Doctrine: Suffering (in trials that linger)
Attribute: Omnipresent
Main Truth: God is always with us and at work for good in our suffering.
Big Idea: suffering in trials.
Sweetwater Baptist Welcome Video
Suffering In Scripture
Joshua 1:9 “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”
Psalm 68:19 “Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens.”
Matthew 11:28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”
1 Peter 2:20 “But how is it to your credit if you receive a beating for doing wrong and endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.”
Romans 5:3-5 “3 Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.”
Job 42:5. “My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you.””
Opening Music – Was It A Morning Like This
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Joseph’s Story
Study Discussion
Day 1 – Breakout groups of 3 for 5 minutes
Recall – Whiteboard
Joseph’s roller coaster, favorite son, brother jealous-pit, sold as slave, rise in Potiphar’s house, false accusations by Potiphar’s wife, in prison
Day 2, Questions 3a,b,4a,b,,5,6
Genesis 39:1-18
The Lord was with Joseph as he served faithfully in Potiphar’s house.
Day 3, Questions 7,8,9a,b,10
Genesis 39:19-23
Joseph was unfairly imprisoned.
Genesis 39:2 “The Lord was with Joseph so that he prospered, and he lived in the house of his Egyptian master.”
Genesis 39:3 “When his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord gave him success in everything he did,”
Genesis 39:5. “From the time he put him in charge of his household and of all that he owned, the Lord blessed the household of the Egyptian because of Joseph. The blessing of the Lord was on everything Potiphar had, both in the house and in the field.”
Genesis 39:21 “the Lord was with him; he showed him kindness and granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.”
Genesis 39:23 The warden paid no attention to anything under Joseph’s care, because the Lord was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did.
Romans 8:28 “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. “
Day 4 , Questions 11,12
Genesis 40:1-8The king’s cupbearer and baker had confusing dreams in prison
Day 5, Questions 13,14,15,16,17
Genesis 40:9-23
With God’s help, Joseph interpreted the cupbearer’s and baker’s dreams.
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Closing Music: “l Walked Today Where Jesus Walked”
Benediction
You go nowhere by accident.
Wherever you go,
God is sending you.
Wherever you are,
God has put you there.
God has a purpose
in your being there.
Christ lives in you
and has something
he wants to do
through you where you are.
Believe this and go in the
grace and love and
power of Jesus Christ.
— Rev. Richard Halverson