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 Welcome to the Willow Ridge Sermons Podcast.

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 We're so glad you chose to listen today.

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 In today's message, we explore Joseph's journey in Genesis 42

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 and how shifting our mindset allows us to find joy,

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 even when earthly optimism collides with harsh realities.

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 By embracing humility, listening for God's voice,

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 and living in truth rather than emotions,

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 we uncover the power of trusting God's greater plan.

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 Join us as we reflect on finding joy in surrendering our plans to His will

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 and recognizing His work in our lives, no matter the circumstances.

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 Thanks for listening.

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 Well, good morning.

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 If you have your Bibles, and I hope you do,

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 I want to invite you to join us in Genesis 42 this morning.

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 I want to echo what Dave said.

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 I hope you had a wonderful, wonderful New Year.

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 I hope you had a wonderful, traditional New Year's Day lunch like we did.

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 I hope you had some great friends and family to spend time with,

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 and we count it as a blessing that each and every one of you are here today to worship with us.

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 If you are a first-time guest, Dave said he's going to ask one thing from you,

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 so I would like to ask one thing from you.

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 After the service is over with, my wife and I will be back here to my left at the back of the auditorium.

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 If you wouldn't mind just stopping by, we'd love to speak to you for just a moment.

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 Give us an opportunity to learn your name and to thank you for being here and worshiping with us personally.

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 And then if you do have any questions about our church, it's a wonderful place to get those answered.

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 And then for all of you, I want to invite you back tonight to be a part of a fellowship time,

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 for us to have that together as a church family before we fully get our schedule going back next week.

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 Yesterday was smelling good in the Bradbury house.

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 So I have a problem with cooking for like small portions.

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 I'm a big portion kind of eater, so I'm a big portion kind of cooker.

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 And so yesterday, I fixed about 20 pounds of chicken and dumplings for us to have.

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 If you do not come and eat the chicken and dumplings tonight,

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 my kids and I will be, and my wife will be eating chicken and dumplings for the next three weeks.

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 So please come and help us with that, please, this evening.

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 Also, at the end of the service, we're going to take the Lord's Supper together as a family.

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 And if you're here and you're a follower of Jesus Christ, whether you're a member here or not,

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 we want to invite you to take, partake in that with us.

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 We'll give some instructions at the very end of the service as we do that together.

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 If you missed one of these from our greeters as you came in,

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 we still have some available at the very back of the auditorium.

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 You can go by and you can grab those.

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 And then the last commercial that I'm going to give you this morning

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 is we are starting back our 9 o'clock discipleship hour next week.

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 We're going to be doing these five classes on top of all of our small groups that we offer.

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 And so these cards are made available.

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 Back on there is a little QR code where you can scan to join those.

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 We would appreciate it if you're going to be attending one of these, if you would do that.

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 And we want to encourage all of you as we get back into new disciplines and new times

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 for things for this coming year, wonderful opportunity,

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 some variety of different studies that you can be a part of

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 where you feel like God has for you of what God wants to grow you and do.

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 So please, please, please be a part of all that is going on.

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 Well, for the last, I don't know, maybe two to three months,

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 what I've been doing is reading a verse to kind of get our mind directed

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 on where we're going to go and what we're going to do

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 and then have a time of prayer before we go into God's Word.

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 So we are in Genesis 42.

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 We're back.

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 We've been working through Genesis for about two years,

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 taking some breaks here and there to cover different topics or different seasons

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 in the life of our church.

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 But for about two years, we've been working in Genesis.

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 And we've made our way to Genesis 42.

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 I think by the end of February, we will be finished with Genesis.

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 But I make no promises, right?

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 But I think we'll be finished with Genesis by the end of February.

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 But the verse I want to read to you this morning,

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 I want you to, normally I don't even give context to the verse,

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 but I want this morning so importantly for us to hold on to

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 and to focus in and to listen to and capture these words.

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 Because we're going to be in Genesis 42,

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 but the very last verse that we're going to read

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 is the first verse we're going to start off with,

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 and that's going to be found in Matthew 26, verse 39.

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 So we're going to go in Genesis,

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 but here's where we're going to begin,

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 and here's where we're going to end.

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 I want to give the context now

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 so we're thinking through this

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 as we'll land here at the end of the message.

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 Find in Matthew 26,

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 Jesus is in the garden awaiting his betrayal,

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 awaiting his arrest,

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 awaiting the beatings that will come,

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 and his impending crucifixion.

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 God's word says,

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 in going a little farther,

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 he fell on his face and prayed,

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 saying,

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 My Father,

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 if it be possible,

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 let this cup pass from me.

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 Nevertheless,

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 not as I will,

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 but as you will.

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 Would you pray with me?

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 God, as we study your word this morning,

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 God, I pray that our hearts and our minds

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 will be focused on the truth of your message.

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 Lord, in the guidance and grace of your Holy Spirit,

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 God, may we block out the distractions

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 that the world wants to bring us.

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 God, may the power of your Spirit

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 will receive the conviction,

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 Lord, that you grant us

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 when there's the sin that's in our life.

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 God, may we paint and tell

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 a wonderful picture

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 of your hand at work

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 through your Son, Jesus.

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 God, may I be faithful to your word,

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 faithful to your text,

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 offer your name and your glory.

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 And it's in Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 When I ask this question,

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 and it's kind of themed a little bit

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 around some of the things

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 that I've noticed and seen

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 for this time of year traditionally.

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 And the question is this,

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 what happens when earthly optimism

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 and earthly realities collide?

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 And we think about that

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 with the coming in to the new year.

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 We look back on a year past.

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 We look forward to a year to come.

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 We set expectations.

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 We set desires.

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 We set resolutions

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 so that the upcoming year

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 will not have to look like,

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 feel like, or experience

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 the way the last year looked.

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 This isn't something that's new.

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 This is something that's common.

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 This is something that's expected.

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 Resolutions, commitments,

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 promises that we make.

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 Many of them,

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 I dearly do,

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 I hope you see through

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 and fulfill in your life,

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 but also understanding

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 with the expectation

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 that many of us

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 fall short over and over

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 and over again with these.

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 And I feel that the heart,

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 that the desire from this

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 is not just so that we can say,

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 look at what I've done,

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 but we've looked back,

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 we've seen struggles,

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 we've seen issues,

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 we've seen times

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 where we've missed the mark.

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 And for a year coming forward,

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 we want to see better.

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 And when we make phrases,

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 we make statements,

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 like, you know what?

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 Well, I hope 2025

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 is better than 2024.

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 Or, there's no way

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 this year can be as bad

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 as last year.

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 We have a feeling

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 or a sense

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 that the difficulties,

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 the struggles,

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 the stresses

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 of the past

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 were used

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 to make something

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 bad.

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 And the hope

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 is that they will

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 change

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 and as a result

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 will have

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 a better year.

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 I haven't necessarily

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 done scientific research

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 on this topic,

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 but in the 45 years

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 of my life experience,

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 here's what I found,

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 that we will look

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 at the hardships

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 of life

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 and based off

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 of the hardships

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 that we've received,

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 based off of the struggles

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 that we've received,

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 we will look at them

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 as punishments,

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 as curses,

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 as consequences,

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 and our hope

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 for the upcoming year

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 will be found in,

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 well, if these things

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 can be better,

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 then my year

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 will be better.

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 And I think

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 that there's

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 a danger in that.

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 there's a danger

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 in that line

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 of thinking.

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 I've had it,

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 you've had it,

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 we have it oftentimes

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 together,

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 and as believers,

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 I think there's

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 a very harsh

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 danger

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 in associating

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 the good

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 and bad

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 of the year

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 with the hardships

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 that we did

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 or did not face.

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 And the danger

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 is this,

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 that oftentimes,

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 even as believers,

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 our joy,

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 our joy,

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 let me define

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 joy for you,

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 that this Christian joy,

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 it is a feeling,

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 it is a good feeling

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 that resides

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 deep in the soul

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 of the follower

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 of Jesus,

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 and it's produced

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 by the Holy Spirit

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 of evidence

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 of Him in there,

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 that as He

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 causes us

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 to see

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 the beauty

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 of Christ

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 in the world

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 and in the circumstances

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 and situations

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 we face,

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 regardless

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 if we classify

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 them as good

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 or bad.

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 So the danger

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 is that as believers,

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 our joy

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 is all too often

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 robbed from us

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 as we walk

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 through the hardships

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 of life.

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 And folks,

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 the reason

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 why I want

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 to begin

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 this season,

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 begin this year,

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 begin this time

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 with this thought

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 is that

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 is not at all

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 what Christ

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 intends for you.

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 That's not all

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 what God

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 has for you

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 in this.

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 To have such

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 limited

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 perspective

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 that the

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 deep

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 settled

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 joy

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 that is given

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 to all believers

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 in Christ

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 that we're called

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 to live in,

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 to experience,

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 that is not

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 a mindset

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 that we have

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 to convince

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 ourself of,

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 but it is a reality

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 that we get

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 the beauty

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 to live in,

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 is established

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 in who our

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 Creator,

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 who our Savior,

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 and who the

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 Spirit of God

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 is,

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 and is not

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 because you

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 had a bad day,

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 a bad week,

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 a bad month.

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 Here in

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 Genesis 42,

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 we're picking

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 back up

00:11:34.900 --> 00:11:35.880
 in the life

00:11:35.880 --> 00:11:36.920
 of Joseph,

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 and maybe

00:11:38.080 --> 00:11:38.600
 you've forgotten,

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 we haven't been

00:11:39.500 --> 00:11:40.140
 back in Genesis

00:11:40.140 --> 00:11:41.020
 since November,

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 or maybe

00:11:41.740 --> 00:11:42.840
 you're new to us,

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 so let me recap

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 really quickly

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 just some highlights

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 in Joseph's life.

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 It's not been

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 an easy life.

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 It may be

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 started as that.

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 It may be

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 looking a little

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 bit different

00:11:53.880 --> 00:11:54.800
 where he is now,

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 but the journey

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 in which he's

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 gone on,

00:11:57.540 --> 00:11:59.380
 we began

00:11:59.380 --> 00:12:00.460
 in chapter 37,

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 we see that

00:12:00.900 --> 00:12:01.420
 he's dad's

00:12:01.420 --> 00:12:01.760
 favorite.

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 We see that

00:12:03.000 --> 00:12:03.420
 there's a lot

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 of brothers

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 and a lot

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 of jealousy.

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 As a result

00:12:06.800 --> 00:12:07.200
 of that,

00:12:07.300 --> 00:12:07.960
 his brothers

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 fake his death

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 and sell him

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 into slavery.

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 This is his

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 journey.

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 Once he gets

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 to Egypt,

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 he's falsely

00:12:15.920 --> 00:12:17.100
 accused

00:12:17.100 --> 00:12:18.380
 of assault

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 of his

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 master's wife.

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 She's actually

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 the one

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 assaulting him,

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 and he's

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 falsely accused

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 and in prison

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 for crimes

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 that he didn't

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 commit.

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 He's then

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 forgotten about

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 in prison

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 for years

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 even by those

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 who could

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 secure

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 his freedom.

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 But when

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 his freedom

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 is finally

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 granted,

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 it's not,

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 well,

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 we're sorry,

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 here's the

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 compensation,

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 here's what you

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 can go and do,

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 but instead

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 when his

00:12:51.100 --> 00:12:51.600
 freedom is

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 granted,

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 granted by

00:12:52.780 --> 00:12:53.080
 Pharaoh,

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 he basically

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 becomes the

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 governor,

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 the overseer

00:12:57.100 --> 00:12:58.300
 of Egypt's

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 agriculture

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 and economy

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 in preparation

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 for years

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 of prosperity

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 but also

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 for years

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 of famine.

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 Famine

00:13:11.200 --> 00:13:11.700
 comes,

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 in fact,

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 I want to read

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 these verses

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 aren't on the

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 screen,

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 but I want to

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 read to you

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 Genesis 41

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 starting in

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 verse 56.

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 So when the

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 famine had

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 spread over

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 all the

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 land,

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 Joseph opened

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 the storehouses

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 and sold

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 to the

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 Egyptians

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 for the

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 famine was

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 severe in

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 the land

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 of Egypt.

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 Verse 57,

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 moreover,

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 all the

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 earth came

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 to Egypt

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 to Joseph

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 to buy

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 grain

00:13:39.600 --> 00:13:41.100
 because the

00:13:41.100 --> 00:13:41.500
 famine

00:13:41.500 --> 00:13:43.260
 was severe

00:13:43.260 --> 00:13:44.740
 all

00:13:44.740 --> 00:13:45.860
 over

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 the

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 earth.

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 So this

00:13:49.100 --> 00:13:50.060
 man has

00:13:50.060 --> 00:13:50.700
 gone from

00:13:50.700 --> 00:13:51.560
 dad's

00:13:51.560 --> 00:13:51.940
 favorite,

00:13:52.920 --> 00:13:53.540
 slavery,

00:13:54.520 --> 00:13:55.400
 imprisonment,

00:13:55.940 --> 00:13:57.120
 now he's

00:13:57.120 --> 00:13:57.700
 second in

00:13:57.700 --> 00:13:59.280
 charge over

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 the largest

00:14:00.020 --> 00:14:01.920
 economy in

00:14:01.920 --> 00:14:02.760
 the world

00:14:02.760 --> 00:14:04.500
 and now

00:14:04.500 --> 00:14:05.280
 famine hits.

00:14:06.540 --> 00:14:06.940
 Famine is

00:14:06.940 --> 00:14:08.780
 a word

00:14:08.780 --> 00:14:10.780
 that you

00:14:10.780 --> 00:14:11.360
 and I

00:14:11.360 --> 00:14:12.200
 hear

00:14:12.200 --> 00:14:13.660
 and we

00:14:13.660 --> 00:14:14.140
 think we

00:14:14.140 --> 00:14:15.120
 can grasp,

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 we think we

00:14:15.840 --> 00:14:16.740
 can understand,

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 but I'll be

00:14:17.660 --> 00:14:17.900
 honest with you,

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 I can't.

00:14:19.140 --> 00:14:20.060
 I've been

00:14:20.060 --> 00:14:22.720
 desiring to

00:14:22.720 --> 00:14:23.640
 eat food at

00:14:23.640 --> 00:14:24.080
 a point in

00:14:24.080 --> 00:14:24.340
 time in

00:14:24.340 --> 00:14:24.620
 life,

00:14:24.700 --> 00:14:24.860
 right?

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 We have

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 that,

00:14:26.000 --> 00:14:26.680
 we'll use

00:14:26.680 --> 00:14:27.020
 the word

00:14:27.020 --> 00:14:28.140
 I'm hungry,

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 we may

00:14:29.060 --> 00:14:29.560
 even say

00:14:29.560 --> 00:14:30.200
 after a

00:14:30.200 --> 00:14:30.680
 hard day

00:14:30.680 --> 00:14:31.740
 of working

00:14:31.740 --> 00:14:32.880
 outside in

00:14:32.880 --> 00:14:33.320
 the heat

00:14:33.320 --> 00:14:34.180
 and not

00:14:34.180 --> 00:14:34.560
 being able

00:14:34.560 --> 00:14:34.880
 to eat,

00:14:35.040 --> 00:14:36.060
 I'm famished,

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 but for you

00:14:37.260 --> 00:14:37.660
 and I to

00:14:37.660 --> 00:14:38.460
 understand the

00:14:38.460 --> 00:14:38.940
 impact,

00:14:39.060 --> 00:14:39.720
 the global

00:14:39.720 --> 00:14:40.480
 impact is

00:14:40.480 --> 00:14:40.960
 what God's

00:14:40.960 --> 00:14:41.460
 word says

00:14:41.460 --> 00:14:42.220
 over the

00:14:42.220 --> 00:14:42.800
 famine that's

00:14:42.800 --> 00:14:42.940
 here,

00:14:43.080 --> 00:14:43.700
 it's hard

00:14:43.700 --> 00:14:44.140
 for us to

00:14:44.140 --> 00:14:44.400
 track.

00:14:44.460 --> 00:14:44.720
 So I

00:14:44.720 --> 00:14:45.320
 went and

00:14:45.320 --> 00:14:45.780
 just googled

00:14:45.780 --> 00:14:46.420
 like when

00:14:46.420 --> 00:14:47.000
 was the

00:14:47.000 --> 00:14:47.760
 last major

00:14:47.760 --> 00:14:48.900
 famine that

00:14:48.900 --> 00:14:49.820
 is experienced

00:14:49.820 --> 00:14:50.360
 in this earth.

