Genesis 50:15-21 NIV Scripture

15 When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph holds a grudge against us and pays us back for all the wrongs we did to him?”  Scripture

16 So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Your father left these instructions before he died:  Scripture

17 ‘This is what you are to say to Joseph: I ask you to forgive your brothers the sins and the wrongs they committed in treating you so badly.’ Now please forgive the sins of the servants of the God of your father.” When their message came to him, Joseph wept. Scripture

18 His brothers then came and threw themselves down before him 18 His brothers then came and threw themselves down before him. “We are your slaves,” they said. 19 But Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place of God?  Scripture

20 You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives. 21 So then, don’t be afraid. I will provide for you and your children.” And he reassured them and spoke kindly to them. Scripture

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Joseph’s Life Second in command in Egypt Potiphar’s household Manager Favorite Son Prison’s Manager Betrayed/ Slavery Wrongly Accused/ imprisonment Be forgotten/ imprisonment Age 17 30

Gen 41:50 Before the year of famine came, two sons were born to Joseph….. 51 Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh. “For,” he said, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father's house.” 52 The name of the second he called Ephraim, “For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

Gen 41:50 Before the year of famine came, two sons were born to Joseph….. 51 Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh. “For,” he said, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father's house.” 52 The name of the second he called Ephraim, “For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

God makes all things work together for good

Gen 50:19 But Joseph said to them, “Do not fear, for am I in the place of God? 20 As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.

Gen 45:5 And now do not be distressed or angry with yourselves because you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life. 6 For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there are yet five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest. 7 And God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth, and to keep alive for you many survivors.

God makes all things work together for good Not Chances, but Divine Providence

Joseph accepted the things he can’t change Changed the things he can change

Living one day at a time Enjoying one moment at a time Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace Taking, as Jesus did This sinful world as it is, Not as I would have it

Gen 50:19 But Joseph said to them, “Do not fear, for am I in the place of God? 20 As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.

Gen 45:7 And God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth, and to keep alive for you many survivors.

God makes all things work together for good 2) Not tricks, but Divine Plans

Rom 8:28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

Rom 8:28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

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God makes all things work together for good Not Chances, but Divine Providence

God makes all things work together for good 2) Not tricks, but Divine Plans

God makes all things work together for good 3) Not future-oriented Hope but present-oriented Hope

Gen 50:25 Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.” 26 So Joseph died, being 110 years old. They embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

Heb 11:22 By faith Joseph, at the end of his life, made mention of the exodus of the Israelites and gave directions concerning his bones.

God makes all things work together for good 3) Not future-oriented Hope but present-oriented Hope

Heb 2:2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

Rom 8:18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.

God makes all things work together for good Not Chances, but Divine Providence

God makes all things work together for good 2) Not tricks, but Divine Plans

God makes all things work together for good 3) Not future-oriented Hope but present-oriented Hope