Lessons from the Life of Joseph - Week 3, Day 3 - 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. 01:48 If you’re going to flow with God, you’re going to go against the current. You are going to be swimming upstream the whole time. There is going to be opposition. Joseph experienced this, and yet he prevailed. 03:59 Joseph was seventeen when God gave him the dreams. He was thirty when he finally was promoted as the ruler over Egypt. But then there was seven years of prosperity, and then two years of famine. Another nine years added to this. So it means that the total time, when God gave these dreams to Joseph about his brothers bowing down to him, and when it actually happened, was a total of twenty-two years. 05:41 So even in prison, here he is, he’s still faithful. He’s still serving people. He’s ministering to these people. He interprets the dream of the butler and the baker. Yet, they forget him. So for thirteen years he languishes. 08:39 You’re greatest temptation is not going to be adversity and hardship. It’ll be prosperity and success. 09:28 I have known people who’ve served God through hardship and through pressure, but when prosperity and when success comes, and the pressure is removed, then a lot of people, that’s where they lose it. That’s where Satan gains access. 12:32 Even though it was sin to commit adultery. Even though it was sin to commit murder. The thing that really hurt the Lord, as expressed there in 2 Samuel 12, was the fact that David had quit depending upon God, because now he was king. He was absolute dictator, he could do whatever he wanted to, and instead of crying out to God, and asking for something, he just took it, because he now could do it on his own. 15:13 In contrast to that, Joseph was just the opposite. He not only served the Lord through the hard times, but when he became ruler of Egypt, and for nine years he could’ve forced his dreams to come to pass. He could’ve made his brothers bow down to him. He could’ve gone and forced everything to be changed. He didn’t do a thing. He didn’t take his power and authority and use it in a selfish way. 15:54 That is one of the greatest lessons to learn through Joseph, is the fact that he wasn’t only faithful through hard times. He was faithful in success. When he had absolute control and authority, he still was dependent upon God. 17:44 I have seen more people destroyed through prosperity and success than I have ever seen destroyed through hardship 19:23 The Lord spoke to me through Joseph and said, “just as I was faithful and kept Joseph, I’ll keep you.” 20:53 God is telling you things. There are direct applications from this story about Joseph to our life. 22:11 You need to go to the word. You need to go to this story of Joseph, and see the way that God worked in his life, and say, “God, if you did it for Joseph, you are no respecter of persons, you’ll do it for me.” 22:24 You need to take encouragement. I want to encourage you today not to quit. Don’t give up. Go back to the word & 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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