00:14:50.480 --> 00:14:50.920
 So in

00:14:50.920 --> 00:14:52.720
 2011 for

00:14:52.720 --> 00:14:54.060
 roughly about

00:14:54.060 --> 00:14:54.680
 two years,

00:14:54.760 --> 00:14:55.060
 now I want you

00:14:55.060 --> 00:14:55.940
 to think 2011

00:14:55.940 --> 00:14:56.980
 not that long

00:14:56.980 --> 00:14:57.320
 ago,

00:14:57.560 --> 00:14:57.720
 right,

00:14:57.760 --> 00:14:58.320
 with all the

00:14:58.320 --> 00:14:59.100
 technology,

00:14:59.440 --> 00:14:59.860
 like we can

00:14:59.860 --> 00:15:00.520
 get things from

00:15:00.520 --> 00:15:01.080
 here to there

00:15:01.080 --> 00:15:01.700
 instantly,

00:15:01.980 --> 00:15:02.420
 we've got

00:15:02.420 --> 00:15:03.400
 organizations that

00:15:03.400 --> 00:15:03.960
 are all about

00:15:03.960 --> 00:15:04.540
 making sure that

00:15:04.540 --> 00:15:05.440
 people can eat,

00:15:05.540 --> 00:15:05.740
 that people

00:15:05.740 --> 00:15:06.000
 would be

00:15:06.000 --> 00:15:06.780
 taken care of,

00:15:06.980 --> 00:15:07.220
 but in

00:15:07.220 --> 00:15:08.120
 2011,

00:15:08.540 --> 00:15:08.980
 in spite of

00:15:08.980 --> 00:15:09.700
 all of the

00:15:09.700 --> 00:15:10.300
 advances that

00:15:10.300 --> 00:15:10.820
 we've made

00:15:10.820 --> 00:15:11.160
 in the

00:15:11.160 --> 00:15:11.440
 world,

00:15:11.620 --> 00:15:12.380
 in 2011

00:15:12.380 --> 00:15:13.000
 there was a

00:15:13.000 --> 00:15:13.840
 famine in

00:15:13.840 --> 00:15:14.620
 the horn of

00:15:14.620 --> 00:15:15.140
 Africa,

00:15:15.460 --> 00:15:15.940
 so that's

00:15:15.940 --> 00:15:16.360
 Kenya,

00:15:16.740 --> 00:15:17.260
 Ethiopia,

00:15:17.820 --> 00:15:18.360
 Somalia,

00:15:18.600 --> 00:15:19.300
 a handful of

00:15:19.300 --> 00:15:20.040
 countries that's

00:15:20.040 --> 00:15:20.480
 right there,

00:15:21.020 --> 00:15:22.060
 and with all

00:15:22.060 --> 00:15:22.860
 of the world

00:15:22.860 --> 00:15:23.360
 relief,

00:15:23.660 --> 00:15:24.380
 in roughly

00:15:24.380 --> 00:15:25.420
 about two

00:15:25.420 --> 00:15:25.940
 years,

00:15:26.380 --> 00:15:28.640
 250,000

00:15:28.640 --> 00:15:29.420
 people died,

00:15:31.020 --> 00:15:31.480
 and one

00:15:31.480 --> 00:15:32.260
 organization

00:15:32.260 --> 00:15:32.960
 reported

00:15:32.960 --> 00:15:34.740
 that over

00:15:34.740 --> 00:15:35.980
 half of

00:15:35.980 --> 00:15:38.620
 those 250,000

00:15:38.620 --> 00:15:39.540
 people who

00:15:39.540 --> 00:15:40.500
 died were

00:15:40.500 --> 00:15:41.240
 under the

00:15:41.240 --> 00:15:41.800
 age of

00:15:41.800 --> 00:15:42.240
 five years

00:15:42.240 --> 00:15:42.480
 old.

00:15:43.900 --> 00:15:44.340
 Like you

00:15:44.340 --> 00:15:44.680
 and I,

00:15:45.100 --> 00:15:45.760
 I can't

00:15:45.760 --> 00:15:46.660
 fathom that.

00:15:48.160 --> 00:15:48.840
 I can't

00:15:48.840 --> 00:15:49.780
 fathom what

00:15:49.780 --> 00:15:50.560
 that means.

00:15:51.840 --> 00:15:52.240
 We're not

00:15:52.240 --> 00:15:52.620
 talking about

00:15:52.620 --> 00:15:53.600
 people that

00:15:53.600 --> 00:15:54.700
 missed a

00:15:54.700 --> 00:15:55.100
 meal,

00:15:55.520 --> 00:15:55.900
 or that

00:15:55.900 --> 00:15:56.500
 missed a

00:15:56.500 --> 00:15:57.200
 day's worth

00:15:57.200 --> 00:15:58.100
 of meals.

00:15:58.900 --> 00:15:59.520
 We're talking

00:15:59.520 --> 00:16:00.620
 about weeks

00:16:00.620 --> 00:16:01.700
 upon weeks

00:16:01.700 --> 00:16:02.860
 upon weeks.

00:16:03.280 --> 00:16:03.840
 I heard a

00:16:03.840 --> 00:16:04.880
 story of a

00:16:04.880 --> 00:16:05.300
 group of

00:16:05.300 --> 00:16:05.740
 ladies,

00:16:05.980 --> 00:16:06.300
 in an

00:16:06.300 --> 00:16:06.720
 African

00:16:06.720 --> 00:16:07.260
 village,

00:16:07.380 --> 00:16:07.820
 that would

00:16:07.820 --> 00:16:08.400
 just go

00:16:08.400 --> 00:16:08.900
 and grab

00:16:08.900 --> 00:16:09.920
 any plant

00:16:09.920 --> 00:16:10.300
 that they

00:16:10.300 --> 00:16:10.720
 could,

00:16:10.940 --> 00:16:11.660
 and boil

00:16:11.660 --> 00:16:11.880
 it,

00:16:12.000 --> 00:16:12.380
 and then

00:16:12.380 --> 00:16:12.780
 force

00:16:12.780 --> 00:16:13.340
 themselves

00:16:13.340 --> 00:16:14.000
 to eat

00:16:14.000 --> 00:16:14.180
 it,

00:16:14.240 --> 00:16:14.800
 just to

00:16:14.800 --> 00:16:14.980
 get

00:16:14.980 --> 00:16:15.520
 something

00:16:15.520 --> 00:16:16.100
 in their

00:16:16.100 --> 00:16:16.500
 stomach,

00:16:16.780 --> 00:16:17.040
 even

00:16:17.040 --> 00:16:17.400
 though they

00:16:17.400 --> 00:16:17.700
 couldn't

00:16:17.700 --> 00:16:18.240
 digest

00:16:18.240 --> 00:16:18.580
 it.

00:16:20.280 --> 00:16:20.840
 That's

00:16:20.840 --> 00:16:21.140
 famine.

00:16:23.100 --> 00:16:23.640
 And what

00:16:23.640 --> 00:16:24.300
 we walk

00:16:24.300 --> 00:16:26.240
 into in

00:16:26.240 --> 00:16:27.660
 Genesis 42

00:16:27.660 --> 00:16:30.400
 is to

00:16:30.400 --> 00:16:31.700
 see that

00:16:31.700 --> 00:16:32.780
 this has

00:16:32.780 --> 00:16:33.280
 affected the

00:16:33.280 --> 00:16:33.880
 whole world.

00:16:35.360 --> 00:16:35.760
 now you

00:16:35.760 --> 00:16:35.940
 and I,

00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:36.420
 we've got

00:16:36.420 --> 00:16:36.800
 this beauty,

00:16:36.880 --> 00:16:37.080
 we've got

00:16:37.080 --> 00:16:38.120
 this privilege

00:16:38.120 --> 00:16:39.360
 in this,

00:16:39.420 --> 00:16:39.760
 is that we

00:16:39.760 --> 00:16:40.220
 can look

00:16:40.220 --> 00:16:40.860
 and see,

00:16:41.320 --> 00:16:41.600
 right,

00:16:41.720 --> 00:16:43.020
 what we'll

00:16:43.020 --> 00:16:43.480
 creep into

00:16:43.480 --> 00:16:44.060
 this morning

00:16:44.060 --> 00:16:45.280
 and creep

00:16:45.280 --> 00:16:45.680
 into God's

00:16:45.680 --> 00:16:46.500
 word and

00:16:46.500 --> 00:16:47.180
 see the

00:16:47.180 --> 00:16:47.560
 wonderful,

00:16:47.720 --> 00:16:47.920
 beautiful

00:16:47.920 --> 00:16:49.180
 privilege of

00:16:49.180 --> 00:16:49.320
 saying,

00:16:49.420 --> 00:16:49.640
 oh,

00:16:49.740 --> 00:16:50.180
 God is

00:16:50.180 --> 00:16:50.960
 providing,

00:16:51.880 --> 00:16:52.340
 God is

00:16:52.340 --> 00:16:52.840
 making a

00:16:52.840 --> 00:16:53.100
 way,

00:16:53.960 --> 00:16:54.520
 God is

00:16:54.520 --> 00:16:55.260
 using this,

00:16:55.520 --> 00:16:55.980
 and we can

00:16:55.980 --> 00:16:56.820
 celebrate him,

00:16:56.860 --> 00:16:57.100
 and we're

00:16:57.100 --> 00:16:57.440
 going to do

00:16:57.440 --> 00:16:57.760
 that.

00:16:58.560 --> 00:16:59.040
 But here's

00:16:59.040 --> 00:16:59.380
 the question

00:16:59.380 --> 00:16:59.860
 this morning,

00:17:01.460 --> 00:17:02.580
 when spiritually

00:17:02.580 --> 00:17:03.820
 speaking,

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 when financially

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 speaking,

00:17:07.660 --> 00:17:08.900
 when relationally

00:17:08.900 --> 00:17:09.560
 speaking,

00:17:11.140 --> 00:17:12.300
 in your life

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 and mine,

00:17:13.940 --> 00:17:15.080
 when we face

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 a season

00:17:16.000 --> 00:17:17.920
 of famine,

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 when we face

00:17:20.580 --> 00:17:21.300
 a season

00:17:21.300 --> 00:17:22.960
 of slavery,

00:17:24.380 --> 00:17:25.560
 when we face

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 a season

00:17:26.700 --> 00:17:28.160
 of imprisonment,

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 of difficulty,

00:17:30.520 --> 00:17:31.740
 of harshness,

00:17:32.520 --> 00:17:35.160
 what happens

00:17:35.160 --> 00:17:36.180
 to your joy

00:17:36.180 --> 00:17:37.420
 in Christ?

00:17:38.220 --> 00:17:39.720
 What happens

00:17:39.720 --> 00:17:41.100
 to your faith

00:17:41.100 --> 00:17:42.240
 in Christ?

00:17:42.720 --> 00:17:43.800
 What happens

00:17:43.800 --> 00:17:45.180
 to your trust

00:17:45.180 --> 00:17:46.540
 and the plan

00:17:46.540 --> 00:17:47.620
 of God?

00:17:48.320 --> 00:17:48.780
 Does it

00:17:48.780 --> 00:17:49.580
 fluctuate?

00:17:51.120 --> 00:17:51.780
 depending

00:17:51.780 --> 00:17:52.340
 on your

00:17:52.340 --> 00:17:52.760
 season

00:17:52.760 --> 00:17:53.600
 of prosperity?

00:17:55.260 --> 00:17:56.080
 Does it

00:17:56.080 --> 00:17:56.960
 fluctuate

00:17:56.960 --> 00:17:58.000
 depending

00:17:58.000 --> 00:17:59.180
 on your

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 season

00:17:59.880 --> 00:18:00.900
 of thriving?

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 Or is

00:18:04.380 --> 00:18:04.580
 it

00:18:04.580 --> 00:18:05.160
 dependent,

00:18:06.680 --> 00:18:07.340
 secured,

00:18:08.720 --> 00:18:09.760
 established,

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 and rooted

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 in spite

00:18:13.680 --> 00:18:14.180
 of the

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 difficulties

00:18:14.840 --> 00:18:16.480
 in God?

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 Being bold

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 and frank

00:18:21.500 --> 00:18:22.260
 and honest

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 with you

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 this morning

00:18:23.020 --> 00:18:24.720
 in the

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 examination

00:18:25.240 --> 00:18:25.980
 of the

00:18:25.980 --> 00:18:26.360
 Holy Spirit

00:18:26.360 --> 00:18:26.580
 in my

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 heart.

00:18:28.260 --> 00:18:28.640
 Church,

00:18:28.700 --> 00:18:29.180
 my repentance

00:18:29.180 --> 00:18:29.820
 this week

00:18:29.820 --> 00:18:31.880
 has been

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 my joy

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 is all

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 too often

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 connected

00:18:35.480 --> 00:18:35.900
 to my

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 comfort.

00:18:37.980 --> 00:18:38.680
 My joy

00:18:38.680 --> 00:18:39.240
 is all

00:18:39.240 --> 00:18:39.980
 too often

00:18:39.980 --> 00:18:40.820
 connected

00:18:40.820 --> 00:18:41.180
 in my

00:18:41.180 --> 00:18:41.740
 prosperity

00:18:41.740 --> 00:18:43.520
 and not

00:18:43.520 --> 00:18:44.060
 rooted

00:18:44.060 --> 00:18:45.140
 and established

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 in the truth

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 and the promise

00:18:47.020 --> 00:18:47.420
 of God's

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 word.

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 So how

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 can we

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 as a

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 body

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 of

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 believers

00:18:52.240 --> 00:18:53.540
 commit

00:18:53.540 --> 00:18:54.200
 ourselves

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 to having

00:18:54.800 --> 00:18:54.980
 the

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 established

00:18:55.400 --> 00:18:55.880
 joy,

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 established

00:18:56.660 --> 00:18:57.040
 faith,

00:18:57.320 --> 00:18:57.760
 established

00:18:57.760 --> 00:18:58.360
 trust

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 in Christ

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 and who

00:19:00.100 --> 00:19:00.580
 he is

00:19:00.580 --> 00:19:01.120
 and his

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 plan

00:19:01.500 --> 00:19:02.020
 in our

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 life,

00:19:02.400 --> 00:19:02.760
 in the

00:19:02.760 --> 00:19:03.080
 good,

00:19:03.180 --> 00:19:03.340
 in the

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 bad,

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 and everywhere

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 in between?

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 Let's

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 look at

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 Genesis

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 42

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 and start

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 in verse

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 1.

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 When

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 Jacob,

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 this is

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 Joseph's

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 dad,

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 learned

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 that there

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 was grain

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 for sale

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 in Egypt,

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 he said

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 to his

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 sons,

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 why do

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 you look

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 at one

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 another?

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 And he

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 said,

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 behold,

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 I've heard

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 that there

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 is grain

00:19:23.980 --> 00:19:24.520
 for sale

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 in Egypt.

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 Go

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 down and

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 buy grain

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 for us

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 there that

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 we may

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 live and

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 not die.

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 Like,

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 let's pause

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 there.

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 Aaron said

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 before,

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 hey,

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 there's

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 bread,

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 I need

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 you to

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 run

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 down

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 to

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 Aldi.

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 She's

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 never

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 said,

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 hey,

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 we're

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 running

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 out of

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 food,

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 get to

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 the store

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 or we're

00:19:42.620 --> 00:19:42.820
 going to

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 die,

00:19:43.220 --> 00:19:43.440
 right?

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 Like,

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 this is

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 different.

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 So,

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 ten of

00:19:47.200 --> 00:19:47.820
 Joseph's

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 brothers

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 went

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 down

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 to buy

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 grain

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 in

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 Egypt.

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 Verse

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 4,

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 but Jacob

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 did not

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 send

00:19:54.440 --> 00:19:55.100
 Benjamin,

00:19:55.760 --> 00:19:56.340
 Joseph's

00:19:56.340 --> 00:19:56.980
 brother,

00:19:57.300 --> 00:19:57.860
 with his

00:19:57.860 --> 00:19:58.420
 brothers,

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 for he

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 feared that

00:20:00.060 --> 00:20:01.020
 harm may

00:20:01.020 --> 00:20:01.920
 happen to

00:20:01.920 --> 00:20:02.220
 him.

00:20:02.420 --> 00:20:02.780
 Let's

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 pause

00:20:03.300 --> 00:20:03.620
 this is

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 a side

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 note for

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 us to

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 kind of

00:20:04.940 --> 00:20:05.320
 track

00:20:05.320 --> 00:20:05.620
 through,

00:20:05.840 --> 00:20:06.160
 because we're

00:20:06.160 --> 00:20:06.300
 going to

00:20:06.300 --> 00:20:06.740
 come back

00:20:06.740 --> 00:20:07.120
 to Jacob

00:20:07.120 --> 00:20:07.340
 at the

00:20:07.340 --> 00:20:07.800
 very end

00:20:07.800 --> 00:20:08.100
 of this.

00:20:08.280 --> 00:20:08.560
 Here's

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 what I

00:20:08.760 --> 00:20:08.980
 think is

00:20:08.980 --> 00:20:09.560
 going on.

00:20:10.140 --> 00:20:10.700
 I don't

00:20:10.700 --> 00:20:11.120
 think he

00:20:11.120 --> 00:20:12.080
 believed what

00:20:12.080 --> 00:20:12.500
 they tried

00:20:12.500 --> 00:20:12.960
 to sell

00:20:12.960 --> 00:20:13.400
 him about

00:20:13.400 --> 00:20:13.840
 Joseph.

00:20:14.980 --> 00:20:15.420
 He's

00:20:15.420 --> 00:20:15.540
 like,

00:20:15.600 --> 00:20:15.700
 you're

00:20:15.700 --> 00:20:16.360
 going away,

00:20:17.080 --> 00:20:17.680
 and there's

00:20:17.680 --> 00:20:18.140
 Benjamin,

00:20:18.840 --> 00:20:19.280
 and he's

00:20:19.280 --> 00:20:19.880
 my favorite,

00:20:20.380 --> 00:20:20.740
 and I just

00:20:20.740 --> 00:20:21.180
 want him to

00:20:21.180 --> 00:20:22.360
 hang here.

