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-Patience- Waiting on the Lord

-Patience- Waiting on the Lord. Patience – Waiting on the Lord. Theme Verse “Trust in the  Lord  with all your heart   and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him,   and he will make your paths straight.” Proverbs 3: 5-6. Patience – Waiting on the Lord.

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-Patience- Waiting on the Lord

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  1. -Patience- Waiting on the Lord

  2. Patience – Waiting on the Lord Theme Verse “Trust in the Lord with all your heart  and lean not on your own understanding;in all your ways submit to him,  and he will make your paths straight.” Proverbs 3: 5-6

  3. Patience – Waiting on the Lord • Over these next three days we will learn about the life of Joseph and how he trusted in God. We begin as he is betrayed by his brothers. (Genesis 37) • God’s Word was not written down during Joseph’s life and sometimes God spoke to people through dreams. • Pay attention to how God is present in every part of Joseph’s life.

  4. Patience – Waiting on the Lord • Life was hard for Joseph but God was with Joseph. Many times life is hard for us, but, God is with us and He will grow our faith and trust in Him through these hard times. “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.” Romans 8:28 (NIV)

  5. Patience – Waiting on the Lord “The Love and Sovereignty of God” • God is a loving and perfect Father who know what is best for us • God is able to govern all things, and He always does, and without exception. • His purposes are always satisfied • Nothing takes Him by surprise • Nothing happens without His direction or permission. 

  6. Jacob loved Joseph the most because Joseph was born in his old age

  7. Jacob gives Joseph a richly ornamented robe

  8. Joseph’s brothers saw their father loved Joseph more and hated him

  9. One night Joseph had a dream

  10. His brother’s bundles of wheat bowed down before Joseph’s bundle

  11. Joseph tells the dream to his brothers and they hate him evan more

  12. Joseph has another dream

  13. He dreams the sun, the moon and eleven stars are bowing down to him

  14. Joseph tells the dream to his brothers and father, Jacob

  15. Jacob rebukes him.

  16. “Will your mother, your brothers and I bow before you?”

  17. Jacob sends Joseph to find his brothers who are watching the animals

  18. He travels to Dothan

  19. His jealous brothers see him coming and plot to kill him

  20. Reuben suggests they spare his life but put him into a cistern

  21. They grab him, take his robe and put him in the cistern

  22. The brothers see Ishmaelite traders coming from Gilead

  23. Brothers sell Joseph to them for 20 shekels of silver.

  24. The traders take Joseph on the long trip to Egypt

  25. They dip Joseph’s robe in the blood of a goat and showed it to Jacob

  26. Jacob tears his clothes, puts on sackcloth, and mourns

  27. In Egypt, Joseph is taken to the slave market and sold to Potiphar

  28. Patience – Waiting on the Lord Theme Verse “Trust in the Lord with all your heart  and lean not on your own understanding;in all your ways submit to him,  and he will make your paths straight.” Proverbs 3: 5-6

  29. Patience – Waiting on the Lord • Joseph is betrayed by his brothers (Genesis 37) • God was present in every part of Joseph’s life • Life was hard for Joseph, God was with Joseph • One day Jesus would be born through his father’s family, Jacob.

  30. Patience – Waiting on the Lord • God uses the hard times in our lives to grow our faith, as he did in Joseph. “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.” Romans 8:28 (NIV)

  31. Patience – Waiting on the Lord “I know the plans I have for you,” announces the Lord. “I want you to enjoy success. I do not plan to harm you. I will give you hope for the years to come. Then you will call out to me. You will come and pray to me. And I will listen to you.  When you look for me with all your heart, you will find me.” Jeremiah 29:11-13 (NIRV)

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