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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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! Our passion is to experience and express grace. Join us.

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! I'd like to start by talking with the kids up here for just a minute.

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 Some of them who left are coming back in right now.

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 Parents, if you're confused, that was my fault.

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 But we will send them right back where they're going.

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 Kids, if you want to come sit on these steps,

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 we're going to talk for just a minute this morning.

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 And then we will let our kids worship kids.

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 Go back out that way.

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 Yeah, just sit right there on the step.

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 Just wherever you're comfortable.

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 There you go.

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 Can everybody see me?

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 I'm trying something new out here.

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 Because there's so many of y'all sometimes that I can't see all of you.

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 You know, a lot of times at church we talk about happy things, don't we?

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 Like heaven and God's love and forgiveness.

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 And I do want to remind you kids today that God loves you.

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 All right?

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 Can you all see me over here?

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 All right?

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 But I want to do it in a little bit different way than we often do.

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 I want to ask you, can you think of something that sometimes makes you sad or scared?

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 Can anybody think of something that makes you sad or scared?

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 Go ahead.

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 You can just call it out.

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 When one of your family members gets cancer.

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 Okay.

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 So somebody that you love might get really sick.

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 And that's scary and sad, isn't it?

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 What else?

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 The dark.

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 The dark.

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 Is anybody else scared of the dark sometimes?

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 I sometimes get scared in the dark.

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 That's a lot of us.

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 Okay.

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 What else?

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 That my brother, Caleb, went off to college.

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 Oh, do some of you have brothers and sisters that have already had to move away from home

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 and go to college?

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 That's hard, isn't it?

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 You miss him?

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 Yeah.

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 One more thing.

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 Anybody else?

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 Go ahead, Jared.

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 You got hit on the forehead and it really hurt, didn't it?

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 For a long time.

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 Has anybody else ever gotten hurt?

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 Maybe you get a boo-boo.

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 Maybe you even fall.

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 It just makes you sad, doesn't it?

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 And it's really hard.

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 All of those things.

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 There are a lot more things.

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 I'll let you can all talk about it later, okay?

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 But we're going to stop with just those examples for this morning.

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 Those are things that are really hard, aren't they?

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 You ever been left out before by friends?

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 It makes you feel sad.

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 You know the song, Jesus Loves Me?

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 Do y'all know that song?

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 How do you know that Jesus loves you in that song?

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 Jesus loves me, this I know, for?

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 The Bible tells me so.

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 You mean it doesn't say that everything in your life is good and easy and that's how you

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 know Jesus loves you?

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 No.

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 No, it says the Bible tells us that no matter what is going on in our lives, whether it's

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 hard or sad or scary or hurtful, that Jesus still loves us.

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 Isn't that amazing?

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 All of the time, the Bible tells us God loves those whose hearts are broken because they're

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 so sad.

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 The Bible says God loves those who are poor.

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 The Bible says God loves those who are scared, who are afraid, and that we can trust Him when

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 we are.

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 Isn't that wonderful?

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 Because sometimes we're sad, aren't we?

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 Sometimes we're scared.

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 And God still loves us.

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 God still loves you.

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 When?

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 All the time?

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 Did we sing that earlier?

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 All the time, God is good.

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 Now when you go back to your seats in just a minute, we're going to talk about a story

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 of someone in the Bible named Joseph.

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 Does anybody know about Joseph?

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 Joseph goes through a lot of really hard things and a lot of really sad things.

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 And even though he might get scared sometimes, he learns that God still loves him.

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 So when y'all go back to your seats, will you listen carefully about how the Bible teaches

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 us about that in the story of Joseph?

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 Can y'all listen with me?

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 And then those of you who are in kids' worship, y'all are going to learn too, okay?

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 What's the question?

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 Which Joseph?

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 This is the good question.

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 This is Joseph in the Old Testament, not Joseph who's Mary's husband and the father of Jesus,

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 okay?

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 Joseph in the Old Testament who has a special coat and whose brothers are not very nice

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 unlike yours, all right?

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 Let's pray and then you can go back.

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 Jesus, thank you so much that you love us all the time.

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 I thank you for these kids.

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 I pray when they are afraid that they will learn they can trust you.

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 That they will know they can turn to you and that you still love them and that the hard

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 things in their lives are not evidence that you've quit loving them, but that you keep

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 being with them.

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 And I pray that you will teach us that from your word, God, as we open it today.

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 Would you speak through it to our hearts?

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 We ask in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Thank you all so much.

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 If you were back there with kids' worship, you see Miss Katie waving to you, go right

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 back where you just were and others of you can go back to your parents if that's where

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 you were staying for the sermon.

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 Okay.

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 Looks like you got them all.

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 Excellent.

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 As we've started our journey through these old stories to see the big story that God's telling,

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 we have heard repeatedly of God's blessing, haven't we?

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 All the way back from the beginning when He blesses us in the greatest way possible, creating

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 us in His image for relationship with Him.

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 And then God repeats that blessing, doesn't He, to Noah after the flood.

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 Last week, Abraham, whom God blesses and promises to make a blessing to others, in fact, to all

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 nations, right?

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 He promises Abraham a special relationship.

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 He promises Abraham a promised land.

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 He promises Abraham a seed, a great nation that will come from him, a people through the child

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 of promise.

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 Remember?

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 That child of promise whom Abraham almost had to sacrifice until God sent a substitute?

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 Pastor Derek so helpfully opened that story up for us last week, Abraham and Isaac.

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 And he reminded us that God often gives us a compass rather than a GPS, right?

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 That we might not understand everything God is doing in our story, in our walk with Him.

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 Well, Isaac is the child of blessing.

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 His son Jacob hears that same promise, the relationship, the land, the seed.

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 And when we get to Jacob's family, it's not just that we have only a compass to follow.

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 Y'all, the compass seems shattered, broken.

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 What in the world is going on?

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 This is the family of promise.

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 This is the blessed family.

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 And Jacob's name becomes what?

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 Israel.

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 His 12 sons will more or less be the 12 tribes of Israel.

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 So how are things going with the blessed family?

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 Well, the snapshot we get in Genesis 37 is that Father Jacob Israel himself is playing favorites.

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 It's only getting a special gift for his one favorite son.

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 And then that favorite son, who's that?

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 Joseph.

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 He decides to rub it in to all his brothers.

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 He has dreams and he tells them about how he's better than they are.

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 And so they respond, maybe understandably, by deciding what?

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 We want nothing to do with this guy.

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 They plan to kill Joseph.

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 They throw their brother into a pit.

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 They sell him away.

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 They treat him as though he is dead.

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 They lie to their dad about what happened.

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 How's that for a blessed family?

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 Is that the family whose Christmas card you get and you think, man, what a blessed family.

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 Hashtag blessed.

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 That's them.

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 I hope this story will be an encouragement to you this morning.

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 If your present snapshot of your family feels anywhere distant from your expectations, hopes, dreams,

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 as theirs would have.

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 Maybe your life feels that way personally, where you hear about God's love and grace and blessing,

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 but you just don't see it in your life personally.

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 If you're honest, this doesn't feel like that at all.

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 There's a lot of that in this room.

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 Some of us are parents grieving where your kids are right now.

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 They're not where you long for them to be.

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 Others of us feel like almost every day we're at a lunch table by ourselves, so to speak.

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 We're alone.

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 Others of us are facing physical pains and struggles that you wouldn't wish on your worst enemies.

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 You describe them to me, and I can hardly imagine what it must be like to feel the pain you're feeling

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 and not know if it's going to change.

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 How will this play out?

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 Will there be relief coming?

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 Others of us feel the shame of divorce.

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 Someone said to me just last week,

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 Pastor, his marriage was really disintegrating before his eyes.

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 I guess the way I've handled the blessings that God has given me in my life,

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 I shouldn't expect God to bless me anymore.

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 You know that feeling?

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 For any reason?

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 This is not what blessed was supposed to look like.

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 I must have missed a turn somewhere with Jesus.

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 How did I get off track?

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 How did my life end up here?

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 It feels like there is just no way back to the promises of God.

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 The blessings, right?

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 Life with God.

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 If you have been there,

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 or if you are there today,

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 I want to tell you two things as we get started.

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 The first is,

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 I'm so sorry.

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 You were made to feel the full face of God

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 shining on you,

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 unhindered,

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 all the time,

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 every moment being that close to him

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 and knowing his full delight.

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 And you're feeling like the clouds are so thick

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 and so dark

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 that you can't even see him at all.

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 It's an awful place to be.

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 It's not what you were made for.

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 I'm sorry.

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 The second is this.

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 God wants you to know,

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 in the midst of that,

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 that he is at work.

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 He won't fail now.

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 He hasn't lost control.

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 He hasn't given up on you.

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 He is at work to rescue

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 and to restore

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 even when we can't see it.

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 And that is good news

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 because a lot of times we can't.

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 He's in fact weaving this beautiful tapestry,

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 a wonderful story

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 that you're a part of,

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 but you can only see from the backside

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 the knots,

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 the frays,

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 the ugly streaks

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 that are on the back of that tapestry.

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 Right now,

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 it's all you can see.

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 And God wants us to see this morning

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 more of who he is.

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 We may not see the whole picture still

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 of what's going on in our stories,

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 but if we're gonna have hope,

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 we have to see who he is

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 because he's in your story.

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 I wanna read to you

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 what Joseph tells his brothers

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 at the end of the story.

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 It's gonna help

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 frame the story for us.

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 It's in Genesis chapter 50

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 starting at verse 15.

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 I'm gonna read

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 just this section of God's word

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 even though Joseph's story

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 is about 14 chapters.

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 When Joseph's brothers

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 saw that their father was dead,

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 they said,

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 it may be that Joseph

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 will hate us

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 and pay us back

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 for all the evil

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 that we did to him.

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 Seems reasonable.

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 So they sent a message to Joseph.

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 They made this up.

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 Saying,

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 your father gave this command

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 before he died.

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 Say to Joseph,

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 please forgive the transgression

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 of your brothers

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 and their sin

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 because they did evil to you.

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 And now please forgive

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 the transgression

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 of the servants

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 of the God of your father.

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 And Joseph wept

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 when they spoke to him.

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 His brothers also came

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 and fell down before him

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 and said,

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 behold,

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 we are your servants.

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 Echoes of a dream.

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 But Joseph said to them,

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 do not fear

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 for am I in the place of God?

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 As for you,

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 you meant evil against me.

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 But God,

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 but God

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 meant it for good

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 to bring it about

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 that many people

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 should be kept alive

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 as they are today.

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 So do not fear.

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 I will provide for you

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 and your little ones.

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 Thus he comforted them

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 and spoke kindly

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 to them.

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 I really want us

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 to see two things

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 in this story

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 that I think will help us

00:15:07.659 --> 00:15:09.279
 in our chapter

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 of this same story.

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 The reality of evil

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 and the goodness

00:15:16.079 --> 00:15:17.259
 of God.

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 These verses

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 point us

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 to both of them.

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 First,

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 evil.

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 Evil.

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 Sin.

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 Evil.

00:15:27.059 --> 00:15:27.740
 Transgression.

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 Evil.

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 Evil.

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 Consider the evil

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 done

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 to Joseph.

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 And let's call it

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 what it is.

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 Right?

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 I don't want to soft sell it.

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 We have the tendency

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 to miss the heart

00:15:41.560 --> 00:15:43.340
 of this story entirely

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 for a couple of reasons.

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 One is we miss

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 the real pain

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 because we love comfort,

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 don't we?

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 Anybody else

00:15:50.639 --> 00:15:51.580
 like being comfortable?

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 And if we're honest,

00:15:54.980 --> 00:15:56.039
 when we read this story,

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 sometimes when we tell it

00:15:57.080 --> 00:15:57.600
 to our kids,

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 Joseph seems to come out

00:15:59.000 --> 00:15:59.779
 pretty well.

00:16:00.360 --> 00:16:00.519
 Right?

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 Second in command

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 in the whole country.

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 All the food he wants,

00:16:05.620 --> 00:16:06.399
 all the money,

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 all the power,

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 wife and kids.

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 Plus,

00:16:13.279 --> 00:16:14.319
 we really like

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 morality tales.

00:16:15.439 --> 00:16:16.100
 It helps us get

00:16:16.100 --> 00:16:17.159
 to the point faster.

00:16:17.600 --> 00:16:18.079
 We can have

00:16:18.079 --> 00:16:18.980
 a quick takeaway.