00:20:24.640 --> 00:20:24.900
 Verse

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 5,

00:20:25.840 --> 00:20:26.200
 thus the

00:20:26.200 --> 00:20:26.620
 sons of

00:20:26.620 --> 00:20:27.000
 Israel

00:20:27.000 --> 00:20:27.440
 came to

00:20:27.440 --> 00:20:27.720
 buy

00:20:27.720 --> 00:20:28.040
 among

00:20:28.040 --> 00:20:28.340
 the

00:20:28.340 --> 00:20:28.680
 others

00:20:28.680 --> 00:20:29.220
 who

00:20:29.220 --> 00:20:29.600
 came,

00:20:30.300 --> 00:20:30.740
 for the

00:20:30.740 --> 00:20:31.100
 famine

00:20:31.100 --> 00:20:31.800
 was in

00:20:31.800 --> 00:20:31.940
 the

00:20:31.940 --> 00:20:32.240
 land

00:20:32.240 --> 00:20:32.480
 of

00:20:32.480 --> 00:20:32.900
 Canaan.

00:20:33.560 --> 00:20:33.780
 Now

00:20:33.780 --> 00:20:34.180
 Joseph

00:20:34.180 --> 00:20:34.600
 was

00:20:34.600 --> 00:20:35.060
 governor

00:20:35.060 --> 00:20:35.420
 over

00:20:35.420 --> 00:20:35.640
 the

00:20:35.640 --> 00:20:36.020
 land.

00:20:36.480 --> 00:20:36.600
 He

00:20:36.600 --> 00:20:36.800
 was

00:20:36.800 --> 00:20:36.960
 the

00:20:36.960 --> 00:20:37.220
 one

00:20:37.220 --> 00:20:37.400
 who

00:20:37.400 --> 00:20:37.800
 sold

00:20:37.800 --> 00:20:38.000
 to

00:20:38.000 --> 00:20:38.220
 all

00:20:38.220 --> 00:20:38.380
 the

00:20:38.380 --> 00:20:38.700
 people

00:20:38.700 --> 00:20:38.940
 of

00:20:38.940 --> 00:20:39.100
 the

00:20:39.100 --> 00:20:39.440
 land,

00:20:39.440 --> 00:20:40.020
 and

00:20:40.020 --> 00:20:40.600
 Joseph's

00:20:40.600 --> 00:20:40.960
 brothers

00:20:40.960 --> 00:20:41.520
 came

00:20:41.520 --> 00:20:42.480
 and bowed

00:20:42.480 --> 00:20:42.980
 themselves

00:20:42.980 --> 00:20:43.860
 before him

00:20:43.860 --> 00:20:44.460
 with their

00:20:44.460 --> 00:20:45.140
 faces to

00:20:45.140 --> 00:20:45.280
 the

00:20:45.280 --> 00:20:45.700
 ground.

00:20:46.560 --> 00:20:46.860
 Joseph

00:20:46.860 --> 00:20:47.380
 saw

00:20:47.380 --> 00:20:47.680
 his

00:20:47.680 --> 00:20:48.240
 brothers

00:20:48.240 --> 00:20:48.880
 and

00:20:48.880 --> 00:20:49.520
 recognized

00:20:49.520 --> 00:20:50.180
 them.

00:20:50.400 --> 00:20:50.640
 Church,

00:20:50.660 --> 00:20:50.860
 it's probably

00:20:50.860 --> 00:20:51.320
 20 years

00:20:51.320 --> 00:20:51.600
 later.

00:20:53.340 --> 00:20:53.860
 But he

00:20:53.860 --> 00:20:54.200
 treated

00:20:54.200 --> 00:20:54.640
 them like

00:20:54.640 --> 00:20:55.240
 strangers

00:20:55.240 --> 00:20:56.940
 and spoke

00:20:56.940 --> 00:20:57.560
 roughly to

00:20:57.560 --> 00:20:57.820
 them.

00:20:58.860 --> 00:20:59.380
 Where do

00:20:59.380 --> 00:20:59.760
 you come

00:20:59.760 --> 00:21:00.140
 from,

00:21:00.420 --> 00:21:00.920
 he said.

00:21:01.940 --> 00:21:02.400
 And they

00:21:02.400 --> 00:21:02.600
 said,

00:21:02.740 --> 00:21:02.920
 from the

00:21:02.920 --> 00:21:03.420
 land of

00:21:03.420 --> 00:21:03.840
 Canaan

00:21:03.840 --> 00:21:04.640
 to buy

00:21:04.640 --> 00:21:04.960
 food.

00:21:06.040 --> 00:21:06.280
 And

00:21:06.280 --> 00:21:06.740
 Joseph

00:21:06.740 --> 00:21:07.640
 recognized

00:21:07.640 --> 00:21:07.880
 his

00:21:07.880 --> 00:21:08.340
 brothers,

00:21:08.960 --> 00:21:09.940
 but they

00:21:09.940 --> 00:21:10.740
 did not

00:21:10.740 --> 00:21:11.820
 recognize

00:21:11.820 --> 00:21:12.240
 him.

00:21:13.340 --> 00:21:13.720
 What

00:21:13.720 --> 00:21:14.120
 happens

00:21:14.120 --> 00:21:14.320
 when

00:21:14.320 --> 00:21:14.740
 earthly

00:21:14.740 --> 00:21:15.380
 optimism

00:21:15.380 --> 00:21:15.780
 and

00:21:15.780 --> 00:21:16.400
 earthly

00:21:16.400 --> 00:21:17.280
 realities

00:21:17.280 --> 00:21:17.820
 collide?

00:21:18.640 --> 00:21:19.260
 How do

00:21:19.260 --> 00:21:19.580
 you

00:21:19.580 --> 00:21:19.860
 and

00:21:19.860 --> 00:21:20.280
 I

00:21:20.280 --> 00:21:20.760
 gain

00:21:20.760 --> 00:21:21.040
 a

00:21:21.040 --> 00:21:21.500
 heavenly

00:21:21.500 --> 00:21:22.540
 perspective

00:21:22.540 --> 00:21:23.780
 in

00:21:23.780 --> 00:21:24.080
 these

00:21:24.080 --> 00:21:25.160
 not-so-going

00:21:25.160 --> 00:21:25.600
 well

00:21:25.600 --> 00:21:26.080
 moments

00:21:26.080 --> 00:21:26.420
 of our

00:21:26.420 --> 00:21:26.760
 life?

00:21:27.260 --> 00:21:27.700
 How do

00:21:27.700 --> 00:21:28.200
 we gain

00:21:28.200 --> 00:21:28.880
 a heavenly

00:21:28.880 --> 00:21:29.760
 perspective

00:21:29.760 --> 00:21:30.840
 when things

00:21:30.840 --> 00:21:31.480
 are difficult?

00:21:31.800 --> 00:21:32.120
 How do

00:21:32.120 --> 00:21:32.660
 we gain

00:21:32.660 --> 00:21:33.600
 a heavenly

00:21:33.600 --> 00:21:34.420
 perspective

00:21:34.420 --> 00:21:35.060
 in moments

00:21:35.060 --> 00:21:35.660
 of famine,

00:21:36.580 --> 00:21:37.640
 in moments

00:21:37.640 --> 00:21:38.480
 of imprisonment,

00:21:38.660 --> 00:21:39.080
 in moments

00:21:39.080 --> 00:21:39.800
 of slavery?

00:21:40.460 --> 00:21:41.140
 The first

00:21:41.140 --> 00:21:41.460
 thing I think

00:21:41.460 --> 00:21:42.140
 we can see

00:21:42.140 --> 00:21:42.700
 from this

00:21:42.700 --> 00:21:43.420
 passage of

00:21:43.420 --> 00:21:43.660
 scripture

00:21:43.660 --> 00:21:44.180
 is that

00:21:44.180 --> 00:21:44.460
 we need

00:21:44.460 --> 00:21:44.960
 to humble

00:21:44.960 --> 00:21:45.580
 ourselves.

00:21:46.900 --> 00:21:47.380
 Humble

00:21:47.380 --> 00:21:48.100
 yourself.

00:21:48.260 --> 00:21:48.420
 Look at

00:21:48.420 --> 00:21:48.560
 this.

00:21:48.740 --> 00:21:49.020
 If you

00:21:49.020 --> 00:21:49.200
 remember

00:21:49.200 --> 00:21:49.440
 back to

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 just

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 38,

00:21:50.640 --> 00:21:51.000
 Joseph

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 had a

00:21:51.380 --> 00:21:51.880
 dream

00:21:51.880 --> 00:21:52.620
 when we

00:21:52.620 --> 00:21:52.800
 got him

00:21:52.800 --> 00:21:53.080
 in trouble

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 with his

00:21:53.440 --> 00:21:53.820
 brothers.

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 He said,

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 hey,

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 here's

00:21:55.340 --> 00:21:55.540
 what's

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 going to

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 happen.

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 One

00:21:57.180 --> 00:21:57.480
 of these

00:21:57.480 --> 00:21:57.700
 days,

00:21:57.840 --> 00:21:58.280
 Pastor Dave

00:21:58.280 --> 00:21:58.760
 preached about

00:21:58.760 --> 00:21:58.920
 this,

00:21:59.100 --> 00:21:59.260
 he said,

00:21:59.320 --> 00:21:59.560
 one of

00:21:59.560 --> 00:21:59.940
 these days

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 you're

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 going to

00:22:00.640 --> 00:22:00.900
 bow

00:22:00.900 --> 00:22:01.440
 down to

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 me.

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 Like,

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 oh,

00:22:03.000 --> 00:22:03.340
 that's

00:22:03.340 --> 00:22:04.160
 really not

00:22:04.160 --> 00:22:04.660
 something you

00:22:04.660 --> 00:22:04.920
 want to

00:22:04.920 --> 00:22:05.060
 say,

00:22:05.140 --> 00:22:05.260
 little

00:22:05.260 --> 00:22:05.540
 brother.

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 But what

00:22:08.420 --> 00:22:08.640
 do we

00:22:08.640 --> 00:22:08.860
 see

00:22:08.860 --> 00:22:09.440
 happening

00:22:09.440 --> 00:22:10.980
 here?

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 What

00:22:13.780 --> 00:22:14.400
 God said

00:22:14.400 --> 00:22:14.720
 was going

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 to happen

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 is what's

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 happening.

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 God's

00:22:19.040 --> 00:22:19.120
 like,

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 no,

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 no,

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 no,

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 there's

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 going to

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 become a

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 point in

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 time of

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 you and

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 they're

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 going to

00:22:21.660 --> 00:22:22.000
 bow down

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 and they

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 bow.

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 We see in

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 this process,

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 in this

00:22:26.880 --> 00:22:27.780
 journey of

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 what God

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 says,

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 I'm going to

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 bring you

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 to a point

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 of humility,

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 that I'm

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 going to

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 humble you.

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 Here's the

00:22:38.160 --> 00:22:38.440
 plea for

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 your heart

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 and my

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 heart this

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 morning.

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 Be humble

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 so that

00:22:43.360 --> 00:22:43.920
 God doesn't

00:22:43.920 --> 00:22:44.280
 have to

00:22:44.280 --> 00:22:44.780
 humble you.

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 Be humble

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 so that

00:22:48.800 --> 00:22:50.040
 God does

00:22:50.040 --> 00:22:51.300
 not have

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 to humble

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 you.

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 When we

00:22:54.260 --> 00:22:54.760
 think about

00:22:54.760 --> 00:22:55.220
 humility,

00:22:55.360 --> 00:22:55.580
 when we

00:22:55.580 --> 00:22:55.940
 think about

00:22:55.940 --> 00:22:56.280
 humbling

00:22:56.280 --> 00:22:56.660
 ourselves

00:22:56.660 --> 00:22:57.160
 before the

00:22:57.160 --> 00:22:57.340
 Lord,

00:22:58.040 --> 00:22:58.520
 we've got

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 to understand

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 that the

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 posture of

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 your heart

00:23:02.180 --> 00:23:03.860
 in humility

00:23:03.860 --> 00:23:04.960
 is the

00:23:04.960 --> 00:23:06.280
 posture of

00:23:06.280 --> 00:23:06.740
 surrender.

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 Oftentimes,

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 we come

00:23:13.440 --> 00:23:14.000
 before the

00:23:14.000 --> 00:23:14.700
 Lord in

00:23:14.700 --> 00:23:15.340
 seasons of

00:23:15.340 --> 00:23:15.940
 struggle and

00:23:15.940 --> 00:23:17.080
 seasons of

00:23:17.080 --> 00:23:19.340
 difficulty and

00:23:19.340 --> 00:23:19.840
 we make

00:23:19.840 --> 00:23:21.980
 claims like,

00:23:22.080 --> 00:23:22.160
 well, you

00:23:22.160 --> 00:23:22.580
 know what?

00:23:23.860 --> 00:23:24.620
 God's going

00:23:24.620 --> 00:23:24.920
 to start

00:23:24.920 --> 00:23:25.420
 working in

00:23:25.420 --> 00:23:25.760
 this.

00:23:26.960 --> 00:23:27.380
 God, I

00:23:27.380 --> 00:23:27.760
 need you to

00:23:27.760 --> 00:23:28.280
 start doing

00:23:28.280 --> 00:23:28.880
 something in

00:23:28.880 --> 00:23:29.260
 this.

00:23:31.620 --> 00:23:32.340
 I've said

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 it a

00:23:32.580 --> 00:23:32.840
 thousand

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 times.

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 How about

00:23:36.080 --> 00:23:37.580
 we stop

00:23:37.580 --> 00:23:39.500
 saying God

00:23:39.500 --> 00:23:39.980
 is going

00:23:39.980 --> 00:23:40.880
 to work

00:23:40.880 --> 00:23:42.260
 and start

00:23:42.260 --> 00:23:44.260
 realizing that

00:23:44.260 --> 00:23:45.080
 God was

00:23:45.080 --> 00:23:46.740
 working, that

00:23:46.740 --> 00:23:47.360
 God is

00:23:47.360 --> 00:23:48.580
 working, and

00:23:48.580 --> 00:23:49.000
 that God

00:23:49.000 --> 00:23:49.480
 will continue

00:23:49.480 --> 00:23:49.900
 to work.

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 That in

00:23:51.880 --> 00:23:52.320
 the moment

00:23:52.320 --> 00:23:52.660
 of the

00:23:52.660 --> 00:23:53.200
 crisis, in

00:23:53.200 --> 00:23:53.660
 the moment

00:23:53.660 --> 00:23:54.020
 of the

00:23:54.020 --> 00:23:54.580
 famine, in

00:23:54.580 --> 00:23:54.980
 the moment

00:23:54.980 --> 00:23:55.340
 is not

00:23:55.340 --> 00:23:56.040
 God sitting

00:23:56.040 --> 00:23:56.360
 on the

00:23:56.360 --> 00:23:56.840
 sideline

00:23:56.840 --> 00:23:57.540
 waiting for

00:23:57.540 --> 00:23:57.900
 the coach

00:23:57.900 --> 00:23:58.280
 to call

00:23:58.280 --> 00:24:00.220
 men, that

00:24:00.220 --> 00:24:00.780
 God has

00:24:00.780 --> 00:24:01.180
 been, that

00:24:01.180 --> 00:24:02.000
 God is, and

00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:02.360
 that God

00:24:02.360 --> 00:24:02.880
 will continue

00:24:02.880 --> 00:24:03.340
 to work.

00:24:04.500 --> 00:24:05.320
 You see, the

00:24:05.320 --> 00:24:05.960
 reason why we

00:24:05.960 --> 00:24:07.300
 say that is

00:24:07.300 --> 00:24:07.760
 because the

00:24:07.760 --> 00:24:08.520
 plan that we

00:24:08.520 --> 00:24:09.060
 have, the

00:24:09.060 --> 00:24:09.680
 desires that

00:24:09.680 --> 00:24:10.500
 we have, have

00:24:10.500 --> 00:24:11.160
 been derailed.

00:24:11.720 --> 00:24:12.320
 And then what

00:24:12.320 --> 00:24:13.700
 we want is not

00:24:13.700 --> 00:24:14.540
 to get on

00:24:14.540 --> 00:24:15.620
 God's plan, but

00:24:15.620 --> 00:24:16.460
 what we want is

00:24:16.460 --> 00:24:17.120
 God to get on

00:24:17.120 --> 00:24:17.820
 our plan.

00:24:18.640 --> 00:24:19.380
 Well, God, this

00:24:19.380 --> 00:24:20.380
 plan has fallen

00:24:20.380 --> 00:24:21.020
 apart, this

00:24:21.020 --> 00:24:21.960
 famine, this

00:24:21.960 --> 00:24:22.760
 imprisonment, this

00:24:22.760 --> 00:24:23.800
 slavery's here, and

00:24:23.800 --> 00:24:25.040
 obviously, God, this

00:24:25.040 --> 00:24:25.580
 isn't what you

00:24:25.580 --> 00:24:26.120
 have for me.

00:24:26.320 --> 00:24:26.800
 And so, God, what

00:24:26.800 --> 00:24:27.060
 I'm going to

00:24:27.060 --> 00:24:27.600
 need you to do

00:24:27.600 --> 00:24:28.100
 is I'm going to

00:24:28.100 --> 00:24:28.600
 need you to start

00:24:28.600 --> 00:24:29.420
 working because I

00:24:29.420 --> 00:24:29.980
 need to get back

00:24:29.980 --> 00:24:30.500
 on the plan that

00:24:30.500 --> 00:24:31.160
 I was on before.

