Joseph

Describe a situation that you once completely misread or misinterpreted.After Joseph and his wider family of 75 moved to Egypt, little more is said about the them. During 400 years of slavery the family grew to over 2 million, until it was time for Moses to help set them free. Why do you think they didn't move back to Canaan after the 7 years of famine?

When we will not forgive, “we will live to prove something rather than to please someone.” Describe a time (in general) when you have observed someone change the course of their life by refusing to release another person. How did this statement prove to be true? 

Have you ever been on a mission trip or visited an overseas mission compound? 

We’re all created in the image of an all-powerful God, so a desire for power and authority can be a good thing... God looks for humble servants through whom He can channel his mighty power. We’re blessed so that we can be a blessing to others

The Prophetic Test – Dream to Destiny (Robert Morris)1. The prophetic test is described in Psalm 105:17-19 But he sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, who had been sold as a slave. His feet were kept in chains, and an iron collar was around his neck, until the time that his word came to pass, the word of the LORD tested him’. The NLT puts it like this: 'Until the time came to fulfil his dreams, the Lord tested Joseph’s character'. Do you know people who have failed in ministry, because their character has let them down?

Joseph had lies told about him, was falsely accused and thrown into prison! Obedience to God is no guarantee that bad things will not happen to us.

Genesis 39:7–12Impurity begins in the eyes. Lust is empowered by looking - it’s an appetite of the fleshly nature. Discuss this in terms of, easy access to pornography today. (Matthew 5:28, Psalm 101:3 and Matthew 6:22–23).

What is the biblical meaning of the words “prosper” and “prosperity”?There is a 'hyper prosperity teaching' around today that is deceptive because it focuses on selfish ambition, rather than on glorifying God and helping others. Have you encountered this?

The difficulties that Joseph had to go through, while God was preparing him to be the prime minister of Egypt.

The life of Joseph, the Pride Test