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 All right, so we are continuing on in our series today on the life of Joseph, meant for good.

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 And just by way of reminder, our series text is Genesis chapter 50 and verse 20.

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 You meant evil against me, but God meant it for good to save many people.

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 You meant evil against me, but God meant it for good to save many people.

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 A few weeks ago, we covered Genesis chapter 37, and that was the beginning of the story of Joseph, favored but fallen.

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 And our takeaway was pride and envy are warning signs, but the start of Joseph's story points us to Jesus.

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 He is a type of Christ, someone in the Old Testament that points us to the future coming of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

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 And we see that throughout his story.

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 And then in week two, we talked about Joseph tempted and tried.

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 Tempted and tried as he was sold to Potiphar's house as a slave and rose up through the ranks.

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 And then the boss's wife tried to seduce him, and he stood firm in his faith in God and would not sin in that way.

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 And so the trials that God allows us to endure are always designed to draw us into closer relationship with him.

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 And then last Sunday, we talked about Joseph faithful but forgotten.

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 Faithful but forgotten.

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 Finding himself in prison, in Pharaoh's prison, after being falsely accused.

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 And our takeaway last Sunday was to let your season of divine delay make a discernible difference in how you live your faith.

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 Not just giving lip service to your faith, saying this is what I believe, but actually how does that affect your life?

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 We saw Joseph continue to grow throughout this season of delay, this in the meantime season for Joseph.

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 So now we're on to week four, and that is filled and fruitful.

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 Joseph, filled and fruitful.

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 Would you turn to Genesis chapter 41 with me?

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 And just because you've been sitting a little while, if you're able to join us in standing,

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 would you mind joining us in standing as we read Genesis chapter 41?

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 Just the first eight verses, and we'll continue on following that.

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 Genesis 41, verse 1.

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 I'm reading from the New Living Translation this morning.

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 Two full years later, Pharaoh dreamed that he was standing on the bank of the Nile River.

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 In his dream, he saw seven fat, healthy cows come up out of the river and begin grazing in the marsh grass.

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 Then he saw seven more cows come up from behind them from the Nile, but these were scrawny and thin.

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 These cows stood beside the fat cows on the river bank.

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 Then the scrawny, thin cows ate the seven healthy, fat cows.

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 At this point in the dream, Pharaoh woke up.

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 But he fell asleep again and had a second dream.

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 This time he saw seven heads of grain, plump and beautiful, growing on a single stalk.

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 Then appeared seven more heads of grain, and these were shriveled and withered by the east wind.

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 These thin heads swallowed up the seven plump, well-formed heads.

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 Then Pharaoh woke up again and realized it was a dream.

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 The next morning, Pharaoh was very disturbed by the dreams.

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 So he called for all the magicians and wise men of Egypt.

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 And when Pharaoh told them his dreams, not one of them could tell him what they meant.

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 Let's pray together now.

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 God, please give us insight to the reading of your word.

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 Let your spirit transform the text to apply individually to our lives

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 and teach us what we need to learn from this morning.

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 I pray that you would call each of us into a season of fruitfulness by your Holy Spirit.

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 We'll give you the glory for it.

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 It's in your name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 You may be seated.

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 Thanks for standing.

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 So the introduction here to our passage is that a full two years have passed

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 since Joseph had this amazing victory where God gave him the interpretation of the dreams

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 for the two VIP prisoners, Pharaoh's cupbearer and baker.

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 God used him so powerfully, growing him through this time, giving him this wisdom and insight

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 like he does to all of us as he grows us often in difficult seasons of life.

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 But then two years passed.

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 Can you imagine after Joseph had had this breakthrough moment

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 where God gave him the interpretation of these dreams,

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 he shared it with these guys,

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 and then perhaps he had received word that they got out of jail

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 and it happened exactly as God had said it would.

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 like it always does.

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 But can you imagine every day for two years waiting,

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 wondering if that cupbearer would remember you?

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 Would you ever get out?

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 It all worked out great for him.

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 Not so great for the baker,

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 but it all worked out great for the cupbearer,

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 but it hadn't yet worked out for Joseph.

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 You ever been there?

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 You ever been in a waiting season of life?

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 Especially when someone else around you is thriving?

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 They seem to be in a season of victory and you're just not there.

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 You're just not experiencing it.

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 You're thinking,

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 what's wrong with me?

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 God,

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 why aren't you coming through?

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 What am I not doing?

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 I'm asking,

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 I'm seeking,

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 I'm knocking at the door,

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 and you just don't seem to be answering.

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 You don't seem to be coming through.

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 Why?

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 May I remind you

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 that while we're waiting,

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 God is working.

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 While Joseph was waiting,

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 God was working.

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 And we see it happen.

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 The Bible teaches us that one day,

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 in God's eyes,

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 is as a thousand years.

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 Now that may not give a lot of encouragement to you,

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 and you say,

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 man,

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 a thousand years seems like a long time,

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 and

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 that's just one day in God's eyes.

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 Not sure if I can wait that long, God.

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 Need you to come through a little faster than that.

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 I can't imagine what that two years was like for Joseph.

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 Thinking,

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 God,

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 I stayed faithful to you.

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 I did what you required of me.

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 I did not give in to the temptation.

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 I gave the accurate interpretation that your spirit gave to me,

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 to these two guys,

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 and now,

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 I'm paying this price

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 that I don't believe I deserve.

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 Let's look back at verse 1 of Genesis 41.

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 Two full years later,

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 Pharaoh dreams a dream.

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 These dreams are very similar.

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 The fat, healthy cows

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 versus the scrawny, thin cows.

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 And then he has the second dream,

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 the seven heads of grain,

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 plump and beautiful,

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 and then the seven heads of grain

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 that were shriveled and withered.

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 And of course,

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 the shriveled and withered

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 and the thin and scrawny

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 ate that which was healthy and plump.

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 And so what does this mean?

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 Well, Joseph is going to get his chance.

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 But first,

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 Pharaoh turned to those that he thought

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 could interpret it.

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 He turned to those

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 that in the system of ancient Egypt

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 Egypt were set up

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 to interpret these dreams.

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 His wise men,

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 his magicians,

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 he called them

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 and he told them his dreams

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 and not one of them

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 could tell him what they meant.

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 Surprise, surprise.

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 When it comes down to it,

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 the world will always fail.

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 Worldly wisdom

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 will always ultimately fail you.

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 So may I remind you, church,

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 as people of God,

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 why would we then turn

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 to that which will ultimately fail?

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 But we find ourselves doing it

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 like Pharaoh

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 time and time again.

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 The difference is

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 Pharaoh didn't know better.

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 That's all he knew to do.

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 But we as the people of God

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 should know better

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 than to turn ourselves

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 to worldly wisdom.

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 But we do it.

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 We do it continually.

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 We do it when it comes

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 to the areas of life

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 that we're not sure about.

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 And our trust in God

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 starts to fade

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 and we turn to the wisdom

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 of this world

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 and we find ourselves

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 making decisions

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 based on the wisdom

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 of this world

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 rather than the wisdom

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 that comes from God.

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 And that always

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 will ultimately lead us

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 to failure.

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 At some point,

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 you're going to run out

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 of human answers.

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 At some point,

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 we will always run out

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 of answers or explanations

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 for the season

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 we're going through.

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 I'm sure Joseph

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 ran out of reasons

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 for why God

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 was allowing him

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 to sit in that prison.

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 And Pharaoh certainly

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 had no answers

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 for the interpretation

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 of his dream.

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 Have you ever been

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 at a point where you

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 tried to figure out

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 why God was doing something?

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 You ever tried to do that?

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 Maybe even in hindsight

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 looking back,

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 well, maybe God

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 was doing this.

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 Guys,

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 we don't know

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 why God does

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 what he does.

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 But we can trust

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 that what he does

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 is good

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 and what he does

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 is right.

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 And what he does

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 is best.

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 So worldly wisdom

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 will always ultimately

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 fail.

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 I had it on the screen.

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 There it is.

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 Worldly wisdom

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 will always

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 ultimately fail.

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 Romans 1.22

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 gives us a great text

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 about that.

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 They claim to be wise

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 but they are fools.

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 You ever run into somebody

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 that claimed to be wise

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 and they thought

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 they had all the answers

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 but after they taught

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 for a while

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 you realize

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 he's a fool.

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 She's a fool.

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 Nothing but foolishness

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 ends up coming out

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 although in their own minds

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 they are so wise.

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 Y'all,

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 ultimately

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 the wisdom of the world

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 will always lead.

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 Those wisest

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 in all of its pursuits

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 will ultimately

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 reveal themselves

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 to be fools

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 apart from God

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 and his wisdom

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 because human answers

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 are eventually

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 going to run out.

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 Genesis 41

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 verse 9.

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 Let's get down

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 and continue our story.

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 Finally,

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 what Joseph

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 had been waiting on

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 happened.

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 The king's chief

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 cupbearer spoke up.

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 Today I have been

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 reminded of my failure

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 he told Pharaoh.

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 Some time ago

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 you were angry

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 with the chief baker

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 and me

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 and you imprisoned us

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 in the palace

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 of the captain of the guard.

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 Boy,

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 I wouldn't have wanted

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 to bring that up again

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 if I was the cupbearer.

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 Remember that thing I did

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 that made you so mad

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 that you threw me

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 in prison?

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 Just kind of would have

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 wanted Pharaoh

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 to move on from that

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 and not dredge that memory up,

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 right?

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 But he realized

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 how critical

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 this situation was

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 and so he reminded

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 Pharaoh

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 of what

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 had happened

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 and he said

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 one night

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 the chief baker

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 and I

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 each had a dream

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 and each dream

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 had its own meaning

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 and there was

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 a young Hebrew man

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 with us

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 in the prison

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 who was a slave

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 of the captain

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 of the guard

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 Potiphar,

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 right?

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 We told him

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 our dreams

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 and he told us

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 what each of our

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 dreams meant.

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 Wow!

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 Pharaoh's got to be

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 looking at him.

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 You're just now

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 telling me this?

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 And everything

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 that happened,

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 everything happened

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 just as he had

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 predicted.

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 I was restored

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 to my position

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 as cupbearer.

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 The chief baker

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 was executed

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 and impaled

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 on a pole.

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 Yikes!

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 Verse 14

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 Pharaoh sent

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 for Joseph

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 at once

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 and he was

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 quickly brought

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 from the prison.

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 Well yeah,

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 if all his wise men,

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 if the system

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 had failed Pharaoh,

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 everyone who was

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 supposed to be able

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 to give him answers

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 had no answers

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 and now one of his

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 most trusted advisors

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 who he had gone

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 through a trial

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 with,

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 a storm with,

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 and he had

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 doubted his loyalty

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 and had to throw him

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 into prison

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 and then finally

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 had it reconfirmed

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 somehow

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 and trusted the guy

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 again and now

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 he's telling him,

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 by the way,

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 there's a guy

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 in that prison

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 that I was in.

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 Who can explain

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 this to you?

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 Then he said,

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 get him here.

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 Then he sent

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 for Joseph,

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 he was quickly brought

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 and after he shaved

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 and changed his clothes,

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 Joseph went in

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 and stood before Pharaoh.

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 Verse 15,

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 then Pharaoh

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 said to Joseph,

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 I had a dream

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 last night

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 and no one

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 here can tell me

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 what it means

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 but I've heard

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 that when you hear

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 about a dream,

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 you can interpret it.

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 This was Joseph's

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 big moment.

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 Joseph could have said,

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 yeah,

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 listen, Pharaoh,

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 I got this special gift,

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 all right?