00:24:32.580 --> 00:24:33.280
 But when we

00:24:33.280 --> 00:24:34.600
 humble ourselves,

00:24:35.160 --> 00:24:36.460
 when we submit

00:24:36.460 --> 00:24:37.820
 ourselves, then

00:24:37.820 --> 00:24:39.060
 God is going to

00:24:39.060 --> 00:24:40.960
 see, we're going

00:24:40.960 --> 00:24:42.160
 to see, we're

00:24:42.160 --> 00:24:43.040
 going to realize

00:24:43.040 --> 00:24:43.900
 what God has

00:24:43.900 --> 00:24:44.440
 been doing, what

00:24:44.440 --> 00:24:45.160
 God is doing, and

00:24:45.160 --> 00:24:45.520
 what God will

00:24:45.520 --> 00:24:46.240
 continue to do.

00:24:46.960 --> 00:24:47.600
 And he'll give

00:24:47.600 --> 00:24:49.140
 us the faith to

00:24:49.140 --> 00:24:49.800
 live it out even

00:24:49.800 --> 00:24:50.400
 when we don't.

00:24:51.700 --> 00:24:52.160
 You see, God

00:24:52.160 --> 00:24:54.180
 will do God's

00:24:54.180 --> 00:24:54.380
 will.

00:24:55.260 --> 00:24:55.820
 It's a beautiful

00:24:55.820 --> 00:24:56.440
 part of God.

00:24:57.280 --> 00:24:58.420
 God is consistent

00:24:58.420 --> 00:24:59.380
 in that.

00:25:00.180 --> 00:25:00.640
 And when we

00:25:00.640 --> 00:25:01.460
 humble ourselves

00:25:01.460 --> 00:25:02.780
 and say, I

00:25:02.780 --> 00:25:04.960
 trust you, then

00:25:04.960 --> 00:25:05.640
 God gives us the

00:25:05.640 --> 00:25:06.340
 peace and the

00:25:06.340 --> 00:25:06.600
 joy.

00:25:07.760 --> 00:25:09.020
 You see, God

00:25:09.020 --> 00:25:10.520
 has a greater

00:25:10.520 --> 00:25:14.160
 plan in this

00:25:14.160 --> 00:25:14.540
 moment.

00:25:16.560 --> 00:25:17.380
 You see, the

00:25:17.380 --> 00:25:18.060
 world sees

00:25:18.060 --> 00:25:20.420
 famine, but what

00:25:20.420 --> 00:25:21.080
 God sees is

00:25:21.080 --> 00:25:21.440
 forgiveness.

00:25:22.760 --> 00:25:23.740
 The world sees

00:25:23.740 --> 00:25:25.800
 famine, but what

00:25:25.800 --> 00:25:26.700
 God sees is

00:25:26.700 --> 00:25:27.080
 future.

00:25:28.240 --> 00:25:29.640
 The world sees

00:25:29.640 --> 00:25:31.880
 struggle, and what

00:25:31.880 --> 00:25:32.520
 God sees is

00:25:32.520 --> 00:25:34.780
 blessing, over and

00:25:34.780 --> 00:25:35.300
 over again.

00:25:36.200 --> 00:25:36.860
 Humble yourself.

00:25:37.700 --> 00:25:39.180
 Let's continue in

00:25:39.180 --> 00:25:39.640
 verse 9.

00:25:41.880 --> 00:25:42.480
 And Joseph

00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:43.880
 remembered the

00:25:43.880 --> 00:25:46.300
 dreams that he had

00:25:46.300 --> 00:25:48.160
 dreamed of them.

00:25:50.560 --> 00:25:51.580
 pause, just

00:25:51.580 --> 00:25:53.620
 say, have you

00:25:53.620 --> 00:25:57.740
 ever just had

00:25:57.740 --> 00:25:58.840
 that God

00:25:58.840 --> 00:25:59.880
 aha moment?

00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:02.860
 Okay, God, I

00:26:02.860 --> 00:26:03.120
 see.

00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:05.020
 It's not an

00:26:05.020 --> 00:26:06.820
 arrogance, it's a

00:26:06.820 --> 00:26:09.260
 confidence in God

00:26:09.260 --> 00:26:09.720
 and what he's

00:26:09.720 --> 00:26:09.980
 doing.

00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:11.820
 And as his

00:26:11.820 --> 00:26:12.840
 brothers came and

00:26:12.840 --> 00:26:14.100
 bowed down before

00:26:14.100 --> 00:26:15.140
 him, I think this is

00:26:15.140 --> 00:26:16.040
 the beauty of what we

00:26:16.040 --> 00:26:16.640
 begin to see and

00:26:16.640 --> 00:26:17.360
 begin to unfold.

00:26:17.840 --> 00:26:18.620
 As Joseph

00:26:18.620 --> 00:26:19.340
 remembered the

00:26:19.340 --> 00:26:20.560
 dreams that he

00:26:20.560 --> 00:26:21.100
 had dreamed of

00:26:21.100 --> 00:26:21.320
 them.

00:26:21.540 --> 00:26:22.980
 And he said to

00:26:22.980 --> 00:26:24.080
 them, you are

00:26:24.080 --> 00:26:24.900
 spies.

00:26:25.320 --> 00:26:26.280
 You have come to

00:26:26.280 --> 00:26:27.680
 see the nakedness

00:26:27.680 --> 00:26:28.400
 of the land.

00:26:28.700 --> 00:26:29.460
 And they said to

00:26:29.460 --> 00:26:30.260
 him, no, my

00:26:30.260 --> 00:26:31.340
 Lord, your servants

00:26:31.340 --> 00:26:32.000
 have come to buy

00:26:32.000 --> 00:26:32.340
 food.

00:26:32.680 --> 00:26:33.760
 We are sons of

00:26:33.760 --> 00:26:34.380
 one man.

00:26:34.780 --> 00:26:36.020
 We are honest

00:26:36.020 --> 00:26:36.460
 men.

00:26:36.680 --> 00:26:37.460
 Now, let me just

00:26:37.460 --> 00:26:38.580
 take a moment

00:26:38.580 --> 00:26:39.220
 there, right?

00:26:42.220 --> 00:26:42.660
 Extra

00:26:42.660 --> 00:26:43.520
 biblical, but I

00:26:43.520 --> 00:26:43.940
 would have like

00:26:43.940 --> 00:26:44.520
 laughed a little

00:26:44.520 --> 00:26:44.900
 bit, right?

00:26:45.920 --> 00:26:46.320
 Really?

00:26:46.320 --> 00:26:47.880
 Keep going.

00:26:48.420 --> 00:26:49.240
 Your servants

00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:50.740
 have never been

00:26:50.740 --> 00:26:51.320
 spies.

00:26:52.380 --> 00:26:52.780
 Verse 12, he

00:26:52.780 --> 00:26:53.900
 said to them, no,

00:26:53.960 --> 00:26:54.760
 it is the nakedness

00:26:54.760 --> 00:26:55.480
 of the land that

00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:56.040
 you have come to

00:26:56.040 --> 00:26:56.280
 see.

00:26:56.760 --> 00:26:57.880
 And they said, we,

00:26:58.360 --> 00:26:59.260
 your servants, are

00:26:59.260 --> 00:27:01.000
 twelve brothers, the

00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:02.420
 sons of one man in

00:27:02.420 --> 00:27:03.380
 the land of Canaan.

00:27:04.040 --> 00:27:05.100
 And behold, the

00:27:05.100 --> 00:27:06.460
 youngest is this day

00:27:06.460 --> 00:27:08.140
 with our father, and

00:27:08.140 --> 00:27:10.160
 one is no more.

00:27:11.900 --> 00:27:12.660
 Talking about

00:27:12.660 --> 00:27:13.100
 Joseph.

00:27:14.980 --> 00:27:16.140
 One is no more.

00:27:16.320 --> 00:27:18.060
 They think there's

00:27:18.060 --> 00:27:18.900
 no way he's made

00:27:18.900 --> 00:27:19.660
 it through slavery.

00:27:20.760 --> 00:27:21.800
 One is no more.

00:27:23.160 --> 00:27:25.300
 But Joseph said to

00:27:25.300 --> 00:27:28.080
 them, it is as I

00:27:28.080 --> 00:27:29.700
 said to you, you

00:27:29.700 --> 00:27:30.480
 are spies.

00:27:31.280 --> 00:27:32.260
 By this you shall be

00:27:32.260 --> 00:27:32.680
 tested.

00:27:32.840 --> 00:27:33.980
 By the life of

00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:34.840
 Pharaoh, you shall

00:27:34.840 --> 00:27:36.160
 not go from this

00:27:36.160 --> 00:27:37.620
 place unless your

00:27:37.620 --> 00:27:38.940
 youngest brother

00:27:38.940 --> 00:27:40.140
 comes here.

00:27:41.180 --> 00:27:42.280
 Send one of you

00:27:42.280 --> 00:27:43.660
 and let him bring

00:27:43.660 --> 00:27:44.500
 your brother while

00:27:44.500 --> 00:27:46.160
 you remain confined

00:27:46.160 --> 00:27:47.520
 that your words

00:27:47.520 --> 00:27:48.700
 may be tested

00:27:48.700 --> 00:27:50.040
 whether there is

00:27:50.040 --> 00:27:51.780
 truth in you or

00:27:51.780 --> 00:27:52.760
 else by the life

00:27:52.760 --> 00:27:54.440
 of Pharaoh, surely

00:27:54.440 --> 00:27:55.920
 you are spies.

00:27:56.160 --> 00:27:57.180
 And he put them

00:27:57.180 --> 00:27:58.460
 all together in

00:27:58.460 --> 00:27:59.780
 custody for three

00:27:59.780 --> 00:28:00.220
 days.

00:28:00.860 --> 00:28:01.920
 On the third day,

00:28:02.060 --> 00:28:02.900
 Joseph said to

00:28:02.900 --> 00:28:03.840
 them, do this and

00:28:03.840 --> 00:28:05.180
 you will live for I

00:28:05.180 --> 00:28:06.060
 fear God.

00:28:06.680 --> 00:28:07.720
 If you were honest

00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:08.720
 men, let one of your

00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:09.480
 brothers remain

00:28:09.480 --> 00:28:11.060
 confined where you

00:28:11.060 --> 00:28:12.420
 were in custody and

00:28:12.420 --> 00:28:13.620
 let the rest go and

00:28:13.620 --> 00:28:15.440
 carry grain for the

00:28:15.440 --> 00:28:16.000
 famine of your

00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:17.400
 household and bring

00:28:17.400 --> 00:28:18.280
 your youngest brother

00:28:18.280 --> 00:28:19.800
 to me so your words

00:28:19.800 --> 00:28:21.260
 will be verified and

00:28:21.260 --> 00:28:22.540
 you shall not die.

00:28:23.400 --> 00:28:24.240
 And they did so.

00:28:25.240 --> 00:28:26.080
 Then they said to one

00:28:26.080 --> 00:28:27.680
 another, in truth we

00:28:27.680 --> 00:28:28.800
 are guilty concerning

00:28:28.800 --> 00:28:30.060
 our brother in that

00:28:30.060 --> 00:28:31.400
 we saw the distress of

00:28:31.400 --> 00:28:32.800
 his soul when he begged

00:28:32.800 --> 00:28:33.860
 us and we did not

00:28:33.860 --> 00:28:34.300
 listen.

00:28:35.020 --> 00:28:35.860
 That is why this

00:28:35.860 --> 00:28:37.660
 distress has come upon

00:28:37.660 --> 00:28:38.040
 us.

00:28:38.700 --> 00:28:39.800
 And Reuben answered

00:28:39.800 --> 00:28:41.360
 them, did I not tell

00:28:41.360 --> 00:28:42.520
 you not to sin

00:28:42.520 --> 00:28:43.480
 against the boy?

00:28:44.260 --> 00:28:45.340
 But you did not

00:28:45.340 --> 00:28:45.840
 listen.

00:28:46.560 --> 00:28:48.000
 So now there comes a

00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:48.820
 reckoning for his

00:28:48.820 --> 00:28:49.160
 blood.

00:28:49.320 --> 00:28:49.940
 They're talking about

00:28:49.940 --> 00:28:50.260
 Joseph.

00:28:51.900 --> 00:28:53.020
 They did not know

00:28:53.020 --> 00:28:54.660
 that Joseph understood

00:28:54.660 --> 00:28:56.500
 them for there was an

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:57.880
 interpreter between

00:28:57.880 --> 00:28:58.260
 them.

00:28:59.180 --> 00:29:01.300
 Then he turned away

00:29:01.300 --> 00:29:03.120
 from them and wept.

00:29:04.800 --> 00:29:06.520
 And he returned to

00:29:06.520 --> 00:29:08.000
 them and spoke to

00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:10.160
 them and took Simeon

00:29:10.160 --> 00:29:11.680
 from them and bound

00:29:11.680 --> 00:29:12.420
 him before their

00:29:12.420 --> 00:29:12.800
 eyes.

00:29:13.760 --> 00:29:14.580
 And Joseph gave

00:29:14.580 --> 00:29:16.080
 orders to fill their

00:29:16.080 --> 00:29:17.740
 bags with grain and

00:29:17.740 --> 00:29:19.420
 to replace every man's

00:29:19.420 --> 00:29:20.980
 money in his sack and

00:29:20.980 --> 00:29:21.920
 to give them provisions

00:29:21.920 --> 00:29:22.640
 for the journey.

00:29:23.020 --> 00:29:24.080
 This was done for

00:29:24.080 --> 00:29:24.460
 them.

00:29:25.620 --> 00:29:26.500
 Verse 26, and when

00:29:26.500 --> 00:29:27.600
 they loaded their

00:29:27.600 --> 00:29:28.740
 donkeys with their

00:29:28.740 --> 00:29:30.060
 grain and departed,

00:29:31.080 --> 00:29:34.500
 and as one of them

00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:36.160
 opened his sack to

00:29:36.160 --> 00:29:37.640
 give his donkey fodder

00:29:37.640 --> 00:29:38.380
 here at the lodging

00:29:38.380 --> 00:29:39.740
 place, he saw his

00:29:39.740 --> 00:29:41.360
 money in the mouth of

00:29:41.360 --> 00:29:41.820
 his sack.

00:29:42.760 --> 00:29:43.480
 He said to his

00:29:43.480 --> 00:29:44.920
 brothers, my money

00:29:44.920 --> 00:29:45.940
 has been put back.

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:47.900
 Here it is in the

00:29:47.900 --> 00:29:49.120
 mouth of my sack.

00:29:50.140 --> 00:29:51.180
 At this their hearts

00:29:51.180 --> 00:29:53.140
 failed them and they

00:29:53.140 --> 00:29:54.780
 turned, trembling to

00:29:54.780 --> 00:29:56.640
 one another, saying,

00:29:56.900 --> 00:29:58.720
 what is this that God

00:29:58.720 --> 00:30:01.020
 has done to us?

00:30:02.020 --> 00:30:03.100
 What happens when

00:30:03.100 --> 00:30:04.400
 earthly optimism and

00:30:04.400 --> 00:30:06.140
 earthly realities collide?

00:30:07.020 --> 00:30:08.160
 How do we gain

00:30:08.160 --> 00:30:11.460
 heavenly perspective in

00:30:11.460 --> 00:30:12.020
 these moments?

00:30:13.060 --> 00:30:14.200
 We've got to listen and

00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:14.700
 look to God.

00:30:15.580 --> 00:30:17.220
 We've got to listen and

00:30:17.220 --> 00:30:18.460
 look to God.

00:30:21.060 --> 00:30:21.960
 But how?

00:30:23.420 --> 00:30:23.900
 How?

00:30:24.860 --> 00:30:26.180
 I feel like sometimes we

00:30:26.180 --> 00:30:27.800
 say things like, you've

00:30:27.800 --> 00:30:28.380
 just got to give it to

00:30:28.380 --> 00:30:28.720
 the Lord.

00:30:30.960 --> 00:30:32.640
 And that's great, and

00:30:32.640 --> 00:30:33.060
 you do.

00:30:33.620 --> 00:30:34.000
 How?

00:30:34.940 --> 00:30:35.760
 What does that look

00:30:35.760 --> 00:30:36.920
 like in your life and

00:30:36.920 --> 00:30:37.960
 in my life, in those

00:30:37.960 --> 00:30:39.520
 areas of rebellion, in

00:30:39.520 --> 00:30:40.200
 those times, in those

00:30:40.200 --> 00:30:41.820
 situations where it's

00:30:41.820 --> 00:30:42.480
 overwhelming?

00:30:42.960 --> 00:30:45.380
 We're in famine to

00:30:46.800 --> 00:30:47.460
 give it to the Lord.

00:30:48.820 --> 00:30:49.500
 Well, the first thing

00:30:49.500 --> 00:30:50.680
 that we see from here,

00:30:50.760 --> 00:30:52.740
 right, is we remember.

00:30:53.500 --> 00:30:55.000
 We remember what God

00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:55.920
 has said.

00:30:56.620 --> 00:30:57.220
 Joseph in here

00:30:57.220 --> 00:30:58.340
 remembered the words

00:30:58.340 --> 00:30:58.720
 of God.

