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Meet Joe…

Meet Joe…. Proud to be an American, land of the free Married to wife he dearly loves 2.3 children Christian Successful Businessman Nice house, cars, etc. Good health

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Meet Joe…

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  1. Meet Joe… • Proud to be an American, land of the free • Married to wife he dearly loves • 2.3 children • Christian • Successful Businessman • Nice house, cars, etc. • Good health • Joe is proud of what he has accomplished in life. He has asked for no help/handouts and sees himself as a very successful self-made man.

  2. “Is God at Work in Your Life?” (Gen. 37-45; 1 Sam. 9; Esther)

  3. God’s Providence in Joseph’s Life • "For these two years the famine has been in the land, and there are still five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvesting. "And God sent me before you to preserve a posterity for you in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. "So now it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt. (Genesis 45:6-8 NKJV)

  4. Israel Demands a King • And the LORD said to Samuel, "Heed the voice of the people in all that they say to you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me, that I should not reign over them. "According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt, even to this day-with which they have forsaken Me and served other gods-so they are doing to you also. "Now therefore, heed their voice. However, you shall solemnly forewarn them, and show them the behavior of the king who will reign over them." (1 Samuel 8:7-9 NKJV)

  5. Saul – a Humble Man (In the Beginning) • And Saul answered and said, "Am I not a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel, and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then do you speak like this to me?" (1 Samuel 9:21 NKJV)

  6. God’s Providence in the Life of Esther & the Jews • On the day that the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, the opposite occurred, in that the Jews themselves overpowered those who hated them. (Esther 9:1b NKJV)

  7. Some Events Are Accidental or Coincidental • I returned and saw under the sun that-The race is not to the swift, Nor the battle to the strong, Nor bread to the wise, Nor riches to men of understanding, Nor favor to men of skill; But time and chance happen to them all. (Ecclesiastes 9:11 NKJV)

  8. God Promises To Work In Our Lives • "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. "For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. (Matthew 7:7-8 NKJV)

  9. God Promises To Work In Our Lives • "If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. (John 15:7 NKJV) • Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. (James 5:16 NKJV)

  10. God is in Control! • Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you." So we may boldly say: "The LORD is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?" (Hebrews 13:5-6 NKJV)

  11. God is in Control! • And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified. What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? (Romans 8:28-32 NKJV)

  12. Remember Self-Made Joe? • Proud to be an American, land of the free • Married to wife he dearly loves • 2.3 children • Christian • Successful Businessman • Nice house, cars, etc. • Good health • Joe is proud of what he has accomplished in life. He has asked for no help/handouts and sees himself as a very successful self-made man.

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