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Ol Old Today lets ask ourselves: Am I seeking solitude on my own? - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Ol Old Today lets ask ourselves: Am I seeking solitude on my own? - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
God Speaks in Solitude: Joseph (part 6) Genesis 41-45 Ol Old Today lets ask ourselves: Am I seeking solitude on my own? Am I willing to welcome forced solitude? Am I aware when God is calling me away to solitude? God
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Today let’s ask ourselves:
- Am I seeking solitude on my own?
- Am I willing to welcome forced solitude?
- Am I aware when
God is calling me away to solitude?
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Genesis 41-45 “God Speaks in Solitude: Joseph” (part 6)
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The solitude of God’s blessing – 3 examples.
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The solitude of God’s blessing – 3 examples. 1) The solitude of revelation. 41:15-16,25,28,32
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“All who heard the shepherds’ story were astonished, but Mary kept all these things in her heart and thought about them often.”
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“Then [Jesus] returned to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. And his mother stored all these things in her heart”
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The solitude of God’s blessing – 3 examples. 1) The solitude of revelation. 41:15-16,25,28,32
- Joseph experienced solitude
by being the only one who knew what God knew.
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The solitude of God’s blessing – 3 examples. 2) The solitude of leadership. 41:37-44
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The solitude of God’s blessing – 3 examples. 2) The solitude of leadership. 41:37-44
- An entire nation depends on him alone. 41:55
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The solitude of God’s blessing – 3 examples. 2) The solitude of leadership. 41:37-44
- God intends solitude to push the leader
into greater dependence.
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The solitude of God’s blessing – 3 examples. 3) The solitude of secrecy.
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The solitude of God’s blessing – 3 examples. 3) The solitude of secrecy.
- Secrecy is needed to clarify God’s voice.
Isaiah 30:15
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“This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says: ‘Only in returning to me and resting in me will you be saved. In quietness and confidence is your strength. But you would have none of it.’”
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The solitude of God’s blessing – 3 examples. 3) The solitude of secrecy.
- Joseph understands how to use secrecy to bless
- thers and glorify God.
42:6-9a; 43:32; 45:1-5
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The solitude of God’s blessing – 3 examples. 3) The solitude of secrecy.
- Joseph hides his identity to get his whole family
to Egypt and save them.
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Application: Some considerations… 1) Leadership – the clash of two kingdoms.
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Application: Some considerations… 1) Leadership – the clash of two kingdoms.
- How am I leading and why?
Who is promoting me – God or the world?
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Application: Some considerations… 1) Leadership – the clash of two kingdoms.
- God’s call to leadership is a call to
greater solitude, brokenness, repentance, humility and servanthood – just like Jesus.
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Application: Some considerations… 2) Wisdom – the ability to hear from God.
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Application: Some considerations… 2) Wisdom – the ability to hear from God.
- How do you hear from God?
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Application: Some considerations… 2) Wisdom – the ability to hear from God.
- Do you believe that you can?
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Application: Some considerations… 2) Wisdom – the ability to hear from God.
- How do you know when you have
heard from God?
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Application: Some considerations… 2) Wisdom – the ability to hear from God.
- God’s voice demands solitude
before and after God speaks.
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Application: Some considerations… 3) Secrecy – a response to God’s voice.
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Application: Some considerations… 3) Secrecy – a response to God’s voice.
- Once I have a sense of God’s meaning,
whom do I tell?
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Application: Some considerations… 3) Secrecy – a response to God’s voice.
- Am I living in a community of holy friends
who will listen with me?
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