Sermons on Potiphar:

How To Deal With Mistreatment

Contributed by Bo Dunford on Nov 5, 2004

This message encourages us on how to deal with people who mistreat us.

GENESIS 40:1-23 “HOW TO DEAL WITH MISTREATMENT” A) The common tendency when we are mistreated is to seek revenge! * I think of a despondent woman walking along the beach when she saw a bottle on the sand. * She picked it up and pulled out the cork, and Whoosh ... A big puff of smoke appeared. * ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 40:1-23

Denomination: Baptist

"Joseph's Journey Of Redemption"

Contributed by Ryan Sato on Jun 28, 2005

Today’s sermon marks our final segment of the journey with Joseph. In Chapter 45, the redemption theme “comes together” and Joseph embraces the reality of what it looked like for redemption to happen in his own life and the lives of his family members.

Opener: When I was in Nova Scotia this past week, I was talking with one of the Youth Directors and he is in the midst of teaching an Adult Sunday School where he is doing an overview of the Bible in a Year….they read a big chunk of the text (ie: this week they’re reading Psalm 1 – 30) and then ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 45:1-15

Denomination: Baptist

K. P. Duty

Contributed by Mark Haines on Feb 28, 2011

This message provides guidelines to help singles maintain the purity of their thoughts and sex lives.

Text: Genesis 38 - 39 Title: K. P. Duty Topic: Christian Living Theme: Living in Sexual Purity My purpose is to be the Holy Spirit’s second witness calling God’s people in my care to keep themselves pure sexually by the grace of God. REPENTANCE POINT {paradigm shifts or changes in our thinking}: In ...read more

Denomination: Wesleyan

Embrace The Process

Contributed by Pastor Dre on Sep 22, 2014

A Man of God is made in the process, not by the Title... Definition of process - a series of actions or steps taken in order to achieve a particular end.

Going through the Process Genesis 37:5 Today I would like to look at the process of a dreamer. Somebody say Process… I want to get you to dream, because someone is waiting to be blessed and healed on the other side of your dream. Josephs dream not only impacted him, but it also impacted his whole ...read more

Denomination: Pentecostal

When Life Is On Hold Series

Contributed by Vic Folkert on May 31, 2018

Waiting is tough! What carries us? God cares, God can be trusted, and God is able to fulfill his plans for us. Joseph's 13 years of waiting for God's plan to unfold led to unbelievable blessing. Our time of waiting fits into God's plan.

WHEN LIFE IS ON HOLD—Genesis 40-41 Joseph led a charmed life. It started with his birth: the favorite son Jacob, also known as Israel, the father of the nation of Israel. Jacob showed his favor by giving Joseph a “coat of many colors,” and God revealed his plans for Jacob by giving him dreams, ...read more

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Joseph: Reunited With His Family Series

Contributed by Brad Beaman on Jun 13, 2022

Joseph was separated from his family at the age of 17 not because of war, but because of the wicked jealousy of his own brothers. In their jealousy they sold Joseph into slavery and presented his ornamented coat to their father. God used this for his purposes.

A popular television feature is to find a situation where a family has been separated because of war or some tragedy. The show does research to find out where the missing family members are. Then they reunite the family on television. It certainly makes for a moving experience with tears and ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 42:1-38, Genesis 43:1-34, Genesis 45:1-28, Genesis 46:1-34, Genesis 44:1-34  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

José: Tentado Por La Esposa De Potifar Series

Contributed by Brad Beaman on Aug 12, 2025

José siempre se demostraría fiel en lo poco y confiable para ser fiel en lo mucho.