00:16:19.399 --> 00:16:20.500
 So what we conclude

00:16:20.500 --> 00:16:21.100
 is that Joseph

00:16:21.100 --> 00:16:21.740
 was faithful,

00:16:22.079 --> 00:16:22.980
 he trusted God,

00:16:23.059 --> 00:16:24.419
 and life went great.

00:16:26.519 --> 00:16:26.960
 Now,

00:16:27.019 --> 00:16:27.439
 I'm not saying

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 there aren't some good lessons

00:16:28.480 --> 00:16:29.879
 to learn from Joseph.

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 there are,

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 but let me show you

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 what this text says

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 to Hebrew ears,

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 not American ears.

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 Okay?

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 The end of Joseph's story,

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 the end of the book

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 of Genesis,

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 is Joseph

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 was put

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 in a coffin

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 in Egypt.

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 That's bad.

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 Okay?

00:16:51.919 --> 00:16:52.899
 In case you don't

00:16:52.899 --> 00:16:54.019
 understand that,

00:16:54.159 --> 00:16:54.259
 when you,

00:16:54.440 --> 00:16:55.659
 even American ears

00:16:55.659 --> 00:16:56.200
 get that,

00:16:56.259 --> 00:16:56.440
 right?

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 But it's even worse

00:16:58.000 --> 00:17:00.020
 when they read it.

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 Joseph and his family

00:17:01.680 --> 00:17:02.620
 have been promised

00:17:02.620 --> 00:17:04.039
 the land of Canaan,

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 not Egypt.

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 Joseph even calls

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 Egypt later in his life

00:17:10.000 --> 00:17:11.340
 after he's risen to power

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 and he seems to have

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 everything that you

00:17:13.140 --> 00:17:14.240
 could possibly imagine

00:17:14.240 --> 00:17:14.620
 in Egypt.

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 He says,

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 Egypt is the land

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 of my blessing?

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 No.

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 The land of my affliction.

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 You don't have to remind

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 the original recipients

00:17:26.519 --> 00:17:27.759
 of the book of Genesis

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 of that reality,

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 do you?

00:17:30.299 --> 00:17:31.480
 What's Egypt been like

00:17:31.480 --> 00:17:31.939
 for them?

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 They just made it

00:17:34.119 --> 00:17:34.799
 out of Egypt

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 by the skin

00:17:35.839 --> 00:17:36.779
 of their teeth.

00:17:38.539 --> 00:17:39.819
 Barely alive.

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 They have felt

00:17:41.119 --> 00:17:42.000
 the pain

00:17:42.000 --> 00:17:43.220
 and they have,

00:17:43.559 --> 00:17:44.039
 they're the ones

00:17:44.039 --> 00:17:44.759
 who've carried

00:17:44.759 --> 00:17:46.079
 Joseph's bones

00:17:46.079 --> 00:17:47.059
 with them

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 as he made them

00:17:48.279 --> 00:17:49.099
 promise to do

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 because his hope

00:17:50.240 --> 00:17:50.740
 lay where?

00:17:50.740 --> 00:17:52.099
 Elsewhere,

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 not in Egypt.

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 So please hear me,

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 especially if you're

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 hurting right now.

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 The Bible does not

00:18:02.640 --> 00:18:03.359
 tell you

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 to deal with your pain

00:18:05.460 --> 00:18:06.660
 by saying

00:18:06.660 --> 00:18:07.680
 the evil

00:18:07.680 --> 00:18:08.960
 is good.

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 That's not the message.

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 We are going to talk

00:18:12.779 --> 00:18:14.059
 a lot about the good

00:18:14.059 --> 00:18:15.039
 this morning,

00:18:15.039 --> 00:18:16.240
 but it's not

00:18:16.240 --> 00:18:16.940
 in an effort

00:18:16.940 --> 00:18:17.720
 to say that

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 the bad thing

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 is a good thing.

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 You don't have

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 to say

00:18:21.939 --> 00:18:22.519
 to feel like

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 a good Christian.

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 It was a blessing

00:18:24.099 --> 00:18:24.980
 in disguise.

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 Is that what

00:18:26.699 --> 00:18:27.419
 blessings do?

00:18:27.839 --> 00:18:28.419
 Dress up?

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 No.

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 God is good.

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 When?

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 All the time.

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 All the time.

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 God is good.

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 Not all the time

00:18:41.639 --> 00:18:42.220
 is good.

00:18:43.179 --> 00:18:44.759
 Not all the things

00:18:44.759 --> 00:18:45.480
 are good.

00:18:45.480 --> 00:18:45.980
 No.

00:18:45.980 --> 00:18:45.980


00:18:48.980 --> 00:18:49.920
 Woe to those

00:18:49.920 --> 00:18:50.839
 who call evil

00:18:50.839 --> 00:18:52.140
 good and good

00:18:52.140 --> 00:18:52.660
 evil,

00:18:52.920 --> 00:18:53.500
 God says.

00:18:53.640 --> 00:18:54.380
 The Bible says

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 there are tears

00:18:55.140 --> 00:18:55.960
 in this story

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 that are not just

00:18:56.819 --> 00:18:57.799
 happy tears

00:18:57.799 --> 00:18:58.980
 and you don't have

00:18:58.980 --> 00:18:59.559
 to pretend

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 that's what it is.

00:19:00.279 --> 00:19:01.819
 It's really sad.

00:19:01.819 --> 00:19:09.919
 when a kid says

00:19:09.919 --> 00:19:11.220
 someone in my family

00:19:11.220 --> 00:19:12.679
 has cancer.

00:19:14.960 --> 00:19:16.859
 It's really bad

00:19:16.859 --> 00:19:19.179
 when somebody

00:19:19.179 --> 00:19:20.299
 abuses you.

00:19:22.359 --> 00:19:23.119
 Let me just hit

00:19:23.119 --> 00:19:23.960
 some of the

00:19:23.960 --> 00:19:24.700
 darker moments

00:19:24.700 --> 00:19:25.480
 in this story

00:19:25.480 --> 00:19:26.259
 with you.

00:19:26.299 --> 00:19:26.819
 The evil

00:19:26.819 --> 00:19:27.960
 done to Joseph.

00:19:28.419 --> 00:19:29.200
 His brothers,

00:19:29.679 --> 00:19:30.279
 the family

00:19:30.279 --> 00:19:30.940
 of promise,

00:19:31.220 --> 00:19:31.819
 the blessed

00:19:31.819 --> 00:19:32.720
 family,

00:19:33.139 --> 00:19:34.240
 attack him,

00:19:34.899 --> 00:19:35.899
 bully him,

00:19:36.339 --> 00:19:36.859
 throw him

00:19:36.859 --> 00:19:37.899
 into a pit.

00:19:38.139 --> 00:19:38.619
 Listen to the

00:19:38.619 --> 00:19:39.339
 description if it's

00:19:39.339 --> 00:19:39.940
 not bad enough

00:19:39.940 --> 00:19:40.220
 already.

00:19:40.599 --> 00:19:41.059
 When Joseph

00:19:41.059 --> 00:19:41.799
 came to his

00:19:41.799 --> 00:19:42.180
 brothers,

00:19:42.480 --> 00:19:43.059
 they stripped

00:19:43.059 --> 00:19:43.599
 him of his

00:19:43.599 --> 00:19:43.960
 robe,

00:19:44.059 --> 00:19:44.660
 that special

00:19:44.660 --> 00:19:45.059
 robe,

00:19:45.539 --> 00:19:45.980
 the robe of

00:19:45.980 --> 00:19:46.599
 many colors

00:19:46.599 --> 00:19:47.200
 that he wore,

00:19:47.700 --> 00:19:48.299
 and they took

00:19:48.299 --> 00:19:49.220
 him and threw

00:19:49.220 --> 00:19:50.039
 him into a pit.

00:19:50.299 --> 00:19:51.299
 The pit was

00:19:51.299 --> 00:19:51.799
 empty.

00:19:52.119 --> 00:19:52.859
 There was no

00:19:52.859 --> 00:19:53.700
 water in it.

00:19:53.819 --> 00:19:54.279
 This was not

00:19:54.279 --> 00:19:55.339
 a five-star pit.

00:19:56.099 --> 00:19:56.980
 They threw him

00:19:56.980 --> 00:19:57.619
 in the pit

00:19:57.619 --> 00:19:58.680
 without water.

00:19:59.119 --> 00:19:59.460
 They weren't

00:19:59.460 --> 00:19:59.899
 trying to do

00:19:59.900 --> 00:20:00.420
 him a favor.

00:20:03.360 --> 00:20:04.200
 They sell

00:20:04.200 --> 00:20:05.019
 him to

00:20:05.019 --> 00:20:05.940
 Gentiles

00:20:05.940 --> 00:20:07.540
 who take

00:20:07.540 --> 00:20:08.000
 him away

00:20:08.000 --> 00:20:08.900
 as a slave

00:20:08.900 --> 00:20:10.140
 far from

00:20:10.140 --> 00:20:10.800
 the promised

00:20:10.800 --> 00:20:11.400
 land.

00:20:11.820 --> 00:20:12.140
 Can you

00:20:12.140 --> 00:20:12.920
 imagine the

00:20:12.920 --> 00:20:13.880
 sadness as

00:20:13.880 --> 00:20:14.860
 he is dragged

00:20:14.860 --> 00:20:16.900
 away from

00:20:16.900 --> 00:20:18.160
 his parents

00:20:18.160 --> 00:20:20.200
 perhaps forever?

00:20:21.940 --> 00:20:22.840
 In Egypt,

00:20:23.060 --> 00:20:23.540
 even though

00:20:23.540 --> 00:20:24.120
 he works

00:20:24.120 --> 00:20:25.040
 hard and

00:20:25.040 --> 00:20:25.500
 he lives

00:20:25.500 --> 00:20:26.400
 faithfully,

00:20:26.600 --> 00:20:27.780
 he is falsely

00:20:27.780 --> 00:20:28.940
 accused by

00:20:28.940 --> 00:20:29.620
 his boss's

00:20:29.620 --> 00:20:30.160
 wife,

00:20:30.920 --> 00:20:32.420
 he is thrown

00:20:32.420 --> 00:20:33.000
 in prison,

00:20:33.400 --> 00:20:34.360
 and then he's

00:20:34.360 --> 00:20:35.500
 forgotten about

00:20:35.500 --> 00:20:36.460
 for multiple

00:20:36.460 --> 00:20:37.480
 years there in

00:20:37.480 --> 00:20:37.740
 prison,

00:20:37.840 --> 00:20:38.460
 even by the

00:20:38.460 --> 00:20:38.860
 people he

00:20:38.860 --> 00:20:39.500
 helps out.

00:20:41.360 --> 00:20:42.019
 When he

00:20:42.019 --> 00:20:42.620
 finally gets

00:20:42.620 --> 00:20:43.000
 out and he

00:20:43.000 --> 00:20:43.380
 comes to

00:20:43.380 --> 00:20:44.279
 power and

00:20:44.279 --> 00:20:45.059
 position in

00:20:45.059 --> 00:20:45.400
 Egypt,

00:20:45.740 --> 00:20:46.700
 even then,

00:20:46.840 --> 00:20:47.400
 Joseph has

00:20:47.400 --> 00:20:48.279
 not arrived,

00:20:48.400 --> 00:20:48.580
 right?

00:20:48.640 --> 00:20:49.100
 This is not

00:20:49.100 --> 00:20:49.799
 where he longs

00:20:49.799 --> 00:20:50.380
 to be.

00:20:50.600 --> 00:20:51.120
 He's far

00:20:51.120 --> 00:20:51.600
 away from

00:20:51.600 --> 00:20:52.080
 his beloved

00:20:52.080 --> 00:20:52.519
 father.

00:20:52.740 --> 00:20:53.480
 He's separated

00:20:53.480 --> 00:20:54.180
 from all his

00:20:54.180 --> 00:20:54.559
 family.

00:20:54.880 --> 00:20:55.720
 He's isolated

00:20:55.720 --> 00:20:56.400
 from people

00:20:56.400 --> 00:20:56.980
 who love

00:20:56.980 --> 00:20:57.819
 Yahweh.

00:20:58.059 --> 00:20:58.660
 It's the

00:20:58.660 --> 00:20:59.400
 land of

00:20:59.400 --> 00:21:00.640
 his affliction.

00:21:01.299 --> 00:21:02.000
 He longs

00:21:02.000 --> 00:21:03.059
 for home,

00:21:03.360 --> 00:21:03.799
 doesn't he?

