Time To Prosper: Elevated By Favor: Genesis 39:2-4

The Lord was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the household of his Egyptian master. When his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord made everything he did successful, Joseph found favor with his master and became his personal attendant. Potiphar also put him in charge of his household and placed all that he owned under his authority.
Genesis 39:2-4 (CSB)

1.  Stay Passionate About God’s Plans

Then Joseph had a dream. When he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more. He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had: There we were, binding sheaves of grain in the field. Suddenly my sheaf stood up, and your sheaves gathered around it and bowed down to my sheaf.” “Are you really going to reign over us?” his brothers asked him. “Are you really going to rule us?” So they hated him even more because of his dream and what he had said. Then he had another dream and told it to his brothers. “Look,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun, moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me.” He told his father and brothers, and his father rebuked him. “What kind of dream is this that you have had?” he said. “Am I and your mother and your brothers really going to come and bow down to the ground before you?” His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.
Genesis 37:5-10 (CSB)

2.  Stay Focused on Personal Integrity

Now Joseph was well-built and handsome. After some time his master’s wife looked longingly at Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.” 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?” Although she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her.
Genesis 39:6-10 (CSB)

But Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place of God? You planned evil against me; God planned it for good to bring about the present result—the survival of many people. Therefore don’t be afraid. I will take care of you and your children.” And he comforted them and spoke kindly to them.
Genesis 50:20-21 (CSB)

3. Stay Strong Because Favor is Brutiful

Two sons were born to Joseph before the years of famine arrived. Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest at On, bore them to him. Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh and said, “God has made me forget all my hardship and my whole family.” And the second son he named Ephraim and said, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
Genesis 41:50-52 (CSB)

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Time To Prosper: Willing and Ready: 1 Chronicles 29:1-20

 

I can give with a willing heart when I believe…

1. The Task Is Great

Then King David said to all the assembly, “My son Solomon—God has chosen him alone—is young and inexperienced. The task is great because the building will not be built for a human but for the Lord God.”
1Chronicles 29:1 (CSB)

2. Everything Comes From God

But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from you, and we have given you only what comes from your own hand.
1 Chronicles 29:14 (CSB)

‘The silver is mine and the gold is mine,’ declares the LORD Almighty.
Haggai 2:8 (HCSB)

3. My Giving Is To The Lord

I know, my God, that you test the heart and that you are pleased with what is right. I have willingly given all these things with an upright heart, and now I have seen your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to you. 
1 Chronicles 29:17 (CSB)

4. Everyone Plays A Part

Then David said to the whole assembly, “Blessed be the Lord your God.” So the whole assembly praised the Lord God of their ancestors. They knelt low and paid homage to the Lord and the king.
1 Chronicles 29:20 (CSB)

5. God Is Glorified

Then David said to the whole assembly, “Praise the Lord your God.” So the whole assembly praised the Lord God of their ancestors. They bowed down and paid homage to the Lord and the king.
1 Chronicles 29:20 (CSB)

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Time To Prosper: No Really It’s Time: 1 Timothy 1:10-18

 

Give to him, and don’t have a stingy heart when you give, and because of this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you do.
Deuteronomy 15:10 (CSB)

Honor the Lord with your possessions and with the first produce of your entire harvest; then your barns will be completely filled, and your vats will overflow with new wine.
Proverbs 3:9-10 (CSB)

Dear friend, I pray that you are prospering in every way and are in good health, just as your whole life is going well.
3 John 1:2 (CSB)

When I’m generous I can prosper by…

1. Growing in My Faith

Many rich people were putting in large sums. Then a poor widow came and dropped in two tiny coins worth very little. Summoning his disciples, he said to them, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. For they all gave out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had —all she had to live on.”
Mark 12:41-44

2. Experiencing Great Joy

In every way I’ve shown you that it is necessary to help the weak by laboring like this and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, because he said, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.”
Acts 20:35 (CSB)

3. Keeping My Heart Pure

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and by craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains… Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be arrogant or to set their hope on the uncertainty of wealth, but on God, who richly provides us with all things to enjoy. [Instruct them] to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous, willing to share…
1 Timothy 1:10-18 (CSB)

4. Receiving God’s Blessings

But I have received everything in full, and I have an abundance. I am fully supplied, having received from Epaphroditus what you provided—a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.  And my God will supply all your needs according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:18-19 (CSB)

Give, and it will be given to you; a good measure—pressed down, shaken together, and running over—will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.
Luke 6:38 (CSB)

