Dreams%20and%20Destinies:

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Dreams and Destinies

• The Joseph Story

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God gives us dreams

• A life goal to pursue
• A person you want to be
• A destiny to receive

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Josephs Dreams

• Gen 37.7 Behold, we were binding sheaves in the
  field, and behold, my sheaf arose and stood
  upright. And behold, your sheaves gathered around
  it and bowed down to my sheaf.

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He mistakenly thinks his brothers (who already
hate him) will appreciate Gods word to him.

• Dont reveal dreams or words to others that are
  unable to appreciate them.
• Matt. 7.6 Do not give dogs what is holy, and do
  not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they
  trample them underfoot and turn to attack you

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We will experience opposition to the dream
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Joseph is sold into slavery

• Jacob sends Joseph to report on his brothers.
  Seeing him coming they plan to kill him. The
  brothers follow Judahs advice and sell him to a
  company of Ishmaelite merchants for twenty pieces
  of silver who carry him into Egypt.

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Joseph is sold in Egypt to Potiphar.

• Through false accusation by Potiphars wife,
  Joseph is cast into the prison

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What do you do when those around you try to
destroy your dreams through jealousy and hatred?
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Josephs life is not controlled by the actions of
his brothers.

• In each case God was with him.
• Acts 7.9-10 9And the patriarchs, jealous of
  Joseph, sold him into Egypt but God was with him
  . 10and rescued him out of all his afflictions
  and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh,
  king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and
  over all his household.

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God has a plan that takes into account the evil
of others.

• Gen 50.20 As for you, you meant evil against me,
  but God meant it for good, to bring it about that
  many people should be kept alive, as they are
  today.

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The word of God on our lives will be tested and
this is Gods will

• Ps 105.19 until what he had said came to pass,
  the word of the LORD tested him.
• Heb 12.11 For the moment all discipline seems
  painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields
  the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who
  have been trained by it.

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The word from God brings faith in our lives

• Rom 10.17 So faith comes from hearing, and
  hearing through the word of Christ.

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God Fulfills Dreams His Way
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When God fulfills the dream it will be different
than we imagined.

• Joseph leaves prison to become the second ruler
  in all Egypt.
• The brothers come before Joseph. He recognizes
  them but they dont recognize him.
• Joseph realizes that the dreams God gave him have
  now come to pass.

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When God fulfills the dream it will be different
than we imagined.

• The fulfillment of the dreams does not mean all
  the questions are answered.
• His brothers bow before him, but not as he
  imagined.

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God can give us understanding of His purpose if
we keep the dream alive but we need the following

• Gods presence.
• Favour of God.
• Rewards will come in Gods time.
• In suffering keep walking and trusting God.
• Gen 46.5 And now do not be distressed or angry
  with yourselves because you sold me here, for God
  sent me before you to preserve life