00:21:03.960 --> 00:21:04.500
 Can you feel

00:21:04.500 --> 00:21:04.960
 some of his

00:21:04.960 --> 00:21:06.140
 pain living

00:21:06.140 --> 00:21:07.019
 on this side

00:21:07.019 --> 00:21:07.339
 of heaven?

00:21:07.400 --> 00:21:07.620
 Do you

00:21:07.620 --> 00:21:08.259
 long for

00:21:08.259 --> 00:21:08.539
 home?

00:21:09.839 --> 00:21:10.660
 This is not

00:21:10.660 --> 00:21:11.620
 some fairy tale

00:21:11.620 --> 00:21:12.100
 prince of

00:21:12.100 --> 00:21:12.380
 Egypt.

00:21:15.380 --> 00:21:16.039
 Can you

00:21:16.039 --> 00:21:16.600
 relate to

00:21:16.600 --> 00:21:17.180
 how Joseph

00:21:17.180 --> 00:21:17.740
 might have

00:21:17.740 --> 00:21:18.460
 been tempted

00:21:18.460 --> 00:21:19.240
 to believe

00:21:19.240 --> 00:21:19.920
 a lie

00:21:19.920 --> 00:21:20.839
 about God

00:21:20.839 --> 00:21:22.460
 when he

00:21:22.460 --> 00:21:22.660
 was in

00:21:22.660 --> 00:21:23.100
 that pit

00:21:23.099 --> 00:21:25.199
 without water?

00:21:26.279 --> 00:21:26.719
 When he

00:21:26.719 --> 00:21:26.859
 was in

00:21:26.859 --> 00:21:27.439
 that prison

00:21:27.439 --> 00:21:28.000
 without a

00:21:28.000 --> 00:21:28.379
 friend?

00:21:28.659 --> 00:21:28.939
 When he

00:21:28.939 --> 00:21:29.219
 was in

00:21:29.219 --> 00:21:30.019
 that land

00:21:30.019 --> 00:21:30.539
 without a

00:21:30.539 --> 00:21:31.039
 family?

00:21:32.159 --> 00:21:32.819
 When you're

00:21:32.819 --> 00:21:33.639
 in a pit,

00:21:34.000 --> 00:21:34.500
 there are

00:21:34.500 --> 00:21:35.419
 some lies

00:21:35.419 --> 00:21:36.059
 that are

00:21:36.059 --> 00:21:36.839
 easy to

00:21:36.839 --> 00:21:37.419
 believe,

00:21:38.099 --> 00:21:38.799
 but really

00:21:38.799 --> 00:21:40.059
 important to

00:21:40.059 --> 00:21:40.599
 reject.

00:21:41.439 --> 00:21:42.039
 The first

00:21:42.039 --> 00:21:42.439
 is the one

00:21:42.439 --> 00:21:42.819
 we've already

00:21:42.819 --> 00:21:43.579
 been discussing.

00:21:43.819 --> 00:21:44.179
 It's the

00:21:44.179 --> 00:21:44.879
 lie that

00:21:44.879 --> 00:21:45.899
 this,

00:21:46.059 --> 00:21:46.500
 where I

00:21:46.500 --> 00:21:46.879
 am,

00:21:47.179 --> 00:21:48.419
 means God

00:21:48.419 --> 00:21:49.219
 has removed

00:21:49.219 --> 00:21:50.019
 his blessing

00:21:50.019 --> 00:21:51.439
 from me.

00:21:51.440 --> 00:21:53.440
 And that

00:21:53.440 --> 00:21:54.140
 makes sense

00:21:54.140 --> 00:21:54.580
 to us

00:21:54.580 --> 00:21:54.940
 in our

00:21:54.940 --> 00:21:55.620
 culture

00:21:55.620 --> 00:21:56.640
 because we've

00:21:56.640 --> 00:21:57.759
 defined blessing

00:21:57.759 --> 00:21:59.500
 as comfortable

00:21:59.500 --> 00:22:00.519
 circumstances

00:22:00.519 --> 00:22:01.740
 and material

00:22:01.740 --> 00:22:02.539
 prosperity.

00:22:03.140 --> 00:22:03.960
 So to us,

00:22:04.080 --> 00:22:04.820
 the pit by

00:22:04.820 --> 00:22:05.519
 definition

00:22:05.519 --> 00:22:06.120
 means I'm

00:22:06.120 --> 00:22:06.740
 missing out

00:22:06.740 --> 00:22:07.120
 on the

00:22:07.120 --> 00:22:07.620
 blessing.

00:22:09.100 --> 00:22:10.000
 Unless we're

00:22:10.000 --> 00:22:11.059
 defining blessing

00:22:11.059 --> 00:22:11.640
 wrong.

00:22:13.620 --> 00:22:14.160
 So that

00:22:14.160 --> 00:22:14.880
 second lie

00:22:14.880 --> 00:22:15.240
 that I

00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:15.900
 sometimes

00:22:15.900 --> 00:22:16.400
 believe

00:22:16.400 --> 00:22:17.259
 is that

00:22:17.259 --> 00:22:18.200
 God

00:22:18.200 --> 00:22:20.019
 has abandoned

00:22:20.019 --> 00:22:20.440
 me.

00:22:23.400 --> 00:22:24.079
 Certainly

00:22:24.079 --> 00:22:24.920
 this wouldn't

00:22:24.920 --> 00:22:25.619
 happen to

00:22:25.619 --> 00:22:26.900
 someone God

00:22:26.900 --> 00:22:27.660
 loves,

00:22:28.200 --> 00:22:28.619
 we might

00:22:28.619 --> 00:22:29.019
 think.

00:22:30.299 --> 00:22:31.000
 Maybe God

00:22:31.000 --> 00:22:31.539
 was with my

00:22:31.539 --> 00:22:32.480
 grandfather or

00:22:32.480 --> 00:22:33.539
 my father,

00:22:33.759 --> 00:22:35.660
 but apparently

00:22:35.660 --> 00:22:36.339
 I'm on my

00:22:36.339 --> 00:22:36.940
 own here.

00:22:38.400 --> 00:22:38.960
 And yet,

00:22:39.799 --> 00:22:40.480
 the text

00:22:40.480 --> 00:22:41.279
 points out,

00:22:41.400 --> 00:22:42.240
 even in being

00:22:42.240 --> 00:22:43.220
 sold to

00:22:43.220 --> 00:22:43.940
 Egypt,

00:22:44.279 --> 00:22:45.240
 God was

00:22:45.240 --> 00:22:46.259
 with

00:22:46.259 --> 00:22:47.819
 Joseph.

00:22:47.819 --> 00:22:48.019
 Joseph.

00:22:48.019 --> 00:22:50.460
 But he

00:22:50.460 --> 00:22:50.779
 still got

00:22:50.779 --> 00:22:51.160
 thrown in

00:22:51.160 --> 00:22:52.059
 prison unjustly.

00:22:52.220 --> 00:22:52.779
 But even

00:22:52.779 --> 00:22:53.440
 in prison,

00:22:53.700 --> 00:22:54.279
 God was

00:22:54.279 --> 00:22:55.059
 with

00:22:55.059 --> 00:22:55.700
 Joseph.

00:22:56.359 --> 00:22:56.799
 And so it

00:22:56.799 --> 00:22:57.079
 all got

00:22:57.079 --> 00:22:57.279
 better.

00:22:57.400 --> 00:22:57.660
 No,

00:22:57.819 --> 00:22:58.079
 but he

00:22:58.079 --> 00:22:58.660
 still got

00:22:58.660 --> 00:22:59.220
 forgotten.

00:22:59.799 --> 00:23:00.220
 You see

00:23:00.220 --> 00:23:00.460
 what's

00:23:00.460 --> 00:23:00.740
 happening?

00:23:00.980 --> 00:23:01.359
 God is

00:23:01.359 --> 00:23:01.680
 with

00:23:01.680 --> 00:23:02.180
 Joseph and

00:23:02.180 --> 00:23:02.519
 things are

00:23:02.519 --> 00:23:03.019
 still going

00:23:03.019 --> 00:23:03.299
 bad.

00:23:03.539 --> 00:23:03.839
 God is

00:23:03.839 --> 00:23:04.099
 with

00:23:04.099 --> 00:23:04.559
 Joseph and

00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:04.720
 he's

00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:05.019
 still in

00:23:05.019 --> 00:23:05.339
 a pit.

00:23:05.559 --> 00:23:06.259
 And we've

00:23:06.259 --> 00:23:06.559
 got to

00:23:06.559 --> 00:23:06.960
 connect the

00:23:06.960 --> 00:23:07.599
 dot because

00:23:07.599 --> 00:23:08.079
 you don't

00:23:08.079 --> 00:23:08.500
 have to

00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:08.819
 get out

00:23:08.819 --> 00:23:09.039
 of the

00:23:09.039 --> 00:23:09.859
 pit for

00:23:09.859 --> 00:23:10.279
 God to

00:23:10.279 --> 00:23:10.700
 be with

00:23:10.700 --> 00:23:11.000
 you.

00:23:11.240 --> 00:23:11.500
 Amen?

00:23:12.799 --> 00:23:13.500
 You don't

00:23:13.500 --> 00:23:14.039
 have to get

00:23:14.039 --> 00:23:14.420
 out of the

00:23:14.420 --> 00:23:15.339
 pit for

00:23:15.339 --> 00:23:16.139
 God to be

00:23:16.139 --> 00:23:16.559
 with you.

00:23:16.559 --> 00:23:16.859
 And this

00:23:16.859 --> 00:23:17.139
 is the

00:23:17.139 --> 00:23:17.619
 blessing,

00:23:17.839 --> 00:23:18.019
 right?

00:23:18.319 --> 00:23:18.759
 Listen to

00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:18.919
 me.

00:23:19.200 --> 00:23:19.700
 Corrie ten

00:23:19.700 --> 00:23:20.259
 boom learned

00:23:20.259 --> 00:23:20.859
 this one in

00:23:20.859 --> 00:23:21.299
 one of the

00:23:21.299 --> 00:23:21.839
 lowest,

00:23:22.279 --> 00:23:23.460
 darkest pits,

00:23:23.740 --> 00:23:24.480
 Ravensbruck

00:23:24.480 --> 00:23:26.059
 concentration camp

00:23:26.059 --> 00:23:27.099
 in Germany.

00:23:27.419 --> 00:23:28.279
 It doesn't get

00:23:28.279 --> 00:23:29.399
 much lower and

00:23:29.399 --> 00:23:30.019
 darker than

00:23:30.019 --> 00:23:30.299
 that,

00:23:30.339 --> 00:23:30.579
 right?

00:23:32.500 --> 00:23:33.839
 The rejects,

00:23:33.980 --> 00:23:34.639
 the abuse,

00:23:34.779 --> 00:23:35.559
 the fleas,

00:23:35.859 --> 00:23:36.639
 the death,

00:23:36.899 --> 00:23:37.759
 and who was

00:23:37.759 --> 00:23:38.440
 there in the

00:23:38.440 --> 00:23:38.980
 midst of all

00:23:38.980 --> 00:23:39.240
 of it?

00:23:40.579 --> 00:23:41.220
 God.

00:23:41.899 --> 00:23:42.279
 She said,

00:23:42.440 --> 00:23:42.940
 God was

00:23:42.940 --> 00:23:43.059
 there.

00:23:43.059 --> 00:23:43.759
 There is no

00:23:43.759 --> 00:23:45.039
 pit so deep

00:23:45.039 --> 00:23:46.139
 that he is

00:23:46.139 --> 00:23:47.279
 not deeper

00:23:47.279 --> 00:23:48.240
 still.

00:23:49.000 --> 00:23:49.799
 We've got to

00:23:49.799 --> 00:23:50.740
 realize that in

00:23:50.740 --> 00:23:51.139
 this story.

00:23:51.419 --> 00:23:52.480
 No pit so deep

00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:53.639
 that he is not

00:23:53.639 --> 00:23:55.599
 deeper still.

00:23:55.940 --> 00:23:57.419
 That is our

00:23:57.419 --> 00:23:57.980
 God.

00:23:58.099 --> 00:23:58.619
 That's what he

00:23:58.619 --> 00:23:59.119
 wants us to

00:23:59.119 --> 00:23:59.679
 know about him.