00:30:58.800 --> 00:30:59.360
 He remembered the

00:30:59.360 --> 00:30:59.780
 dreams.

00:31:00.060 --> 00:31:01.020
 Dreams were a gift and

00:31:01.020 --> 00:31:01.920
 a communication from

00:31:01.920 --> 00:31:02.180
 God.

00:31:02.460 --> 00:31:02.980
 Joseph sees.

00:31:03.120 --> 00:31:03.860
 Joseph understands.

00:31:04.000 --> 00:31:04.820
 Joseph remembers.

00:31:07.700 --> 00:31:08.820
 He remembers God's

00:31:08.820 --> 00:31:09.080
 word.

00:31:11.060 --> 00:31:13.040
 But do you, in those

00:31:13.040 --> 00:31:15.420
 moments, remember God's

00:31:15.420 --> 00:31:15.760
 word?

00:31:17.380 --> 00:31:18.520
 Well, to remember God's

00:31:18.520 --> 00:31:21.440
 word, church, we've

00:31:21.440 --> 00:31:22.380
 got to be in God's

00:31:22.380 --> 00:31:22.600
 word.

00:31:23.620 --> 00:31:24.540
 We've got to open

00:31:24.540 --> 00:31:25.340
 God's word.

00:31:25.900 --> 00:31:27.160
 We've got to read God's

00:31:27.160 --> 00:31:27.440
 word.

00:31:27.780 --> 00:31:29.220
 We've got to meditate on

00:31:29.220 --> 00:31:29.740
 God's word.

00:31:29.960 --> 00:31:31.560
 We've got to desire God's

00:31:31.560 --> 00:31:31.820
 word.

00:31:32.020 --> 00:31:33.580
 We have to memorize God's

00:31:33.580 --> 00:31:33.820
 word.

00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:35.140
 We've got to love God's

00:31:35.140 --> 00:31:35.360
 word.

00:31:35.460 --> 00:31:36.860
 We've got to treasure God's

00:31:36.860 --> 00:31:37.060
 word.

00:31:37.120 --> 00:31:38.140
 We've got to be in God's

00:31:38.140 --> 00:31:38.460
 word.

00:31:39.680 --> 00:31:40.180
 We've got to remember.

00:31:41.140 --> 00:31:41.960
 We've got to remember

00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:43.060
 God's faithfulness.

00:31:43.580 --> 00:31:44.240
 We've got to remember

00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:46.120
 time and time again the

00:31:46.120 --> 00:31:47.560
 goodness of God when we

00:31:47.560 --> 00:31:48.260
 didn't deserve it.

00:31:48.300 --> 00:31:49.340
 The goodness of God when

00:31:49.340 --> 00:31:50.120
 he's acting and he's

00:31:50.120 --> 00:31:50.380
 moving.

00:31:50.640 --> 00:31:51.560
 The goodness of God in

00:31:51.560 --> 00:31:52.160
 areas that we didn't

00:31:52.160 --> 00:31:53.520
 understand at the point

00:31:53.520 --> 00:31:54.080
 in time we've got to

00:31:54.080 --> 00:31:55.000
 remember the goodness of

00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:55.940
 God even when we're still

00:31:55.940 --> 00:31:56.840
 wondering where it was in

00:31:56.840 --> 00:31:57.200
 the moment.

00:31:58.440 --> 00:31:59.360
 We've got to remember the

00:31:59.360 --> 00:32:01.540
 goodness of God and in

00:32:01.540 --> 00:32:02.800
 doing so acknowledge the

00:32:02.800 --> 00:32:03.220
 blessings.

00:32:04.440 --> 00:32:05.060
 Acknowledge the

00:32:05.060 --> 00:32:05.460
 blessings.

00:32:06.160 --> 00:32:07.180
 And this is what we see

00:32:07.180 --> 00:32:09.240
 that would begin to happen

00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:10.340
 in here that the brothers

00:32:10.340 --> 00:32:11.280
 are missing out on.

00:32:12.140 --> 00:32:12.820
 Missing out on.

00:32:12.920 --> 00:32:13.800
 Here's what happens.

00:32:14.120 --> 00:32:15.700
 Joseph gave them grain.

00:32:16.300 --> 00:32:18.020
 He returned their money to

00:32:18.020 --> 00:32:18.300
 them.

00:32:18.700 --> 00:32:20.320
 And then he gave them

00:32:20.320 --> 00:32:22.000
 provisions for their

00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:23.120
 return trip home.

00:32:23.380 --> 00:32:24.480
 Like it looks like in

00:32:24.480 --> 00:32:26.120
 this as Joseph is dealing

00:32:26.120 --> 00:32:27.120
 with his brothers like

00:32:27.120 --> 00:32:27.900
 God's word is clear.

00:32:28.060 --> 00:32:29.260
 He speaks harshly to

00:32:29.260 --> 00:32:29.460
 them.

00:32:29.660 --> 00:32:30.720
 It doesn't say that he

00:32:30.720 --> 00:32:31.800
 spoke sinfully to them.

00:32:31.920 --> 00:32:33.000
 He spoke harshly to

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:33.180
 them.

00:32:33.380 --> 00:32:34.040
 Like sometimes we've got

00:32:34.040 --> 00:32:35.360
 to use harsh words that

00:32:35.360 --> 00:32:36.440
 people can understand.

00:32:37.480 --> 00:32:39.320
 Like not everything is a

00:32:39.320 --> 00:32:40.000
 hug and it's going to be

00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:40.320
 better.

00:32:41.400 --> 00:32:41.900
 Like sometimes we've got

00:32:41.900 --> 00:32:42.400
 to be blunt.

00:32:42.480 --> 00:32:43.360
 We've got to be frank in a

00:32:43.360 --> 00:32:44.460
 way that glorifies God.

00:32:45.540 --> 00:32:46.820
 And he's harsh with them.

00:32:47.900 --> 00:32:49.580
 But he blesses them.

00:32:50.160 --> 00:32:51.180
 He gave them the grain.

00:32:51.280 --> 00:32:52.440
 He returned their money.

00:32:52.680 --> 00:32:53.740
 He gave them provisions

00:32:53.740 --> 00:32:54.760
 for the way home.

00:32:54.860 --> 00:32:56.200
 And how did they respond?

00:32:57.120 --> 00:32:58.400
 They were afraid.

00:32:59.540 --> 00:33:00.480
 They were afraid.

00:33:00.480 --> 00:33:02.940
 They saw the blessings of

00:33:02.940 --> 00:33:06.080
 God and thought it was

00:33:06.080 --> 00:33:07.080
 punishment for their

00:33:07.080 --> 00:33:07.760
 actions.

00:33:09.560 --> 00:33:11.660
 They're living in the

00:33:11.660 --> 00:33:14.620
 turmoil of 20 year old sin

00:33:14.620 --> 00:33:15.860
 because they haven't

00:33:15.860 --> 00:33:17.100
 released it to God.

00:33:18.620 --> 00:33:19.340
 And so God says I'm going

00:33:19.340 --> 00:33:20.220
 to bless you but you can't

00:33:20.220 --> 00:33:20.700
 see it.

00:33:23.080 --> 00:33:24.420
 When we live in an earthly

00:33:24.420 --> 00:33:26.940
 focus and not a heavenly

00:33:26.940 --> 00:33:29.620
 perspective, oftentimes you

00:33:29.620 --> 00:33:32.120
 and I, we take the

00:33:32.120 --> 00:33:34.920
 blessing of God, we see it

00:33:34.920 --> 00:33:37.560
 before us, we look at it

00:33:37.560 --> 00:33:38.120
 through an earthly

00:33:38.120 --> 00:33:42.420
 perspective, and we miss

00:33:42.420 --> 00:33:45.320
 that God is blessing us.

00:33:45.900 --> 00:33:47.440
 Church, here's a promise

00:33:47.440 --> 00:33:49.360
 that I will make to you

00:33:49.360 --> 00:33:50.660
 about blessings.

00:33:51.920 --> 00:33:53.640
 There is a group of people

00:33:53.640 --> 00:33:54.440
 who call themselves

00:33:54.440 --> 00:33:56.660
 Christians, and I do not

00:33:56.660 --> 00:33:57.700
 believe they are Christians,

00:33:58.700 --> 00:34:02.140
 who connect the blessing of

00:34:02.140 --> 00:34:05.220
 God solely with the

00:34:05.220 --> 00:34:07.640
 prosperity of health and

00:34:07.640 --> 00:34:07.940
 wealth.

00:34:10.220 --> 00:34:11.860
 And church, if your view

00:34:11.860 --> 00:34:13.220
 of blessing is only

00:34:13.220 --> 00:34:14.880
 connected to the financial

00:34:14.880 --> 00:34:16.100
 and health prosperity in

00:34:16.100 --> 00:34:17.360
 your life, then your view

00:34:17.360 --> 00:34:18.760
 of blessing will be shallow

00:34:18.760 --> 00:34:21.220
 and never satisfying.

00:34:24.680 --> 00:34:25.960
 God's word says this,

00:34:27.320 --> 00:34:27.960
 James 1, 2.

00:34:30.060 --> 00:34:32.580
 Count it all joy, my

00:34:32.580 --> 00:34:35.340
 brothers, when you meet

00:34:35.340 --> 00:34:37.640
 trials of various kinds.

00:34:39.040 --> 00:34:43.800
 James 1, 12, blessed, blessed

00:34:43.800 --> 00:34:46.560
 is the man who remains

00:34:46.560 --> 00:34:48.740
 steadfast under trial.

00:34:49.920 --> 00:34:52.400
 1 Peter 4, 12 through 13,

00:34:53.400 --> 00:34:56.140
 beloved, do not be surprised

00:34:56.140 --> 00:34:58.100
 at the fiery trial when it

00:34:58.100 --> 00:34:59.940
 comes upon you to test you

00:34:59.940 --> 00:35:01.520
 as though something strange

00:35:01.520 --> 00:35:03.760
 were happening to you, but,

00:35:03.960 --> 00:35:09.440
 but rejoice, rejoice, and as you

00:35:09.440 --> 00:35:12.060
 share Christ's sufferings, that

00:35:12.060 --> 00:35:14.700
 you may also rejoice and be glad

00:35:14.700 --> 00:35:16.880
 when his glory is revealed.

00:35:17.880 --> 00:35:20.460
 Jesus' own words in Matthew 5,

00:35:20.560 --> 00:35:22.940
 starting in verse 11, blessed are

00:35:22.940 --> 00:35:25.980
 you when others revile you and

00:35:25.980 --> 00:35:28.560
 persecute you and utter all kinds

00:35:28.560 --> 00:35:31.440
 of evil against you falsely on my

00:35:31.440 --> 00:35:34.760
 account. Rejoice and be glad

00:35:34.760 --> 00:35:38.560
 for your reward is great in

00:35:38.560 --> 00:35:41.560
 heaven, for they persecuted the

00:35:41.560 --> 00:35:42.960
 prophets who were before you.

00:35:43.860 --> 00:35:46.380
 So what does God's word tell us

00:35:46.380 --> 00:35:48.280
 about being blessed?

00:35:49.340 --> 00:35:52.560
 Sure, it's in the highs,

00:35:53.820 --> 00:35:56.420
 oh, but it's in the lows too.

00:35:57.440 --> 00:35:58.900
 It's in the valleys and

00:35:58.900 --> 00:36:00.320
 everywhere in between.

00:36:01.420 --> 00:36:04.080
 You see, Joseph did not leave

00:36:04.080 --> 00:36:05.420
 the blessing of God

00:36:05.420 --> 00:36:07.660
 when he was sold into slavery.

00:36:09.180 --> 00:36:11.620
 Joseph didn't leave the blessing

00:36:11.620 --> 00:36:13.760
 of God when he was falsely

00:36:13.760 --> 00:36:14.180
 imprisoned.

00:36:15.380 --> 00:36:17.820
 Joseph didn't leave the blessing

00:36:17.820 --> 00:36:20.500
 of God when he remained in there

00:36:20.500 --> 00:36:21.880
 and was forgotten about.

00:36:24.080 --> 00:36:26.060
 And neither have you

00:36:26.060 --> 00:36:28.800
 when the hardships

00:36:28.800 --> 00:36:30.680
 and the famine

00:36:30.680 --> 00:36:32.680
 and the suffering

00:36:32.680 --> 00:36:34.560
 and the slavery

00:36:34.560 --> 00:36:36.580
 and the imprisonment

00:36:36.580 --> 00:36:38.480
 of your life begin to take over.

00:36:39.580 --> 00:36:40.980
 In Christ,

00:36:41.620 --> 00:36:42.900
 you are

00:36:42.900 --> 00:36:43.960
 blessed.

00:36:45.480 --> 00:36:47.060
 Maybe what needs to change

00:36:47.060 --> 00:36:47.780
 in us

00:36:47.780 --> 00:36:50.460
 is not our circumstances,

00:36:50.960 --> 00:36:52.800
 but the perspective

00:36:52.800 --> 00:36:53.820
 in which we look at them.

00:36:56.520 --> 00:36:57.620
 Continue on to verse 29.

00:37:01.960 --> 00:37:03.660
 And when they came to Jacob,

00:37:04.320 --> 00:37:05.260
 their father,

00:37:06.280 --> 00:37:07.200
 in the land of Canaan,

00:37:08.140 --> 00:37:09.480
 they told him all

00:37:09.480 --> 00:37:10.580
 that had happened to them,

00:37:11.680 --> 00:37:11.980
 saying,

00:37:12.320 --> 00:37:13.020
 the man,

00:37:13.960 --> 00:37:15.620
 the Lord of the land,

00:37:16.400 --> 00:37:18.080
 spoke roughly to us

00:37:18.080 --> 00:37:20.560
 and took us to be spies

00:37:20.560 --> 00:37:21.220
 in the land.

00:37:22.380 --> 00:37:23.680
 But we said to him,

00:37:24.520 --> 00:37:25.940
 we are honest men.

00:37:26.640 --> 00:37:28.340
 We have never been spies.

00:37:29.280 --> 00:37:30.640
 We are twelve brothers,

00:37:30.920 --> 00:37:32.200
 sons of our father.

00:37:32.560 --> 00:37:33.900
 One is no more

00:37:33.900 --> 00:37:34.980
 and the youngest

00:37:34.980 --> 00:37:36.020
 is this day

00:37:36.020 --> 00:37:36.720
 with our father

00:37:36.720 --> 00:37:38.200
 in the land of Canaan.

00:37:39.320 --> 00:37:39.920
 Then the man,

00:37:40.000 --> 00:37:40.820
 the Lord of the land,

00:37:40.920 --> 00:37:41.580
 said to us,

00:37:42.000 --> 00:37:43.180
 by this I shall know

00:37:43.180 --> 00:37:44.300
 that you are honest men.

00:37:44.680 --> 00:37:45.720
 Leave one of your brothers

00:37:45.720 --> 00:37:46.260
 with me

00:37:46.260 --> 00:37:47.340
 and take grain

00:37:47.340 --> 00:37:48.060
 for the famine

00:37:48.060 --> 00:37:49.280
 of your households

00:37:49.280 --> 00:37:49.960
 and go away.

00:37:50.180 --> 00:37:50.800
 Go your way.

00:37:51.740 --> 00:37:52.900
 Bring your youngest brother

00:37:52.900 --> 00:37:53.460
 to me.

00:37:54.280 --> 00:37:55.140
 Then I shall know

00:37:55.140 --> 00:37:56.180
 that you are not spies

00:37:56.180 --> 00:37:56.980
 but honest men

00:37:56.980 --> 00:37:57.680
 and I will deliver

00:37:57.680 --> 00:37:58.580
 your brother to you

00:37:58.580 --> 00:38:00.160
 and you shall trade

00:38:00.160 --> 00:38:00.780
 in the land.

00:38:01.980 --> 00:38:02.540
 Verse 35,

00:38:03.860 --> 00:38:05.040
 as they emptied

00:38:05.040 --> 00:38:06.720
 their sacks,

00:38:07.960 --> 00:38:08.500
 behold,

00:38:09.140 --> 00:38:10.920
 every man's bundle

00:38:10.920 --> 00:38:11.560
 of money

00:38:11.560 --> 00:38:12.560
 was in his sack.

00:38:14.280 --> 00:38:15.700
 And when they

00:38:15.700 --> 00:38:16.680
 and their father

00:38:16.680 --> 00:38:18.540
 saw their bundles

00:38:18.540 --> 00:38:19.140
 of money,

00:38:19.540 --> 00:38:20.600
 they were afraid.

00:38:21.160 --> 00:38:21.560
 Again,

00:38:21.620 --> 00:38:22.400
 they miss it again.

00:38:23.800 --> 00:38:24.640
 And Jacob,

00:38:24.780 --> 00:38:25.320
 their father,

00:38:25.440 --> 00:38:26.100
 said to them,

00:38:27.140 --> 00:38:28.240
 you have bereaved me

00:38:28.240 --> 00:38:29.000
 of my children.

00:38:30.280 --> 00:38:31.380
 Joseph is no more

00:38:31.380 --> 00:38:34.360
 and Simeon is no more

00:38:34.360 --> 00:38:37.400
 and now you would

00:38:37.400 --> 00:38:38.220
 take Benjamin.

00:38:39.940 --> 00:38:40.720
 Look at these words.

00:38:41.800 --> 00:38:44.080
 All this has come

00:38:44.080 --> 00:38:46.020
 against me.

