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Decisions

Thrive Forward Series

October 14, 2018 • Pastor Tim Cruz

Genesis 39: 1-6 NIV​​
1 “Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt. Potiphar, an Egyptian who was one of Pharaoh’s officials, the captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there. ​

2 ​​The Lord was with Joseph so that he prospered, and he lived in the house of his Egyptian master. ​

3 ​​When his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord gave him success in everything he did, ​

4 ​​Joseph found favor in his eyes and became his attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household, and he entrusted to his care everything he owned. ​

5 ​​From the time he put him in charge of his household and of all that he owned, the Lord blessed the household of the Egyptian because of Joseph. The blessing of the Lord was on everything Potiphar had, both in the house and in the field. ​

6 ​​So Potiphar left everything he had in Joseph’s care; with Joseph in charge, he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate.
Now Joseph was well-built and handsome,”

Proverbs 16:3 NIV​​
3 “Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans.”

Genesis 39: 7-12 NIV
7 ​​"and after a while his master’s wife took notice of Joseph and said, “Come to bed with me!” ​

8 ​​But he refused. “With me in charge,” he told her, “my master does not concern himself with anything in the house; everything he owns he has entrusted to my care. ​

9 ​​No one is greater in this house than I am. My master has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?”

​10 ​​And though she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be with her. ​

11 ​​One day he went into the house to attend to his duties, and none of the household servants was inside. ​

12 ​​She caught him by his cloak and said, “Come to bed with me!” But he left his cloak in her hand and ran out of the house.”

Psalm 1: 1-3 NIV​​
1 “Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the
way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, ​

2 ​​but whose delight is in the law of the Lord and who meditates on his law day and night.​

3 ​​That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither—whatever they do prospers.”

Genesis 39: 19-23 NIV
19 “​When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, “This is how your slave treated me,” he burned with anger. ​

20 ​​Joseph’s master took him and put him in prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined. But while Joseph was there in the prison, ​

21 ​​the Lord was with him; he showed him kindness and granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden. ​

22 ​​So the warden put Joseph in charge of all those held in the prison, and he was made responsible for all that was done there. ​

23 ​​The warden paid no attention to anything under Joseph’s care, because the Lord was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did.”

Proverbs 10: 9 NIV
9 “Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but whoever takes crooked paths will be found out.”

Genesis 50:20 NIV​​
20 "​​​You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.”