00:23:59.980 --> 00:24:00.599
 Listen, I don't

00:24:00.599 --> 00:24:01.879
 know how far

00:24:01.879 --> 00:24:02.779
 you have fallen.

00:24:03.519 --> 00:24:04.179
 I don't know

00:24:04.179 --> 00:24:05.700
 how low you

00:24:05.700 --> 00:24:07.500
 feel, but you

00:24:07.500 --> 00:24:09.059
 have not fallen

00:24:09.059 --> 00:24:09.879
 beyond him.

00:24:09.880 --> 00:24:10.600
 underneath,

00:24:11.260 --> 00:24:11.960
 wherever you

00:24:11.960 --> 00:24:12.920
 are, are the

00:24:12.920 --> 00:24:15.180
 everlasting arms.

00:24:15.520 --> 00:24:16.840
 God is lower

00:24:16.840 --> 00:24:18.060
 than wherever you

00:24:18.060 --> 00:24:18.460
 have gone.

00:24:18.560 --> 00:24:19.420
 He has not

00:24:19.420 --> 00:24:20.260
 abandoned you.

00:24:20.540 --> 00:24:21.420
 His goodness is

00:24:21.420 --> 00:24:22.240
 running after,

00:24:22.540 --> 00:24:23.280
 running after,

00:24:23.580 --> 00:24:25.100
 running after you,

00:24:25.620 --> 00:24:26.320
 and he will

00:24:26.320 --> 00:24:26.980
 reach you.

00:24:27.640 --> 00:24:28.560
 He's there with

00:24:28.560 --> 00:24:28.880
 you.

00:24:31.280 --> 00:24:32.040
 Finally, you

00:24:32.040 --> 00:24:32.800
 might wrongly

00:24:32.800 --> 00:24:33.680
 conclude in your

00:24:33.680 --> 00:24:35.080
 pit that God

00:24:35.080 --> 00:24:35.680
 has failed to

00:24:35.680 --> 00:24:36.060
 keep his

00:24:36.060 --> 00:24:36.540
 promises.

00:24:36.539 --> 00:24:36.740
 promises.

00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:39.720
 It may be you've

00:24:39.720 --> 00:24:40.659
 misunderstood his

00:24:40.659 --> 00:24:41.139
 promises.

00:24:41.819 --> 00:24:42.899
 Happens to us a

00:24:42.899 --> 00:24:43.119
 lot.

00:24:44.559 --> 00:24:45.639
 It also may be

00:24:45.639 --> 00:24:46.899
 that you are

00:24:46.899 --> 00:24:47.599
 trusting his

00:24:47.599 --> 00:24:48.399
 promises, but you

00:24:48.399 --> 00:24:49.180
 can only see the

00:24:49.180 --> 00:24:49.659
 back of the

00:24:49.659 --> 00:24:50.539
 tapestry right

00:24:50.539 --> 00:24:50.879
 now.

00:24:53.019 --> 00:24:53.899
 So you can call

00:24:53.899 --> 00:24:54.619
 where you are

00:24:54.619 --> 00:24:56.099
 evil and still

00:24:56.099 --> 00:24:57.379
 trust him to be

00:24:57.379 --> 00:24:59.259
 good and faithful

00:24:59.259 --> 00:25:00.599
 and at work.

00:25:00.920 --> 00:25:01.480
 Let's see this

00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:02.480
 part of Joseph's

00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:03.240
 story.

00:25:03.599 --> 00:25:04.599
 What's so amazing

00:25:04.599 --> 00:25:05.819
 in this story is

00:25:05.819 --> 00:25:07.559
 how much good

00:25:07.559 --> 00:25:09.319
 God does here

00:25:09.319 --> 00:25:11.139
 in the face of

00:25:11.139 --> 00:25:12.539
 so much evil.

00:25:15.839 --> 00:25:18.240
 This story is a

00:25:18.240 --> 00:25:19.119
 case study in

00:25:19.119 --> 00:25:20.480
 what we refer to

00:25:20.480 --> 00:25:21.240
 as God's

00:25:21.240 --> 00:25:21.980
 providence.

00:25:22.980 --> 00:25:23.519
 It's his

00:25:23.519 --> 00:25:25.000
 sovereign work

00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:26.659
 to do good

00:25:26.659 --> 00:25:27.759
 no matter how

00:25:27.759 --> 00:25:28.839
 much bad

00:25:28.839 --> 00:25:29.319
 there is.

00:25:29.559 --> 00:25:30.339
 That he's in

00:25:30.339 --> 00:25:30.679
 control.

00:25:30.779 --> 00:25:31.220
 There's no

00:25:31.220 --> 00:25:32.399
 maverick molecule

00:25:32.399 --> 00:25:33.519
 in the universe.

00:25:33.899 --> 00:25:34.659
 He didn't just

00:25:34.659 --> 00:25:35.740
 create the world.

00:25:35.819 --> 00:25:37.159
 But he upholds

00:25:37.159 --> 00:25:38.379
 it and sustains

00:25:38.379 --> 00:25:39.220
 it by the word

00:25:39.220 --> 00:25:39.939
 of his power

00:25:39.939 --> 00:25:41.740
 in every moment.

00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:43.259
 God is always

00:25:43.259 --> 00:25:44.779
 working to

00:25:44.779 --> 00:25:45.700
 rescue and

00:25:45.700 --> 00:25:47.139
 restore because

00:25:47.139 --> 00:25:48.139
 he is committed

00:25:48.139 --> 00:25:48.799
 to blessing,

00:25:48.939 --> 00:25:49.279
 isn't he?

00:25:50.240 --> 00:25:50.700
 Have we learned

00:25:50.700 --> 00:25:51.200
 that about him

00:25:51.200 --> 00:25:51.359
 here?

00:25:53.439 --> 00:25:54.099
 You remember

00:25:54.099 --> 00:25:54.500
 what was going

00:25:54.500 --> 00:25:55.079
 to happen when

00:25:55.079 --> 00:25:55.819
 God blessed

00:25:55.819 --> 00:25:57.019
 Adam and Eve?

00:25:57.299 --> 00:25:58.279
 His blessing

00:25:58.279 --> 00:25:59.000
 was going to

00:25:59.000 --> 00:25:59.519
 flow through

00:25:59.519 --> 00:26:00.139
 them to all

00:26:00.139 --> 00:26:00.539
 of his good

00:26:00.539 --> 00:26:01.339
 creation, right?

00:26:02.079 --> 00:26:02.679
 And then we

00:26:02.679 --> 00:26:03.619
 came to Abraham

00:26:03.619 --> 00:26:04.079
 and he said

00:26:04.079 --> 00:26:04.559
 I'm going

00:26:04.559 --> 00:26:05.319
 to bless

00:26:05.319 --> 00:26:05.959
 you Abraham.

00:26:06.559 --> 00:26:07.399
 He promises

00:26:07.399 --> 00:26:08.099
 that all

00:26:08.099 --> 00:26:09.399
 nations will

00:26:09.399 --> 00:26:10.059
 be blessed

00:26:10.059 --> 00:26:11.619
 through Abraham.

00:26:12.639 --> 00:26:13.859
 Sometimes I

00:26:13.859 --> 00:26:14.839
 get so focused

00:26:14.839 --> 00:26:15.459
 on my own

00:26:15.459 --> 00:26:16.299
 circumstances

00:26:16.299 --> 00:26:17.959
 that I forget

00:26:17.959 --> 00:26:18.839
 God's blessing

00:26:18.839 --> 00:26:19.819
 has a bigger

00:26:19.819 --> 00:26:20.559
 scope

00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:22.479
 than I see.

00:26:24.439 --> 00:26:25.419
 So far from

00:26:25.419 --> 00:26:26.519
 removing God's

00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:27.599
 blessing from

00:26:27.599 --> 00:26:28.459
 Joseph in the

00:26:28.459 --> 00:26:28.859
 pit,

00:26:29.179 --> 00:26:30.479
 what's happening?

00:26:30.940 --> 00:26:31.860
 God's blessing

00:26:31.860 --> 00:26:33.099
 is overflowing

00:26:33.099 --> 00:26:33.980
 from Joseph.

00:26:34.039 --> 00:26:34.599
 How does he say

00:26:34.599 --> 00:26:34.920
 it to his

00:26:34.920 --> 00:26:35.120
 brothers?

00:26:35.440 --> 00:26:36.160
 To save

00:26:36.160 --> 00:26:37.940
 many lives.

00:26:38.360 --> 00:26:38.980
 It's happening

00:26:38.980 --> 00:26:39.640
 all through this

00:26:39.640 --> 00:26:39.880
 story.

00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:40.519
 See not only

00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:41.839
 is Potiphar's

00:26:41.839 --> 00:26:42.880
 house blessed

00:26:42.880 --> 00:26:43.579
 when Joseph,

00:26:43.940 --> 00:26:44.539
 the man of

00:26:44.539 --> 00:26:44.900
 God,

00:26:45.200 --> 00:26:45.740
 shows up,

00:26:45.900 --> 00:26:46.720
 not only is

00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:48.039
 the prisoners

00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:49.079
 that Joseph

00:26:49.079 --> 00:26:49.819
 interprets their

00:26:49.819 --> 00:26:50.059
 dreams,

00:26:50.160 --> 00:26:50.860
 they're blessed

00:26:50.860 --> 00:26:51.599
 when the man of

00:26:51.599 --> 00:26:52.380
 God shows up

00:26:52.380 --> 00:26:53.220
 in prison,

00:26:53.960 --> 00:26:54.680
 but also through

00:26:54.680 --> 00:26:55.420
 the wisdom of

00:26:55.420 --> 00:26:55.620
 God.

00:26:55.920 --> 00:26:56.319
 Joseph's

00:26:56.319 --> 00:26:57.380
 interpretation of

00:26:57.380 --> 00:26:57.819
 dreams,

00:26:58.000 --> 00:26:58.799
 Joseph's plans

00:26:58.799 --> 00:26:59.640
 to store grain

00:26:59.640 --> 00:27:00.240
 during the good

00:27:00.240 --> 00:27:00.660
 years.

00:27:01.560 --> 00:27:02.080
 Egypt

00:27:02.080 --> 00:27:03.480
 prospers,

00:27:03.780 --> 00:27:04.200
 the whole

00:27:04.200 --> 00:27:04.600
 nation,

00:27:04.780 --> 00:27:05.460
 and many,

00:27:05.540 --> 00:27:06.440
 many nations

00:27:06.440 --> 00:27:07.300
 are blessed,

00:27:08.120 --> 00:27:08.620
 fed,

00:27:09.740 --> 00:27:10.380
 spared,

00:27:10.820 --> 00:27:12.140
 because Joseph

00:27:12.140 --> 00:27:13.040
 is in Egypt.

00:27:15.020 --> 00:27:15.980
 When we're in

00:27:15.980 --> 00:27:16.400
 the pit,

00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:16.980
 may we have

00:27:16.980 --> 00:27:17.820
 the eyes of

00:27:17.820 --> 00:27:19.259
 faith to see

00:27:19.259 --> 00:27:20.080
 God is up to

00:27:20.080 --> 00:27:21.040
 something much

00:27:21.040 --> 00:27:22.320
 bigger than

00:27:22.320 --> 00:27:23.600
 our circumstances

00:27:23.600 --> 00:27:24.220
 so we can

00:27:24.220 --> 00:27:25.400
 actually rejoice

00:27:25.400 --> 00:27:26.320
 in blessing

00:27:26.320 --> 00:27:27.620
 overflowing to

00:27:27.620 --> 00:27:28.040
 others.

00:27:29.640 --> 00:27:30.640
 God's

00:27:30.640 --> 00:27:30.640


00:27:30.640 --> 00:27:30.940
 But there's

00:27:30.940 --> 00:27:31.460
 more here

00:27:31.460 --> 00:27:33.780
 because if

00:27:33.780 --> 00:27:34.460
 that's all

00:27:34.460 --> 00:27:35.100
 that's going

00:27:35.100 --> 00:27:35.420
 on,

00:27:35.520 --> 00:27:37.000
 then we might

00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:37.500
 rightly be

00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:38.020
 afraid that

00:27:38.020 --> 00:27:38.460
 God might

00:27:38.460 --> 00:27:39.300
 trample on

00:27:39.300 --> 00:27:40.740
 me and

00:27:40.740 --> 00:27:41.440
 his promises

00:27:41.440 --> 00:27:42.340
 to me so

00:27:42.340 --> 00:27:42.740
 that he can

00:27:42.740 --> 00:27:43.340
 bless others

00:27:43.340 --> 00:27:43.800
 more because

00:27:43.800 --> 00:27:44.300
 he's really

00:27:44.300 --> 00:27:44.960
 like that.