00:38:47.920 --> 00:38:49.000
 Then Reuben

00:38:49.000 --> 00:38:51.360
 said to his father,

00:38:52.240 --> 00:38:54.360
 kill my two sons

00:38:54.360 --> 00:38:56.020
 if I do not

00:38:56.020 --> 00:38:57.520
 bring him back to you.

00:38:58.340 --> 00:39:00.440
 Put him in my hands

00:39:00.440 --> 00:39:02.420
 and I will bring him

00:39:02.420 --> 00:39:03.180
 back to you.

00:39:04.320 --> 00:39:05.600
 But he said,

00:39:06.600 --> 00:39:07.380
 my son

00:39:07.380 --> 00:39:08.920
 shall not go down

00:39:08.920 --> 00:39:09.620
 with you

00:39:09.620 --> 00:39:11.220
 for his brother

00:39:11.220 --> 00:39:12.360
 is dead

00:39:12.360 --> 00:39:14.120
 and he is

00:39:14.120 --> 00:39:15.220
 the only one

00:39:15.220 --> 00:39:15.700
 left.

00:39:16.420 --> 00:39:17.180
 If harm

00:39:17.180 --> 00:39:18.040
 should happen

00:39:18.040 --> 00:39:18.560
 to him

00:39:18.560 --> 00:39:19.500
 on the journey

00:39:19.500 --> 00:39:20.620
 that you are

00:39:20.620 --> 00:39:21.180
 to make,

00:39:21.520 --> 00:39:22.360
 you will bring

00:39:22.360 --> 00:39:24.140
 down my gray hairs

00:39:24.140 --> 00:39:25.520
 with sorrow

00:39:25.520 --> 00:39:26.960
 to Sheol.

00:39:28.660 --> 00:39:30.240
 And what we find

00:39:30.240 --> 00:39:30.900
 in Jacob

00:39:30.900 --> 00:39:33.120
 is this

00:39:33.120 --> 00:39:34.180
 downward spiral.

00:39:37.000 --> 00:39:38.220
 What happens

00:39:38.220 --> 00:39:40.280
 when earthly

00:39:40.280 --> 00:39:40.940
 optimism

00:39:40.940 --> 00:39:43.000
 and earthly

00:39:43.000 --> 00:39:43.700
 realities

00:39:43.700 --> 00:39:44.360
 collide?

00:39:45.440 --> 00:39:46.420
 How do you

00:39:46.420 --> 00:39:47.020
 and I

00:39:47.020 --> 00:39:48.380
 gain a heavenly

00:39:48.380 --> 00:39:49.500
 perspective

00:39:49.500 --> 00:39:50.900
 in these moments?

00:39:52.520 --> 00:39:52.960
 Church,

00:39:53.460 --> 00:39:54.840
 live in truth

00:39:54.840 --> 00:39:56.660
 not emotions.

00:39:58.660 --> 00:40:00.320
 Live in truth

00:40:00.320 --> 00:40:02.760
 not in

00:40:02.760 --> 00:40:04.040
 emotions.

00:40:05.760 --> 00:40:06.980
 It's not just

00:40:06.980 --> 00:40:07.500
 the brothers.

00:40:08.780 --> 00:40:10.320
 It's Jacob too.

00:40:10.940 --> 00:40:12.800
 Jacob

00:40:12.800 --> 00:40:14.160
 blessed

00:40:14.160 --> 00:40:15.160
 and blessed

00:40:15.160 --> 00:40:16.120
 and blessed

00:40:16.120 --> 00:40:16.900
 and blessed

00:40:16.900 --> 00:40:17.400
 by God.

00:40:18.380 --> 00:40:18.900
 Jacob

00:40:18.900 --> 00:40:19.660
 in spite of his

00:40:19.660 --> 00:40:20.560
 failures

00:40:20.560 --> 00:40:21.820
 blessed by God.

00:40:22.460 --> 00:40:22.740
 Jacob

00:40:22.740 --> 00:40:23.420
 in spite of the

00:40:23.420 --> 00:40:24.060
 circumstances

00:40:24.060 --> 00:40:25.320
 blessed by God.

00:40:25.520 --> 00:40:25.780
 And yet

00:40:25.780 --> 00:40:26.400
 what we find

00:40:26.400 --> 00:40:26.720
 in here

00:40:26.720 --> 00:40:27.420
 is Jacob

00:40:27.420 --> 00:40:28.380
 who was chosen

00:40:28.380 --> 00:40:28.960
 by God

00:40:28.960 --> 00:40:29.300
 Jacob

00:40:29.300 --> 00:40:30.340
 who was wealthy

00:40:30.340 --> 00:40:30.860
 and blessed

00:40:30.860 --> 00:40:31.380
 by God

00:40:31.380 --> 00:40:31.800
 Jacob

00:40:31.800 --> 00:40:32.680
 who was healthy

00:40:32.680 --> 00:40:33.220
 by God

00:40:33.220 --> 00:40:34.160
 comes to all

00:40:34.160 --> 00:40:34.560
 of this

00:40:34.560 --> 00:40:34.860
 and says

00:40:34.860 --> 00:40:36.020
 all of this

00:40:36.020 --> 00:40:36.800
 has come

00:40:36.800 --> 00:40:37.740
 against me.

00:40:38.740 --> 00:40:39.800
 living in the

00:40:39.800 --> 00:40:40.360
 emotion

00:40:40.360 --> 00:40:41.080
 of the

00:40:41.080 --> 00:40:41.480
 moment

00:40:41.480 --> 00:40:42.300
 and not

00:40:42.300 --> 00:40:42.640
 in the

00:40:42.640 --> 00:40:43.040
 confidence

00:40:43.040 --> 00:40:43.460
 of the

00:40:43.460 --> 00:40:43.700
 God

00:40:43.700 --> 00:40:43.860
 who's

00:40:43.860 --> 00:40:44.160
 called

00:40:44.160 --> 00:40:44.340
 him.

00:40:44.700 --> 00:40:44.820
 Not

00:40:44.820 --> 00:40:45.140
 in the

00:40:45.140 --> 00:40:45.500
 confidence

00:40:45.500 --> 00:40:45.780
 of the

00:40:45.780 --> 00:40:46.000
 God

00:40:46.000 --> 00:40:46.420
 who's

00:40:46.420 --> 00:40:46.820
 chosen

00:40:46.820 --> 00:40:47.080
 him.

00:40:47.420 --> 00:40:47.580
 Not

00:40:47.580 --> 00:40:47.900
 in the

00:40:47.900 --> 00:40:48.300
 confidence

00:40:48.300 --> 00:40:48.620
 of the

00:40:48.620 --> 00:40:48.840
 God

00:40:48.840 --> 00:40:49.380
 who saved

00:40:49.380 --> 00:40:49.620
 him.

00:40:50.320 --> 00:40:50.880
 And in

00:40:50.880 --> 00:40:51.180
 this

00:40:51.180 --> 00:40:51.740
 moment

00:40:51.740 --> 00:40:52.460
 God

00:40:52.460 --> 00:40:53.100
 is working

00:40:53.100 --> 00:40:53.740
 out

00:40:53.740 --> 00:40:54.480
 his plan

00:40:54.480 --> 00:40:55.840
 to restore

00:40:55.840 --> 00:40:57.140
 and reconcile

00:40:57.140 --> 00:40:58.600
 his family

00:40:58.600 --> 00:40:59.540
 and all

00:40:59.540 --> 00:41:00.060
 Jacob

00:41:00.060 --> 00:41:00.760
 can see

00:41:00.760 --> 00:41:01.500
 in this

00:41:01.500 --> 00:41:01.940
 moment

00:41:01.940 --> 00:41:02.860
 is all

00:41:02.860 --> 00:41:03.520
 of this

00:41:03.520 --> 00:41:04.340
 has come

00:41:04.340 --> 00:41:05.140
 against

00:41:05.140 --> 00:41:05.780
 me.

