When Your World Gets Turned Upside Down
Genesis 37:1-36; James 1:2-8, 12
March 29, 2020
What do you do when your world gets turned upside down? Have you been ___________________________ and perhaps have had someone _______ about you? Did the question, “What did I do to ___________ this?” ever run across your mind? Joseph provides a fascinating study for us during this _________________ time. As we examine his story, notice how God’s ___________________ is offered, and what happens when it is either received or ____________________.
A. Joseph – ___________________ by His Father
1. As a _______________________ in the land
2. Faithful to the task ________________________ to him
3. Reported an _____________ report about the four sons of Bilhah
and Zilpah
a. He did not go _________________ with evil.
b. He reported it to his _______________________.
4. _______________________ by his father over his brothers
B. Joseph – ______________________ by his brothers
1. The ____________________ for their hatred (vv. 2-11)
a. The _____________________ he enjoyed from his father
b. The _____________________ he experiences
(1). Symbolically – showing brothers __________________
to him
(2). He should have ________________ them to himself
2. The ____________________ of their hatred (vv. 12-35)
a. The trip to Dothan to _________________ on the brothers
b. The _______________________ of the brothers
(1). To _____________ him and then ____________ about it
(2). Reuben convinces them to put him ___________ in a pit.
c. The transaction to _____________ him as a slave
d. The trickery and __________________ of the brothers
(1). They led their father to believe Joseph was _________
and eaten by a wild animal.
(2). Each of the brothers was an _____________________
to the crime, and will ____________________ be held
accountable.
C. Joseph – ____________________ to Learn
1. Every ________________ is designed by God to bring a fresh
supply of grace and _____________________.
2. When your world gets turned upside down, __________ to the
Lord Jesus Christ.
a. ___________________ yourself before Him.
b. Be _____________ and still as you ______________ to His
Word.
c. ______________________ your heart and motives.
d. ___________________ of the sin God points out.
e. Serve Christ faithfully where you ___________, so you can
more quickly ____________________ the blessings He has
for you!