00:27:45.160 --> 00:27:45.820
 He likes to

00:27:45.820 --> 00:27:46.220
 bless.

00:27:47.300 --> 00:27:47.700
 Maybe he's

00:27:47.700 --> 00:27:48.040
 going to leave

00:27:48.040 --> 00:27:48.440
 me in the

00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:48.940
 pit and others

00:27:48.940 --> 00:27:49.180
 will be

00:27:49.180 --> 00:27:49.640
 blessed.

00:27:50.300 --> 00:27:50.680
 What about

00:27:50.680 --> 00:27:51.480
 when my life

00:27:51.480 --> 00:27:52.180
 keeps being

00:27:52.180 --> 00:27:52.620
 hard?

00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:53.340
 When from

00:27:53.340 --> 00:27:53.820
 all I can

00:27:53.820 --> 00:27:54.360
 tell my

00:27:54.360 --> 00:27:55.060
 prayers aren't

00:27:55.060 --> 00:27:55.720
 being answered?

00:27:55.720 --> 00:27:56.640
 When my

00:27:56.640 --> 00:27:57.880
 life is

00:27:57.880 --> 00:27:59.720
 ending and

00:27:59.720 --> 00:28:00.380
 there's still

00:28:00.380 --> 00:28:01.400
 so much to

00:28:01.400 --> 00:28:02.059
 grieve?

00:28:03.960 --> 00:28:05.039
 That as we've

00:28:05.039 --> 00:28:05.500
 seen is

00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:06.640
 Joseph's story

00:28:06.640 --> 00:28:07.539
 isn't it?

00:28:08.180 --> 00:28:09.120
 In a coffin

00:28:09.120 --> 00:28:11.420
 in Egypt.

00:28:12.799 --> 00:28:13.880
 The promised

00:28:13.880 --> 00:28:14.579
 land is as

00:28:14.579 --> 00:28:15.579
 far away as

00:28:15.579 --> 00:28:15.839
 ever.

00:28:17.579 --> 00:28:18.380
 The promised

00:28:18.380 --> 00:28:19.039
 seed, the

00:28:19.039 --> 00:28:20.039
 great nation,

00:28:20.220 --> 00:28:21.039
 they're spared,

00:28:21.299 --> 00:28:22.460
 they're alive but

00:28:22.460 --> 00:28:23.240
 not looking so

00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:23.600
 great.

00:28:23.599 --> 00:28:23.740
 right?

00:28:25.939 --> 00:28:26.500
 Maybe

00:28:26.500 --> 00:28:28.379
 brother Judah

00:28:28.379 --> 00:28:29.079
 being less

00:28:29.079 --> 00:28:29.899
 selfish and

00:28:29.899 --> 00:28:30.899
 more sacrificial

00:28:30.899 --> 00:28:32.019
 is foreshadowing

00:28:32.019 --> 00:28:32.439
 hope.

00:28:32.559 --> 00:28:33.079
 It is.

00:28:34.279 --> 00:28:35.119
 But it's

00:28:35.119 --> 00:28:36.399
 generations away.

00:28:37.119 --> 00:28:37.839
 Those promises

00:28:37.839 --> 00:28:38.639
 that are repeated

00:28:38.639 --> 00:28:39.419
 in blessing of

00:28:39.419 --> 00:28:40.279
 the next generation

00:28:40.279 --> 00:28:41.279
 are a long

00:28:41.279 --> 00:28:42.399
 time to develop.

00:28:43.539 --> 00:28:44.539
 Regardless of

00:28:44.539 --> 00:28:45.379
 how far away

00:28:45.379 --> 00:28:45.919
 all of that

00:28:45.919 --> 00:28:47.319
 seems, God's

00:28:47.319 --> 00:28:48.339
 blessing has a

00:28:48.339 --> 00:28:49.299
 longer view

00:28:49.299 --> 00:28:51.439
 than I grasp.

00:28:51.440 --> 00:28:51.580
 grasp.

00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:53.660
 Listen to

00:28:53.660 --> 00:28:54.820
 Joseph on

00:28:54.820 --> 00:28:55.680
 his deathbed

00:28:55.680 --> 00:28:56.220
 to his

00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:56.920
 brothers who

00:28:56.920 --> 00:28:57.660
 are fearful

00:28:57.660 --> 00:28:58.200
 that their

00:28:58.200 --> 00:28:58.980
 sinfulness,

00:28:59.440 --> 00:29:00.660
 their selfishness

00:29:00.660 --> 00:29:01.539
 has messed up

00:29:01.539 --> 00:29:02.480
 this whole promise

00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:03.160
 and blessing

00:29:03.160 --> 00:29:03.660
 thing.

00:29:04.160 --> 00:29:04.640
 What does

00:29:04.640 --> 00:29:05.400
 Joseph say?

00:29:05.660 --> 00:29:06.400
 I am about

00:29:06.400 --> 00:29:07.140
 to die

00:29:07.140 --> 00:29:09.140
 but,

00:29:09.700 --> 00:29:10.039
 that's not

00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:10.420
 the end,

00:29:10.799 --> 00:29:11.820
 but God

00:29:11.820 --> 00:29:12.880
 will visit

00:29:12.880 --> 00:29:13.779
 you and

00:29:13.779 --> 00:29:14.660
 bring you up

00:29:14.660 --> 00:29:15.620
 out of this

00:29:15.620 --> 00:29:17.180
 land to the

00:29:17.180 --> 00:29:17.660
 land that he

00:29:17.660 --> 00:29:18.160
 swore to

00:29:18.160 --> 00:29:18.600
 Abraham,

00:29:19.019 --> 00:29:19.580
 to Isaac,

00:29:19.579 --> 00:29:20.199
 and to

00:29:20.199 --> 00:29:20.639
 Jacob.

00:29:20.799 --> 00:29:21.480
 He's promised.

00:29:22.379 --> 00:29:22.980
 Joseph made

00:29:22.980 --> 00:29:23.539
 the sons of

00:29:23.539 --> 00:29:24.279
 Israel swear

00:29:24.279 --> 00:29:24.679
 saying,

00:29:25.039 --> 00:29:25.500
 God will

00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:26.819
 surely visit

00:29:26.819 --> 00:29:27.599
 you and

00:29:27.599 --> 00:29:28.159
 you shall

00:29:28.159 --> 00:29:29.000
 carry up

00:29:29.000 --> 00:29:29.859
 my bones

00:29:29.859 --> 00:29:31.039
 from here.

00:29:31.659 --> 00:29:32.240
 This is

00:29:32.240 --> 00:29:32.460
 going to

00:29:32.460 --> 00:29:32.699
 happen.

00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:32.980
 I don't

00:29:32.980 --> 00:29:33.259
 know when

00:29:33.259 --> 00:29:33.699
 it is but

00:29:33.699 --> 00:29:33.980
 you're going

00:29:33.980 --> 00:29:34.500
 to carry

00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:35.639
 my bones

00:29:35.639 --> 00:29:36.460
 with you.

00:29:37.339 --> 00:29:38.019
 Someone here

00:29:38.019 --> 00:29:38.419
 I believe

00:29:38.419 --> 00:29:39.379
 needs to

00:29:39.379 --> 00:29:40.419
 hear this

00:29:40.419 --> 00:29:40.939
 today.

00:29:41.579 --> 00:29:42.339
 God's

00:29:42.339 --> 00:29:43.339
 sovereign

00:29:43.339 --> 00:29:44.179
 providence

00:29:44.179 --> 00:29:45.179
 is such

00:29:45.179 --> 00:29:46.179
 that even

00:29:46.179 --> 00:29:47.299
 after you

00:29:47.299 --> 00:29:48.359
 have died,

00:29:48.359 --> 00:29:49.759
 God will

00:29:49.759 --> 00:29:51.199
 still faithfully

00:29:51.199 --> 00:29:52.079
 work to

00:29:52.079 --> 00:29:52.699
 bring you

00:29:52.699 --> 00:29:53.579
 where he's

00:29:53.579 --> 00:29:54.159
 promised.

00:29:54.919 --> 00:29:55.819
 Even if you

00:29:55.819 --> 00:29:56.419
 don't get to

00:29:56.419 --> 00:29:57.279
 see it here,

00:29:57.619 --> 00:29:58.379
 even if his

00:29:58.379 --> 00:29:59.099
 faithfulness to

00:29:59.099 --> 00:29:59.699
 his promises

00:29:59.699 --> 00:30:00.500
 to your family

00:30:00.500 --> 00:30:00.979
 is not

00:30:00.979 --> 00:30:01.500
 something you

00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:01.799
 get to

00:30:01.799 --> 00:30:02.619
 witness or

00:30:02.619 --> 00:30:03.240
 experience,

00:30:03.500 --> 00:30:04.339
 he's faithful.

00:30:05.719 --> 00:30:06.799
 His story,

00:30:07.219 --> 00:30:08.019
 your story,

00:30:08.319 --> 00:30:09.219
 your family's

00:30:09.219 --> 00:30:09.779
 story does

00:30:09.779 --> 00:30:11.059
 not end

00:30:11.059 --> 00:30:11.939
 with what we

00:30:11.939 --> 00:30:12.859
 experience or

00:30:12.859 --> 00:30:13.779
 see in this

00:30:13.779 --> 00:30:14.219
 life.

00:30:14.439 --> 00:30:15.000
 He's just

00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:15.599
 bigger than

00:30:15.599 --> 00:30:15.939
 that.

00:30:16.259 --> 00:30:16.879
 That is how

00:30:16.879 --> 00:30:17.959
 good he is.

00:30:17.960 --> 00:30:18.660
 That's how

00:30:18.660 --> 00:30:19.019
 much you

00:30:19.019 --> 00:30:19.740
 can trust

00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:20.519
 and cling

00:30:20.519 --> 00:30:21.279
 to his

00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:22.240
 promises.

00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:23.180
 May we

00:30:23.180 --> 00:30:23.740
 have such

00:30:23.740 --> 00:30:24.340
 an eternal

00:30:24.340 --> 00:30:25.100
 perspective

00:30:25.100 --> 00:30:26.200
 of his

00:30:26.200 --> 00:30:26.779
 greatness

00:30:26.779 --> 00:30:27.380
 and his

00:30:27.380 --> 00:30:28.059
 grace to

00:30:28.059 --> 00:30:28.420
 us.

00:30:31.819 --> 00:30:32.579
 I don't

00:30:32.579 --> 00:30:32.900
 know about

00:30:32.900 --> 00:30:33.319
 you but

00:30:33.319 --> 00:30:35.940
 when I'm

00:30:35.940 --> 00:30:36.559
 really hurting

00:30:36.559 --> 00:30:38.700
 those two

00:30:38.700 --> 00:30:39.740
 truths that

00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:40.140
 we've just

00:30:40.140 --> 00:30:40.900
 talked about

00:30:40.900 --> 00:30:41.519
 can be

00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:43.120
 tough to

00:30:43.120 --> 00:30:43.720
 embrace.

00:30:43.720 --> 00:30:46.059
 what I

00:30:46.059 --> 00:30:46.460
 mean is

00:30:46.460 --> 00:30:47.299
 it can

00:30:47.299 --> 00:30:48.559
 seem a

00:30:48.559 --> 00:30:49.180
 little pie

00:30:49.180 --> 00:30:49.519
 in the

00:30:49.519 --> 00:30:51.240
 sky to

00:30:51.240 --> 00:30:51.700
 tell me

00:30:51.700 --> 00:30:52.140
 when I've

00:30:52.140 --> 00:30:52.680
 been cheated

00:30:52.680 --> 00:30:53.579
 on and

00:30:53.579 --> 00:30:54.220
 left alone

00:30:54.220 --> 00:30:55.740
 again that

00:30:55.740 --> 00:30:56.160
 it'll be

00:30:56.160 --> 00:30:56.740
 better in

00:30:56.740 --> 00:30:57.160
 the next

00:30:57.160 --> 00:30:57.740
 life.