00:41:06.160 --> 00:41:06.780
 How many

00:41:06.780 --> 00:41:07.300
 times in

00:41:07.300 --> 00:41:07.860
 your life

00:41:07.860 --> 00:41:08.120
 and in

00:41:08.120 --> 00:41:08.720
 my life

00:41:08.720 --> 00:41:09.400
 do we

00:41:09.400 --> 00:41:09.920
 get caught

00:41:09.920 --> 00:41:10.160
 in the

00:41:10.160 --> 00:41:10.660
 emotion

00:41:10.660 --> 00:41:11.000
 of the

00:41:11.000 --> 00:41:11.360
 moment

00:41:11.360 --> 00:41:13.060
 and we

00:41:13.060 --> 00:41:13.560
 feel that

00:41:13.560 --> 00:41:14.360
 our world

00:41:14.360 --> 00:41:15.380
 around us

00:41:15.380 --> 00:41:16.240
 is falling

00:41:16.240 --> 00:41:16.760
 apart

00:41:16.760 --> 00:41:17.400
 and we

00:41:17.400 --> 00:41:17.920
 lose

00:41:17.920 --> 00:41:18.760
 the truth

00:41:18.760 --> 00:41:19.180
 that we

00:41:19.180 --> 00:41:19.640
 sit

00:41:19.640 --> 00:41:19.960
 and we

00:41:19.960 --> 00:41:20.420
 rest

00:41:20.420 --> 00:41:20.800
 in the

00:41:20.800 --> 00:41:21.100
 hand

00:41:21.100 --> 00:41:21.440
 of our

00:41:21.440 --> 00:41:21.760
 Savior

00:41:21.760 --> 00:41:22.020
 and

00:41:22.020 --> 00:41:22.440
 Creator

00:41:22.440 --> 00:41:23.880
 and that

00:41:23.880 --> 00:41:24.020
 he's

00:41:24.020 --> 00:41:24.260
 got a

00:41:24.260 --> 00:41:24.760
 plan

00:41:24.760 --> 00:41:25.360
 and he's

00:41:25.360 --> 00:41:25.600
 got a

00:41:25.600 --> 00:41:26.060
 purpose

00:41:26.060 --> 00:41:27.600
 how can

00:41:27.600 --> 00:41:28.060
 you

00:41:28.060 --> 00:41:28.940
 and I

00:41:28.940 --> 00:41:29.600
 how can

00:41:29.600 --> 00:41:30.000
 they

00:41:30.000 --> 00:41:30.820
 live in

00:41:30.820 --> 00:41:31.280
 the moment

00:41:31.280 --> 00:41:31.640
 in the

00:41:31.640 --> 00:41:32.040
 truth

00:41:32.040 --> 00:41:32.660
 not in

00:41:32.660 --> 00:41:33.260
 the emotion

00:41:33.260 --> 00:41:34.040
 the emotion

00:41:34.040 --> 00:41:34.980
 is real

00:41:34.980 --> 00:41:36.940
 to us

00:41:36.940 --> 00:41:39.080
 but it's

00:41:39.080 --> 00:41:39.740
 a perspective

00:41:39.740 --> 00:41:42.120
 and live

00:41:42.120 --> 00:41:42.340
 in the

00:41:42.340 --> 00:41:42.720
 truth

00:41:42.720 --> 00:41:44.400
 of God's

00:41:44.400 --> 00:41:44.700
 word

00:41:44.700 --> 00:41:46.480
 of Romans

00:41:46.480 --> 00:41:47.080
 8 28

00:41:47.080 --> 00:41:48.940
 a verse

00:41:48.940 --> 00:41:49.420
 we know

00:41:49.420 --> 00:41:51.160
 and we

00:41:51.160 --> 00:41:51.620
 know

00:41:51.620 --> 00:41:52.860
 that for

00:41:52.860 --> 00:41:53.520
 those who

00:41:53.520 --> 00:41:54.260
 love God

00:41:54.260 --> 00:41:55.880
 all things

00:41:55.880 --> 00:41:56.540
 work together

00:41:56.540 --> 00:41:57.100
 for good

00:41:57.100 --> 00:41:58.640
 for those

00:41:58.640 --> 00:41:59.520
 who are

00:41:59.520 --> 00:42:00.100
 called

00:42:00.100 --> 00:42:01.260
 according

00:42:01.260 --> 00:42:02.240
 to his

00:42:02.240 --> 00:42:02.700
 purpose

00:42:02.700 --> 00:42:06.400
 the church

00:42:06.400 --> 00:42:06.760
 is working

00:42:06.760 --> 00:42:07.000
 in his

00:42:07.000 --> 00:42:07.360
 family

00:42:07.360 --> 00:42:09.980
 let's look

00:42:09.980 --> 00:42:10.200
 at the

00:42:10.200 --> 00:42:10.640
 chaos

00:42:10.640 --> 00:42:12.340
 let's look

00:42:12.340 --> 00:42:12.580
 at the

00:42:12.580 --> 00:42:13.060
 dysfunction

00:42:13.060 --> 00:42:14.680
 let's look

00:42:14.680 --> 00:42:14.900
 at the

00:42:14.900 --> 00:42:15.180
 out of

00:42:15.180 --> 00:42:15.520
 control

00:42:15.520 --> 00:42:17.360
 if

00:42:17.360 --> 00:42:17.980
 Joseph's

00:42:17.980 --> 00:42:18.460
 family

00:42:18.460 --> 00:42:20.060
 wasn't

00:42:20.060 --> 00:42:21.000
 messed up

00:42:21.000 --> 00:42:21.680
 and weird

00:42:21.680 --> 00:42:22.480
 and conflict

00:42:22.480 --> 00:42:23.340
 and bitterness

00:42:23.340 --> 00:42:24.340
 his

00:42:24.340 --> 00:42:24.740
 brothers

00:42:24.740 --> 00:42:24.940
 would

00:42:24.940 --> 00:42:25.040
 have

00:42:25.040 --> 00:42:25.220
 never

00:42:25.220 --> 00:42:25.480
 sold

00:42:25.480 --> 00:42:25.580
 him

00:42:25.580 --> 00:42:25.800
 as a

00:42:25.800 --> 00:42:26.240
 slave

00:42:26.240 --> 00:42:27.700
 but God's

00:42:27.700 --> 00:42:28.140
 in control

00:42:28.140 --> 00:42:29.400
 if

00:42:29.400 --> 00:42:29.880
 Joseph's

00:42:29.880 --> 00:42:30.200
 brothers

00:42:30.200 --> 00:42:30.540
 never

00:42:30.540 --> 00:42:31.080
 sold

00:42:31.080 --> 00:42:31.220
 him

00:42:31.220 --> 00:42:31.560
 as a

00:42:31.560 --> 00:42:31.940
 slave

00:42:31.940 --> 00:42:32.180
 then

00:42:32.180 --> 00:42:32.460
 Joseph

00:42:32.460 --> 00:42:32.720
 would

00:42:32.720 --> 00:42:32.820
 have

00:42:32.820 --> 00:42:33.020
 never

00:42:33.020 --> 00:42:33.300
 gone

00:42:33.300 --> 00:42:33.480
 to

00:42:33.480 --> 00:42:33.800
 Egypt

00:42:33.800 --> 00:42:34.300
 but God's

00:42:34.300 --> 00:42:34.780
 in control

00:42:34.780 --> 00:42:35.380
 if

00:42:35.380 --> 00:42:35.660
 Joseph

00:42:35.660 --> 00:42:35.960
 never

00:42:35.960 --> 00:42:36.160
 went

00:42:36.160 --> 00:42:36.340
 to

00:42:36.340 --> 00:42:36.740
 Egypt

00:42:36.740 --> 00:42:37.080
 he

00:42:37.080 --> 00:42:37.200
 would

00:42:37.200 --> 00:42:37.300
 have

00:42:37.300 --> 00:42:37.540
 never

00:42:37.540 --> 00:42:37.720
 been

00:42:37.720 --> 00:42:37.980
 sold

00:42:37.980 --> 00:42:38.160
 to

00:42:38.160 --> 00:42:38.580
 Potiphar

00:42:38.580 --> 00:42:39.060
 but God's

00:42:39.060 --> 00:42:39.560
 in control

00:42:39.560 --> 00:42:39.960
 if

00:42:39.960 --> 00:42:40.260
 Joseph

00:42:40.260 --> 00:42:40.440
 was

00:42:40.440 --> 00:42:40.640
 never

00:42:40.640 --> 00:42:40.900
 sold

00:42:40.900 --> 00:42:41.040
 to

00:42:41.040 --> 00:42:41.420
 Potiphar

00:42:41.420 --> 00:42:42.020
 Potiphar

00:42:42.020 --> 00:42:42.600
 would

00:42:42.600 --> 00:42:42.680
 have

00:42:42.680 --> 00:42:42.840
 never

00:42:42.840 --> 00:42:43.400
 falsely

00:42:43.400 --> 00:42:43.960
 accused

00:42:43.960 --> 00:42:44.100
 him

00:42:44.100 --> 00:42:44.200
 of

00:42:44.200 --> 00:42:44.580
 assault

00:42:44.580 --> 00:42:45.060
 but God's

00:42:45.060 --> 00:42:45.580
 in control

00:42:45.580 --> 00:42:46.020
 if

00:42:46.020 --> 00:42:46.480
 Potiphar's

00:42:46.480 --> 00:42:46.740
 wife

00:42:46.740 --> 00:42:46.880
 had

00:42:46.880 --> 00:42:47.080
 never

00:42:47.080 --> 00:42:47.560
 falsely

00:42:47.560 --> 00:42:48.000
 accused

00:42:48.000 --> 00:42:48.580
 Joseph

00:42:48.580 --> 00:42:49.080
 of

00:42:49.080 --> 00:42:49.460
 assault

00:42:49.460 --> 00:42:49.660
 then

00:42:49.660 --> 00:42:49.920
 Joseph

00:42:49.920 --> 00:42:50.140
 would

00:42:50.140 --> 00:42:50.240
 have

00:42:50.240 --> 00:42:50.420
 never

00:42:50.420 --> 00:42:50.600
 been

00:42:50.600 --> 00:42:50.780
 put

00:42:50.780 --> 00:42:50.920
 in

00:42:50.920 --> 00:42:51.180
 prison

00:42:51.180 --> 00:42:51.880
 but God's

00:42:51.880 --> 00:42:52.380
 in control

00:42:52.380 --> 00:42:52.740
 if

00:42:52.740 --> 00:42:53.060
 Joseph

00:42:53.060 --> 00:42:53.260
 was

00:42:53.260 --> 00:42:53.580
 never

00:42:53.580 --> 00:42:53.800
 in

00:42:53.800 --> 00:42:54.040
 prison

00:42:54.040 --> 00:42:54.220
 he

00:42:54.220 --> 00:42:54.440
 never

00:42:54.440 --> 00:42:54.620
 would

00:42:54.620 --> 00:42:54.700
 have

00:42:54.700 --> 00:42:54.840
 met

00:42:54.840 --> 00:42:55.000
 the

00:42:55.000 --> 00:42:55.300
 baker

00:42:55.300 --> 00:42:55.640
 and

00:42:55.640 --> 00:42:56.060
 butler

00:42:56.060 --> 00:42:56.280
 of

00:42:56.280 --> 00:42:56.520
 Pharaoh

00:42:56.520 --> 00:42:57.160
 but God's

00:42:57.160 --> 00:42:57.840
 in control

00:42:57.840 --> 00:42:58.200
 if

00:42:58.200 --> 00:42:58.520
 Joseph

00:42:58.520 --> 00:42:58.960
 never

00:42:58.960 --> 00:42:59.540
 interpreted

00:42:59.540 --> 00:42:59.760
 their

00:42:59.760 --> 00:43:00.220
 dreams

00:43:00.220 --> 00:43:00.540
 he

00:43:00.540 --> 00:43:00.660
 would

00:43:00.660 --> 00:43:00.780
 have

00:43:00.780 --> 00:43:01.060
 never

00:43:01.060 --> 00:43:01.640
 interpreted

00:43:01.640 --> 00:43:02.180
 Pharaoh's

00:43:02.180 --> 00:43:02.480
 dreams

00:43:02.480 --> 00:43:03.080
 but God's

00:43:03.080 --> 00:43:03.600
 in control

00:43:03.600 --> 00:43:04.020
 if

00:43:04.020 --> 00:43:04.540
 Joseph

00:43:12.020 --> 00:43:13.460
 never

00:43:13.460 --> 00:43:13.860
 became

00:43:13.860 --> 00:43:14.260
 governor

00:43:14.260 --> 00:43:14.600
 he

00:43:14.600 --> 00:43:14.920
 never

00:43:14.920 --> 00:43:15.100
 would

00:43:15.100 --> 00:43:15.240
 have

00:43:15.240 --> 00:43:15.640
 wisely

00:43:15.640 --> 00:43:16.060
 prepared

00:43:16.060 --> 00:43:16.260
 for

00:43:16.260 --> 00:43:16.420
 the

00:43:16.420 --> 00:43:16.700
 terrible

00:43:16.700 --> 00:43:17.060
 famine

00:43:17.060 --> 00:43:17.240
 that

00:43:17.240 --> 00:43:17.420
 was

00:43:17.420 --> 00:43:17.580
 to

00:43:17.580 --> 00:43:17.820
 come

00:43:17.820 --> 00:43:18.480
 but God's

00:43:18.480 --> 00:43:18.600
 in

00:43:18.600 --> 00:43:19.020
 control

00:43:19.020 --> 00:43:19.420
 if

00:43:19.420 --> 00:43:19.700
 Joseph

00:43:19.700 --> 00:43:20.060
 never

00:43:20.060 --> 00:43:20.540
 wisely

00:43:20.540 --> 00:43:20.960
 prepared

00:43:20.960 --> 00:43:21.140
 for

00:43:21.140 --> 00:43:21.260
 the

00:43:21.260 --> 00:43:21.520
 terrible

00:43:21.520 --> 00:43:21.920
 famine

00:43:21.920 --> 00:43:22.260
 then

00:43:22.260 --> 00:43:22.400
 his

00:43:22.400 --> 00:43:22.680
 family

00:43:22.680 --> 00:43:22.940
 back

00:43:22.940 --> 00:43:23.100
 in

00:43:23.100 --> 00:43:23.400
 Canaan

00:43:23.400 --> 00:43:23.580
 would

00:43:23.580 --> 00:43:23.720
 have

00:43:23.720 --> 00:43:24.140
 died

00:43:24.140 --> 00:43:24.500
 from

00:43:24.500 --> 00:43:24.660
 the

00:43:24.660 --> 00:43:24.960
 famine

00:43:24.960 --> 00:43:25.380
 but

00:43:25.380 --> 00:43:25.700
 God's

00:43:25.700 --> 00:43:25.800
 in

00:43:25.800 --> 00:43:26.200
 control

00:43:26.200 --> 00:43:26.600
 if

00:43:26.600 --> 00:43:27.120
 Joseph's

00:43:27.120 --> 00:43:27.500
 family

00:43:27.500 --> 00:43:27.940
 back

00:43:27.940 --> 00:43:28.100
 in

00:43:28.100 --> 00:43:28.380
 Canaan

00:43:28.380 --> 00:43:28.820
 died

00:43:28.820 --> 00:43:29.020
 in

00:43:29.020 --> 00:43:29.140
 the

00:43:29.140 --> 00:43:29.440
 famine

00:43:29.440 --> 00:43:29.800
 then

00:43:29.800 --> 00:43:29.960
 the

00:43:29.960 --> 00:43:30.480
 Messiah

00:43:30.480 --> 00:43:30.780
 would

00:43:30.780 --> 00:43:31.020
 not

00:43:31.020 --> 00:43:31.200
 be

00:43:31.200 --> 00:43:31.340
 able

00:43:31.340 --> 00:43:31.480
 to

00:43:31.480 --> 00:43:31.720
 come

00:43:31.720 --> 00:43:31.900
 from

00:43:31.900 --> 00:43:32.040
 a

00:43:32.040 --> 00:43:32.220
 dead

00:43:32.220 --> 00:43:32.660
 family

00:43:32.660 --> 00:43:33.100
 but

00:43:33.100 --> 00:43:33.440
 God's

00:43:33.440 --> 00:43:33.560
 in

00:43:42.020 --> 00:43:42.380
 right

00:43:42.380 --> 00:43:42.660
 now

00:43:42.660 --> 00:43:43.080
 we're

00:43:43.080 --> 00:43:43.400
 dead

00:43:43.400 --> 00:43:43.600
 from

00:43:43.600 --> 00:43:43.760
 a

00:43:43.760 --> 00:43:44.000
 famine

00:43:44.000 --> 00:43:44.140
 of

00:43:44.140 --> 00:43:44.280
 the

00:43:44.280 --> 00:43:44.640
 soul

00:43:44.640 --> 00:43:46.260
 and

00:43:46.260 --> 00:43:46.460
 we're

00:43:46.460 --> 00:43:47.040
 dead

00:43:47.040 --> 00:43:47.760
 in

00:43:47.760 --> 00:43:47.940
 our

00:43:47.940 --> 00:43:48.860
 trespasses

00:43:48.860 --> 00:43:49.520
 and

00:43:49.520 --> 00:43:50.160
 sins

00:43:50.160 --> 00:43:52.620
 but

00:43:52.620 --> 00:43:53.000
 God's

00:43:53.000 --> 00:43:53.120
 in

00:43:53.120 --> 00:43:53.660
 control

00:43:53.660 --> 00:43:55.460
 but

00:43:55.460 --> 00:43:55.920
 God's

00:43:55.920 --> 00:43:56.100
 in

00:43:56.100 --> 00:43:56.620
 control

00:43:56.620 --> 00:43:58.420
 so

00:43:58.420 --> 00:43:58.640
 we

00:43:58.640 --> 00:43:59.000
 stand

00:43:59.000 --> 00:43:59.160
 on

00:43:59.160 --> 00:43:59.380
 this

00:43:59.380 --> 00:43:59.640
 side

00:43:59.640 --> 00:43:59.800
 of

00:43:59.800 --> 00:44:00.060
 it

00:44:00.060 --> 00:44:01.760
 say

00:44:01.760 --> 00:44:01.980
 God

00:44:01.980 --> 00:44:02.320
 thank

00:44:02.320 --> 00:44:02.560
 you

00:44:02.560 --> 00:44:03.780
 for

00:44:03.780 --> 00:44:04.000
 your

00:44:04.000 --> 00:44:04.540
 great

00:44:04.540 --> 00:44:05.760
 and

00:44:05.760 --> 00:44:06.080
 wise

00:44:06.080 --> 00:44:06.480
 plan

00:44:06.480 --> 00:44:11.080
 sometimes

00:44:11.080 --> 00:44:12.700
 God's

00:44:12.700 --> 00:44:12.940
 plan

00:44:12.940 --> 00:44:13.120
 for

00:44:13.120 --> 00:44:13.400
 you

00:44:13.400 --> 00:44:14.680
 and

00:44:14.680 --> 00:44:14.940
 I

00:44:14.940 --> 00:44:16.840
 is

00:44:16.840 --> 00:44:17.320
 ordained

00:44:17.320 --> 00:44:17.840
 suffering

00:44:17.840 --> 00:44:18.080
 and

00:44:18.080 --> 00:44:18.340
 pain

00:44:18.340 --> 00:44:20.300
 and

00:44:20.300 --> 00:44:20.460
 it's

00:44:20.460 --> 00:44:20.620
 not

00:44:20.620 --> 00:44:21.080
 flawed

00:44:21.080 --> 00:44:22.520
 and

00:44:22.520 --> 00:44:22.660
 it's

00:44:22.660 --> 00:44:22.840
 not

00:44:22.840 --> 00:44:23.300
 punishment

00:44:23.300 --> 00:44:25.060
 but

00:44:25.060 --> 00:44:25.200
 it's

00:44:25.200 --> 00:44:25.360
 part

00:44:25.360 --> 00:44:25.440
 of

00:44:25.440 --> 00:44:25.540
 a

00:44:25.540 --> 00:44:25.900
 promise

00:44:25.900 --> 00:44:28.840
 so

00:44:28.840 --> 00:44:29.020
 this

00:44:29.020 --> 00:44:29.380
 morning

00:44:29.380 --> 00:44:31.020
 and

00:44:31.020 --> 00:44:31.120
 in

00:44:31.120 --> 00:44:31.600
 2025

00:44:31.600 --> 00:44:33.520
 and

00:44:33.520 --> 00:44:33.620
 in

00:44:33.620 --> 00:44:33.820
 every

00:44:33.820 --> 00:44:33.960
 year

00:44:33.960 --> 00:44:34.100
 to

00:44:34.100 --> 00:44:34.360
 come

00:44:34.360 --> 00:44:38.120
 can

00:44:38.120 --> 00:44:38.300
 we

00:44:38.300 --> 00:44:38.460
 be

00:44:38.460 --> 00:44:38.720
 like

00:44:38.720 --> 00:44:39.060
 Jesus

00:44:39.060 --> 00:44:39.300
 and

00:44:39.300 --> 00:44:39.460
 not

00:44:39.460 --> 00:44:39.780
 Jacob

00:44:39.780 --> 00:44:43.560
 remember

00:44:43.560 --> 00:44:43.800
 Matthew

00:44:43.800 --> 00:44:44.340
 26

00:44:44.340 --> 00:44:50.520
 and

00:44:50.520 --> 00:44:50.680
 going

00:44:50.680 --> 00:44:50.940
 a little

00:44:50.940 --> 00:44:51.280
 farther

00:44:51.280 --> 00:44:53.740
 he

00:44:53.740 --> 00:44:54.240
 fell

00:44:54.240 --> 00:44:54.640
 on

00:44:54.640 --> 00:44:54.820
 his

00:44:54.820 --> 00:44:55.280
 face

00:44:55.280 --> 00:44:56.560
 and

00:44:56.560 --> 00:44:56.680
 he

00:44:56.680 --> 00:44:57.100
 prayed

00:44:57.100 --> 00:44:59.240
 saying

00:44:59.240 --> 00:44:59.500
 my

00:44:59.500 --> 00:44:59.900
 father

00:44:59.900 --> 00:45:01.240
 if

00:45:01.240 --> 00:45:01.540
 it

00:45:01.540 --> 00:45:02.120
