Lessons from the Life of Joseph - Week 2, Day 4 - 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. 00:09 Andrew continues to teach about the life of Joseph. 01:39 If you are up and down like a yo-yo, and it seems like your life is inconsistent, I can guarantee you one of the reasons that you’re like that is because you aren’t learning from these people (in the bible) 03:17 The word of God is given to literally set us free, not to bind us, but to set us free. The reason our lives are so messed up is because of our ignorance, or our ignoring or rejection of scripture. 05:05 And standing on the auction block, he was still a prosperous man. He was believing God. The favor of God was on him. He was bought by Potiphar. Potiphar prospered him. He became the leader of his whole household. But Satan still came after him, through the master’s wife. 07:50 When things don’t look like they’re working, there’s a temptation to think, well God’s just forgotten me. 09:05 But the Lord was with Joseph, in prison. (Genesis 39:21) You cannot evaluate God’s favor on your life just in terms of physical things. You have to go by what God has spoken to you. And there is a period of time in between when you receive that vision and when you say, there it is, and can see it come to pass. And you’re gonna have to remain faithful, and walk by faith during the meantime. 11:21 Most of us get bitter over things. We sit there, and it influences us. But Joseph wasn’t like that. Here was Joseph in prison. If anybody had a right to complain, and to be griping and complaining and just throw up his hands and sit over in a corner. Just sit there and waste every single day in nothing but depression and discouragement, it was Joseph. Joseph would’ve been justified by most peoples standards, to do that. 13:09 It shows that he saw the favor of God on Joseph. He saw the faithfulness of Joseph. He saw God’s blessings on Joseph. That doesn’t happen when a person is just sitting in their house, in the dark, depressed. 15:11 Everything that was happening to him was wrong. And yet for 13 years, this man maintained his faith; maintained his positive attitude; kept believing God, and kept trusting God. 17:11 (1 Corinthians 10:13) There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. 19:27 I had people coming out against me, and I just got so discouraged, that I was going to quit. 20:26 (Galatians 5:22-23) And as soon as I read that, I knew. My own teaching; the things that the Lord had shown me, that In the spirit, I had love, joy, and peace. In my flesh, in my emotions, I had discouragement. I was wanting to quit. I was ready to give up. I was ready to throw in the towel. And I knew what that Scripture said, and I knew that this was the Lord telling me, “You stand, and you don’t give into this.” 22:56 Did you know that when you partner with Andrew Womack Ministries, you are also supporting over 40 other ministries and other organizations? Ministries like Christ in Action, who were on the scene in Wimberley, Texas after it was hit by a devastating flood. 23:38 Footage of Christ in Action in Wimberley, Texas & 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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