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“PIT STOPS IN LIFE”
“The Fruitful Son” Genesis 49:22-26
SLIDE 2 NASCAR PIT STOPS
- 1. Wreck
- 2. Fuel
- 3. Tires
- 4. Suspension
- 5. Yellow Flags
- 6. Crash
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“PIT STOP IN LIFE”
Losing A Parent Or Loved One
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JOSEPH WAS 56 YEARS OLD
Circumstances Of His Father’s Passing Excerpts From Genesis 48-50
SLIDE 5 WHERE ARE OUR ROOTS?
“We need God’s resources to bear fruit, where we place our roots is paramount.”
- 1. Dysfunctional Family?
- 2. Fatherless Home?
- 3. Moral Relativism?
- 4. Practical Atheism?
- 5. Abusive Home?
- 6. Addiction?
- 7. Blessing Of God?
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GENESIS 49:22-26
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I. THE PLACEMENT (22)
A Tree Or Plant Will Only Thrive With A Water Source. Psalm 1:1-3; Jeremiah 17:5-8; Genesis 41:52; & Psalm 128:1-3
SLIDE 8 II. THE PERSECUTION (23)
- A. Hated By Brothers
- B. Sold & Forsaken By Brothers
- C. Falsely Accused
- D. Forgotten In Prison
John 15:2; II Timothy 3:12; & Matthew 5:10
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III. THE PERSEVERANCE (24A)
When Pruned, He Flourished By Never Quitting Hebrews 10:32-36 & James 1:4, 12
SLIDE 10 IV. THE PROVIDER (24B – 26A)
“Blessing is one of the key words of Genesis
some 88 times. Here in two verses, like the finale of a fireworks display, the root occurs 6 times making a brilliant climax to the last words of Jacob. The God-given blessings of the future will far outshine those already experienced.”
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SO, WHAT IS A BLESSING?
“I have come to the conclusion that a blessing is any act of God that brings Him glory by accomplishing His will and helping His people grow and do His will.’
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- A. Mighty One Of Jacob (Isaiah 49:26)
- B. Shepherd (Psalm 23:1)
- C. Stone Of Israel (Deuteronomy 32:4)
- D. God Of
Your Father
- E. The Almighty (Genesis 17:1)
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JOSEPH’S DOUBLE PORTION
Tribes Of Ephraim & Manasseh
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V. THE POSITION (26B)
“Set Apart From His Brothers” Confirmed 39 Years After The Dreams
SLIDE 15 DO YOU WANT TO BE A FRUITFUL SON OR DAUGHTER? “For to this you were called, that you may
- btain a blessing” (I Peter 3:9).
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