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Joseph: Living The Dream
Contributed by Perry Fowler on Jun 22, 2023 (message contributor)
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1. Facing Up To Your Emotional Wounds
Contributed on Jun 22, 2023
We all have emotional wounds. Can you heal?
In Forrest Gump, Forrest's lifelong friend Jenny had endured a childhood of abuse and neglect at the hands of her father. In one scene, Forrest and Jenny visit her old house, and Forrest watches as Jenny throws stone after stone at the weather-beaten old house which held so many painful ...read more
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2. Liberty And Jesus For All: The Ingredients Of Freedom
Contributed on Jun 28, 2023
God was at work in Joseph's life; but also his brothers. Ultimately God would make a nation out of the 12 tribes *(these boys) so ground work was being laid, even through the binding of Simeon (the lack of freedom) What do we learn about freedom through this event?
Perhaps you’ve heard the story about our national bird; the eagle. Initially, Benjamin Franklin struggled with the idea of the eagle being our national bird. He wrote his daughter criticizing the selection of the eagle being the representative symbol of our national freedom; instead, he preferred ...read more
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3. Joseph And The Throne Of Grace
Contributed on Jun 29, 2023
What's so amazing about grace?
About a year ago the world’s slowest police chase took place in Washington County Oregon. Jesse Shawin was wanted on three separate arrest warrants, one being grand theft auto and when Police located him they found him sitting in a construction excavator. As they arrived, they ordered him out ...read more
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4. "what It Really Means To Repent"
Contributed on Jul 20, 2023
Repentance is the bridge to forgiveness, but how do I know if I've crossed it? What does it really mean to repent?
Did you know that there is a “most hated” word in the English language? Google it. I did. I typed in, “The most hated word in the world and do you know what came up?” The word “moist.” As a matter of fact, marketers steer away from the word because it is so hated. No one evidently wants to hear ...read more
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5. Seeing The Providence Of God In Everything
Contributed on Jul 26, 2023
Joseph reveals to his brothers that God is a God of providence. Why and what does this mean to our lives?
Providence, Rhode Island was settled in 1636 by a Christian. Not just by a Christian but by a man that would be later known as a Baptist Pastor. (Roger Williams) He believed in the separation of church and state and condemned colonists from confiscation of land from the Indians so he purchased the ...read more
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6. Taking Small Steps And Giant Leaps Of Faith: How God Orders Our Steps
Contributed on Aug 3, 2023
The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord; and he delights in his way.” Psalm 37:23 How did this play out in Jacobs life? How about yours?
After World War II the United States Army left five army dumps in France full of machinery. It was destined to sit and rust, that is, until the Quakers stepped in. They offered the United States 200,000 franc for the machinery; which made the US very happy. In turn, they salvaged everything in ...read more
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7. How To Experience The "blessed" Life
Contributed on Aug 10, 2023
The word "blessed" is a popular word these days. What does that mean? The word is used 67 times in the Bible- that's a lot of Biblical real estate isn't it? But do we know what it really means to "be blessed?" Jacob will show us.
A few years ago, I got on an elevator at a children’s museum in Indianapolis and as I crowded into the elevator, I noticed that the reason why it was crowded was because the lady that was on the elevator had brought her 18 grandkids to the museum that day. As I sardined into the elevator, I ...read more
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8. The Blessing: What God Desperately Wants You To Give Your Children And Grandchildren
Contributed on Aug 16, 2023
What do you do with your hands. At the end of Jacob's life he placed his hands on his grandsons to bless them. Can you bless your kids? Grandkids? How does God want you to bless them?
Ashely Covington is a model. Yet, while you’ve seen her many times, you’ve probably never seen her face. Ashely was a child actor and later was trying to make it in theatre while in college getting head shots when suddenly an acting agent looked at her and went crazy over her hands and said: ...read more
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9. How We Know Christianity Is The Right Religion
Contributed on Aug 17, 2023
Jacob blessed his boys and prophesied of the "Coming King" all at the same time. In his final breaths he pointed to the King who would come; proving that Jesus is that King. He lets us know; Jesus is the way and Christianity is the right religion.
Headed home. That means a lot of things for people doesn’t it. 1. For some of you it’s a weekly feeling; after a week of traveling it means boarding the flight and ultimately seeing the city lights of Atlanta in the darkness of your descent and at the 5 mile fixed point of descent and ...read more
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10. When You Can't Forgive Yourself: How To Experience Total Forgiveness
Contributed on Aug 31, 2023
Forgiveness.... we give it to others, but can we give it to ourselves? How can forgiveness go full circle? Joseph's brothers had still not forgiven themselves. Joseph modeled the forgiveness of God and helped them experience total forgiveness.
Joseph: Living the Dream When You Can’t Forgive Yourself: How to Experience Total Forgiveness Genesis 50 On September 6, 2018 a tragic event that happened in Dallas. Botham Jean who was a worship leader in his church moved into the South Side Flats apartments in Dallas while also working for the ...read more