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 I got this special ability.

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 You tell me what you need,

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 I'm your guy,

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 okay?

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 I'll tell you

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 what it means

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 but that's not

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 how Joseph responded.

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 This was his big moment

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 to win the favor

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 of the king,

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 Pharaoh to impress him,

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 to get high up

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 in his regard.

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 He could have let

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 Pharaoh make him

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 possibly the chief

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 wise man

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 in Egypt

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 but instead he said,

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 I'm sorry, Pharaoh.

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 I can't do this.

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 That's what he said.

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 He said,

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 it's beyond my power

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 to do this.

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 I can't help you.

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 I can't tell you

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 your dream.

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 And in my playing

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 out of this story,

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 there's a dramatic

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 pause right there.

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 And Pharaoh's

00:14:28.720 --> 00:14:29.879
 probably looking at him,

00:14:30.620 --> 00:14:32.300
 well, that's not

00:14:32.300 --> 00:14:33.420
 what I heard about you.

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 That's disappointing.

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 And then he's probably

00:14:35.840 --> 00:14:36.900
 giving the side eye

00:14:36.900 --> 00:14:38.080
 to the chief cupbearer

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 saying,

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 I thought this guy

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 was supposed to be able

00:14:40.500 --> 00:14:41.419
 to come through for me.

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 But then Joseph

00:14:43.779 --> 00:14:44.340
 kept talking.

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 He said,

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 but God

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 can

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 tell you

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 what it means

00:14:49.740 --> 00:14:50.740
 and set you

00:14:50.740 --> 00:14:51.460
 at ease.

00:14:52.179 --> 00:14:53.340
 I can't

00:14:53.340 --> 00:14:54.779
 but God

00:14:54.779 --> 00:14:55.480
 can.

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 And that's a reminder

00:14:57.419 --> 00:14:58.080
 that I believe

00:14:58.080 --> 00:14:58.899
 every one of us

00:14:58.899 --> 00:14:59.840
 needs to walk out of here

00:14:59.840 --> 00:15:00.539
 with this morning.

00:15:00.879 --> 00:15:02.419
 It's beyond my power

00:15:02.419 --> 00:15:03.779
 but God

00:15:03.779 --> 00:15:04.320
 can.

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 Listen,

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 you might come up

00:15:05.519 --> 00:15:06.340
 up against something

00:15:06.340 --> 00:15:07.939
 that you cannot

00:15:07.939 --> 00:15:09.039
 figure out a way through.

00:15:09.039 --> 00:15:10.919
 It's beyond your power

00:15:10.919 --> 00:15:12.139
 but God

00:15:12.139 --> 00:15:12.679
 can.

00:15:13.039 --> 00:15:14.019
 As a child of God,

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 you know that.

00:15:15.639 --> 00:15:16.939
 You have full knowledge

00:15:16.939 --> 00:15:17.939
 and understanding

00:15:17.939 --> 00:15:18.679
 and belief

00:15:18.679 --> 00:15:19.299
 and faith

00:15:19.299 --> 00:15:20.379
 that God can.

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 Otherwise,

00:15:21.079 --> 00:15:21.620
 you never would have

00:15:21.620 --> 00:15:22.399
 put your faith in him

00:15:22.399 --> 00:15:23.220
 for the forgiveness

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 of your sins.

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 But if you believe

00:15:27.299 --> 00:15:28.799
 that God

00:15:28.799 --> 00:15:29.359
 can

00:15:29.359 --> 00:15:30.959
 forgive your sin,

00:15:32.199 --> 00:15:33.199
 conquer death,

00:15:33.659 --> 00:15:34.819
 rise victoriously

00:15:34.819 --> 00:15:35.979
 from the grave,

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 then you believe

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 also that God

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 has power

00:15:39.219 --> 00:15:40.379
 over whatever

00:15:40.379 --> 00:15:41.199
 you're coming up

00:15:41.199 --> 00:15:42.279
 against in your life.

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 And that kind of power

00:15:45.559 --> 00:15:47.399
 is available to you

00:15:47.399 --> 00:15:48.739
 all day,

00:15:49.079 --> 00:15:50.019
 every day.

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 So when you come up

00:15:52.039 --> 00:15:52.939
 against a problem,

00:15:52.940 --> 00:15:55.160
 it's not,

00:15:55.820 --> 00:15:56.360
 oh man,

00:15:56.480 --> 00:15:57.500
 what are we going to do?

00:15:58.200 --> 00:15:59.500
 It's not pulling out

00:15:59.500 --> 00:16:00.120
 your hair

00:16:00.120 --> 00:16:01.380
 and thinking

00:16:01.380 --> 00:16:02.440
 this is it,

00:16:02.680 --> 00:16:03.640
 this is the end.

00:16:03.840 --> 00:16:04.580
 It's thinking

00:16:04.580 --> 00:16:05.640
 I can't

00:16:05.640 --> 00:16:07.000
 but God can.

00:16:07.680 --> 00:16:08.700
 If there's a problem

00:16:08.700 --> 00:16:09.380
 at work,

00:16:09.580 --> 00:16:10.480
 if there's a problem

00:16:10.480 --> 00:16:11.320
 with your finances,

00:16:11.600 --> 00:16:12.480
 if there's a problem

00:16:12.480 --> 00:16:13.440
 with a relationship,

00:16:13.860 --> 00:16:14.780
 if there's a problem

00:16:14.780 --> 00:16:15.620
 with your mind

00:16:15.620 --> 00:16:16.360
 and your struggle

00:16:16.360 --> 00:16:17.780
 and your own self

00:16:17.780 --> 00:16:18.740
 and your own heart,

00:16:19.560 --> 00:16:20.520
 I can't

00:16:20.520 --> 00:16:21.960
 but God can.

00:16:22.940 --> 00:16:24.300
 powerful words

00:16:24.300 --> 00:16:24.920
 from Joseph

00:16:24.920 --> 00:16:27.040
 spoken to this Pharaoh.

00:16:27.500 --> 00:16:28.220
 It's beyond

00:16:28.220 --> 00:16:29.720
 my power

00:16:29.720 --> 00:16:31.100
 but God

00:16:31.100 --> 00:16:31.980
 can.

00:16:32.380 --> 00:16:33.580
 He had the opportunity

00:16:33.580 --> 00:16:34.780
 to give himself

00:16:34.780 --> 00:16:35.320
 the glory

00:16:35.320 --> 00:16:36.360
 but he pointed

00:16:36.360 --> 00:16:37.220
 all glory

00:16:37.220 --> 00:16:38.000
 to God.

00:16:38.100 --> 00:16:39.000
 How many times

00:16:39.000 --> 00:16:39.880
 do you and I

00:16:39.880 --> 00:16:40.280
 do that?

00:16:41.280 --> 00:16:41.940
 Or do we

00:16:41.940 --> 00:16:42.420
 instead

00:16:42.420 --> 00:16:43.140
 try to give

00:16:43.140 --> 00:16:43.620
 all the glory

00:16:43.620 --> 00:16:44.240
 to ourselves

00:16:44.240 --> 00:16:47.000
 and forget

00:16:47.000 --> 00:16:48.680
 to give God

00:16:48.680 --> 00:16:49.120
 the glory

00:16:49.120 --> 00:16:50.480
 for what he's done?

00:16:50.480 --> 00:16:53.420
 all the glory

00:16:53.420 --> 00:16:54.460
 and the honor

00:16:54.460 --> 00:16:55.539
 to the son.

00:16:55.700 --> 00:16:56.779
 My sins are forgiven.

00:16:57.120 --> 00:16:58.460
 My future is heaven.

00:16:58.740 --> 00:16:59.659
 I thank God

00:16:59.659 --> 00:17:00.340
 and I give him

00:17:00.340 --> 00:17:00.800
 the glory

00:17:00.800 --> 00:17:02.259
 for what he's done.

00:17:04.700 --> 00:17:05.539
 Worldly wisdom

00:17:05.539 --> 00:17:06.599
 had failed Pharaoh

00:17:06.599 --> 00:17:09.120
 and now Joseph

00:17:09.120 --> 00:17:09.660
 tells him

00:17:09.660 --> 00:17:10.700
 I'm sorry

00:17:10.700 --> 00:17:11.480
 I can't help you.

00:17:12.079 --> 00:17:12.839
 I'm just like

00:17:12.839 --> 00:17:14.039
 all your other wise men.

00:17:14.180 --> 00:17:15.279
 I can't help you

00:17:15.279 --> 00:17:16.400
 but there is

00:17:16.400 --> 00:17:17.160
 a God in heaven.

00:17:17.160 --> 00:17:19.200
 Just like Daniel said

00:17:19.200 --> 00:17:19.860
 we talked about it

00:17:19.860 --> 00:17:20.380
 last week

00:17:20.380 --> 00:17:21.880
 when he was facing

00:17:21.880 --> 00:17:22.840
 King Nebuchadnezzar

00:17:22.840 --> 00:17:23.360
 in Babylon

00:17:23.360 --> 00:17:24.779
 many years later

00:17:24.779 --> 00:17:25.300
 he said

00:17:25.300 --> 00:17:26.220
 there is a God

00:17:26.220 --> 00:17:26.600
 in heaven

00:17:26.600 --> 00:17:27.279
 who can help you

00:17:27.279 --> 00:17:27.720
 with this

00:17:27.720 --> 00:17:28.500
 and Joseph

00:17:28.500 --> 00:17:29.560
 told him the same thing.

00:17:29.920 --> 00:17:30.900
 God can tell you

00:17:30.900 --> 00:17:31.540
 what it means.

00:17:32.240 --> 00:17:33.120
 At some point

00:17:33.120 --> 00:17:33.680
 folks

00:17:33.680 --> 00:17:35.000
 we're going to run out

00:17:35.000 --> 00:17:35.759
 of human answers

00:17:35.759 --> 00:17:37.519
 and we've got to turn

00:17:37.519 --> 00:17:38.500
 to that God in heaven

00:17:38.500 --> 00:17:39.640
 and say God

00:17:39.640 --> 00:17:40.640
 I know you can.

00:17:41.440 --> 00:17:42.320
 Whatever it is

00:17:42.320 --> 00:17:43.380
 I know you can.

00:17:43.800 --> 00:17:44.620
 Back in King

00:17:44.620 --> 00:17:45.519
 Jehoshaphat

00:17:45.519 --> 00:17:48.019
 2 Chronicles

00:17:48.019 --> 00:17:49.160
 chapter 20

00:17:49.160 --> 00:17:49.879
 and verse 12

00:17:49.879 --> 00:17:50.920
 King Jehoshaphat

00:17:50.920 --> 00:17:52.400
 was leading God's people

00:17:52.400 --> 00:17:54.039
 up against attacks

00:17:54.039 --> 00:17:56.039
 from the armies of Moab

00:17:56.039 --> 00:17:57.339
 and the armies of Ammon

00:17:57.339 --> 00:17:59.019
 two of the most powerful

00:17:59.019 --> 00:18:00.759
 armies of the day.

00:18:01.200 --> 00:18:02.480
 They were certainly outnumbered.

00:18:02.539 --> 00:18:04.259
 They certainly had no chance

00:18:04.259 --> 00:18:05.980
 to win this victory

00:18:05.980 --> 00:18:07.440
 and King Jehoshaphat

00:18:07.440 --> 00:18:09.579
 turned to God

00:18:09.579 --> 00:18:11.599
 as the leader of God's people

00:18:11.599 --> 00:18:12.059
 and said

00:18:12.059 --> 00:18:12.660
 our God

00:18:12.660 --> 00:18:14.139
 we have no power

00:18:14.140 --> 00:18:16.360
 to face this vast army

00:18:16.360 --> 00:18:17.780
 that's attacking us.