00:31:00.140 --> 00:31:00.620
 It can

00:31:00.620 --> 00:31:00.940
 seem a

00:31:00.940 --> 00:31:01.799
 little callous

00:31:01.799 --> 00:31:03.240
 when I've

00:31:03.240 --> 00:31:04.100
 been left

00:31:04.100 --> 00:31:04.860
 out again

00:31:04.860 --> 00:31:05.940
 humiliated

00:31:05.940 --> 00:31:06.700
 publicly

00:31:06.700 --> 00:31:07.559
 constantly

00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:08.140
 battling

00:31:08.140 --> 00:31:08.880
 depression

00:31:08.880 --> 00:31:10.120
 to tell

00:31:10.120 --> 00:31:10.340
 me

00:31:10.340 --> 00:31:11.240
 someone else

00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:11.600
 is getting

00:31:11.600 --> 00:31:12.020
 blessed

00:31:12.020 --> 00:31:12.500
 through all

00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:12.880
 this.

00:31:14.500 --> 00:31:15.120
 Cheer up.

00:31:18.260 --> 00:31:18.860
 Both

00:31:18.860 --> 00:31:19.400
 true

00:31:19.400 --> 00:31:22.800
 but often

00:31:22.800 --> 00:31:23.340
 hard to

00:31:23.340 --> 00:31:23.940
 process.

00:31:26.140 --> 00:31:26.880
 In other

00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:27.140
 words I

00:31:27.140 --> 00:31:27.620
 don't want

00:31:27.620 --> 00:31:27.940
 you to

00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:29.420
 think less

00:31:29.420 --> 00:31:30.100
 than that

00:31:30.100 --> 00:31:31.860
 but I

00:31:31.860 --> 00:31:32.240
 also want

00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:32.460
 you to

00:31:32.460 --> 00:31:33.740
 hear this

00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:34.540
 third reality

00:31:34.540 --> 00:31:35.080
 that's for

00:31:35.080 --> 00:31:35.760
 all of us

00:31:35.760 --> 00:31:36.160
 even if

00:31:36.160 --> 00:31:36.640
 those two

00:31:36.640 --> 00:31:37.200
 can't come

00:31:37.200 --> 00:31:37.520
 home to

00:31:37.520 --> 00:31:37.880
 your heart

00:31:37.880 --> 00:31:38.260
 today.

00:31:38.880 --> 00:31:40.600
 I

00:31:40.600 --> 00:31:41.000
 intentionally

00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:41.420
 wrote the

00:31:41.420 --> 00:31:42.020
 third promise

00:31:42.020 --> 00:31:42.860
 differently.

00:31:45.260 --> 00:31:46.720
 God is

00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:48.140
 with you.

00:31:49.140 --> 00:31:50.760
 God is

00:31:50.760 --> 00:31:52.360
 with you

00:31:52.360 --> 00:31:53.360
 full stop.

00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:55.720
 Simple

00:31:55.720 --> 00:31:56.680
 perhaps

00:31:56.680 --> 00:31:59.820
 but this

00:31:59.820 --> 00:32:00.180
 is the

00:32:00.180 --> 00:32:01.180
 heart of

00:32:01.180 --> 00:32:02.140
 being blessed.

00:32:03.000 --> 00:32:03.440
 The Bible

00:32:03.440 --> 00:32:03.960
 tells us

00:32:03.960 --> 00:32:04.200
 this.

00:32:04.620 --> 00:32:04.960
 Remember

00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:05.740
 the blessing

00:32:05.740 --> 00:32:06.680
 promised from

00:32:06.680 --> 00:32:07.160
 the beginning

00:32:07.160 --> 00:32:08.560
 was relationship

00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:09.519
 with God.

00:32:09.740 --> 00:32:10.139
 It's what

00:32:10.139 --> 00:32:10.919
 we broke.

00:32:11.240 --> 00:32:11.500
 It's what

00:32:11.500 --> 00:32:11.980
 God is

00:32:11.980 --> 00:32:13.099
 restoring to

00:32:13.099 --> 00:32:13.359
 us.

00:32:13.679 --> 00:32:14.000
 So let me

00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:14.519
 show you

00:32:14.519 --> 00:32:15.519
 again here.

00:32:15.899 --> 00:32:16.359
 I already

00:32:16.359 --> 00:32:16.940
 showed you

00:32:16.940 --> 00:32:17.700
 this God's

00:32:17.700 --> 00:32:18.599
 presence was

00:32:18.599 --> 00:32:19.399
 what anchored

00:32:19.399 --> 00:32:20.259
 Joseph in

00:32:20.259 --> 00:32:20.879
 Egypt in

00:32:20.879 --> 00:32:21.480
 Potiphar's

00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:22.159
 house in

00:32:22.159 --> 00:32:22.859
 prison.

00:32:23.279 --> 00:32:24.099
 It's also

00:32:24.099 --> 00:32:25.039
 the only thing

00:32:25.039 --> 00:32:25.679
 that gets his

00:32:25.679 --> 00:32:26.500
 father Jacob

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:28.460
 even to come

00:32:28.460 --> 00:32:29.039
 to Egypt.

00:32:30.399 --> 00:32:31.200
 Leaving the

00:32:31.200 --> 00:32:31.960
 promised land

00:32:31.960 --> 00:32:32.500
 was so

00:32:32.500 --> 00:32:33.500
 counterintuitive

00:32:33.500 --> 00:32:34.200
 to Jacob

00:32:34.200 --> 00:32:35.000
 that even

00:32:35.000 --> 00:32:35.379
 though it was

00:32:35.379 --> 00:32:36.079
 the only place

00:32:36.079 --> 00:32:36.539
 he could find

00:32:36.539 --> 00:32:37.039
 food in a

00:32:37.039 --> 00:32:37.799
 famine even

00:32:37.799 --> 00:32:38.139
 though his

00:32:38.139 --> 00:32:39.059
 beloved son

00:32:39.059 --> 00:32:39.700
 was there

00:32:39.700 --> 00:32:41.519
 he stopped

00:32:41.519 --> 00:32:43.240
 at the

00:32:43.240 --> 00:32:43.740
 boundary of

00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:44.220
 the promised

00:32:44.220 --> 00:32:44.799
 land and

00:32:44.799 --> 00:32:45.180
 wouldn't

00:32:45.180 --> 00:32:46.960
 leave until

00:32:46.960 --> 00:32:47.879
 God himself

00:32:47.879 --> 00:32:49.579
 showed up

00:32:49.579 --> 00:32:50.359
 personally to

00:32:50.359 --> 00:32:50.839
 tell him to

00:32:50.839 --> 00:32:51.559
 keep going.

00:32:52.000 --> 00:32:52.940
 Chapter 46

00:32:52.940 --> 00:32:56.619
 God said

00:32:56.619 --> 00:32:57.680
 I am God

00:32:57.680 --> 00:32:58.279
 the God of

00:32:58.279 --> 00:32:58.839
 your father

00:32:58.839 --> 00:32:59.899
 do not be

00:32:59.899 --> 00:33:00.759
 afraid to

00:33:00.759 --> 00:33:01.539
 go down to

00:33:01.539 --> 00:33:02.559
 Egypt for

00:33:02.559 --> 00:33:03.279
 there I will

00:33:03.279 --> 00:33:04.079
 make you into

00:33:04.079 --> 00:33:04.980
 a great nation.

00:33:04.980 --> 00:33:06.299
 I myself

00:33:06.299 --> 00:33:07.039
 will go

00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:07.960
 down with

00:33:07.960 --> 00:33:08.480
 you.

00:33:09.299 --> 00:33:10.160
 I am coming

00:33:10.160 --> 00:33:11.019
 with you

00:33:11.019 --> 00:33:11.839
 God says

00:33:11.839 --> 00:33:13.039
 to Egypt

00:33:13.039 --> 00:33:14.319
 and I will

00:33:14.319 --> 00:33:14.880
 also bring

00:33:14.880 --> 00:33:15.680
 you up again

00:33:15.680 --> 00:33:16.360
 the land

00:33:16.360 --> 00:33:17.099
 promise is

00:33:17.099 --> 00:33:17.700
 secure

00:33:17.700 --> 00:33:18.779
 because God

00:33:18.779 --> 00:33:19.400
 is going

00:33:19.400 --> 00:33:20.140
 with you

00:33:20.140 --> 00:33:21.579
 and Joseph's

00:33:21.579 --> 00:33:22.700
 hand shall

00:33:22.700 --> 00:33:23.779
 close your

00:33:23.779 --> 00:33:24.400
 eyes

00:33:24.400 --> 00:33:25.279
 the seed

00:33:25.279 --> 00:33:25.980
 promise is

00:33:25.980 --> 00:33:26.740
 secure

00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:27.860
 because God

00:33:27.860 --> 00:33:28.740
 is with

00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:29.519
 you and

00:33:29.519 --> 00:33:30.240
 so Jacob

00:33:30.240 --> 00:33:31.400
 goes

00:33:31.400 --> 00:33:33.099
 even when it

00:33:33.099 --> 00:33:33.960
 takes generations

00:33:33.960 --> 00:33:34.779
 for those

00:33:34.779 --> 00:33:35.519
 things to

00:33:35.519 --> 00:33:36.100
 happen.

00:33:37.259 --> 00:33:37.539
 So that's

00:33:37.539 --> 00:33:38.240
 the way God's

00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:38.920
 presence in

00:33:38.920 --> 00:33:39.980
 the pit works

00:33:39.980 --> 00:33:40.900
 is that you

00:33:40.900 --> 00:33:41.600
 find that you

00:33:41.600 --> 00:33:42.819
 cannot fall

00:33:42.819 --> 00:33:43.559
 so low

00:33:43.559 --> 00:33:44.620
 that he's

00:33:44.620 --> 00:33:45.180
 not there.

00:33:45.819 --> 00:33:46.500
 Remember that?

00:33:47.059 --> 00:33:47.960
 God was with

00:33:47.960 --> 00:33:48.340
 Joseph.

00:33:48.500 --> 00:33:49.279
 God was with

00:33:49.279 --> 00:33:49.660
 Joseph.

00:33:49.819 --> 00:33:50.680
 God was with

00:33:50.680 --> 00:33:51.279
 Joseph.

00:33:51.740 --> 00:33:52.900
 Psalm 139

00:33:52.900 --> 00:33:53.980
 if I lie in

00:33:53.980 --> 00:33:54.759
 the pit of

00:33:54.759 --> 00:33:56.100
 hell you are

00:33:56.100 --> 00:33:56.720
 there.

00:33:56.900 --> 00:33:57.519
 If I say

00:33:57.519 --> 00:33:58.319
 surely the

00:33:58.319 --> 00:33:59.340
 darkness will

00:33:59.340 --> 00:33:59.840
 cover me.

00:34:00.059 --> 00:34:00.279
 Well the

00:34:00.279 --> 00:34:00.920
 darkness is

00:34:00.920 --> 00:34:02.140
 light to you

00:34:02.140 --> 00:34:02.600
 God.

00:34:02.780 --> 00:34:03.360
 It can't

00:34:03.360 --> 00:34:03.860
 keep you

00:34:03.860 --> 00:34:04.280
 from me.

00:34:04.360 --> 00:34:04.900
 You see

00:34:04.900 --> 00:34:05.180
 me.

00:34:05.420 --> 00:34:06.040
 You're with

00:34:06.040 --> 00:34:06.600
 me no matter

00:34:06.600 --> 00:34:07.200
 where I go

00:34:07.200 --> 00:34:07.700
 or what I

00:34:07.700 --> 00:34:08.039
 do.

00:34:08.980 --> 00:34:09.940
 My life is

00:34:09.940 --> 00:34:10.400
 like the

00:34:10.400 --> 00:34:11.519
 famous runaway

00:34:11.519 --> 00:34:11.980
 bunny.

00:34:12.460 --> 00:34:13.000
 Many of you

00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:13.260
 know.

00:34:13.519 --> 00:34:13.960
 I can go on

00:34:13.960 --> 00:34:14.940
 a trout stream.

00:34:15.160 --> 00:34:15.539
 I can climb

00:34:15.539 --> 00:34:15.880
 up in a

00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:16.160
 mountain.

00:34:16.300 --> 00:34:16.840
 I can hide

00:34:16.840 --> 00:34:17.500
 in a garden

00:34:17.500 --> 00:34:18.660
 and mother

00:34:18.660 --> 00:34:19.780
 bunny says

00:34:19.780 --> 00:34:20.780
 I will come

00:34:20.780 --> 00:34:21.400
 to you.

00:34:21.960 --> 00:34:22.800
 I will

00:34:22.800 --> 00:34:23.680
 find you.