José: Tentado por la esposa de Potifar Génesis 39:1-23 Cuando pensamos en las personas que llegaron a la cima, quizás olvidemos sus fracasos. Abraham Lincoln, considerado por muchos el presidente más grande y querido, fracasó en su camino hacia la cima. Fracasó dos ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 39:1-23

Denomination: Baptist

Let The Spirit Lead You As He Did With Joseph

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Dec 24, 2005

Failure to be aware of how the Holy Spirit is leading us is an indication of our need to grow in enlightenment, discernment and spiritual resonance with the voice of the Spirit of God. Joseph is a good example of one who overlooked the short term persp

How The Holy Spirit Can Lead You as He Led Joseph Genesis 37:5-37:38 Too many of us fail to grow in our sensitivity to the leading of the Holy Spirit. As a result, disappointments are allowed to develop into discouragement that eventuate in depression. Failure to be aware of how the Holy ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 37:5-38

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Serving Your Way Into Destiny Connections Series

Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Mar 11, 2025

Service is not a sign of weakness; it is a divine key to greatness. Many people are waiting for divine helpers to locate them, yet they are unwilling to serve. Joseph’s story teaches us that serving in every season of life—whether in the palace or in the prison—positions us for destiny connections.

SERVING YOUR WAY INTO DESTINY CONNECTIONS By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Genesis 40:6-8 "And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad. And he asked Pharaoh’s officers that were with him in the ward of his lord’s house, saying, Wherefore ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 40:6-8

Denomination: Assembly Of God

When God Puts Your Life On Hold Series

Contributed by Roy Newton on Oct 27, 2011

When Joseph is in prison for a crime he did not commit and is forgotten for two years having asked to be remembered, he learns to trust God even when it seems your life is put on hold.

TRUSTING GOD … WHEN GOD PUTS YOUR LIFE ON HOLD! “Some time later, Pharaoh’s chief cup-bearer and chief baker offended their royal master. Pharaoh became angry with these two officials, and he put them in the prison where Joseph was, in the palace of the captain of the guard. They ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Moral Failure Series

Contributed by Chuck Gohn on Aug 10, 2022

This sermon focuses on the concept of failure, specifically moral failure and the three resources available to Christians that will hopefully prevent them from it.

If you have your Bibles with you today and you want to follow along, we are going to be looking at a passage in the Old Testament Genesis 39. Today is September 1. Summer is just about over. That is hard to believe isn’t it? Especially when we consider that really it probably in many ways ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:2, Genesis 39:1-23

Denomination: Christian Church

Joseph, God, & Success Series

Contributed by Tammy Garrison on Aug 18, 2001

How do you measure success? This sermon explores the contradiction in between the success God gives him and his position.

Genesis 39:20-23 Bibliography: (www.sermonillustrator.com: success) Someone once asked Paul Harvey, the journalist and radio commentator, to reveal the secret of his success. “I get up when I fall down,” said Harvey. John D. Rockefeller Jr. remarked, “The secret of success is to do the common ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 39:20-23

Denomination: Methodist

Breaking Bad: Blood Series

Contributed by Lynn Malone on Aug 21, 2015

Joseph practiced forgiveness as a means of breaking bad blood between he and his brothers.

Walter White’s story is told in the AMC series entitled Breaking Bad, and begins with Walter standing in the middle of the New Mexico desert without his pants on. It’s quite dramatic, and the viewer is wondering how in the world he got there. The next scene flashes back to three ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 50:14-22

Denomination: Methodist

Joseph: From Slave To Deputy Pharoah

Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Jan 24, 2014

The Story- Chapter 3. Joseph is an example of a man who did not let his lower story dominate his life because he was focused on God's upper story!

INTRODUCTION • SLIDE #1 • Today we are going to look at the life of a man who was loved by his father, almost too much. This love from his father was so strong that his other brothers were terribly jealous and maybe rightfully so. • Joseph has a lot go wrong in his early life, ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Power And Responsibility Series

Contributed by Josh Foster on Mar 18, 2014

How does God want to change the “landscape” of your life? ?) How are you handling the blessings of added authority and/or privilege? Do you approach your current station in life with a purpose of integrity and a sense of stewardship?

God in the Ebb & Flow of Life: Power & Responsibility Scripture Text: Genesis 41.37-57 INTRODUCTION It was a day like no-other… A day in-which the circumstances of a man changed about-as-dramatically as-ever they could! As we’ve followed Joseph’s life, …we’ve ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 41:37-57

Denomination: Nazarene