00:18:18.560 --> 00:18:20.300
 We do not know what to do

00:18:20.300 --> 00:18:21.920
 but our eyes

00:18:21.920 --> 00:18:22.820
 are on you.

00:18:23.920 --> 00:18:24.420
 2 Chronicles

00:18:24.420 --> 00:18:25.120
 2 Chronicles

00:18:25.120 --> 00:18:25.780
 20-12

00:18:25.780 --> 00:18:26.860
 I think if there's a verse

00:18:26.860 --> 00:18:27.920
 you can commit to memory

00:18:27.920 --> 00:18:28.900
 that has to do

00:18:28.900 --> 00:18:29.600
 with this theme

00:18:29.600 --> 00:18:31.020
 this is one of the best ones

00:18:31.020 --> 00:18:31.700
 you can find.

00:18:32.500 --> 00:18:33.180
 Our eyes

00:18:33.180 --> 00:18:33.800
 are fixed

00:18:33.800 --> 00:18:34.480
 on you.

00:18:34.740 --> 00:18:35.400
 Our eyes

00:18:35.400 --> 00:18:36.020
 are turned

00:18:36.020 --> 00:18:36.640
 toward you.

00:18:36.800 --> 00:18:37.920
 We have no power

00:18:37.920 --> 00:18:39.360
 against this enemy.

00:18:40.220 --> 00:18:41.020
 We don't know

00:18:41.020 --> 00:18:41.640
 what to do.

00:18:41.960 --> 00:18:42.660
 Admitting that

00:18:42.660 --> 00:18:43.779
 is hard for us.

00:18:44.220 --> 00:18:45.779
 It's hard for American men

00:18:45.779 --> 00:18:46.640
 but listen

00:18:46.640 --> 00:18:47.740
 it's hard for any of us

00:18:47.740 --> 00:18:48.000
 right

00:18:48.000 --> 00:18:49.180
 to admit that

00:18:49.180 --> 00:18:49.860
 we don't know

00:18:49.860 --> 00:18:50.380
 what to do

00:18:50.380 --> 00:18:51.220
 in this situation

00:18:51.220 --> 00:18:52.420
 but sometimes

00:18:52.420 --> 00:18:53.980
 that's what we have to do

00:18:53.980 --> 00:18:54.720
 and just say

00:18:54.720 --> 00:18:54.980
 God

00:18:54.980 --> 00:18:55.740
 I don't know

00:18:55.740 --> 00:18:56.820
 I don't know

00:18:56.820 --> 00:18:57.420
 what to do.

00:18:59.420 --> 00:19:00.140
 Boy it's hard

00:19:00.140 --> 00:19:00.600
 for bosses

00:19:00.600 --> 00:19:01.380
 to admit that.

00:19:01.960 --> 00:19:02.320
 You're supposed

00:19:02.320 --> 00:19:03.240
 to have all the answers.

00:19:04.040 --> 00:19:04.460
 You're supposed

00:19:04.460 --> 00:19:05.279
 to have a plan.

00:19:05.700 --> 00:19:06.080
 You're supposed

00:19:06.080 --> 00:19:06.940
 to have a vision.

00:19:07.300 --> 00:19:08.440
 The king himself

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 had to stand

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 before God

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 and say

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 God

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 I don't know

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 what to do.

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 I don't know

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 how to win this.

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 We've got an army

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 coming up against us.

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 Two armies

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 joined together.

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 They knew

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 they couldn't

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 maybe defeat us

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 single handedly

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 against themselves

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 because we have

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 God fighting for us

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 but now they've

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 joined together.

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 We have no might here.

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 We have no power here.

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 There's no military strategy

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 that allows us

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 to win this battle.

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 Our eyes

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 are on you.

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 What are you

00:19:37.860 --> 00:19:38.500
 going to do God?

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 What did he do?

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 God said

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 stand still

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 and see

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 the salvation

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 of the Lord.

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 He said

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 don't do anything.

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 Let me fight

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 this battle for you.

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 Sit this one out.

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 I'll fight it for you

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 and God won

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 one of those

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 powerful battles

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 that we have

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 victories

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 that we ever see

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 recorded in scriptures

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 or in history

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 that day.

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 That's not the only time

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 we see this happening.

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 2 Corinthians 12

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 verses 5 through 10

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 the apostle Paul

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 you might think of him

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 as one of the greatest

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 Christians that we ever

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 get to see in the Bible.

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 He had a special

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 relationship with God

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 but he reveals

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 his vulnerability

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 here in 2 Corinthians.

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 He said

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 I will boast

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 only about my weaknesses.

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 If I wanted to boast

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 I would be no fool

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 in doing so

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 because I would be

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 telling the truth

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 but I won't do it.

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 He said

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 I have a lot

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 to boast about.

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 Humanly speaking

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 I've accomplished

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 a lot

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 both before Christ

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 and after I was

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 converted

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 I have done

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 a lot of great things

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 I have a lot of things

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 to boast about

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 but you're not going to

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 catch me boasting

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 about them.

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 I'm not going to

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 give you

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 all the records

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 of my exploits

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 and accomplishments.

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 I'm not going to

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 point it

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 all the attention

00:20:55.279 --> 00:20:56.079
 to myself.

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 I'm going to be

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 like Joseph

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 and I'm going to say

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 I can't

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 but God can.

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 He said

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 I won't do it

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 because I don't want

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 anyone to give me

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 credit

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 credit

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 beyond what

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 they can see

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 in my life

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 or hear

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 in my message.

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 That's what it was

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 about for Paul.

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 It was about

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 follow me

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 as I follow Jesus.

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 What you see me

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 doing in my life

00:21:14.740 --> 00:21:15.759
 and the message

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 that you hear me

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 proclaiming

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 in our starting point

00:21:18.279 --> 00:21:19.119
 course this morning

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 the foundational

00:21:20.439 --> 00:21:21.579
 discipleship truths

00:21:21.579 --> 00:21:22.339
 that we're going through

00:21:22.339 --> 00:21:23.619
 with some of our folks.

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 We talked about

00:21:24.939 --> 00:21:25.899
 the gospel message

00:21:25.899 --> 00:21:26.439
 this morning.

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 That is the mission

00:21:28.079 --> 00:21:28.799
 of the church.

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 That is the message

00:21:30.299 --> 00:21:30.879
 of scripture

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 from the Old Testament

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 to the New Testament

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 from Genesis

00:21:33.500 --> 00:21:34.200
 to Revelation

00:21:34.200 --> 00:21:35.880
 everything that we see

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 in the Bible

00:21:36.400 --> 00:21:38.440
 points to a single message

00:21:38.440 --> 00:21:40.680
 salvation in Jesus.

00:21:41.680 --> 00:21:43.080
 That's before you're saved

00:21:43.080 --> 00:21:44.319
 and that's after you're saved.

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 There's still salvation

00:21:45.900 --> 00:21:46.940
 in Jesus.

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 He's still the one

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 we turn to

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 and so Paul said

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 I don't want them

00:21:50.660 --> 00:21:51.700
 to see anything beyond

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 what they hear

00:21:52.580 --> 00:21:53.160
 in my message

00:21:53.160 --> 00:21:53.740
 what they see

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 in my life

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 even though I've received

00:21:55.600 --> 00:21:56.940
 wonderful revelations

00:21:56.940 --> 00:21:57.680
 from God

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 but to keep me

00:21:59.279 --> 00:22:00.319
 from becoming proud

00:22:00.319 --> 00:22:01.799
 I was given

00:22:01.799 --> 00:22:03.119
 a thorn in my flesh

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 a messenger from Satan

00:22:05.179 --> 00:22:06.139
 to torment me

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 and keep me

00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:08.200
 from becoming proud.

00:22:08.399 --> 00:22:09.059
 People have tried

00:22:09.059 --> 00:22:09.539
 to figure out

00:22:09.539 --> 00:22:10.279
 what that thorn

00:22:10.279 --> 00:22:11.179
 in the flesh was

00:22:11.179 --> 00:22:12.200
 that Paul was talking about.

00:22:12.579 --> 00:22:13.839
 He never really told us

00:22:13.839 --> 00:22:16.619
 but whatever it was

00:22:16.619 --> 00:22:17.939
 it kept him humble.

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 It was his weak spot.

00:22:21.139 --> 00:22:22.859
 Was it a physical problem?

00:22:23.379 --> 00:22:24.899
 Was it a sin problem?

00:22:24.900 --> 00:22:26.180
 We don't know

00:22:26.180 --> 00:22:27.280
 what it was for Paul

00:22:27.280 --> 00:22:28.900
 but it was something

00:22:28.900 --> 00:22:30.380
 that aggravated him

00:22:30.380 --> 00:22:31.060
 like crazy.

00:22:31.460 --> 00:22:32.840
 It bugged the fire

00:22:32.840 --> 00:22:33.280
 out of him.

00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:35.540
 He wished

00:22:35.540 --> 00:22:36.600
 he could overcome it.

00:22:37.080 --> 00:22:37.860
 He wished

00:22:37.860 --> 00:22:38.920
 he could conquer it

00:22:38.920 --> 00:22:40.860
 but he couldn't

00:22:40.860 --> 00:22:41.860
 ever do it.

00:22:43.720 --> 00:22:44.560
 You ever had something

00:22:44.560 --> 00:22:46.120
 you just can't overcome?

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 You just can't get past?

00:22:49.860 --> 00:22:51.320
 Maybe it's a physical problem.

00:22:51.319 --> 00:22:54.960
 Maybe it's a mental hang up.

00:22:55.720 --> 00:22:57.099
 Something that you just

00:22:57.099 --> 00:22:58.079
 can't seem

00:22:58.079 --> 00:23:01.119
 to resolve.

00:23:02.519 --> 00:23:03.779
 You're right there with Paul.

00:23:05.539 --> 00:23:06.659
 He said it kept me

00:23:06.659 --> 00:23:07.559
 from becoming proud

00:23:07.559 --> 00:23:10.539
 because those of us

00:23:10.539 --> 00:23:12.359
 who maybe have a blind spot

00:23:12.359 --> 00:23:13.139
 toward our weaknesses

00:23:13.139 --> 00:23:15.779
 maybe we've become

00:23:15.779 --> 00:23:16.359
 a little proud.

00:23:17.779 --> 00:23:18.720
 Maybe we feel like

00:23:18.720 --> 00:23:20.480
 we've got it all figured out.

00:23:21.319 --> 00:23:23.740
 We would never say

00:23:23.740 --> 00:23:24.559
 that we're sinless

00:23:24.559 --> 00:23:26.559
 but we kind of

00:23:26.559 --> 00:23:27.240
 act like we are.

00:23:28.460 --> 00:23:29.599
 We would never say

00:23:29.599 --> 00:23:30.919
 that we can't be wrong

00:23:30.919 --> 00:23:32.619
 but we kind of

00:23:32.619 --> 00:23:33.200
 act that way.

00:23:35.159 --> 00:23:36.000
 Paul didn't want

00:23:36.000 --> 00:23:36.519
 that to happen.

00:23:37.879 --> 00:23:38.679
 He said God

00:23:38.679 --> 00:23:40.439
 three different times

00:23:40.439 --> 00:23:41.559
 I begged God

00:23:41.559 --> 00:23:43.099
 to take this thorn

00:23:43.099 --> 00:23:43.720
 in my flesh

00:23:43.720 --> 00:23:44.460
 away from me

00:23:44.460 --> 00:23:45.559
 and each time

00:23:45.559 --> 00:23:46.079
 he said

00:23:46.079 --> 00:23:46.919
 my grace

00:23:46.919 --> 00:23:48.639
 is all you need.

