1. Joseph: Don’t Give Up Genesis 39-41

3. Learn To Resist…
The temptation to GIVE IN (last week) The temptation to GIVE UP (today) The temptation to GET EVEN (next week)

4. I Won’t Give Up Because…
God is with me in my pain
“But the Lord was with Joseph” (v2,21,23)
“and extended kindness to him” = loyal love

5. Matthew 28:20 “…and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

6. Hebrews 13:5–6 …He Himself has said, “I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you,” so that we confidently say, “The Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid…”

7. I Won’t Give Up Because…
God is with me in my pain
Suffering alone can ruin you.
But suffering + confidence in the presence of God can make you great.

8. I Won’t Give Up Because…
God is with me in my pain
God has a greater purpose for my pain
Genesis 50:20
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…

9. I Won’t Give Up Because…
God is with me in my pain
God has a greater purpose for my pain
Romans 8:28
And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.

10. I Won’t Give Up Because…
God is with me in my pain
God has a greater purpose for my pain
“Everything is necessary that He sends; nothing is necessary that He withholds.”
John Newton

11. I Won’t Give Up Because…
God is with me in my pain
God has a greater purpose for my pain
God has significant work for me to do
Working hard to serve others is a powerful weapon against despair and self-pity.

12. I Won’t Give Up Because…
God is with me in my pain
God has a greater purpose for my pain
God has significant work for me to do
God knows my pain first-hand

13. Jesus Was…
hungry in the wilderness exhausted in Samaria angry at the temple heartbroken at Lazarus’ tomb anguished and afraid in the garden abandoned, arrested, beaten, stripped, tortured, and crucified in Jerusalem

14. Ephesians 5:2 …live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

15. Hebrews 2:18 For since He Himself was tempted in that which He has suffered, He is able to come to the aid of those who are tempted.

16. I Won’t Give Up Because…
God is with me in my pain
God has a greater purpose for my pain
God has significant work for me to do
God knows my pain first-hand

17. Notes & Sermon Audio
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Next week: Joseph – Don’t Get Even