Focusing on the Sovereignty of God w/ Pastor Chuck

Focusing on the Sovereignty of God!

 

Isaiah 46:9b-10a

For I am God, there is no other; and there is none like Me, Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things that are not yet done.

 

Isaiah 46:11b Indeed I have spoken it; I will also bring it to pass. I have purposed it; I will also do it.

 

Sovereign - possessing supreme or ultimate power

 

Psalm 24:1 The earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. For he hath founded it upon the seas...

Genesis 39:2 The Lord was with Joseph and he prospered him.

Genesis 39:20-21 while Joseph was in prison, the Lord was with him, he showed him kindness and granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.

Genesis 41:9 Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, "Today I am reminded of my shortcomings."

Genesis 41:46 Joseph was 30 years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

 

1.  God is a dream giver.

2.  You must learn how to steward your dream.

3.  There will be times you feel like the dream is over.

4.  You must understand the "It isn't what it is" season.

5.  You will never be anything in the palace that you aren't becoming right now.

     Genesis 41:50-52 

     50 - Before the year of famine came, two sons were born to Joseph.

     51 - Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh. "For," he said, "God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father's house."

     52 - The name of the second he called Ephraim, "For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction."

6.  You can still get there from here.

     Genesis 50:19-20

     19 - But Joseph said to them, "Do not fear, for am I in the place of God?"

     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.