00:23:48.779 --> 00:23:49.379
 Don't miss this.

00:23:49.500 --> 00:23:50.279
 My power

00:23:50.279 --> 00:23:51.700
 works best

00:23:51.700 --> 00:23:52.259
 works best

00:23:52.259 --> 00:23:53.420
 in weakness.

00:23:53.960 --> 00:23:55.440
 So now I'm glad

00:23:55.440 --> 00:23:56.700
 to boast about my weaknesses

00:23:56.700 --> 00:23:58.539
 so the power of Christ

00:23:58.539 --> 00:23:59.200
 can work

00:23:59.200 --> 00:24:00.240
 through me.

00:24:00.399 --> 00:24:01.700
 That was what it was about

00:24:01.700 --> 00:24:02.420
 for Paul.

00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:02.859
 He said

00:24:02.859 --> 00:24:04.079
 that's why I take pleasure

00:24:04.079 --> 00:24:04.819
 in these weaknesses.

00:24:05.259 --> 00:24:06.619
 I've grown to the point

00:24:06.619 --> 00:24:07.759
 in my Christian faith

00:24:07.759 --> 00:24:08.980
 where I'm not trying

00:24:08.980 --> 00:24:10.079
 to be perfect anymore.

00:24:10.359 --> 00:24:11.519
 I'm thanking God

00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:12.359
 for the weaknesses

00:24:12.359 --> 00:24:13.559
 that he's given me

00:24:13.559 --> 00:24:14.680
 because I realize

00:24:14.680 --> 00:24:15.920
 that when I am weak

00:24:15.920 --> 00:24:17.519
 then I am strong

00:24:17.519 --> 00:24:18.460
 in his strength.

00:24:18.460 --> 00:24:19.519
 I take pleasure

00:24:19.519 --> 00:24:20.180
 in the weaknesses.

00:24:20.600 --> 00:24:21.240
 I take pleasure

00:24:21.240 --> 00:24:22.299
 in the insults.

00:24:22.460 --> 00:24:23.120
 I take pleasure

00:24:23.120 --> 00:24:23.840
 in the hardships.

00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:24.940
 I take pleasure

00:24:24.940 --> 00:24:25.819
 in the persecution.

00:24:26.259 --> 00:24:27.000
 I take pleasure

00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:27.720
 in the trouble

00:24:27.720 --> 00:24:28.440
 that I suffer

00:24:28.440 --> 00:24:29.180
 for Christ

00:24:29.180 --> 00:24:30.819
 because when I am weak

00:24:30.819 --> 00:24:33.360
 then I am strong.

00:24:33.359 --> 00:24:36.799
 So

00:24:36.799 --> 00:24:43.500
 it's beyond my power

00:24:43.500 --> 00:24:44.740
 but God can.

00:24:46.039 --> 00:24:47.419
 It's one of the biggest themes

00:24:47.419 --> 00:24:48.779
 of Genesis 41 here.

00:24:49.139 --> 00:24:50.079
 I don't want you to miss it.

00:24:50.519 --> 00:24:51.079
 Let's look back

00:24:51.079 --> 00:24:51.559
 at the text.

00:24:51.659 --> 00:24:52.199
 Verse 17.

00:24:53.819 --> 00:24:54.139
 So

00:24:54.139 --> 00:24:55.219
 what happened?

00:24:55.779 --> 00:24:56.799
 Pharaoh told Joseph

00:24:56.799 --> 00:24:57.339
 his dream.

00:24:58.539 --> 00:24:59.159
 Joseph said

00:24:59.159 --> 00:25:00.079
 I can't do it.

00:25:00.159 --> 00:25:01.119
 It's beyond my power

00:25:01.119 --> 00:25:02.339
 but God can tell you

00:25:02.339 --> 00:25:02.959
 what it means

00:25:02.959 --> 00:25:04.879
 and set you at ease.

00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:05.159
 Boy,

00:25:05.279 --> 00:25:05.979
 Pharaoh was happy

00:25:05.979 --> 00:25:06.379
 to hear

00:25:06.379 --> 00:25:07.199
 that God

00:25:07.199 --> 00:25:08.639
 this God of Joseph

00:25:08.639 --> 00:25:10.000
 could set him at ease.

00:25:10.079 --> 00:25:10.599
 So he said

00:25:10.599 --> 00:25:11.159
 why not?

00:25:11.259 --> 00:25:12.079
 Let's give it a try.

00:25:12.579 --> 00:25:13.219
 In my dream

00:25:13.219 --> 00:25:13.639
 he said

00:25:13.639 --> 00:25:14.059
 I'm standing

00:25:14.059 --> 00:25:14.459
 on the bank

00:25:14.459 --> 00:25:15.059
 of the Nile River.

00:25:15.319 --> 00:25:16.199
 I saw seven fat

00:25:16.199 --> 00:25:16.759
 healthy cows

00:25:16.759 --> 00:25:17.539
 come up out of the river

00:25:17.539 --> 00:25:18.299
 began to grazing

00:25:18.299 --> 00:25:19.379
 in the marsh grass

00:25:19.379 --> 00:25:19.979
 but then I saw

00:25:19.979 --> 00:25:21.119
 seven sick looking cows

00:25:21.119 --> 00:25:21.859
 scrawny and thin

00:25:21.859 --> 00:25:22.859
 coming up after them.

00:25:23.119 --> 00:25:23.779
 I've never seen

00:25:23.779 --> 00:25:25.019
 such sorry looking animals

00:25:25.019 --> 00:25:26.099
 in all the land of Egypt.

00:25:26.500 --> 00:25:27.179
 Pharaoh was kind of

00:25:27.179 --> 00:25:28.079
 giving his commentary

00:25:28.079 --> 00:25:29.079
 about his dream.

00:25:29.079 --> 00:25:30.939
 These thin scrawny cows

00:25:30.939 --> 00:25:32.220
 ate the seven fat cows

00:25:32.220 --> 00:25:32.839
 but afterward

00:25:32.839 --> 00:25:34.279
 you wouldn't have known it

00:25:34.279 --> 00:25:35.119
 for they were still

00:25:35.119 --> 00:25:36.359
 as thin and scrawny

00:25:36.359 --> 00:25:37.059
 as before.

00:25:37.220 --> 00:25:37.980
 Then I woke up.

00:25:39.159 --> 00:25:40.039
 Then he had another dream

00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:40.859
 and in my dream

00:25:40.859 --> 00:25:41.539
 I also saw

00:25:41.539 --> 00:25:42.659
 seven heads of grain

00:25:42.659 --> 00:25:43.799
 full beautiful

00:25:43.799 --> 00:25:45.519
 growing on a single stalk

00:25:45.519 --> 00:25:46.480
 then seven more heads

00:25:46.480 --> 00:25:47.099
 of grain appeared

00:25:47.099 --> 00:25:48.139
 but these were blighted

00:25:48.139 --> 00:25:48.879
 shriveled and withered

00:25:48.879 --> 00:25:49.639
 by the east wind

00:25:49.639 --> 00:25:50.720
 and the shriveled heads

00:25:50.720 --> 00:25:51.539
 swallowed the seven

00:25:51.539 --> 00:25:52.259
 healthy heads

00:25:52.259 --> 00:25:53.519
 and I told these dreams

00:25:53.519 --> 00:25:54.299
 to the magicians

00:25:54.299 --> 00:25:55.779
 but no one could tell me

00:25:55.779 --> 00:25:57.619
 what they mean.

00:25:57.619 --> 00:25:59.639
 So Joseph responded

00:25:59.639 --> 00:26:01.379
 both of Pharaoh's dreams

00:26:01.379 --> 00:26:02.299
 mean the same thing.

00:26:02.679 --> 00:26:03.899
 God is telling Pharaoh

00:26:03.899 --> 00:26:04.399
 in advance

00:26:04.399 --> 00:26:05.399
 what he is about to do.

00:26:05.879 --> 00:26:06.799
 The seven healthy cows

00:26:06.799 --> 00:26:07.659
 the seven healthy heads

00:26:07.659 --> 00:26:08.079
 of grain

00:26:08.079 --> 00:26:09.299
 both represent

00:26:09.299 --> 00:26:10.679
 seven years of prosperity.

00:26:10.839 --> 00:26:11.719
 Basically Pharaoh

00:26:11.719 --> 00:26:13.439
 this was the same dream

00:26:13.439 --> 00:26:14.359
 and you had it twice

00:26:14.359 --> 00:26:16.059
 using two different examples.

00:26:16.479 --> 00:26:16.659
 Alright?

00:26:17.500 --> 00:26:18.939
 The seven thin scrawny cows

00:26:18.939 --> 00:26:19.639
 that came up later

00:26:19.639 --> 00:26:20.699
 the seven thin heads

00:26:20.699 --> 00:26:21.139
 of grain

00:26:21.139 --> 00:26:22.519
 withered by the east wind

00:26:22.519 --> 00:26:23.699
 represent seven years

00:26:23.699 --> 00:26:24.199
 of famine.

00:26:24.579 --> 00:26:25.179
 This will happen

00:26:25.179 --> 00:26:26.679
 just as I have described it

00:26:26.680 --> 00:26:28.000
 for God has revealed

00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:29.080
 to Pharaoh in advance

00:26:29.080 --> 00:26:30.420
 what he is about to do.

00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:31.600
 Pharaoh you should

00:26:31.600 --> 00:26:32.840
 consider yourself blessed

00:26:32.840 --> 00:26:34.140
 because God has revealed

00:26:34.140 --> 00:26:34.600
 to you

00:26:34.600 --> 00:26:36.279
 what he is about to do.

00:26:37.299 --> 00:26:38.220
 The next seven years

00:26:38.220 --> 00:26:38.799
 will be a period

00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:39.779
 of great prosperity

00:26:39.779 --> 00:26:40.920
 throughout the land of Egypt

00:26:40.920 --> 00:26:41.779
 but afterward

00:26:41.779 --> 00:26:42.580
 there will be

00:26:42.580 --> 00:26:43.580
 seven years of famine

00:26:43.580 --> 00:26:44.660
 so great

00:26:44.660 --> 00:26:45.580
 that all the prosperity

00:26:45.580 --> 00:26:46.320
 will be forgotten

00:26:46.320 --> 00:26:47.200
 in Egypt.

00:26:47.440 --> 00:26:48.320
 Famine will destroy

00:26:48.320 --> 00:26:48.799
 the land.

00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:50.160
 This famine

00:26:50.160 --> 00:26:51.140
 will be so severe

00:26:51.140 --> 00:26:52.340
 that even the memory

00:26:52.340 --> 00:26:53.080
 of the good years

00:26:53.080 --> 00:26:53.740
 will be erased.

00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:55.880
 As for having

00:26:55.880 --> 00:26:57.000
 two similar dreams

00:26:57.000 --> 00:26:58.180
 it means that

00:26:58.180 --> 00:26:58.839
 these events

00:26:58.839 --> 00:26:59.799
 have been decreed

00:26:59.799 --> 00:27:00.420
 by God

00:27:00.420 --> 00:27:01.799
 and he will soon

00:27:01.799 --> 00:27:02.779
 make them happen.

