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JOSEPH: BLOOM WHERE YOU'RE PLANTED (35 OF 47)

by Larry Osborne

Scripture: Genesis 39:1-23
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Joseph: Bloom Where You're Planted (35 of 47)
Series: The Genesis Project
Dr. Larry Osborne
Genesis 39

FROM PENTHOUSE TO PRISON
Joseph's Strange Story
Genesis 39/ 1 Corinthians 6:18 and 2 Timothy 2:22/ Ephesians 6:13 and James 4:7

HOW TO THRIVE EVEN WHEN YOU'RE STUCK
WHERE YOU DON'T WANT TO BE

(1) Refuse to become bitter.
Job 2:9-10/ Ephesians 4:30-32/ Hebrews 12:15

(2) Decide to bloom where you're planted.
1 Corinthians 7:17,20 and 24/ Philippians 4:12-13

(3) Commit to do more than asked, and better than expected.
Colossians 3:17/ Matthew 20:25-28/ Philippians 2:3-8

(4) Continue to do the right thing even if it produces the wrong results.
Psalm 73/ 1 Peter 4:12-19/ Job 13:15/ Psalm 105:17-22

(5) Prepare for the battle incredibly well.
But remember that God determines the outcome.
Proverbs 21:30-31/ Hebrews 11: 32-40/ Deuteronomy 8:10-18

Food for Thought
(Questions and Scriptures for further personal study)

1. This week we saw the way that Joseph bloomed where he was planted despite the co ...

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