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November 07, 2021

THE STORY OF AN OVERCOMER
Living a Life That Counts- Part 1
November 7, 2021
Genesis 37-50

Joseph overcame the Temptation …

1.    _____________________.

“Reuben also said to them, ‘Don’t shed blood. Throw him into this pit in the wilderness, but don’t lay a hand on him’—intending to rescue him from them and return him to his father.” Genesis 37:22 (CSB)

    Response: Choose to fulfill my _________________________.

“He left all that he owned under Joseph’s authority; he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate….” Genesis 39:6 (CSB)

“Whoever is faithful in very little is also faithful in much, and whoever is unrighteous in very little is also unrighteous in much.” Luke 16:10 (CSB)

2.   ______________________.

“…Now Joseph was well-built and handsome. After some time his master’s wife looked longingly at Joseph and said, ‘Sleep with me’…Although she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her.” Genesis 39:7, 10 (CSB)

Response: Choose to maintain _________________________.

“But he refused. ‘Look,’ he said to his master’s wife, ‘with me here my master does not concern himself with anything in his house, and he has put all that he owns under my authority. No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do this immense evil, and how could I sin against God?’” Genesis 39:8-9 (CSB)

3.   _______________________.

“God sent me ahead of you to establish you as a remnant within the land and to keep you alive by a great deliverance. Therefore, it was not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.” Genesis 45:7-8 (CSB)

Response: Choose to trust __________________________. (Gen. 50:20)

“Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that He may exalt you at the proper time, casting all your cares on Him, because He cares about you.” I Peter 5:6-7 (CSB)