injustice

July 3, 2022 • Ryan Oddo • Genesis 39:1–20

The world is full of injustice. People wrongfully accused and convicted, people skipped over or shown preferential treatment, and people denied access to necessities because of their faith or the color of their skin. In this part of For The Good, Pastor Ryan talks about how we respond in the face of injustice committed against us. Do we seek to get others back for what they've done to us? Or do we turn the other cheek? To we treat our enemies in kind? Or do we treat them with kindness?