00:27:02.859 --> 00:27:03.440
 Just in case

00:27:03.440 --> 00:27:04.579
 you missed the first one

00:27:04.579 --> 00:27:05.660
 God gave you

00:27:05.660 --> 00:27:06.380
 another one

00:27:06.380 --> 00:27:08.500
 so you're sure

00:27:08.500 --> 00:27:09.599
 that this comes

00:27:09.599 --> 00:27:10.099
 from him

00:27:10.099 --> 00:27:10.880
 and this is going

00:27:10.880 --> 00:27:11.440
 to happen.

00:27:12.059 --> 00:27:12.319
 Therefore

00:27:12.319 --> 00:27:13.680
 Pharaoh should find

00:27:13.680 --> 00:27:14.259
 an intelligent

00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:15.279
 and wise man

00:27:15.279 --> 00:27:16.460
 and put him in charge

00:27:16.460 --> 00:27:17.380
 of the entire land

00:27:17.380 --> 00:27:17.819
 of Egypt.

00:27:18.259 --> 00:27:18.680
 Then Pharaoh

00:27:18.680 --> 00:27:19.259
 should appoint

00:27:19.259 --> 00:27:20.079
 supervisors

00:27:20.079 --> 00:27:21.480
 over the land

00:27:21.480 --> 00:27:22.299
 and let them collect

00:27:22.299 --> 00:27:23.240
 one fifth

00:27:23.240 --> 00:27:24.779
 of all the crops

00:27:24.779 --> 00:27:25.779
 during the seven

00:27:25.779 --> 00:27:26.680
 good years.

00:27:28.559 --> 00:27:29.500
 Have them gather

00:27:29.500 --> 00:27:30.059
 all the food

00:27:30.059 --> 00:27:31.180
 produced in the good years

00:27:31.180 --> 00:27:32.000
 that are just ahead

00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:32.519
 and bring it

00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:33.519
 to Pharaoh's storehouses.

00:27:33.700 --> 00:27:34.240
 Store it away

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:34.879
 and guard it

00:27:34.879 --> 00:27:35.500
 so there will be

00:27:35.500 --> 00:27:36.319
 food in the cities.

00:27:36.419 --> 00:27:37.119
 That way there will be

00:27:37.119 --> 00:27:37.940
 enough to eat

00:27:37.940 --> 00:27:38.919
 when the seven years

00:27:38.919 --> 00:27:39.399
 of famine

00:27:39.399 --> 00:27:40.399
 come to the land

00:27:40.399 --> 00:27:40.799
 of Egypt.

00:27:40.960 --> 00:27:41.299
 Otherwise

00:27:41.299 --> 00:27:42.440
 this famine

00:27:42.440 --> 00:27:43.259
 will destroy

00:27:43.259 --> 00:27:43.980
 the land.

00:27:47.159 --> 00:27:48.180
 Verse 37

00:27:48.180 --> 00:27:52.060
 Joseph's suggestions

00:27:52.060 --> 00:27:54.480
 were well received

00:27:54.480 --> 00:27:56.560
 by Pharaoh

00:27:56.560 --> 00:27:58.700
 and his officials.

00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:03.080
 So Pharaoh

00:28:03.080 --> 00:28:04.039
 asked his officials

00:28:04.039 --> 00:28:05.740
 can we find

00:28:05.740 --> 00:28:06.519
 anyone else

00:28:06.519 --> 00:28:07.360
 like this man

00:28:07.360 --> 00:28:08.759
 so obviously

00:28:08.759 --> 00:28:09.380
 filled

00:28:09.380 --> 00:28:10.420
 with the spirit

00:28:10.420 --> 00:28:10.860
 of God?

00:28:12.299 --> 00:28:13.700
 Did you catch that?

00:28:13.700 --> 00:28:17.240
 Can we find

00:28:17.240 --> 00:28:17.960
 anyone else

00:28:17.960 --> 00:28:19.420
 like this man

00:28:19.420 --> 00:28:21.180
 so obviously

00:28:21.180 --> 00:28:21.799
 filled

00:28:21.799 --> 00:28:23.059
 with the spirit

00:28:23.059 --> 00:28:23.440
 of God?

00:28:23.500 --> 00:28:24.259
 Here's my question.

00:28:25.319 --> 00:28:26.120
 Is it obvious

00:28:26.120 --> 00:28:27.299
 to those around you

00:28:27.299 --> 00:28:28.779
 that you're filled

00:28:28.779 --> 00:28:29.480
 with the spirit

00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:29.860
 of God?

00:28:31.160 --> 00:28:32.120
 Boy it was obvious

00:28:32.120 --> 00:28:32.720
 in that moment.

00:28:34.039 --> 00:28:34.920
 Pharaoh is sitting

00:28:34.920 --> 00:28:35.340
 here

00:28:35.340 --> 00:28:36.380
 as Joseph

00:28:36.380 --> 00:28:37.779
 starts to just

00:28:37.779 --> 00:28:38.580
 go off.

00:28:39.660 --> 00:28:40.700
 He's explaining

00:28:40.700 --> 00:28:41.980
 I feel like

00:28:41.980 --> 00:28:42.640
 a mile a minute

00:28:42.640 --> 00:28:43.740
 just how this

00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:44.380
 is going to go

00:28:44.380 --> 00:28:45.320
 and then God

00:28:45.320 --> 00:28:46.180
 gives him wisdom

00:28:46.180 --> 00:28:46.940
 in this moment

00:28:46.940 --> 00:28:47.820
 and not only

00:28:47.820 --> 00:28:48.720
 does he explain

00:28:48.720 --> 00:28:49.380
 what the dream

00:28:49.380 --> 00:28:49.900
 means

00:28:49.900 --> 00:28:51.060
 he gives Pharaoh

00:28:51.060 --> 00:28:52.160
 advice on what

00:28:52.160 --> 00:28:52.640
 to do.

00:28:53.500 --> 00:28:54.220
 Here's what it

00:28:54.220 --> 00:28:55.160
 means now here's

00:28:55.160 --> 00:28:55.700
 how you should

00:28:55.700 --> 00:28:56.440
 handle this.

00:28:57.380 --> 00:28:57.940
 And Pharaoh's

00:28:57.940 --> 00:28:58.580
 just sitting here

00:28:58.580 --> 00:28:59.180
 looking at him

00:28:59.180 --> 00:29:00.640
 like man I

00:29:00.640 --> 00:29:01.259
 haven't heard

00:29:01.259 --> 00:29:01.960
 anybody like

00:29:01.960 --> 00:29:02.460
 this.

00:29:04.900 --> 00:29:06.120
 All these wise

00:29:06.120 --> 00:29:06.680
 men all these

00:29:06.680 --> 00:29:07.620
 magicians that I

00:29:07.620 --> 00:29:08.220
 have surrounded

00:29:08.220 --> 00:29:09.220
 me they don't

00:29:09.220 --> 00:29:10.000
 hold a candle

00:29:10.000 --> 00:29:10.840
 to this guy.

00:29:10.839 --> 00:29:12.500
 this guy is

00:29:12.500 --> 00:29:13.679
 filled with the

00:29:13.679 --> 00:29:15.639
 spirit of a

00:29:15.639 --> 00:29:16.339
 real God.

00:29:16.959 --> 00:29:17.980
 A true God

00:29:17.980 --> 00:29:18.879
 that actually

00:29:18.879 --> 00:29:19.980
 gives him wisdom.

00:29:20.799 --> 00:29:21.419
 He didn't know

00:29:21.419 --> 00:29:22.220
 it was the one

00:29:22.220 --> 00:29:24.220
 true only God.

00:29:25.799 --> 00:29:26.859
 So is it obvious

00:29:26.859 --> 00:29:27.959
 to those around you

00:29:27.959 --> 00:29:29.079
 that you're filled

00:29:29.079 --> 00:29:29.959
 with the Holy Spirit?

00:29:32.220 --> 00:29:33.740
 Or is it more

00:29:33.740 --> 00:29:35.500
 obvious that you're

00:29:35.500 --> 00:29:36.119
 filled with another

00:29:36.119 --> 00:29:36.459
 spirit?

00:29:38.439 --> 00:29:39.079
 I'll be honest

00:29:39.079 --> 00:29:39.599
 with you I'm the

00:29:39.599 --> 00:29:41.720
 pastor and that

00:29:41.720 --> 00:29:42.859
 means pastors wake

00:29:42.859 --> 00:29:43.740
 up and go to bed

00:29:43.740 --> 00:29:44.659
 and all the hours

00:29:44.659 --> 00:29:45.579
 in between we are

00:29:45.579 --> 00:29:46.159
 filled with the

00:29:46.159 --> 00:29:46.740
 spirit of God

00:29:46.740 --> 00:29:47.000
 right?

00:29:48.480 --> 00:29:49.139
 Why y'all laughing?

00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:51.799
 Course not.

00:29:51.960 --> 00:29:52.699
 We're human like

00:29:52.699 --> 00:29:53.379
 anybody else.

00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:54.259
 We have to be

00:29:54.259 --> 00:29:55.779
 filled moment by

00:29:55.779 --> 00:29:56.960
 moment with God's

00:29:56.960 --> 00:29:58.079
 spirit just the same

00:29:58.079 --> 00:29:58.859
 as you do.

00:30:00.859 --> 00:30:01.759
 Joseph needed

00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:02.599
 wisdom for that

00:30:02.599 --> 00:30:02.939
 moment.

00:30:03.119 --> 00:30:04.259
 God's spirit filled

00:30:04.259 --> 00:30:05.720
 him and gave it to

00:30:05.720 --> 00:30:06.740
 him and it was so

00:30:06.740 --> 00:30:07.299
 evident.

00:30:07.299 --> 00:30:07.579
 evidence.

00:30:08.279 --> 00:30:08.960
 When was the last

00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:09.799
 time that somebody

00:30:09.799 --> 00:30:11.399
 said wow you are

00:30:11.399 --> 00:30:12.279
 filled with the

00:30:12.279 --> 00:30:13.200
 spirit of God?

00:30:15.379 --> 00:30:17.819
 If not have you

00:30:17.819 --> 00:30:18.359
 got to spend a

00:30:18.359 --> 00:30:18.859
 little more time

00:30:18.859 --> 00:30:19.339
 with God?

00:30:21.299 --> 00:30:21.839
 Have you got to

00:30:21.839 --> 00:30:24.319
 intentionally carve

00:30:24.319 --> 00:30:25.119
 out time in your

00:30:25.119 --> 00:30:25.980
 day whenever that

00:30:25.980 --> 00:30:26.359
 is?

00:30:26.799 --> 00:30:27.480
 Whether it's waking

00:30:27.480 --> 00:30:28.279
 up earlier or

00:30:28.279 --> 00:30:29.000
 staying up a little

00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:31.359
 later or carving

00:30:31.359 --> 00:30:31.980
 out some of your

00:30:31.980 --> 00:30:32.819
 lunch break or

00:30:32.819 --> 00:30:33.839
 whatever it is

00:30:33.839 --> 00:30:34.740
 finding time

00:30:34.740 --> 00:30:35.619
 throughout your day

00:30:35.619 --> 00:30:36.459
 to intentionally

00:30:36.459 --> 00:30:38.019
 stop and turn

00:30:38.019 --> 00:30:39.319
 your eyes back to

00:30:39.319 --> 00:30:39.759
 Jesus.

00:30:40.099 --> 00:30:41.239
 Get in the word.

00:30:41.599 --> 00:30:42.459
 Man it's never been

00:30:42.459 --> 00:30:42.979
 easier.

