Joseph was placed in Pharaohs prison dungeon but he was in Gods - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

joseph was placed
SMART_READER_LITE
LIVE PREVIEW

Joseph was placed in Pharaohs prison dungeon but he was in Gods - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Joseph was placed in Pharaohs prison dungeon but he was in Gods maximum security section. Estimated 2.4 Million People Incarcerated In The United States Psalm 105:16-18 When he summoned a famine on the land and broke all supply of


slide-1
SLIDE 1

Joseph was placed in Pharaoh’s prison dungeon but… he was in God’s maximum security section.

slide-2
SLIDE 2

Estimated 2.4 Million People Incarcerated In The United States

slide-3
SLIDE 3

Psalm 105:16-18

When he summoned a famine on the land and broke all supply of bread, he had sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave. His feet were hurt with fetters; his neck was put in a collar of iron.

slide-4
SLIDE 4
  • I. The Incarceration

And Joseph’s master took him and put him into the prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined, and he was there in prison. But the LORD was with Joseph and showed him steadfast love and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper

  • f the prison.

And the keeper of the prison put Joseph in charge of all the prisoners who were in the prison. Whatever was done there, he was the

  • ne who did it (Genesis 39:20-22).
slide-5
SLIDE 5

Categories Of Mistreatment

  • 1. Undeserved Treatment By

Family

  • 2. Unexpected Restriction By

Circumstances

  • 3. Untrue Accusations
  • 4. Unfair Abandonment
slide-6
SLIDE 6
  • II. The Intervals

Between Two Dreams Genesis 40:5-8 & 41:1-8

slide-7
SLIDE 7

When Will It Ever End?

  • 1. Abraham & Sarah Promised A Son
  • 2. Moses In The Desert
  • 3. Paul In The Desert
  • 4. David To Be Coronated King
slide-8
SLIDE 8
  • III. The Interpretations

The Cupbearer’s Dream (Genesis 40:9-13) The Baker’s Dream (Genesis 40:16-22)

slide-9
SLIDE 9
  • IV. The Intercession

“Only remember me, when it is well with you, and please do me the kindness to mention me to Pharaoh, and so get me out

  • f this house” (Genesis 40:14).

“Yet the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph, but forgot him” (Genesis 40:22).

slide-10
SLIDE 10

Genesis 41:9-14 Psalm 105:19-22

slide-11
SLIDE 11

Theodore Epp

  • 1. God’s Way Is The Wisest Way
  • 2. God’s Time Is The Best Time
  • 3. God’s Grace Is Sufficient
slide-12
SLIDE 12

David’s Cry

“How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? But I trust in your unfailing love” (Psalm 13, 1, 5). “I am weary with my crying out; my throat is parched. My eyes grow dim with waiting for my God” (Psalm 69:3).

slide-13
SLIDE 13

Christian Reger WWII POW “I learned to know the Who of my life.”

slide-14
SLIDE 14

God Remembers

“So we can confidently say, the Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?” (Hebrews 13:6). “Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should have no compassion on the son

  • f her womb? Even these may forget, yet I

will not forget you” (Isaiah 49:15).

slide-15
SLIDE 15

Stephen’s Final Sermon

“But God was with him and rescued him out of all his afflictions and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh” (Acts 7:9-10)