00:34:23.820 --> 00:34:24.539
 I will

00:34:24.539 --> 00:34:25.440
 hold you.

00:34:25.640 --> 00:34:25.880
 See it

00:34:25.880 --> 00:34:26.240
 might just

00:34:26.240 --> 00:34:26.559
 as well

00:34:26.559 --> 00:34:27.079
 stay here

00:34:27.079 --> 00:34:27.320
 and be

00:34:27.320 --> 00:34:27.820
 mine.

00:34:27.820 --> 00:34:32.500
 you start

00:34:32.500 --> 00:34:33.559
 to experience

00:34:33.559 --> 00:34:34.420
 that even

00:34:34.420 --> 00:34:34.880
 though you're

00:34:34.880 --> 00:34:35.920
 in the pit

00:34:35.920 --> 00:34:36.760
 what you

00:34:36.760 --> 00:34:37.500
 need even

00:34:37.500 --> 00:34:38.240
 more than

00:34:38.240 --> 00:34:39.180
 getting out

00:34:39.180 --> 00:34:41.220
 is him.

00:34:42.380 --> 00:34:43.200
 You need

00:34:43.200 --> 00:34:44.160
 God

00:34:44.160 --> 00:34:45.420
 with you.

00:34:45.840 --> 00:34:46.120
 If the

00:34:46.120 --> 00:34:46.900
 one who is

00:34:46.900 --> 00:34:47.440
 goodness

00:34:47.440 --> 00:34:48.400
 himself

00:34:48.400 --> 00:34:49.539
 is there

00:34:49.539 --> 00:34:50.340
 then you

00:34:50.340 --> 00:34:51.200
 have goodness

00:34:51.200 --> 00:34:52.280
 even in

00:34:52.280 --> 00:34:53.300
 your badness.

00:34:53.900 --> 00:34:53.960
 Right?

00:34:54.080 --> 00:34:54.900
 The relationship

00:34:54.900 --> 00:34:55.440
 that you were

00:34:55.440 --> 00:34:55.920
 made for

00:34:55.920 --> 00:34:56.840
 the comfort

00:34:56.840 --> 00:34:57.600
 of his love

00:34:57.599 --> 00:34:58.420
 the delight

00:34:58.420 --> 00:34:58.980
 of never

00:34:58.980 --> 00:34:59.839
 being abandoned

00:34:59.839 --> 00:35:00.480
 because you

00:35:00.480 --> 00:35:01.000
 found a

00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:01.659
 friend who

00:35:01.659 --> 00:35:02.079
 will keep

00:35:02.079 --> 00:35:02.519
 chasing

00:35:02.519 --> 00:35:03.559
 keep pursuing

00:35:03.559 --> 00:35:04.339
 and never

00:35:04.339 --> 00:35:04.860
 let you

00:35:04.860 --> 00:35:05.279
 go.

00:35:05.839 --> 00:35:06.079
 And if

00:35:06.079 --> 00:35:07.159
 that friend

00:35:07.159 --> 00:35:07.980
 is with

00:35:07.980 --> 00:35:08.460
 you

00:35:08.460 --> 00:35:09.819
 then whatever

00:35:09.819 --> 00:35:10.559
 your bad

00:35:10.559 --> 00:35:11.259
 situation

00:35:11.259 --> 00:35:11.819
 is

00:35:11.819 --> 00:35:13.639
 it can't

00:35:13.639 --> 00:35:14.139
 stay bad

00:35:14.139 --> 00:35:14.539
 forever.

00:35:16.339 --> 00:35:17.239
 If his

00:35:17.239 --> 00:35:17.819
 promise to

00:35:17.819 --> 00:35:18.259
 be with

00:35:18.259 --> 00:35:18.559
 you in

00:35:18.559 --> 00:35:19.179
 the deepest

00:35:19.179 --> 00:35:19.699
 pit

00:35:19.699 --> 00:35:20.900
 is true

00:35:20.900 --> 00:35:22.380
 then you

00:35:22.380 --> 00:35:22.839
 can count

00:35:22.839 --> 00:35:23.259
 on all of

00:35:23.259 --> 00:35:23.619
 his other

00:35:23.619 --> 00:35:24.119
 promises

00:35:24.119 --> 00:35:24.639
 too.

00:35:25.079 --> 00:35:25.440
 Then it

00:35:25.440 --> 00:35:26.139
 really is

00:35:26.139 --> 00:35:26.900
 true that

00:35:26.900 --> 00:35:27.720
 the nations

00:35:27.720 --> 00:35:28.260
 are being

00:35:28.260 --> 00:35:28.900
 blessed

00:35:28.900 --> 00:35:29.400
 through this

00:35:29.400 --> 00:35:29.840
 then it

00:35:29.840 --> 00:35:30.400
 really is

00:35:30.400 --> 00:35:30.840
 true that

00:35:30.840 --> 00:35:31.720
 eternity

00:35:31.720 --> 00:35:32.500
 will be

00:35:32.500 --> 00:35:33.039
 glorious

00:35:33.039 --> 00:35:33.460
 and we

00:35:33.460 --> 00:35:34.019
 need those

00:35:34.019 --> 00:35:34.440
 promises

00:35:34.440 --> 00:35:35.019
 and we

00:35:35.019 --> 00:35:35.480
 know they're

00:35:35.480 --> 00:35:36.180
 true because

00:35:36.180 --> 00:35:36.740
 he's with

00:35:36.740 --> 00:35:37.579
 us now.

00:35:37.940 --> 00:35:38.220
 Joseph

00:35:38.220 --> 00:35:39.440
 learns this.

00:35:39.860 --> 00:35:40.139
 Paul

00:35:40.139 --> 00:35:40.820
 experiences

00:35:40.820 --> 00:35:41.360
 this in

00:35:41.360 --> 00:35:41.660
 prison.

00:35:42.160 --> 00:35:42.860
 Ask Job

00:35:42.860 --> 00:35:43.619
 or Ruth

00:35:43.619 --> 00:35:44.240
 or Jonah

00:35:44.240 --> 00:35:45.000
 or Hannah

00:35:45.000 --> 00:35:45.500
 what it's

00:35:45.500 --> 00:35:45.940
 like to

00:35:45.940 --> 00:35:46.539
 go so

00:35:46.539 --> 00:35:47.420
 low that

00:35:47.420 --> 00:35:47.860
 you think

00:35:47.860 --> 00:35:48.280
 God will

00:35:48.280 --> 00:35:48.940
 never hear

00:35:48.940 --> 00:35:49.539
 you and

00:35:49.539 --> 00:35:49.920
 all of a

00:35:49.920 --> 00:35:50.260
 sudden you

00:35:50.260 --> 00:35:50.760
 run into

00:35:50.760 --> 00:35:51.019
 him.

00:35:51.119 --> 00:35:51.519
 He's

00:35:51.519 --> 00:35:52.200
 there.

00:35:52.820 --> 00:35:53.119
 His

00:35:53.119 --> 00:35:53.980
 goodness

00:35:53.980 --> 00:35:54.760
 running

00:35:54.760 --> 00:35:55.639
 after

00:35:55.639 --> 00:35:56.380
 me.

00:35:56.699 --> 00:35:56.980
 God

00:35:56.980 --> 00:35:57.280
 is at

00:35:57.280 --> 00:35:57.559
 work

00:35:57.559 --> 00:35:58.240
 rescuing

00:35:58.240 --> 00:35:58.519
 and

00:35:58.519 --> 00:35:59.059
 restoring

00:35:59.059 --> 00:35:59.659
 even

00:35:59.659 --> 00:36:00.280
 when we

00:36:00.280 --> 00:36:01.059
 can't

00:36:01.059 --> 00:36:01.639
 see it.

00:36:02.139 --> 00:36:02.599
 Will you

00:36:02.599 --> 00:36:03.340
 believe that

00:36:03.340 --> 00:36:03.960
 today not

00:36:03.960 --> 00:36:04.440
 just for

00:36:04.440 --> 00:36:05.059
 Joseph's

00:36:05.059 --> 00:36:05.659
 story it's

00:36:05.659 --> 00:36:06.019
 a nice

00:36:06.019 --> 00:36:06.280
 one.

00:36:07.119 --> 00:36:07.800
 Not just

00:36:07.800 --> 00:36:08.559
 in general

00:36:08.559 --> 00:36:11.019
 but in

00:36:11.019 --> 00:36:11.559
 your pit.

00:36:12.719 --> 00:36:12.980
 Will you

00:36:12.980 --> 00:36:13.320
 believe it

00:36:13.320 --> 00:36:13.559
 there?

00:36:15.059 --> 00:36:15.699
 Maybe you

00:36:15.699 --> 00:36:16.059
 say I

00:36:16.059 --> 00:36:16.920
 don't know

00:36:16.920 --> 00:36:17.320
 about all

00:36:17.320 --> 00:36:17.559
 that.

00:36:18.559 --> 00:36:19.320
 I certainly

00:36:19.320 --> 00:36:20.059
 don't feel

00:36:20.059 --> 00:36:20.639
 God is

00:36:20.639 --> 00:36:21.159
 with me.

00:36:23.539 --> 00:36:24.159
 Maybe you're

00:36:24.159 --> 00:36:24.539
 here this

00:36:24.539 --> 00:36:24.940
 morning and

00:36:24.940 --> 00:36:26.059
 you say I

00:36:26.059 --> 00:36:26.659
 don't believe

00:36:26.659 --> 00:36:27.119
 in God

00:36:27.119 --> 00:36:27.599
 at all.

00:36:28.139 --> 00:36:29.340
 So why

00:36:29.340 --> 00:36:29.739
 would I

00:36:29.739 --> 00:36:30.340
 believe that

00:36:30.340 --> 00:36:30.779
 he's with

00:36:30.779 --> 00:36:31.079
 me when

00:36:31.079 --> 00:36:31.440
 all the

00:36:31.440 --> 00:36:32.039
 evidence I

00:36:32.039 --> 00:36:32.519
 see is

00:36:32.519 --> 00:36:32.820
 to the

00:36:32.820 --> 00:36:33.299
 contrary?

00:36:35.920 --> 00:36:36.579
 Or maybe

00:36:36.579 --> 00:36:37.079
 you say

00:36:37.079 --> 00:36:37.840
 somewhere in

00:36:37.840 --> 00:36:38.400
 between I'm

00:36:38.400 --> 00:36:38.820
 just not

00:36:38.820 --> 00:36:39.799
 sure about

00:36:39.799 --> 00:36:40.360
 God but

00:36:40.360 --> 00:36:41.400
 I can tell

00:36:41.400 --> 00:36:41.719
 you this

00:36:41.719 --> 00:36:42.420
 pastor I'm

00:36:42.420 --> 00:36:43.000
 sure if

00:36:43.000 --> 00:36:43.759
 God is

00:36:43.759 --> 00:36:45.460
 there he's

00:36:45.460 --> 00:36:46.059
 not blessing

00:36:46.059 --> 00:36:46.400
 me.

00:36:47.360 --> 00:36:48.159
 No way.

00:36:50.059 --> 00:36:52.380
 This is

00:36:52.380 --> 00:36:53.119
 perhaps a

00:36:53.119 --> 00:36:53.940
 hard request

00:36:53.940 --> 00:36:54.460
 if you're

00:36:54.460 --> 00:36:55.119
 hurting this

00:36:55.119 --> 00:36:57.000
 morning but

00:36:57.000 --> 00:36:57.460
 I'm asking

00:36:57.460 --> 00:36:58.079
 you to stick

00:36:58.079 --> 00:36:58.699
 with me for

00:36:58.699 --> 00:36:59.259
 one more

00:36:59.259 --> 00:36:59.739
 step.

00:37:00.639 --> 00:37:01.199
 There's just

00:37:01.199 --> 00:37:02.079
 one more

00:37:02.079 --> 00:37:03.119
 thing to

00:37:03.119 --> 00:37:03.659
 connect the

00:37:03.659 --> 00:37:04.259
 dots if

00:37:04.259 --> 00:37:04.440
 you're

00:37:04.440 --> 00:37:04.799
 struggling

00:37:04.799 --> 00:37:05.500
 like that.

00:37:07.019 --> 00:37:07.420
 See you

00:37:07.420 --> 00:37:08.199
 can trust

00:37:08.199 --> 00:37:08.779
 that God

00:37:08.779 --> 00:37:09.380
 has not

00:37:09.380 --> 00:37:10.179
 removed his

00:37:10.179 --> 00:37:11.039
 blessing from

00:37:11.039 --> 00:37:11.340
 you.