00:30:43.500 --> 00:30:44.379
 The Bible gets to

00:30:44.379 --> 00:30:45.319
 go around with us

00:30:45.319 --> 00:30:46.359
 on our phones now.

00:30:47.279 --> 00:30:48.639
 We always have

00:30:48.639 --> 00:30:50.839
 access to God's

00:30:50.839 --> 00:30:51.599
 word and we

00:30:51.599 --> 00:30:52.899
 always everywhere we

00:30:52.899 --> 00:30:54.319
 go have access to

00:30:54.319 --> 00:30:54.659
 prayer.

00:30:55.359 --> 00:30:56.079
 Talking to our

00:30:56.079 --> 00:30:56.359
 Lord.

00:30:57.299 --> 00:30:58.659
 Anytime, any

00:30:58.659 --> 00:31:00.359
 place we can stop

00:31:00.359 --> 00:31:01.919
 and be filled again

00:31:01.919 --> 00:31:03.559
 with the spirit of

00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:03.779
 God.

00:31:03.779 --> 00:31:04.399
 He's always

00:31:04.399 --> 00:31:04.879
 present.

00:31:05.279 --> 00:31:06.339
 He's always with

00:31:06.339 --> 00:31:06.639
 us.

00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:07.799
 We believe that if

00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:08.440
 you place your

00:31:08.440 --> 00:31:09.200
 faith in Jesus

00:31:09.200 --> 00:31:10.319
 Christ then his

00:31:10.319 --> 00:31:11.559
 spirit comes and

00:31:11.559 --> 00:31:13.099
 lives inside and

00:31:13.099 --> 00:31:14.000
 goes around with you

00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:14.399
 everywhere.

00:31:14.740 --> 00:31:15.259
 But if you want to

00:31:15.259 --> 00:31:16.440
 be filled with the

00:31:16.440 --> 00:31:17.240
 fullness, with the

00:31:17.240 --> 00:31:17.940
 goodness, with the

00:31:17.940 --> 00:31:19.660
 power, with the

00:31:19.660 --> 00:31:22.259
 transforming grace,

00:31:23.079 --> 00:31:24.920
 love, the attributes

00:31:24.920 --> 00:31:26.119
 of the spirit of God,

00:31:26.180 --> 00:31:27.759
 the fruit of the

00:31:27.759 --> 00:31:28.460
 spirit of God, you

00:31:28.460 --> 00:31:29.019
 want to be filled

00:31:29.019 --> 00:31:29.899
 with that and see

00:31:29.899 --> 00:31:30.460
 that make a

00:31:30.460 --> 00:31:31.000
 difference in your

00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:31.319
 life?

00:31:31.319 --> 00:31:32.439
 You got to stop

00:31:32.439 --> 00:31:34.879
 and make time for

00:31:34.879 --> 00:31:35.159
 him.

00:31:35.939 --> 00:31:36.759
 See what he has to

00:31:36.759 --> 00:31:37.019
 say.

00:31:37.779 --> 00:31:38.399
 Listen to him.

00:31:38.720 --> 00:31:40.379
 Let him speak to

00:31:40.379 --> 00:31:40.659
 you.

00:31:41.220 --> 00:31:42.099
 So is it obvious that

00:31:42.099 --> 00:31:42.799
 you're filled with the

00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:43.679
 spirit of God like it

00:31:43.679 --> 00:31:44.399
 was for Joseph?

00:31:44.879 --> 00:31:45.659
 And then in verse

00:31:45.659 --> 00:31:46.639
 39, we're picking it

00:31:46.639 --> 00:31:47.240
 up and we're almost

00:31:47.240 --> 00:31:47.639
 finished.

00:31:48.779 --> 00:31:49.839
 Then Pharaoh said to

00:31:49.839 --> 00:31:52.039
 Joseph, first he looks

00:31:52.039 --> 00:31:52.939
 at the guys around him,

00:31:53.179 --> 00:31:53.919
 can you believe this

00:31:53.919 --> 00:31:54.119
 guy?

00:31:54.179 --> 00:31:54.619
 We've never seen

00:31:54.619 --> 00:31:55.259
 anything like him.

00:31:55.319 --> 00:31:55.919
 This guy is filled

00:31:55.919 --> 00:31:56.939
 with the spirit of God.

00:31:56.940 --> 00:31:58.620
 And then he said to

00:31:58.620 --> 00:32:00.360
 Joseph, since God has

00:32:00.360 --> 00:32:01.100
 revealed the meaning

00:32:01.100 --> 00:32:01.980
 of the dreams to you,

00:32:02.059 --> 00:32:03.559
 clearly no one else is

00:32:03.559 --> 00:32:04.860
 as intelligent or wise

00:32:04.860 --> 00:32:05.500
 as you are.

00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:07.320
 Something that no one's

00:32:07.320 --> 00:32:08.000
 ever said to me.

00:32:08.539 --> 00:32:09.600
 No one else is as

00:32:09.600 --> 00:32:10.600
 intelligent or wise as

00:32:10.600 --> 00:32:10.840
 you are.

00:32:10.860 --> 00:32:11.400
 That's all right.

00:32:12.160 --> 00:32:12.920
 You will be in charge.

00:32:12.920 --> 00:32:13.920
 If y'all come up after

00:32:13.920 --> 00:32:15.039
 church and say that to

00:32:15.039 --> 00:32:15.620
 me, I'm going to know

00:32:15.620 --> 00:32:16.220
 that you're not being

00:32:16.220 --> 00:32:16.900
 sincere, okay?

00:32:17.740 --> 00:32:18.840
 You will be in charge

00:32:18.840 --> 00:32:20.400
 of my court and all my

00:32:20.400 --> 00:32:21.460
 people will take orders

00:32:21.460 --> 00:32:21.940
 from you.

00:32:22.039 --> 00:32:23.440
 Only I sitting on my

00:32:23.440 --> 00:32:24.380
 throne will have a rank

00:32:24.380 --> 00:32:25.039
 higher than you.

00:32:25.640 --> 00:32:26.000
 Wow!

00:32:26.000 --> 00:32:27.700
 Joseph went from zero

00:32:27.700 --> 00:32:29.099
 to hero in no time

00:32:29.099 --> 00:32:29.460
 at all.

00:32:30.420 --> 00:32:31.640
 This guy was promoted

00:32:31.640 --> 00:32:32.900
 in the blink of an eye.

00:32:33.880 --> 00:32:34.880
 I have to question

00:32:34.880 --> 00:32:36.460
 maybe Pharaoh's methods

00:32:36.460 --> 00:32:38.279
 of promoting staff here,

00:32:38.539 --> 00:32:39.400
 but elected officials,

00:32:39.460 --> 00:32:40.160
 there was no elected

00:32:40.160 --> 00:32:41.059
 officials, was there?

00:32:41.259 --> 00:32:42.380
 This guy is now second

00:32:42.380 --> 00:32:43.579
 in command of all of

00:32:43.579 --> 00:32:45.160
 Egypt just because

00:32:45.160 --> 00:32:47.059
 Pharaoh was amazed at

00:32:47.059 --> 00:32:47.940
 the way he interpreted

00:32:47.940 --> 00:32:48.519
 his dream.

00:32:48.619 --> 00:32:49.440
 But Pharaoh sensed

00:32:49.440 --> 00:32:50.240
 something about this

00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:50.440
 guy.

00:32:50.539 --> 00:32:52.140
 He knew that there was

00:32:52.140 --> 00:32:52.700
 something different.

00:32:52.819 --> 00:32:53.480
 He knew that it was

00:32:53.480 --> 00:32:54.460
 God's spirit and I

00:32:54.460 --> 00:32:55.319
 believe God maybe

00:32:55.319 --> 00:32:57.439
 prompted him to do

00:32:57.439 --> 00:32:57.879
 this.

00:32:58.659 --> 00:32:59.139
 So he said,

00:32:59.500 --> 00:33:01.019
 now you only answer

00:33:01.019 --> 00:33:01.480
 to me.

00:33:01.619 --> 00:33:02.740
 You are in charge of

00:33:02.740 --> 00:33:04.379
 everything else in my

00:33:04.379 --> 00:33:05.000
 nation.

00:33:05.559 --> 00:33:06.500
 Pharaoh said to Joseph,

00:33:06.700 --> 00:33:09.960
 I hereby put you in

00:33:09.960 --> 00:33:10.980
 charge of the entire

00:33:10.980 --> 00:33:12.119
 land of Egypt.

00:33:13.579 --> 00:33:15.240
 Can y'all just stop and

00:33:15.240 --> 00:33:16.399
 realize what's happening

00:33:16.399 --> 00:33:16.759
 here?

00:33:16.759 --> 00:33:20.299
 Joseph's ship finally came

00:33:20.299 --> 00:33:20.519
 in.

00:33:20.579 --> 00:33:21.299
 Anybody know what that

00:33:21.299 --> 00:33:22.680
 means when your ship

00:33:22.680 --> 00:33:23.180
 comes in?

00:33:24.220 --> 00:33:25.680
 I heard that growing up.

00:33:27.480 --> 00:33:28.660
 It's like the big great

00:33:28.660 --> 00:33:29.539
 thing that you've been

00:33:29.539 --> 00:33:30.480
 waiting for finally

00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:31.099
 happens.

00:33:32.400 --> 00:33:33.299
 Everything had been

00:33:33.299 --> 00:33:34.460
 going bad for Joseph

00:33:34.460 --> 00:33:35.799
 time and time and time

00:33:35.799 --> 00:33:37.299
 and time again and then

00:33:37.299 --> 00:33:38.900
 finally, boom, it all

00:33:38.900 --> 00:33:40.240
 came together.

00:33:40.879 --> 00:33:41.680
 And Pharaoh says,

00:33:41.819 --> 00:33:43.019
 now I place you in

00:33:43.019 --> 00:33:44.240
 charge of the entire

00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:45.059
 land of Egypt.

00:33:45.059 --> 00:33:46.799
 Last night you slept

00:33:46.799 --> 00:33:48.440
 in a jail cell.

00:33:49.019 --> 00:33:50.159
 Tonight you're sleeping

00:33:50.159 --> 00:33:50.940
 in the palace.

00:33:54.139 --> 00:33:55.319
 Then Pharaoh removed

00:33:55.319 --> 00:33:56.339
 his signet ring from his

00:33:56.339 --> 00:33:57.259
 hand and placed it on

00:33:57.259 --> 00:33:57.980
 Joseph's finger.

00:33:58.679 --> 00:33:59.740
 He dressed him in fine

00:33:59.740 --> 00:34:01.399
 linen clothing and hung

00:34:01.399 --> 00:34:02.460
 a gold chain around his

00:34:02.460 --> 00:34:02.720
 neck.

00:34:03.200 --> 00:34:04.500
 Then he had Joseph ride

00:34:04.500 --> 00:34:05.579
 in the chariot reserved

00:34:05.579 --> 00:34:06.440
 for his second in

00:34:06.440 --> 00:34:06.720
 command.

00:34:06.980 --> 00:34:07.980
 And wherever Joseph

00:34:07.980 --> 00:34:09.279
 went, the command was

00:34:09.279 --> 00:34:10.579
 shouted, kneel down.

00:34:10.579 --> 00:34:12.500
 So Pharaoh put Joseph in

00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:14.019
 charge of all of Egypt

00:34:14.019 --> 00:34:15.059
 and Pharaoh said to him,

00:34:15.179 --> 00:34:16.539
 I am Pharaoh, but no

00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:17.699
 one will lift a hand or

00:34:17.699 --> 00:34:18.960
 foot in the entire land

00:34:18.960 --> 00:34:20.319
 of Egypt without your

00:34:20.319 --> 00:34:21.159
 approval.

