Encountering God Part 17: Faith Encounters

Genesis 32:1-2 Joseph, (son of Jacob) when seventeen years of age, was pasturing the flock with his brothers while he was still a youth, along with the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives. And Joseph brought back a bad report about them to their father. Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he was the son of his old age; and he made him a varicolored tunic. His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers; and so they hated him and could not speak to him on friendly terms. Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more. He said to them, "Please listen to this dream which I have had; Genesis 37:2-11

Genesis 32:1-2 for behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and lo, my sheaf rose up and also stood erect; and behold, your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to my sheaf." Then his brothers said to him, "Are you actually going to reign over us? Or are you really going to rule over us?" So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words. Now he had still another dream, and related it to his brothers, and said, "Lo, I have had still another dream; and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me." He related it to his father and to his brothers; and his father rebuked him and said to him, "What is this dream that you have had? Shall I and your mother and your brothers actually come to bow ourselves down before you to the ground?" His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the saying in mind. Genesis 37:2-11

Genesis 32:1-2 “The LORD was with Joseph, so he became a successful man. And he was in the house of his master, the Egyptian. Now his master saw that the LORD was with him and how the LORD caused all that he did to prosper in his hand. So Joseph found favor in his sight and became his personal servant; and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he owned he put in his charge. It came about that from the time he made him overseer in his house and over all that he owned, the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house on account of Joseph; thus the LORD'S blessing was upon all that he owned, in the house and in the field. So he left everything he owned in Joseph's charge; and with him there he did not concern himself with anything except the food which he ate.” Genesis 39:2-6

Encountering God: Faith Encounters 1.Joseph’s most valuable possession is his F_______. 2.Character – what you do when no one is L___________. 3.Discouragement is the E____________ of faith.

Encountering God: Faith Encounters 1.Joseph’s most valuable possession is his FAITH. 2.Character – what you do when no one is L___________. 3.Discouragement is the E____________ of faith.

Genesis 32:1-2 Now Joseph was handsome in form and appearance. It came about after these events that his master's wife looked with desire at Joseph, and she said, "Lie with me." But he refused and said to his master's wife, "Behold, with me here, my master does not concern himself with anything in the house, and he has put all that he owns in my charge. "There is no one greater in this house than I, and he has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do this great evil and sin against God?" As she spoke to Joseph day after day, he did not listen to her to lie beside her or be with her. Now it happened one day that he went into the house to do his work, and none of the men of the household was there inside. She caught him by his garment, saying, "Lie with me!" And he left his garment in her hand and fled, and went outside. Genesis 39:6-15

Genesis 32:1-2 When she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and had fled outside, she called to the men of her household and said to them, "See, he has brought in a Hebrew to us to make sport of us; he came in to me to lie with me, and I screamed. "When he heard that I raised my voice and screamed, he left his garment beside me and fled and went outside." Now when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spoke to him, saying, "This is what your slave did to me," his anger burned. So Joseph's master took him and put him into the jail, the place where the king's prisoners were confined; and he was there in the jail.” Genesis 39:6-20

Encountering God: Faith Encounters 1.Joseph’s most valuable possession is his FAITH. 2.Character – what you do when no one is LOOKING. 3.Discouragement is the E____________ of faith.

Encountering God: Faith Encounters 1.Joseph’s most valuable possession is his FAITH. 2.Character – what you do when no one is LOOKING. 3.Discouragement is the ENEMY of faith.

Genesis 32:1-2 “Therefore, do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised. for in a very little while, He who is coming will come, and will not delay. But my righteous One shall live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him. But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the preserving of the soul.” Hebrews 10:36-39

Encountering God: Faith Encounters 4.You can’t keep GOD’S man down. 5.God is in C____________. 6.Joseph puts all of his trust and all of his faith in God. That’s why in spite of his C________________ he is able to S_____________ at whatever he does in life!

Genesis 32:1-2 If God is for us, who is against us? Romans 8:31 But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:37-39 Romans 8

Encountering God: Faith Encounters 4.You can’t keep GOD’S man down. 5.God is in CONTROL. 6.Joseph puts all of his trust and all of his faith in God. That’s why in spite of his C________________ he is able to S_____________ at whatever he does in life!

Genesis 32:1-2 “But don't be angry with yourselves that you did this to me, for God did it. He sent me here ahead of you to preserve your lives.” Genesis 45:5

Encountering God: Faith Encounters 4.You can’t keep GOD’S man down. 5.God is in CONTROL. 6.Joseph puts all of his trust and all of his faith in God. That’s why in spite of his CIRCUMSTANCES he is able to SUCCEED at whatever he does in life!

Encountering God Part 17: Faith Encounters