00:37:12.719 --> 00:37:13.739
 Not against

00:37:13.739 --> 00:37:14.500
 all evidence

00:37:14.500 --> 00:37:17.139
 but because

00:37:17.139 --> 00:37:17.960
 he enters

00:37:17.960 --> 00:37:18.860
 with you

00:37:18.860 --> 00:37:19.539
 into the

00:37:19.539 --> 00:37:19.960
 pit.

00:37:20.059 --> 00:37:20.900
 to keep

00:37:20.900 --> 00:37:21.719
 his promise

00:37:21.719 --> 00:37:22.460
 to be a

00:37:22.460 --> 00:37:22.799
 God who

00:37:22.799 --> 00:37:23.739
 rescues and

00:37:23.739 --> 00:37:24.480
 restores you

00:37:24.480 --> 00:37:25.259
 to relationship

00:37:25.259 --> 00:37:25.840
 with him.

00:37:26.039 --> 00:37:26.599
 He does

00:37:26.599 --> 00:37:27.320
 that to

00:37:27.320 --> 00:37:28.219
 restore you

00:37:28.219 --> 00:37:28.920
 even when

00:37:28.920 --> 00:37:29.599
 you broke

00:37:29.599 --> 00:37:29.880
 it.

00:37:30.500 --> 00:37:31.099
 Even when

00:37:31.099 --> 00:37:31.500
 you threw

00:37:31.500 --> 00:37:32.840
 yourself into

00:37:32.840 --> 00:37:33.420
 the pit.

00:37:34.099 --> 00:37:34.639
 See Jesus

00:37:34.639 --> 00:37:35.619
 came as a

00:37:35.619 --> 00:37:36.179
 man who was

00:37:36.179 --> 00:37:37.659
 rejected by

00:37:37.659 --> 00:37:38.199
 family.

00:37:38.400 --> 00:37:38.880
 Who was

00:37:38.880 --> 00:37:39.739
 falsely

00:37:39.739 --> 00:37:40.420
 accused.

00:37:40.559 --> 00:37:40.779
 Who was

00:37:40.779 --> 00:37:41.759
 unjustly

00:37:41.759 --> 00:37:42.440
 imprisoned.

00:37:42.619 --> 00:37:42.880
 Who was

00:37:42.880 --> 00:37:43.500
 actually

00:37:43.500 --> 00:37:44.420
 killed.

00:37:44.799 --> 00:37:45.360
 He said

00:37:45.360 --> 00:37:45.619
 that he

00:37:45.619 --> 00:37:46.199
 was sent

00:37:46.199 --> 00:37:47.099
 away by

00:37:47.099 --> 00:37:47.840
 his father

00:37:47.840 --> 00:37:48.739
 by God

00:37:48.739 --> 00:37:49.360
 himself

00:37:49.360 --> 00:37:50.360
 to preserve

00:37:50.360 --> 00:37:51.220
 like Joseph

00:37:51.220 --> 00:37:52.340
 a remnant

00:37:52.340 --> 00:37:53.059
 on earth.

00:37:53.160 --> 00:37:53.440
 Many

00:37:53.440 --> 00:37:54.320
 survivors.

00:37:54.620 --> 00:37:55.220
 A great

00:37:55.220 --> 00:37:56.220
 people.

00:37:57.140 --> 00:37:57.599
 God's not

00:37:57.599 --> 00:37:58.160
 asking you

00:37:58.160 --> 00:37:58.780
 to believe

00:37:58.780 --> 00:37:59.400
 against all

00:37:59.400 --> 00:38:00.140
 evidence that

00:38:00.140 --> 00:38:00.720
 he stands

00:38:00.720 --> 00:38:01.400
 high up in

00:38:01.400 --> 00:38:01.960
 heaven somewhere

00:38:01.960 --> 00:38:02.599
 with a magic

00:38:02.599 --> 00:38:03.559
 wand to make

00:38:03.559 --> 00:38:04.200
 the evil in

00:38:04.200 --> 00:38:04.820
 your life go

00:38:04.820 --> 00:38:05.099
 away.

00:38:05.200 --> 00:38:05.500
 It's not

00:38:05.500 --> 00:38:05.800
 what he

00:38:05.800 --> 00:38:06.440
 says.

00:38:07.840 --> 00:38:08.360
 No he

00:38:08.360 --> 00:38:09.420
 has stooped.

00:38:09.820 --> 00:38:10.780
 He's shown

00:38:10.780 --> 00:38:12.320
 himself to be

00:38:12.320 --> 00:38:12.700
 with you.

00:38:12.940 --> 00:38:13.660
 He's entered

00:38:13.660 --> 00:38:14.940
 in to endure

00:38:14.940 --> 00:38:15.800
 the ultimate

00:38:15.800 --> 00:38:16.360
 evil.

00:38:16.800 --> 00:38:17.559
 The physical

00:38:17.559 --> 00:38:18.659
 emotional

00:38:18.659 --> 00:38:19.840
 social

00:38:19.840 --> 00:38:21.019
 spiritual

00:38:21.019 --> 00:38:21.880
 agony

00:38:21.880 --> 00:38:22.639
 of the

00:38:22.639 --> 00:38:23.320
 cross

00:38:23.320 --> 00:38:24.119
 even when

00:38:24.119 --> 00:38:24.700
 it wasn't

00:38:24.700 --> 00:38:25.320
 deserved

00:38:25.320 --> 00:38:26.960
 in order to

00:38:26.960 --> 00:38:27.880
 accomplish the

00:38:27.880 --> 00:38:29.000
 ultimate good

00:38:29.000 --> 00:38:30.380
 the blessing

00:38:30.380 --> 00:38:32.179
 of so many

00:38:32.179 --> 00:38:33.159
 people including

00:38:33.159 --> 00:38:33.659
 you.

00:38:34.940 --> 00:38:35.240
 Jesus

00:38:35.240 --> 00:38:36.139
 endured

00:38:36.139 --> 00:38:37.000
 evil

00:38:37.000 --> 00:38:38.720
 to end

00:38:38.720 --> 00:38:39.599
 it for

00:38:39.599 --> 00:38:40.579
 you one

00:38:40.579 --> 00:38:40.940
 day.

00:38:40.940 --> 00:38:41.960
 Won't you

00:38:41.960 --> 00:38:43.000
 trust him?

00:38:43.559 --> 00:38:44.420
 Why stay

00:38:44.420 --> 00:38:45.460
 alone in

00:38:45.460 --> 00:38:46.519
 your fear

00:38:46.519 --> 00:38:48.019
 and despair?

00:38:48.659 --> 00:38:49.119
 There is

00:38:49.119 --> 00:38:50.400
 someone whose

00:38:50.400 --> 00:38:51.440
 pit is

00:38:51.440 --> 00:38:52.400
 deeper than

00:38:52.400 --> 00:38:53.179
 yours who

00:38:53.179 --> 00:38:54.559
 stoops to

00:38:54.559 --> 00:38:55.559
 rescue you

00:38:55.559 --> 00:38:56.760
 to restore

00:38:56.760 --> 00:38:57.800
 you to

00:38:57.800 --> 00:38:59.019
 catch you.

00:38:59.300 --> 00:39:00.059
 His arms are

00:39:00.059 --> 00:39:01.079
 underneath so

00:39:01.079 --> 00:39:01.720
 you don't have

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 to ascend to

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 him.

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 He's come

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 down and his

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 arms are there

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 so you can

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 just fall into

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 them right now.

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 You don't have

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 to do anything

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 else.

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 Call evil

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 evil.

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 Tell God

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 it doesn't

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 feel like

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 you expected

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 or like

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 he would

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 have designed

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 in his

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 perfect world.

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 Declare as

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 loudly as you

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 want that

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 there is no

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 hope unless

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 he's doing

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 something that

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 you can't

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 see or

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 understand.

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 And then

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 when you do

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 that I want

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 you to hear

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 the drum

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 beat.

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 The drum

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 beat in the

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 background of

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 God's goodness.

00:39:38.179 --> 00:39:38.699
 Running

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 after Joseph.

00:39:40.860 --> 00:39:41.360
 Running

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 after Jesus.

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 Running

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 after you.

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 Tell him

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 if he's

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 gone to

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 the cross

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 and risen

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 from the

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 grave for

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 you then

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 all of his

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 promises

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 must be

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 true.

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 There's no

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 other hope.

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 Declare that

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 the eternal

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 God is your

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 refuge and

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 underneath no

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 matter how

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 low you go

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 are the

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 everlasting

00:40:06.519 --> 00:40:07.200
 arms.

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 Let's pray.

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 Father would

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 you catch

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 us and

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 hold us

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 and comfort

00:40:18.039 --> 00:40:18.639
 us this

00:40:18.639 --> 00:40:18.920
 morning.

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 There are

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 hard things

00:40:22.239 --> 00:40:22.599
 in this

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 world.

00:40:24.980 --> 00:40:26.500
 We grieve

00:40:26.500 --> 00:40:28.079
 for ourselves

00:40:28.079 --> 00:40:28.619
 for our

00:40:28.619 --> 00:40:29.059
 children

00:40:29.059 --> 00:40:30.759
 for our

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 city for

00:40:31.379 --> 00:40:32.079
 our country

00:40:32.079 --> 00:40:32.920
 for this

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 world because

00:40:34.259 --> 00:40:35.359
 it's not the

00:40:35.359 --> 00:40:36.000
 way we long

00:40:36.000 --> 00:40:36.819
 for it to be.

00:40:36.820 --> 00:40:37.720
 We read your

00:40:37.720 --> 00:40:38.140
 word and we

00:40:38.140 --> 00:40:38.680
 realize it's

00:40:38.680 --> 00:40:39.280
 not the way

00:40:39.280 --> 00:40:40.400
 you long

00:40:40.400 --> 00:40:41.100
 for it to

00:40:41.100 --> 00:40:42.680
 be and we

00:40:42.680 --> 00:40:43.600
 need hope.

00:40:44.980 --> 00:40:45.720
 We need

00:40:45.720 --> 00:40:46.440
 your help.

00:40:46.940 --> 00:40:48.620
 We need

00:40:48.620 --> 00:40:49.120
 you.

00:40:50.320 --> 00:40:51.059
 Thank you for

00:40:51.059 --> 00:40:51.740
 entering in.

00:40:51.960 --> 00:40:52.420
 Thank you for

00:40:52.420 --> 00:40:53.400
 not leaving us

00:40:53.400 --> 00:40:53.860
 alone.

00:40:54.539 --> 00:40:55.180
 Thank you for

00:40:55.180 --> 00:40:56.460
 the hope of

00:40:56.460 --> 00:40:57.059
 your presence

00:40:57.059 --> 00:40:57.800
 with us in the

00:40:57.800 --> 00:40:58.080
 pit.

00:40:58.680 --> 00:40:59.640
 Would we know

00:40:59.640 --> 00:41:00.500
 the everlasting

00:41:00.500 --> 00:41:02.180
 arms in a

00:41:02.180 --> 00:41:03.019
 fresh way this

00:41:03.019 --> 00:41:04.820
 morning and

00:41:04.820 --> 00:41:05.539
 and know

00:41:05.539 --> 00:41:05.880
 that you're

00:41:05.880 --> 00:41:06.460
 holding us

00:41:06.460 --> 00:41:07.120
 just as you've

00:41:07.120 --> 00:41:07.640
 been holding

00:41:07.640 --> 00:41:08.340
 this story

00:41:08.340 --> 00:41:09.200
 together for

00:41:09.200 --> 00:41:10.300
 generation after

00:41:10.300 --> 00:41:11.400
 generation and

00:41:11.400 --> 00:41:12.220
 century after

00:41:12.220 --> 00:41:13.380
 century and

00:41:13.380 --> 00:41:13.940
 you're taking

00:41:13.940 --> 00:41:14.720
 us home.

00:41:16.640 --> 00:41:17.660
 Give us rest

00:41:17.660 --> 00:41:18.340
 and joy in your

00:41:18.340 --> 00:41:19.260
 goodness we ask

00:41:19.260 --> 00:41:20.140
 in Jesus name.

00:41:20.740 --> 00:41:20.980
 Amen.

00:41:21.660 --> 00:41:22.320
 For more

00:41:22.320 --> 00:41:23.440
 information visit

00:41:23.440 --> 00:41:24.380
 us online at

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 southwood.org.

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