Part 5: Struggling with God Molded for Greatness: The Story of
Joseph Slide 2 Note: The dramatic presentation that follows is
amplified for effect, and includes some conjecture, speculation and
embellishment of the bible narrative. In order to best understand
the story and its lessons, listeners should read the narrative for
themselves. Slide 3 Part 5: Struggling with God Molded for
Greatness: The Story of Joseph Slide 4 #1: When we are __________,
we often foolishly ___________ that which becomes _____________
when we are older. It is _______ during our youth to be ___________
about what we dont yet _______________. young despise valuable wise
cautious understand Slide 5 The LORD your God gave me success.
Slide 6 Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that
the LORD has blessed. May God give you heavens dew and earths
richness, an abundance of grain and new wine. Slide 7 May nations
serve you and peoples bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers,
and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who
curse you be cursed, and those who bless you be blessed. Slide 8
#2: In what ways do we _________ our _________? Do we really
believe that the _______ justifies the _________? Do we not
________ God to achieve His _______ for us in a way that _________
Him? justify deceit end means trust best honors Slide 9 Your
dwelling will be away from the earths richness, away from the dew
of heaven above. You will live by the sword and you will serve your
brother. Slide 10 But when you grow restless, you will throw his
yoke from off your neck. Slide 11 I am the LORD, the God of your
father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your
descendants the land on which you are lying. Slide 12 Your
descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread
out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. All
peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.
Slide 13 I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and
I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I
have done what I have promised you. Slide 14 Surely the LORD is in
this place! Slide 15 This is awesome! This is none other than the
house of God, the gate of heaven. Beth-el Slide 16 #3: Have I
________________ the ____________ of God? In what times or places
have I said, Surely the ________ is in this ________!? experienced
presence Lordplace Slide 17 Slide 18 O God of my fathers Abraham
and Isaac, O LORD Slide 19 I am unworthy of all the kindness and
faithfulness You have shown Slide 20 Save me, I pray, from my
brother Esau Slide 21 Your name will no longer be Jacob, but
Israel, because you have struggled with God and men and have
overcome. Slide 22 #4: When we are ____________ by the Lord, we are
_____________ forever. From that time our ___________ is defined by
God, not by our _______ or our __________________. touched changed
identity past preconceptions