00:34:21.739 --> 00:34:22.759
 Don't mistake this,

00:34:22.819 --> 00:34:23.739
 Pharaoh, Joseph.

00:34:23.880 --> 00:34:24.739
 I'm still in charge,

00:34:24.799 --> 00:34:25.019
 all right?

00:34:25.059 --> 00:34:25.840
 I'm still Pharaoh.

00:34:26.799 --> 00:34:28.779
 But besides me, you're in

00:34:28.779 --> 00:34:29.880
 charge of everyone else.

00:34:30.360 --> 00:34:31.779
 I finally found a guy I

00:34:31.779 --> 00:34:32.440
 can trust.

00:34:32.759 --> 00:34:34.039
 I finally found a guy I

00:34:34.039 --> 00:34:34.699
 believe in.

00:34:34.960 --> 00:34:36.259
 I finally found a guy I

00:34:36.259 --> 00:34:38.019
 have absolute confidence in

00:34:38.019 --> 00:34:39.480
 because you're different.

00:34:40.199 --> 00:34:41.659
 So I'm putting you in

00:34:41.659 --> 00:34:42.940
 charge of everyone else.

00:34:43.059 --> 00:34:44.039
 Then Pharaoh gave Joseph

00:34:44.039 --> 00:34:45.300
 a new Egyptian name,

00:34:45.880 --> 00:34:47.099
 Zephanath-Paneah.

00:34:48.380 --> 00:34:49.360
 I like Joseph better

00:34:49.360 --> 00:34:50.380
 myself, but that's all

00:34:50.380 --> 00:34:50.599
 right.

00:34:51.039 --> 00:34:52.719
 He gave him a wife whose

00:34:52.719 --> 00:34:54.519
 name was Asenath and she

00:34:54.519 --> 00:34:55.380
 was the daughter of

00:34:55.380 --> 00:34:56.820
 Potiphar, the priest of

00:34:56.820 --> 00:34:57.099
 On.

00:34:57.980 --> 00:34:58.940
 Just in case you're

00:34:58.940 --> 00:35:00.579
 thinking, it seems like

00:35:00.579 --> 00:35:01.360
 those are two different

00:35:01.360 --> 00:35:02.019
 people, okay?

00:35:02.019 --> 00:35:02.900
 If you're thinking,

00:35:03.139 --> 00:35:04.460
 Potiphar and Potiphar,

00:35:04.599 --> 00:35:05.920
 the same people, it

00:35:05.920 --> 00:35:06.699
 seemed like they were

00:35:06.699 --> 00:35:07.400
 two different people.

00:35:08.780 --> 00:35:09.400
 If you want to argue

00:35:09.400 --> 00:35:10.179
 that with me, we can

00:35:10.179 --> 00:35:10.719
 talk after.

00:35:10.880 --> 00:35:11.480
 That's all right.

00:35:11.699 --> 00:35:12.820
 But at first I was

00:35:12.820 --> 00:35:13.380
 looking at this.

00:35:13.440 --> 00:35:14.719
 Did he marry Potiphar's

00:35:14.719 --> 00:35:15.000
 daughter?

00:35:15.320 --> 00:35:16.440
 How crazy would that

00:35:16.440 --> 00:35:16.639
 be?

00:35:16.719 --> 00:35:17.579
 It seemed like they were

00:35:17.579 --> 00:35:18.239
 two different people.

00:35:18.539 --> 00:35:19.780
 For one, this guy was a

00:35:19.780 --> 00:35:21.059
 priest and the other

00:35:21.059 --> 00:35:21.860
 one was the captain of

00:35:21.860 --> 00:35:22.099
 the guard.

00:35:22.759 --> 00:35:25.039
 So Joseph, sorry, a

00:35:25.039 --> 00:35:25.719
 minute, just lost my

00:35:25.719 --> 00:35:25.960
 place.

00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:26.380
 Here we go.

00:35:27.960 --> 00:35:30.300
 So Joseph, end of

00:35:30.300 --> 00:35:32.059
 verse 45, right?

00:35:33.699 --> 00:35:34.579
 There we go.

00:35:34.579 --> 00:35:37.179
 Joseph took charge of

00:35:37.179 --> 00:35:38.039
 the entire land of

00:35:38.039 --> 00:35:38.360
 Egypt.

00:35:39.299 --> 00:35:40.619
 Can you believe this?

00:35:40.920 --> 00:35:42.059
 What a transformation.

00:35:42.940 --> 00:35:44.880
 And Joseph is a type of

00:35:44.880 --> 00:35:45.400
 Christ.

00:35:46.199 --> 00:35:48.219
 Joseph was first humbled

00:35:48.219 --> 00:35:50.099
 and then he was exalted.

00:35:50.559 --> 00:35:52.480
 Philippians 2 says this,

00:35:52.480 --> 00:35:54.280
 let us be like Christ

00:35:54.280 --> 00:35:55.699
 Jesus who took the humble

00:35:55.699 --> 00:35:56.780
 position of a slave.

00:35:57.079 --> 00:35:58.119
 He humbled himself in

00:35:58.119 --> 00:35:59.000
 obedience to God.

00:35:59.380 --> 00:36:01.219
 Now God has elevated him

00:36:01.219 --> 00:36:02.440
 to a place of the highest

00:36:02.440 --> 00:36:03.880
 honor and given him the

00:36:03.880 --> 00:36:04.980
 name above all other

00:36:04.980 --> 00:36:05.300
 names.

00:36:05.380 --> 00:36:06.420
 So at the name of Jesus,

00:36:06.579 --> 00:36:07.900
 every knee should bow.

00:36:07.980 --> 00:36:08.539
 You see what was

00:36:08.539 --> 00:36:10.219
 happening in Egypt with

00:36:10.219 --> 00:36:10.559
 Joseph.

00:36:10.679 --> 00:36:11.340
 They would all have to

00:36:11.340 --> 00:36:12.740
 kneel to him as he drove

00:36:12.740 --> 00:36:13.659
 by in the chariot.

00:36:13.659 --> 00:36:15.539
 And someday every knee

00:36:15.539 --> 00:36:17.199
 will bow to Joseph,

00:36:17.639 --> 00:36:18.239
 to Jesus.

00:36:18.399 --> 00:36:18.799
 I'm sorry.

00:36:19.199 --> 00:36:19.719
 Not Joseph.

00:36:19.719 --> 00:36:20.960
 Yeah, not, not, not

00:36:20.960 --> 00:36:21.279
 Joseph.

00:36:21.379 --> 00:36:21.879
 They're not going to bow

00:36:21.879 --> 00:36:22.599
 to Joseph anymore.

00:36:23.059 --> 00:36:23.920
 That was just for that

00:36:23.920 --> 00:36:24.179
 time.

00:36:24.239 --> 00:36:25.480
 But now for all ages,

00:36:25.659 --> 00:36:26.879
 every knee someday will

00:36:26.879 --> 00:36:29.039
 bow to Jesus in heaven

00:36:29.039 --> 00:36:30.139
 and on earth and under

00:36:30.139 --> 00:36:31.299
 the earth and every tongue

00:36:31.299 --> 00:36:32.359
 will declare that he is

00:36:32.359 --> 00:36:33.719
 Lord to the glory of God

00:36:33.719 --> 00:36:34.059
 the Father.

00:36:34.159 --> 00:36:35.899
 So once again, we see a

00:36:35.899 --> 00:36:37.139
 type of Christ here.

00:36:37.659 --> 00:36:39.079
 And that is the nations

00:36:39.079 --> 00:36:40.759
 blessed through him.

00:36:40.879 --> 00:36:42.679
 So we see that Jesus was

00:36:42.679 --> 00:36:43.440
 lifted up.

00:36:43.440 --> 00:36:45.039
 He was a slave and then

00:36:45.039 --> 00:36:46.019
 he was lifted up.

00:36:46.119 --> 00:36:47.200
 And then we're going to

00:36:47.200 --> 00:36:48.619
 see that the nations were

00:36:48.619 --> 00:36:49.920
 blessed through Joseph,

00:36:49.920 --> 00:36:51.619
 just like the nations will

00:36:51.619 --> 00:36:53.280
 be blessed by Jesus.

00:36:53.619 --> 00:36:55.440
 So before we get there,

00:36:55.820 --> 00:36:58.340
 would you look here?

00:37:00.480 --> 00:37:01.519
 Verse 46.

00:37:01.720 --> 00:37:02.500
 Let's look back at verse

00:37:02.500 --> 00:37:03.079
 46.

00:37:04.079 --> 00:37:05.940
 He was 30 years old when he

00:37:05.940 --> 00:37:07.039
 began serving the court of

00:37:07.039 --> 00:37:07.260
 Pharaoh.

00:37:09.440 --> 00:37:10.500
 Can I just throw a little

00:37:10.500 --> 00:37:11.360
 interjection in here?

00:37:11.360 --> 00:37:14.360
 Don't despise young people.

00:37:16.460 --> 00:37:16.900
 Okay?

00:37:18.099 --> 00:37:19.519
 Joseph was younger than I am.

00:37:19.700 --> 00:37:21.059
 I'm turning 40 in a couple

00:37:21.059 --> 00:37:21.400
 months.

00:37:22.760 --> 00:37:24.200
 But I'm still young, right?

00:37:24.380 --> 00:37:25.180
 How many of y'all think I'm

00:37:25.180 --> 00:37:25.380
 young?

00:37:27.320 --> 00:37:28.760
 The rest of you can just leave,

00:37:28.760 --> 00:37:29.160
 all right?

00:37:30.180 --> 00:37:30.820
 I'm young.

00:37:31.480 --> 00:37:31.880
 Messing.

00:37:32.100 --> 00:37:32.540
 Don't leave.

00:37:34.140 --> 00:37:35.620
 I am young, all right?

00:37:37.400 --> 00:37:38.840
 Young people, I am young.

00:37:40.420 --> 00:37:41.360
 You're old, man.

00:37:41.480 --> 00:37:41.960
 No, I'm not.

00:37:43.160 --> 00:37:44.520
 Don't despise young people.

00:37:44.580 --> 00:37:46.660
 The Bible even says, as a

00:37:46.660 --> 00:37:47.580
 challenge to young people,

00:37:47.680 --> 00:37:49.280
 don't let anyone despise your

00:37:49.280 --> 00:37:49.720
 youth.

00:37:50.420 --> 00:37:51.820
 Let it be an example of the

00:37:51.820 --> 00:37:52.080
 believers.

00:37:52.220 --> 00:37:53.620
 Boy, that's exactly what we see

00:37:53.620 --> 00:37:54.400
 Joseph doing here.

00:37:54.400 --> 00:37:57.420
 This guy was in the prime early

00:37:57.420 --> 00:37:59.280
 years of his life when all this

00:37:59.280 --> 00:37:59.980
 was going on.

00:38:00.440 --> 00:38:03.619
 And by age 30, he sees himself

00:38:03.619 --> 00:38:05.760
 second in command of all of

00:38:05.760 --> 00:38:06.079
 Egypt.

00:38:07.460 --> 00:38:11.900
 That had to be just a shocking

00:38:11.900 --> 00:38:13.360
 reality for him to wake up to

00:38:13.360 --> 00:38:13.700
 every day.

00:38:13.699 --> 00:38:19.039
 God brought Joseph from the pit to

00:38:19.039 --> 00:38:21.699
 the palace, but he was careful to

00:38:21.699 --> 00:38:24.399
 give God credit for every blessing.

