1 Corinthians 3:6-7 NKJV
I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.
Key Point 1 - "Don't put a comma, where God puts a period"
Acts 7:9 NIV
"Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. BUT GOD was with him!!!
"Because were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. BUT GOD was with him AND…
Acts 7:9-10 NIV
"Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. BUT GOD was with him AND rescued him from ALL his TROUBLES.
B — But
U — Understand
T — this
Acts 7:9-10 NIV
"Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. BUT GOD was with him AND rescued him from ALL his TROUBLES. He gave Joseph wisdom and enabled him to gain the goodwillof Pharaoh king of Egypt; so he made him ruler over Egypt and all his palace.
Key Point 2 - The 5 “But God” moments of Joseph
Key Point 3 - The “But God” Ripple effect
Gen 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.