Scott Palmer - DEALING WITH DIFFICULTY - 9:00am Contemporary Worship Service

DEALING WITH DIFFICULTY
Living a Life That Counts- Part 3
November 21, 2021
Genesis 40

“Yet the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph; he forgot him.” Genesis 40:23 (CSB)

What God Can Do With Our Problems

1.   Provide a ______________________________.

“What does it matter? Only that in every way, whether from false motives or true, Christ is proclaimed, and in this I rejoice. Yes, and I will continue to rejoice.” Philippians 1:18 (CSB)

Lesson: Don’t waste _____________________.

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort. He comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any kind of affliction, through the comfort we ourselves receive from God.” II Corinthians 1:3-4 (CSB)

2.    Proves my ____________________________.

“He had sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave. His feet were hurt with fetters; his neck was put in a collar of iron.”   Psalm 105:17-18 (ESV)

Lesson: God is ______________ and _____________ in my pain.

“Consider it a great joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you experience various trials, because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its full effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing.” James 1:2-4 (CSB)