Stripped, Shaped & Strengthened

7 Day Bible Plan Slide - https://tinyurl.com/breakingpoint-7day-bibleplan

Genesis 37:13-14 - Israel said to Joseph, “Your brothers, you know, are pasturing the flocks at Shechem. Get ready. I’m sending you to them.” “I’m ready,” Joseph replied. 14 Then Israel said to him, “Go and see how your brothers and the flocks are doing, and bring word back to me.”

Genesis 37:17-20,23-24 - So Joseph set out after his brothers and found them at Dothan. They saw him in the distance, and before he had reached them, they plotted to kill him. 19 They said to one another, “Here comes that dreamer! 20 Come on, let’s kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a vicious animal ate him. Then we’ll see what becomes of his dreams!” 23 When Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped off his robe, the robe of many colors that he had on. 24 Then they took him and threw him into the pit. The pit was empty; there was no water in it.

Genesis 37:25 - Then they sat down to eat a meal.

IF WE DON’T LEARN TO CHANGE, OUR PROBLEM PATTERNS WON'T CHANGE EITHER.

Psalm 40:1,2,12,13 & 17 - 1 I waited patiently for the Lord, and He turned to me and heard my cry for help. 2 He brought me up from a desolate pit,…. 12 For troubles without number have surrounded me; my sins have overtaken me; I am unable to see. 13 Lord, be pleased to deliver me; hurry to help me, Lord. 17 I am afflicted and needy; the Lord thinks of me. You are my helper and my deliverer; my God, do not delay.

THE PLAN IN WHICH GOD RESCUES YOU WILL OFTEN BECOME THE WAY IN WHICH GOD SHAPES YOU.

Genesis 39:2-4 - 2 The Lord was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the household of his Egyptian master. 3 When his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord made everything he did successful, 4 Joseph found favor in his master’s sight and became his personal attendant.

Genesis 39:4-6 - Potiphar also put him in charge of his household and placed all that he owned under his authority. 5 From the time that he put him in charge of his household and of all that he owned, the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house because of Joseph. The Lord’s blessing was on all that he owned, in his house and in his fields. 6 He left all that he owned under Joseph’s authority; he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate.

THE PATH TO OUR FUTURE PLANS DEPENDS ON OUR RESPONSES TO OUR PRESENT PROBLEMS.

CHANGE WON’T HAPPEN IN YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES, IF YOU WON’T WORK TO CHANGE YOUR CHARACTER.