7. Acts 2:23-24
“This man was handed over to you by God’s set purpose and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men, put him to death by nailing him to the cross. But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him.”

8. Proverbs 19:21 “Many are the plans in a man’s heart,
but it is the LORD'S purpose that prevails.”

9. 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.”

10. Pray – Seeking Relationship with Jesus
Hear – Replacing Core Lies with God’s Truth
Share – Being Real and Open with Another

11. “By looking past secondary causes to God, who is the first cause, Joseph gained a stabilizing perspective on life and achieved a frame of mind out of which he was able to forgive and reassure his brothers. It is a perspective to be held by every Christian.”
J.M. Boice

12. Trusting in God’s sovereignty enables us to pour out…
…grace,…

13. A tragic past DOES NOT need to define your future!

14. 2 Corinthians 5:17
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!”

15. “Do you intend to rule over us?”
Genesis 37:8
“Do you intend to rule over us?”

16. Trusting in God’s sovereignty enables us to pour out…
…grace,…
…gifts, and...

17. Trusting in God’s sovereignty enables us to pour out…
…grace,…
…gifts, and...
…guts.

18. Steve Smith and Carmen Ruiz-Perez
1993

19. Steve Smith and Carmen Ruiz-Perez
2009

21. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
“Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”

22. “When it rains, it pours!”

23. “When He reigns, we pour!”