The world of the generous gets larger and larger; the world of the stingy gets smaller and smaller. The one who blesses others is abundantly blessed; those who help others are helped.
Proverbs 11:24-25 (MSG)

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Solid: God’s Promises For Real Needs: Philippians 4:14-19

 

Still, you did well by partnering with me in my hardship. And you Philippians know that in the early days of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving except you alone.  For even in Thessalonica you sent gifts for my need several times.  Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the profit that is increasing to your account.  But I have received everything in full, and I have an abundance. I am fully supplied, having received from Epaphroditus what you provided—a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.  And my God will supply all your needs according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.  Now to our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.
Philippians 4:14-19 (CSB)

1.   God is concerned with my needs

And my God will supply all your needs according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.  Now to our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.
Philippians 4:19 (CSB)

2.  God is able to meet my needs

And my God will supply all your needs according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.  Now to our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.
Philippians 4:19 (CSB)

3.  God is involved in my needs

And my God will supply all your needs according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.  Now to our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.
Philippians 4:19 (CSB)

A generous person will be enriched, and the one who gives a drink of water will receive water.
Proverbs 11:25 (CSB)

On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with your income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made.
1 Corinthians 16:1-2 (NIV)

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Solid: God’s Promises For Anxious Hearts: Philippians 4:6-8

1.   Focus Your Prayers 

Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.  If you do this, you will experience God’s peace, which is far more wonderful than the human mind can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:6-7 (NLT)

Pray without ceasing.
1Thessalonians 5:17 (KJV)

2.  Focus Your Actions

Keep putting into practice all you learned from me and heard from me and saw me doing, and the God of peace will be with you.
Philippians 4:9 (NLT)

3.  Focus Your Thoughts 

And now, dear brothers and sisters let me say one more thing as I close this letter. Fix your thoughts on what is true and honorable and right. Think about things that are pure and lovely and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.
Philippians 4:8 (NLT)

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Solid: God’s Promises For Big Challenges: Deuteronomy 31:8

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The Lord Goes…

1. Before Me—He’s My Leader

“The Lord is the one who will go before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or abandon you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.”
Deuteronomy 31:8 (CSB)

Prepare the way of the Lord in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.  Every valley will be lifted up, and every mountain and hill will be leveled; the uneven ground will become smooth and the rough places, a plain.  And the glory of the Lord will appear, and all humanity together will see it, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
Isaiah 40:4-5 (CSB)

2. Behind Me—He’s My Protector

The Lord will deal with them as he did Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites, and their land when he destroyed them. The Lord will deliver them over to you, and you must do to them exactly as I have commanded you.
Deuteronomy 31:4-5 (CSB)

But the Lord is faithful; he will strengthen and guard you from the evil one.
2 Thessalonians 3:3 (CSB)

The Lord himself watches over you!  The Lord stands beside you as your protective shade.
Psalm 121:5 (NLT)

3. Beside Me—He’s My Encourager

“…Be strong and courageous; don’t be terrified or afraid of them. For the Lord your God is the one who will go with you; he will not leave you or abandon you.”
Deuteronomy 31:6 (CSB)

The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Take courage! As you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome.”
Acts 23:11 (NIV)

4. Beneath Me—He’s My Supporter

“…Be strong and courageous; don’t be terrified or afraid of them. For the Lord your God is the one who will go with you; he will not leave you or abandon you.”
Deuteronomy 31:6 (CSB)

But the Lord is faithful; he will strengthen and guard you from the evil one.
2 Thessalonians 3:3 (CSB)

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Solid: God’s Promises For Tough Times: Jeremiah 29:4-14

 

1. I Am Never Forgotten

For I know the plans I have for you”-[this is] the Lord’s declaration-“plans for [your] welfare, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.
Jeremiah 29:11 (CSB)

2.  I Am Full of Hope

For I know the plans I have for you”-[this is] the Lord’s declaration-“plans for [your] welfare, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.
Jeremiah 29:11 (CSB)

3. I Am Blessed While I Wait

This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says to all the exiles I deported from Jerusalem to Babylon: “Build houses and live in them. Plant gardens and eat their produce.  Find wives for yourselves and have sons and daughters. Find wives for your sons and give your daughters to men in marriage so that they may bear sons and daughters. Multiply there; do not decrease.  Pursue the well-being of the city I have deported you to. Pray to the Lord on its behalf, for when it thrives, you will thrive.”
Jeremiah 29:4-7 (CSB)

4. I Am Heard By God

You will call to me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.  You will seek me and find me when you search for me with all your heart. 
Jeremiah 29:12-13 (CSB)

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