Joseph
Letting Go (Clay County)
March 3, 2024 • Matt Farrar • Genesis 42, Genesis 45
Genesis 45:4-7 Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come close to me.” When they had done so, he said, “I am your brother Joseph, the one you sold into Egypt! And now, do not be distressed and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here, because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you. For two years now there has been famine in the land, and for the next five years there will be no plowing and reaping. But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
Letting Go (Effingham)
March 3, 2024 • Andrew Bloemker • 1 John 1, Genesis 42, Genesis 45, Matthew 6, Matthew 11
Genesis 45:4-7 Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come close to me.” When they had done so, he said, “I am your brother Joseph, the one you sold into Egypt! And now, do not be distressed and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here, because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you. For two years now there has been famine in the land, and for the next five years there will be no plowing and reaping. But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
Discipline (Effingham)
February 25, 2024 • Jeff Michael • Genesis 39, Genesis 40, Genesis 41
Genesis 41:15-16 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream, and no one can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.” “I cannot do it,” Joseph replied to Pharaoh, “but God will give Pharaoh the answer he desires.”
Distractions (Effingham)
February 18, 2024 • Matt Farrar
Romans 12:1-2 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Detours: Making Sense of Where You Are (Effingham)
February 11, 2024 • Andrew Bloemker • Genesis 37, Philippians 4
Genesis 37:23-24 So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the ornate robe he was wearing— and they took him and threw him into the cistern. The cistern was empty; there was no water in it.
Detours: Making Sense of Where You Are (Clay County)
February 11, 2024 • Jeff Michael • Genesis 37
Genesis 37:23-24 So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the ornate robe he was wearing— and they took him and threw him into the cistern. The cistern was empty; there was no water in it.
Dreams: How to Understand God's Will (Clay County)
February 4, 2024 • Andrew Bloemker • Romans 12, Genesis 37, Luke 22
Romans 12:1-2 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Dreams: How to Understand God's Will (Effingham)
February 4, 2024 • Jeff Michael • Genesis 37, Psalm 105
Genesis 37:3-4 Now Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons, because he had been born to him in his old age; and he made an ornate robe for him. When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.