00:38:25.879 --> 00:38:28.079
 Now, as predicted, God came

00:38:28.079 --> 00:38:28.319
 through.

00:38:28.659 --> 00:38:30.399
 Every time that Joseph predicted

00:38:30.399 --> 00:38:31.799
 something, we know it came from

00:38:31.799 --> 00:38:34.419
 God because God came through just

00:38:34.419 --> 00:38:36.679
 as Joseph had predicted it.

00:38:37.000 --> 00:38:39.299
 In verse 47, seven years the land

00:38:39.299 --> 00:38:41.639
 produced bumper crops, and Joseph

00:38:41.639 --> 00:38:43.159
 gathered all the crops grown in

00:38:43.159 --> 00:38:45.480
 Egypt and stored the grain from the

00:38:45.480 --> 00:38:46.659
 surrounding fields in the city,

00:38:46.819 --> 00:38:48.639
 piled up huge amounts of grain like

00:38:48.639 --> 00:38:49.559
 sand on the seashore.

00:38:49.899 --> 00:38:51.379
 Finally, he stopped keeping records

00:38:51.379 --> 00:38:52.299
 because it was too much to

00:38:52.299 --> 00:38:52.559
 measure.

00:38:52.980 --> 00:38:54.739
 And during this time, before the

00:38:54.739 --> 00:38:56.779
 famine years, two sons were born to

00:38:56.779 --> 00:38:58.799
 Joseph and his wife, Asenath, the

00:38:58.799 --> 00:39:00.559
 daughter of Potiphar, the priest of

00:39:00.559 --> 00:39:00.799
 On.

00:39:00.920 --> 00:39:02.899
 His oldest son was named Manasseh,

00:39:02.899 --> 00:39:04.899
 and he said, God has made me forget

00:39:04.899 --> 00:39:06.699
 all my troubles and everyone in my

00:39:06.699 --> 00:39:07.379
 father's family.

00:39:07.679 --> 00:39:08.899
 And then the second one was named

00:39:08.899 --> 00:39:10.819
 Ephraim, for he said, God has made

00:39:10.819 --> 00:39:12.539
 me fruitful in this land of my

00:39:12.539 --> 00:39:12.899
 grief.

00:39:13.559 --> 00:39:16.179
 God gave Joseph everything that he

00:39:16.179 --> 00:39:18.019
 thought maybe was never going to come

00:39:18.019 --> 00:39:18.440
 to pass.

00:39:18.879 --> 00:39:20.719
 Sitting in that jail cell for two years,

00:39:21.219 --> 00:39:22.519
 wondering, is God ever going to come

00:39:22.519 --> 00:39:22.819
 through?

00:39:25.159 --> 00:39:27.239
 His faith stayed with him.

00:39:28.099 --> 00:39:31.019
 And in just a blink of an eye, his

00:39:31.019 --> 00:39:31.639
 moment came.

00:39:32.599 --> 00:39:34.259
 Your moment will come.

00:39:34.619 --> 00:39:35.739
 I don't know what it's going to look

00:39:35.739 --> 00:39:36.019
 like.

00:39:37.059 --> 00:39:38.379
 Can't promise you that you're going to

00:39:38.379 --> 00:39:39.000
 be made wealthy.

00:39:39.139 --> 00:39:40.359
 Can't promise you you're going to be

00:39:40.359 --> 00:39:41.839
 put in charge of anything.

00:39:41.840 --> 00:39:42.800
 I don't know what it's going to look

00:39:42.800 --> 00:39:44.880
 like for you, but I know that at some

00:39:44.880 --> 00:39:47.100
 point, God is going to have a moment

00:39:47.100 --> 00:39:48.480
 for you like he had for Joseph.

00:39:48.900 --> 00:39:50.940
 And then the waiting period will end.

00:39:51.380 --> 00:39:53.240
 The in-between period will end.

00:39:53.480 --> 00:39:56.000
 And then God will say, I need you now.

00:39:57.059 --> 00:39:57.880
 And Joseph was ready.

00:39:59.340 --> 00:40:02.000
 He was called, dragged from the prison

00:40:02.000 --> 00:40:02.420
 cell.

00:40:02.720 --> 00:40:05.220
 Before Pharaoh, boy, his faith had to be

00:40:05.220 --> 00:40:05.539
 strong.

00:40:05.700 --> 00:40:06.780
 Had to be ready in that moment.

00:40:06.780 --> 00:40:07.660
 God, I need you.

00:40:07.740 --> 00:40:08.460
 I need you right now.

00:40:09.580 --> 00:40:11.320
 Tell me the meaning of this dream.

00:40:12.540 --> 00:40:13.200
 And he did.

00:40:15.040 --> 00:40:17.960
 And then God brought Joseph from nothing

00:40:17.960 --> 00:40:19.440
 to everything.

00:40:19.880 --> 00:40:21.100
 And then gave him a family.

00:40:22.460 --> 00:40:23.480
 Gave him sons.

00:40:24.140 --> 00:40:26.740
 And these names of his sons show that God

00:40:26.740 --> 00:40:29.320
 gave, Joseph gave God credit for every

00:40:29.320 --> 00:40:31.519
 success and every blessing.

00:40:31.519 --> 00:40:35.099
 And then the nations were blessed

00:40:35.099 --> 00:40:35.579
 through him.

00:40:35.940 --> 00:40:39.900
 Galatians chapter 3, verse 8.

00:40:40.019 --> 00:40:41.360
 The scriptures look forward to this

00:40:41.360 --> 00:40:42.940
 time when God would make the Gentiles

00:40:42.940 --> 00:40:44.480
 right in his sight because of their

00:40:44.480 --> 00:40:44.800
 faith.

00:40:45.159 --> 00:40:47.079
 God proclaimed this good news to Abraham

00:40:47.079 --> 00:40:47.860
 long ago.

00:40:48.119 --> 00:40:49.860
 This is the Abrahamic covenant we learned

00:40:49.860 --> 00:40:51.019
 about a couple Sundays ago.

00:40:51.380 --> 00:40:53.239
 All nations will be blessed through you.

00:40:53.639 --> 00:40:55.360
 So all who put their faith in Christ

00:40:55.360 --> 00:40:57.380
 share the same blessing that Abraham

00:40:57.380 --> 00:40:59.199
 received because of his faith.

00:40:59.199 --> 00:41:01.839
 And now Christ has rescued us from the

00:41:01.839 --> 00:41:03.079
 curse pronounced by the law.

00:41:03.439 --> 00:41:05.759
 So all of us can now partake in the

00:41:05.759 --> 00:41:07.779
 same promise that God gave to Abraham

00:41:07.779 --> 00:41:09.219
 because of Jesus.

00:41:09.399 --> 00:41:10.739
 When he was hung on the cross, he took

00:41:10.739 --> 00:41:12.919
 upon himself the curse for our wrongdoing.

00:41:13.419 --> 00:41:15.719
 Through Christ Jesus, God has blessed the

00:41:15.719 --> 00:41:18.439
 Gentiles with the same blessing that he

00:41:18.439 --> 00:41:19.379
 promised to Abraham.

00:41:19.899 --> 00:41:21.879
 So now we who are believers might receive

00:41:21.879 --> 00:41:24.299
 the promised Holy Spirit through faith.

00:41:24.419 --> 00:41:27.839
 Listen, God blessed the nations through

00:41:27.840 --> 00:41:31.539
 Joseph, but that was just a pale picture of

00:41:31.539 --> 00:41:34.039
 someday that how God would bless all

00:41:34.039 --> 00:41:35.780
 nations through Jesus Christ.

00:41:35.880 --> 00:41:38.820
 And you and I get to be part of that

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 blessing.

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 D.L.

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 Moody said this quote.

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 Famous preacher, one of the most famous

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 preachers in our nation's history.

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 He said, no one can sum up all God is able to

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 accomplish through one solitary life,

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 wholly yielded, adjusted, and obedient to

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 him.

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 We have a hard time with the adjusting part,

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 don't we?

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 We're willing to say, God, I yield myself to

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 you.

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 Whatever you want, I'll do it.

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 God, I will obey you.

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 If you command me to do something, I'll do it.

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 The hard part is adjusting.

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 What if God wants you to change something?

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 What if God wants you to stop doing something?

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 What if God wants you to start doing something?

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 We fight that sometimes, don't we?

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 But I think he got it right when he said,

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 there's nothing that God can't accomplish.

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 We can't even begin to sum up what God can

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 accomplish through one person, adjusted to God.

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 God, always willing to adjust to what God says.

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 So, we see at the end of Genesis 41,

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 the nations carried out what Joseph said.

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 The wisdom of God came through.

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 Egypt prospered when the famine came.

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 They were ready.

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 The grain was stored up.

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 And he was able to feed the nations because of

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 the wisdom that God had given him.

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 Folks, there's no limit to what God can do through you.

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 There's no limit.

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 The only limit is us.

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 Joseph was filled with the Spirit of God.

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 So much so that the heathen Pharaoh saw it,

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 called it out, said,

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 this man is filled with the Spirit of God.

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 But to be filled, we have to be empty.

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 We have a hard time being filled with God's Spirit

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 because we're filled with everything else, aren't we?

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 We fill ourselves with everything else under the world.

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 So we don't have room left for God's Spirit to adjust us,

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 to change us.

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 But there's no limit to what God can do.

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 Our takeaway this morning is God can do what I cannot do

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 when I am empty and he fills me.

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 We saw that play out in Genesis 41.

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 I can't do it, God, but you can.

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 So I empty myself and I offer myself to you.

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 God, fill me and use me to accomplish what you want to do.

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 Maybe you're going to bless the nations through me.

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 Maybe you're going to bless my family through me.

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 Maybe you're going to bless my friends through me.

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 Maybe you're going to bless my workforce through me.

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 Maybe you're going to bless my coworkers.

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 Maybe you're going to bless this county.

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 Maybe you're going to bless this church.

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 Maybe you're going to bless far beyond

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 what I could ever see or predict.

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 But I've got to empty myself so you can fill me.

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 Would you bow your heads with me right now?

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 God, we ask you to do what only you can do.

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 There are people in this church who love you.

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 There are people in this church who've been following after you

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 for many, many years.

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 But God, sometimes over the course of following you,

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 we get filled up with things other than you.

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 God, empty us today.

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 Church, can I ask you this question?

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 How many of you would say, I know I'm a sinner

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 and I know that Jesus died for me

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 and I've never placed my faith in Jesus

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 for the forgiveness of my sins.

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 I believe that he died, that he rose again,

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 that he's alive, and I want to place my faith in Jesus

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 for the forgiveness of my sins to become his child.

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 Would anybody here who would say that,

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 say, I've never done that and I'd like today to be the day.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Let me ask you this question.

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 How many of you would say,

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 I need to empty myself this morning

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 so the Holy Spirit can fill me and work through me?

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 Would you slip your hand up and just say, that's me.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 God, there's too many hands to count.

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 And I just need you right now

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 to work with each person supernaturally.

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 You can speak to each of us at the same time

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 and you can show us exactly what we need to let go of,

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 exactly what we need to change,

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 exactly what we need to start.

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 Empty us, God.

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 We're full of pride.

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 We're full of fear,

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 full of jealousy,

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 full of discontentment,

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 full of worry,

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 full of fatigue.

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 Sometimes we find our joy in things other than you.

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 Sometimes we find our confidence in things other than you.

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 And God, that just fills us up,

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 not with your Spirit,

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 but another Spirit.

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 Empty us, God.

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 We'll give you the glory for it.

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 It's in Jesus' name we pray.