 is

00:45:02.120 --> 00:45:02.820
 possible

00:45:02.820 --> 00:45:04.560
 let

00:45:04.560 --> 00:45:04.860
 this

00:45:04.860 --> 00:45:05.260
 cup

00:45:05.260 --> 00:45:06.380
 let

00:45:06.380 --> 00:45:06.660
 this

00:45:06.660 --> 00:45:07.280
 suffering

00:45:07.280 --> 00:45:08.300
 let

00:45:08.300 --> 00:45:08.540
 this

00:45:08.540 --> 00:45:09.160
 pain

00:45:09.160 --> 00:45:10.380
 let

00:45:10.380 --> 00:45:10.540
 it

00:45:10.540 --> 00:45:11.200
 pass

00:45:11.200 --> 00:45:13.820
 nevertheless

00:45:13.820 --> 00:45:16.100
 not

00:45:16.100 --> 00:45:16.400
 my

00:45:16.400 --> 00:45:16.680
 will

00:45:16.680 --> 00:45:18.420
 but

00:45:18.420 --> 00:45:18.680
 your

00:45:18.680 --> 00:45:19.000
 will

00:45:19.000 --> 00:45:20.140
 be

00:45:20.140 --> 00:45:20.420
 done

00:45:20.420 --> 00:45:22.600
 here's

00:45:22.600 --> 00:45:22.820
 how we

00:45:22.820 --> 00:45:23.080
 can be

00:45:23.080 --> 00:45:23.280
 like

00:45:23.280 --> 00:45:23.540
 Jesus

00:45:23.540 --> 00:45:23.920
 and not

00:45:23.920 --> 00:45:24.220
 Jacob

00:45:24.220 --> 00:45:26.680
 it's

00:45:26.680 --> 00:45:27.060
 okay

00:45:27.060 --> 00:45:27.360
 to

00:45:27.360 --> 00:45:27.860
 acknowledge

00:45:27.860 --> 00:45:28.140
 the

00:45:28.140 --> 00:45:28.420
 pain

00:45:28.420 --> 00:45:29.800
 like

00:45:29.800 --> 00:45:29.940
 we

00:45:29.940 --> 00:45:30.120
 don't

00:45:30.120 --> 00:45:30.460
 have

00:45:30.460 --> 00:45:30.660
 to

00:45:30.660 --> 00:45:30.960
 try

00:45:30.960 --> 00:45:31.140
 to

00:45:31.140 --> 00:45:31.440
 be

00:45:31.440 --> 00:45:32.480
 some

00:45:32.480 --> 00:45:32.980
 spiritual

00:45:32.980 --> 00:45:33.600
 superhero

00:45:33.600 --> 00:45:34.360
 your

00:45:34.360 --> 00:45:35.340
 your

00:45:35.340 --> 00:45:35.860
 famine

00:45:35.860 --> 00:45:37.100
 your

00:45:37.100 --> 00:45:37.880
 imprisonment

00:45:37.880 --> 00:45:38.800
 your

00:45:38.800 --> 00:45:39.520
 slavery

00:45:39.520 --> 00:45:40.500
 your

00:45:40.500 --> 00:45:41.160
 suffering

00:45:41.160 --> 00:45:42.240
 is real

00:45:42.240 --> 00:45:43.500
 and the

00:45:43.500 --> 00:45:44.040
 pain

00:45:44.040 --> 00:45:45.040
 that you

00:45:45.040 --> 00:45:46.420
 experience

00:45:46.420 --> 00:45:47.520
 is real

00:45:47.520 --> 00:45:49.220
 and I

00:45:49.220 --> 00:45:49.720
 don't ever

00:45:49.720 --> 00:45:50.360
 want to try

00:45:50.360 --> 00:45:50.820
 to

00:45:50.820 --> 00:45:52.020
 falsely

00:45:52.020 --> 00:45:52.600
 teach

00:45:52.600 --> 00:45:54.160
 that your

00:45:54.160 --> 00:45:54.620
 suffering

00:45:54.620 --> 00:45:55.380
 doesn't hurt

00:45:55.380 --> 00:45:56.120
 because it

00:45:56.120 --> 00:45:56.540
 does

00:45:56.540 --> 00:46:00.060
 but the

00:46:00.060 --> 00:46:00.760
 question is

00:46:00.760 --> 00:46:02.000
 in it

00:46:02.000 --> 00:46:03.480
 is your

00:46:03.480 --> 00:46:03.920
 prayer

00:46:03.920 --> 00:46:05.700
 not my

00:46:05.700 --> 00:46:06.020
 will

00:46:06.020 --> 00:46:07.880
 but your

00:46:07.880 --> 00:46:08.220
 will be

00:46:08.220 --> 00:46:08.500
 done

00:46:08.500 --> 00:46:10.660
 would you

00:46:10.660 --> 00:46:10.920
 pray

00:46:10.920 --> 00:46:18.180
 God we

00:46:18.180 --> 00:46:18.680
 we come

00:46:18.680 --> 00:46:18.900
 to you

00:46:18.900 --> 00:46:19.100
 this

00:46:19.100 --> 00:46:19.340
 morning

00:46:19.340 --> 00:46:19.680
 Lord

00:46:19.680 --> 00:46:22.660
 thanking

00:46:22.660 --> 00:46:22.900
 you

00:46:22.900 --> 00:46:23.080
 and

00:46:23.080 --> 00:46:23.580
 celebrating

00:46:23.580 --> 00:46:23.840
 you

00:46:23.840 --> 00:46:24.020
 Lord

00:46:24.020 --> 00:46:24.340
 for who

00:46:24.340 --> 00:46:24.500
 you

00:46:24.500 --> 00:46:24.880
 are

00:46:24.880 --> 00:46:26.020
 Lord

00:46:26.020 --> 00:46:26.180
 and for

00:46:26.180 --> 00:46:26.380
 what

00:46:26.380 --> 00:46:26.580
 you've

00:46:26.580 --> 00:46:26.820
 done

00:46:26.820 --> 00:46:27.040
 God

00:46:27.040 --> 00:46:27.280
 I

00:46:27.280 --> 00:46:28.300
 thank

00:46:28.300 --> 00:46:28.580
 you

00:46:28.580 --> 00:46:29.700
 that

00:46:29.700 --> 00:46:31.640
 thousands

00:46:31.640 --> 00:46:32.080
 of years

00:46:32.080 --> 00:46:32.320
 later

00:46:32.320 --> 00:46:32.520
 Lord

00:46:32.520 --> 00:46:32.820
 I

00:46:32.820 --> 00:46:33.000
 can

00:46:33.000 --> 00:46:33.620
 stand

00:46:33.620 --> 00:46:33.820
 here

00:46:33.820 --> 00:46:34.180
 and

00:46:34.180 --> 00:46:34.720
 read

00:46:34.720 --> 00:46:36.120
 with

00:46:36.120 --> 00:46:36.800
 excitement

00:46:36.800 --> 00:46:37.140
 and

00:46:37.140 --> 00:46:37.940
 anticipation

00:46:37.940 --> 00:46:40.020
 of the

00:46:40.020 --> 00:46:40.360
 working

00:46:40.360 --> 00:46:40.740
 of your

00:46:40.740 --> 00:46:41.140
 hand

00:46:41.140 --> 00:46:41.320
 in

00:46:41.320 --> 00:46:41.620
 Genesis

00:46:41.620 --> 00:46:42.180
 42

00:46:42.180 --> 00:46:44.380
 God

00:46:44.380 --> 00:46:44.580
 I

00:46:44.580 --> 00:46:45.140
 acknowledge

00:46:45.140 --> 00:46:45.400
 that

00:46:45.400 --> 00:46:46.120
 Lord

00:46:46.120 --> 00:46:46.340
 we

00:46:46.340 --> 00:46:46.520
 have

00:46:46.520 --> 00:46:46.720
 this

00:46:46.720 --> 00:46:47.140
 beautiful

00:46:47.140 --> 00:46:47.500
 gift

00:46:47.500 --> 00:46:47.780
 of your

00:46:47.780 --> 00:46:48.180
 word

00:46:48.180 --> 00:46:49.540
 to see

00:46:49.540 --> 00:46:49.900
 and to

00:46:49.900 --> 00:46:50.280
 know

00:46:50.280 --> 00:46:54.340
 now they

00:46:54.340 --> 00:46:54.760
 don't die

00:46:54.760 --> 00:46:54.980
 in a

00:46:54.980 --> 00:46:55.280
 famine

00:46:55.280 --> 00:46:57.960
 but you

00:46:57.960 --> 00:46:58.460
 do work

00:46:58.460 --> 00:46:58.740
 and you

00:46:58.740 --> 00:46:59.160
 move

00:46:59.160 --> 00:47:02.140
 that you

00:47:02.140 --> 00:47:02.720
 do restore

00:47:02.720 --> 00:47:03.020
 that you

00:47:03.020 --> 00:47:03.740
 do forgive

00:47:03.740 --> 00:47:04.920
 that you

00:47:04.920 --> 00:47:05.440
 do forgive

00:47:05.440 --> 00:47:06.320
 fulfill

00:47:06.320 --> 00:47:06.960
 your word

00:47:06.960 --> 00:47:08.840
 that you

00:47:08.840 --> 00:47:09.120
 do have

00:47:09.120 --> 00:47:09.680
 a plan

00:47:09.680 --> 00:47:11.400
 that you

00:47:11.400 --> 00:47:11.640
 are

00:47:11.640 --> 00:47:12.500
 continuously

00:47:12.500 --> 00:47:13.240
 at work

00:47:13.240 --> 00:47:16.140
 that you're

00:47:16.140 --> 00:47:16.480
 not just

00:47:16.480 --> 00:47:17.200
 Lord

00:47:17.200 --> 00:47:21.520
 you're not

00:47:21.520 --> 00:47:21.780
 at work

00:47:21.780 --> 00:47:22.520
 hoping

00:47:22.520 --> 00:47:24.840
 you're at

00:47:24.840 --> 00:47:25.100
 work

00:47:25.100 --> 00:47:26.060
 doing

00:47:26.060 --> 00:47:27.640
 so God

00:47:27.640 --> 00:47:28.240
 this

00:47:28.240 --> 00:47:28.940
 year

00:47:28.940 --> 00:47:30.240
 Lord

00:47:30.240 --> 00:47:31.280
 how foolish

00:47:31.280 --> 00:47:33.960
 of us

00:47:33.960 --> 00:47:37.020
 how ignorant

00:47:37.020 --> 00:47:38.660
 of us

00:47:38.660 --> 00:47:39.880
 to think

00:47:39.880 --> 00:47:41.420
 that this

00:47:41.420 --> 00:47:41.780
 year

00:47:41.780 --> 00:47:43.400
 in the

00:47:43.400 --> 00:47:44.060
 midst of

00:47:44.060 --> 00:47:44.720
 a world

00:47:44.720 --> 00:47:45.660
 filled

00:47:45.660 --> 00:47:46.360
 with hate

00:47:46.360 --> 00:47:48.420
 filled

00:47:48.420 --> 00:47:49.000
 with anger

00:47:49.000 --> 00:47:49.480
 filled with

00:47:49.480 --> 00:47:49.860
 greed

00:47:49.860 --> 00:47:50.240
 filled with

00:47:50.240 --> 00:47:51.100
 idolatry

00:47:51.100 --> 00:47:52.860
 filled with

00:47:52.860 --> 00:47:53.300
 lust

00:47:53.300 --> 00:47:53.680
 filled with

00:47:53.680 --> 00:47:54.260
 pride

00:47:54.260 --> 00:47:56.200
 or that

00:47:56.200 --> 00:47:56.920
 somehow

00:47:56.920 --> 00:47:57.260
 how

00:47:57.260 --> 00:47:59.440
 that

00:47:59.440 --> 00:47:59.580
 that

00:47:59.580 --> 00:48:00.460
 suffering

00:48:00.460 --> 00:48:01.660
 could elude

00:48:01.660 --> 00:48:02.220
 us

00:48:02.220 --> 00:48:05.020
 or how

00:48:05.020 --> 00:48:05.880
 arrogant

00:48:05.880 --> 00:48:06.560
 to think

00:48:06.560 --> 00:48:09.620
 that we

00:48:09.620 --> 00:48:10.700
 and those

00:48:10.700 --> 00:48:11.640
 around us

00:48:11.640 --> 00:48:13.060
 can be

00:48:13.060 --> 00:48:13.620
 free

00:48:13.620 --> 00:48:15.920
 of all

00:48:15.920 --> 00:48:16.460
 suffering

00:48:16.460 --> 00:48:17.360
 of health

00:48:17.360 --> 00:48:20.000
 finances

00:48:20.000 --> 00:48:22.380
 and slander

00:48:22.380 --> 00:48:23.020
 of name

00:48:23.020 --> 00:48:25.020
 and

00:48:25.020 --> 00:48:25.740
 difficulty

00:48:25.740 --> 00:48:26.000
 and

00:48:26.000 --> 00:48:27.620
 persecution

00:48:27.620 --> 00:48:29.780
 or how

00:48:29.780 --> 00:48:30.260
 ignorant

00:48:30.260 --> 00:48:31.120
 of us

00:48:31.120 --> 00:48:33.780
 but God

00:48:33.780 --> 00:48:34.400
 could we

00:48:34.400 --> 00:48:38.920
 could we

00:48:38.920 --> 00:48:39.820
 hold on

00:48:39.820 --> 00:48:42.060
 in spite

00:48:42.060 --> 00:48:42.460
 of

00:48:42.460 --> 00:48:43.600
 all that

00:48:43.600 --> 00:48:44.120
 may come

00:48:44.120 --> 00:48:47.140
 because

00:48:47.140 --> 00:48:47.900
 our joy

00:48:47.900 --> 00:48:49.920
 is not

00:48:49.920 --> 00:48:50.600
 found

00:48:50.600 --> 00:48:52.920
 in the

00:48:52.920 --> 00:48:53.560
 circumstances

00:48:53.560 --> 00:48:54.000
 of this

00:48:54.000 --> 00:48:54.340
 world

00:48:54.340 --> 00:48:57.060
 but our

00:48:57.060 --> 00:48:57.540
 joy

00:48:57.540 --> 00:49:00.360
 is found

00:49:00.360 --> 00:49:02.220
 in the

00:49:02.220 --> 00:49:02.660
 hand of

00:49:02.660 --> 00:49:03.200
 our God

00:49:03.200 --> 00:49:05.840
 Lord

00:49:05.840 --> 00:49:06.040
 may

00:49:06.040 --> 00:49:06.900
 Romans

00:49:06.900 --> 00:49:08.860
 8

00:49:08.860 --> 00:49:11.460
 become

00:49:11.460 --> 00:49:12.060
 more than

00:49:12.060 --> 00:49:12.880
 a key chain

00:49:12.880 --> 00:49:13.640
 expression

00:49:13.640 --> 00:49:14.720
 of shallow

00:49:14.720 --> 00:49:15.240
 faith

00:49:15.240 --> 00:49:19.600
 and

00:49:19.600 --> 00:49:20.280
 may it

00:49:20.280 --> 00:49:20.660
 be

00:49:20.660 --> 00:49:22.820
 a

00:49:22.820 --> 00:49:23.540
 declaration

00:49:23.540 --> 00:49:25.800
 of

00:49:25.800 --> 00:49:26.580
 righteous

00:49:26.580 --> 00:49:28.280
 dependence

00:49:28.280 --> 00:49:31.160
 on the

00:49:31.160 --> 00:49:31.600
 one

00:49:31.600 --> 00:49:33.100
 and true

00:49:33.100 --> 00:49:34.240
 living

00:49:34.240 --> 00:49:35.300
 God

00:49:35.300 --> 00:49:38.140
 God

00:49:38.140 --> 00:49:38.560
 we thank

00:49:38.560 --> 00:49:38.800
 you

00:49:38.800 --> 00:49:40.460
 that you

00:49:40.460 --> 00:49:40.880
 sent

00:49:40.880 --> 00:49:41.680
 your

00:49:41.680 --> 00:49:42.140
 son

00:49:42.140 --> 00:49:50.920
 to die

00:49:50.920 --> 00:49:51.200
 on the

00:49:51.200 --> 00:49:51.720
 cross

00:49:51.720 --> 00:49:55.200
 to pay

00:49:55.200 --> 00:49:55.660
 for our

00:49:55.660 --> 00:49:56.060
 sins

00:49:56.060 --> 00:49:58.940
 to offer

00:49:58.940 --> 00:49:59.280
 us

00:49:59.280 --> 00:49:59.760
 forgiveness

00:49:59.760 --> 00:50:04.120
 to restore

00:50:04.120 --> 00:50:06.680
 our

00:50:06.680 --> 00:50:07.440
 broken

00:50:07.440 --> 00:50:08.300
 relationship

00:50:08.300 --> 00:50:09.020
 with you

00:50:09.020 --> 00:50:12.080
 and God

00:50:12.080 --> 00:50:15.200
 may you

00:50:15.200 --> 00:50:16.160
 remind us

00:50:16.160 --> 00:50:17.740
 that that

00:50:17.740 --> 00:50:18.440
 relationship

00:50:18.440 --> 00:50:19.220
 is broken

00:50:19.220 --> 00:50:21.160
 not because

00:50:21.160 --> 00:50:21.560
 of your

00:50:21.560 --> 00:50:22.300
 unfaithfulness

00:50:22.300 --> 00:50:23.960
 but because

00:50:23.960 --> 00:50:24.580
 of ours

00:50:24.580 --> 00:50:26.260
 not because

00:50:26.260 --> 00:50:26.800
 of your

00:50:26.800 --> 00:50:27.360
 rebellion

00:50:27.360 --> 00:50:28.460
 but because

00:50:28.460 --> 00:50:29.040
 of ours

00:50:29.040 --> 00:50:30.180
 because God

00:50:30.180 --> 00:50:30.440
 you are

00:50:30.440 --> 00:50:30.940
 beautiful

00:50:30.940 --> 00:50:31.280
 and you

00:50:31.280 --> 00:50:31.980
 are holy

00:50:31.980 --> 00:50:32.300
 and you

00:50:32.300 --> 00:50:32.880
 are good

00:50:32.880 --> 00:50:33.140
 and you

00:50:33.140 --> 00:50:34.040
 are right

00:50:34.040 --> 00:50:38.400
 and that

00:50:38.400 --> 00:50:38.920
 Jesus

00:50:38.920 --> 00:50:40.800
 through his

00:50:40.800 --> 00:50:41.500
 sacrifice

00:50:41.500 --> 00:50:43.140
 makes us

00:50:43.140 --> 00:50:43.520
 clean

00:50:43.520 --> 00:50:46.220
 Jesus

00:50:46.220 --> 00:50:47.240
 moves us

00:50:47.240 --> 00:50:48.800
 from

00:50:48.800 --> 00:50:49.380
 enemies

00:50:49.380 --> 00:50:51.200
 to sons

00:50:51.200 --> 00:50:51.780
 and daughters

00:50:51.780 --> 00:50:54.480
 Jesus

00:50:54.480 --> 00:50:56.900
 establishes

00:50:56.900 --> 00:50:58.160
 through the

00:50:58.160 --> 00:50:58.660
 power

00:50:58.660 --> 00:50:59.560
 of his

00:50:59.560 --> 00:51:00.220
 resurrection

00:51:00.220 --> 00:51:02.360
 our

00:51:02.360 --> 00:51:02.920
 hope

00:51:02.920 --> 00:51:04.840
 for

00:51:04.840 --> 00:51:05.440
 eternity

00:51:05.440 --> 00:51:09.300
 and God

00:51:09.300 --> 00:51:11.660
 this

00:51:11.660 --> 00:51:12.820
 has been

00:51:12.820 --> 00:51:13.860
 your plan

00:51:13.860 --> 00:51:16.340
 it's the

00:51:16.340 --> 00:51:16.640
 God of

00:51:16.640 --> 00:51:17.040
 Abraham

00:51:17.040 --> 00:51:17.460
 the God

00:51:17.460 --> 00:51:18.560
 of Isaac

00:51:18.560 --> 00:51:18.960
 the God

00:51:18.960 --> 00:51:20.200
 of Jacob

00:51:20.200 --> 00:51:20.740
 the God

00:51:20.740 --> 00:51:21.620
 of Joseph

00:51:21.620 --> 00:51:25.940
 so we

00:51:25.940 --> 00:51:26.380
 celebrate

00:51:26.380 --> 00:51:26.720
 you

00:51:26.720 --> 00:51:28.540
 we

00:51:28.540 --> 00:51:28.900
 worship

00:51:28.900 --> 00:51:29.300
 you

00:51:29.300 --> 00:51:31.060
 and it's

00:51:31.060 --> 00:51:31.360
 in Jesus

00:51:31.360 --> 00:51:31.700
 name we

00:51:31.700 --> 00:51:31.940
 pray

00:51:31.940 --> 00:51:33.440
 amen

00:51:33.440 --> 00:51:42.520
 that's it

00:51:42.520 --> 00:51:42.900
 for this

00:51:42.900 --> 00:51:43.240
 week's

00:51:43.240 --> 00:51:43.620
 message

00:51:43.620 --> 00:51:44.360
 be sure

00:51:44.360 --> 00:51:44.700
 to check

00:51:44.700 --> 00:51:45.320
 back next

00:51:45.320 --> 00:51:45.760
 week for

00:51:45.760 --> 00:51:46.060
 another

00:51:46.060 --> 00:51:46.540
 episode

00:51:46.540 --> 00:51:47.460
 in the

00:51:47.460 --> 00:51:47.740
 meantime

00:51:47.740 --> 00:51:48.260
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00:51:48.260 --> 00:51:48.620
 stay up

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00:51:57.660 --> 00:51:58.140
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