Lessons from the Life of Joseph - Week 1, Day 5 - The Gospel Truth

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Andrew Wommack’s daily TV program: Gospel Truth To subscribe to Andrew’s email newsletter: http://www.awmi.net/youtube-subscribe/ We have begun a brand new series to share with you: Lessons from the Life of Joseph. We can learn so much from the lives of those who loved God and His Word. God even tells us in His Word that all things that happened to those in the Old Testament were written for our learning ( I Corinthians 10:1-11 ), even to help us not make the same mistakes. Let's learn from the life of Joseph the biblical principle that the choices we make when we come under life's pressures will determine our outcome. 00:08 Andrew continues to teach about the life of Joseph. 01:38 (Proverbs 29:18) “Where there is no vision, the people perish…” You have to have a vision. You have to have a goal for your life. Most people are shooting at nothing and hitting it every time. 03:09 (Genesis 39:1-2) “And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither. And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.” You know, that verse 2 is one of the most important verses that God has ever spoken to me. 05:49 (Genesis 29:2) “…Joseph… was a prosperous man…” I tell you what, that is powerful. God doesn’t see things the way that we see things. And this is one of the reasons that we get into so much discouragement and so much despair; and we have unbelief, and all of these problems is because we don’t think the way God thinks. 06:39 And here’s this man stripped naked, being sold as a slave, and God says, "that’s a prosperous man." I tell you what, that has ministered to me so much. 09:16 During this time of poverty, that was self-induced, because of my own stupidity, and because of my own mistakes. During this period of time, I never saw myself poor. 10:16 Joseph had these dreams from God, and he knew that someday he was going to be exalted, in a place where his brothers would come and bow down to him. Even his father would come and bow down to him. And what he was seeing and experiencing at this time, standing there stripped naked, being auctioned off as a slave. That was contrary to everything he was believing for, and yet he had a word from God. Joseph held onto that. 11:05 (Genesis 39:3) “And his master saw that the Lord was with him, and that the Lord made all that he did to prosper in his hand.” Let me just say to you, that kind of prosperity and blessing does not manifest itself in a person who’s depressed, who’s defeated, who’s sitting there sucking his thumb, talking about how bad everything is going. 13:20 When we were going through hardship, because we couldn’t pay: did you know, I still saw myself prosperous. I stood against the depression and the unbelief, and it was because, just like Joseph, God had planted a dream in my heart. 15:57 Here’s something I would really suggest to some of you that may be having financial hardships: don’t avoid the people. If you don’t have the money for your rent, if you don’t have money for a bill, go directly to them, and let them know that you may be struggling, you’re having problems, but you are going to get this paid. You are going to do it. And if people, not every person, but the majority of people, if you owe money to a landlord, if you go to them and are upfront, they’ll give you some mercy. They’ll give you some grace. 18:59 I had the favor of God on me, and other people saw it. And, it didn’t happen accidentally. It happened because I was believing for it. I had promises from God. God told me that whatever I set my hand unto would prosper. (Deuteronomy 28:8) 19:41 It didn’t happen without my cooperation. I’m not saying it was me doing it. It was God’s blessing, but I believed for it, and that’s exactly what happened with Joseph right here. 20:23 But Joseph still had faith in God. He was a prosperous man even when he was sold as a slave. Compared to what you and I are going through, it’s nothing compared to what Joseph went through. 22:31 If Joseph could encourage himself when he was sold into slavery, and everything in the natural looked completely contrary to what God had told him, if they could encourage themselves, you could encourage yourself & links to next video ============================================ Andrew Wommack Ministries http://www.awmi.net/ https://www.facebook.com/AWMinistries https://twitter.com/andrewwommack https://instagram.com/andrewwommack/ https://www.pinterest.com/andrewwommack/ ======================================================

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