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[2566.98 --> 2568.04] Lord, we lift up Ashley
[2568.04 --> 2570.20] as she embarks on a lengthy chemo treatment
[2570.20 --> 2571.54] for the cancer in her body.
[2572.38 --> 2574.58] Lord, please be with her husband, herself,
[2574.78 --> 2576.92] and her four kids as they navigate this journey.
[2577.36 --> 2580.30] And we ask, Lord, that you give her strength and complete healing.
[2581.52 --> 2583.42] We also pray, Lord, for those who are grappling
[2583.42 --> 2586.20] with the challenges and changes that come with aging bodies.
[2586.96 --> 2588.86] Please be with those who are shut in
[2588.86 --> 2590.96] and cannot be with us in person on Sundays.
[2591.58 --> 2595.04] We pray that they can feel your presence in their lives
[2595.04 --> 2597.10] and a sense of community from a distance.
[2598.38 --> 2599.78] We pray for caretakers.
[2600.46 --> 2602.90] Lord, give them energy and strength to care for loved ones
[2602.90 --> 2605.98] and help them get respite from time to time as well.
[2606.94 --> 2609.72] And Lord, we lift up our leaders in all levels of government,
[2609.72 --> 2612.32] in our schools and institutions, and in your church.
[2612.82 --> 2615.94] Please help them recognize that all authority comes from you
[2615.94 --> 2619.40] and that your will sets the standard for everything we do.
[2620.28 --> 2623.36] Lord, when we slip or step out of alignment with your will,
[2623.76 --> 2625.14] we ask for your forgiveness,
[2625.54 --> 2628.26] and we praise you for working all things together
[2628.26 --> 2630.56] for your glory despite our shortcomings.
[2631.66 --> 2633.58] And Lord, as we open your word this morning
[2633.58 --> 2634.60] and hear your message,
[2634.94 --> 2636.68] we pray that you speak through Pastor Kevin
[2636.68 --> 2638.58] that all gathered together here
[2638.58 --> 2640.88] would grow in our knowledge and faith in you
[2640.88 --> 2642.54] and go out into our week,
[2642.80 --> 2644.08] renewed to share the gospel.
[2644.54 --> 2646.48] We pray all these things in Jesus' name.
[2646.96 --> 2647.16] Amen.
[2663.16 --> 2664.48] Good morning, everyone.
[2664.48 --> 2668.94] Today we're going to be continuing our sermon series
[2668.94 --> 2671.08] on Joseph, the son of Jacob.
[2671.70 --> 2673.86] If you've been with us the past few weeks,
[2674.24 --> 2676.82] perhaps you recall the story up until this point.
[2677.42 --> 2679.18] Joseph, at the beginning of this story,
[2679.30 --> 2680.76] rather untactfully,
[2681.30 --> 2684.70] describes some dreams he has to his family,
[2685.30 --> 2687.82] saying that they will eventually bow down to him.
[2688.90 --> 2691.18] Well, that straight up ticked off his brother's plenty,
[2691.38 --> 2693.98] and him already being the favorite brother of the batch,
[2693.98 --> 2695.86] they decide that they want to kill him.
[2695.98 --> 2697.94] But cooler heads prevail,
[2697.94 --> 2701.80] and they end up instead selling him into slavery.
[2702.62 --> 2704.02] The brothers then trick their dad
[2704.02 --> 2705.66] into thinking that Joseph has died,
[2705.76 --> 2708.98] and Jacob then mourns for the loss of his son
[2708.98 --> 2710.38] for many, many days.
[2710.92 --> 2714.40] Meanwhile, Joseph was sold in Egypt
[2714.40 --> 2715.76] to a man named Potiphar,
[2715.84 --> 2717.14] who was an official to Pharaoh.
[2717.68 --> 2720.48] That's where we're picking the story up today,
[2720.48 --> 2722.66] in Genesis chapter 39.
[2722.98 --> 2724.20] So as always, I invite you,
[2724.44 --> 2725.26] open up your Bibles,
[2725.38 --> 2726.82] have them open in front of you.
[2727.00 --> 2728.46] If you want to use your Bible apps,
[2728.50 --> 2729.76] that's totally cool as well,
[2730.06 --> 2731.56] but you keep those open with you,
[2731.58 --> 2733.18] as we'll be referencing back.
[2733.44 --> 2735.04] We're going to be reading the entire chapter,
[2735.46 --> 2736.36] Genesis 39,
[2736.60 --> 2737.80] so please follow along with me.
[2738.88 --> 2741.04] Genesis 39, 1 to 23, says this.
[2741.86 --> 2744.22] Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt.
[2745.10 --> 2746.52] Potiphar, an Egyptian,
[2746.52 --> 2748.28] who was one of Pharaoh's officials,
[2748.40 --> 2749.42] the captain of the guard,
[2749.82 --> 2751.70] bought him from the Ishmaelites,
[2751.82 --> 2752.90] who had taken him there.
[2753.92 --> 2755.04] The Lord was with Joseph,
[2755.18 --> 2756.20] so that he prospered,
[2756.20 --> 2758.44] and he lived in the house of his Egyptian master.
[2758.90 --> 2761.02] When his master saw that the Lord was with him,
[2761.14 --> 2763.02] and that the Lord gave him success
[2763.02 --> 2764.16] in everything he did,
[2764.74 --> 2767.14] Joseph found favor in his eyes,
[2767.50 --> 2769.24] and became his attendant.
[2770.42 --> 2772.40] Potiphar put him in charge of his whole household,
[2772.40 --> 2776.58] and he entrusted to his care everything he owned.
[2776.88 --> 2778.94] From the time he put him in charge of his household
[2778.94 --> 2780.86] and all that he owned,
[2780.94 --> 2783.32] the Lord blessed the household of the Egyptian
[2783.32 --> 2785.32] because of Joseph.
[2786.06 --> 2788.64] The blessing of the Lord was on everything Potiphar had,
[2788.84 --> 2790.22] both in the house and in the field,
[2790.80 --> 2794.16] so Potiphar left everything he had in Joseph's care.
[2794.86 --> 2795.72] With Joseph in charge,
[2795.78 --> 2797.46] he did not concern himself with anything
[2797.46 --> 2799.26] except the food that he ate.
[2800.50 --> 2801.92] Now Joseph was well built,
[2801.92 --> 2802.46] and handsome,
[2802.62 --> 2803.62] and after a while,
[2803.98 --> 2806.50] his master's wife took notice of Joseph
[2806.50 --> 2807.58] and said,
[2807.84 --> 2808.78] Come to bed with me.
[2809.70 --> 2810.68] But he refused.
[2811.14 --> 2811.96] With me in charge,