8. 1. There are things that are
destined to be yours even if
you don’t seek or ask for it.
9. 5
Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they
hated him all the more. 6
He said to them, “Listen to this dream
I had: 7
We were binding sheaves of grain out in the field when
suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves
gathered around mine and bowed down to it.”
8
His brothers said to him, “Do you intend to reign over us? Will
you actually rule us?” And they hated him all the
more because of his dream and what he had said.
9
Then he had another dream, and he told it to his brothers.
“Listen,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun
and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”
10
When he told his father as well as his brothers, his father
rebuked him and said, “What is this dream you had? Will your
mother and I and your brothers actually come and bow down
to the ground before you?” 11
His brothers were jealous of
him, but his father kept the matter in mind.
Gen. 37
10. 25
As they sat down to eat their meal, they looked up and
saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their
camels were loaded with spices, balm and myrrh, and
they were on their way to take them down to Egypt.
26
Judah said to his brothers, “What will we gain if we kill
our brother and cover up his blood? 27
Come, let’s sell
him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him;
after all, he is our brother, our own flesh and blood.” His
brothers agreed.
28
So when the Midianite merchants came by, his
brothers pulled Joseph up out of the cistern and sold him
for twenty shekels[b]
of silver to the Ishmaelites, who
took him to Egypt.
16. “If I fail, I try again, and again, and
again. If YOU fail, are you going to
try again? The human spirit can
handle much worse than we realize.
It matters HOW you are going to
FINISH. Are you going to finish
strong?”
25. 39
Then Pharaoh said to Joseph,
“Since God has made all this known
to you, there is no one so discerning
and wise as you. 40
You shall be in
charge of my palace, and all my
people are to submit to your
orders. Only with respect to the
throne will I be greater than you.”
26. 41
So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I hereby put you
in charge of the whole land of Egypt.”42
Then
Pharaoh took his signet ring from his finger
and put it on Joseph’s finger. He dressed him
in robes of fine linen and put a gold chain
around his neck. 43
He had him ride in a
chariot as his second-in-command,[b]
and
people shouted before him, “Make way[c]
!”Thus
he put him in charge of the whole land of
Egypt.
29. 5. Do not expect God to do all your
expectations. Expect God to do the
unexpected. Expect to see good
success beyond your present
circumstances. Stop looking at your
failures and stop allowing them to
discourage you.
“Dream. Believe. Survive.”
31. 45 Then Joseph could no longer control
himself before all his attendants, and he
cried out, “Have everyone leave my
presence!” So there was no one with
Joseph when he made himself known to
his brothers. 2
And he wept so loudly that
the Egyptians heard him, and Pharaoh’s
household heard about it.
32. 4
Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come close to me.” When
they had done so, he said, “I am your brother Joseph, the one
you sold into Egypt! 5
And now, do not be distressed and do not
be angry with yourselves for selling me here, because it was to
save lives that God sent me ahead of you.
8
“So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God. He made
me father to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household and ruler of all
Egypt. 9
Now hurry back to my father and say to him, ‘This is
what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt.
Come down to me; don’t delay. 10
You shall live in the region of
Goshen and be near me—you, your children and grandchildren,
your flocks and herds, and all you have. 11
I will provide for you
there, because five years of famine are still to come.
33. 1
So Joseph settled his father and
his brothers in Egypt and gave
them property in the best part of the
land, the district of Rameses, as
Pharaoh directed. Gen. 47:11
36. 7. “…though a righteous man falls
seven times, he rises again…”
Proverbs 24:16, NIV
37.
38. DREAM for a GOOD
SUCCESS
and JUST DO IT.
There is no success
without failure.
Editor's Notes
Dr. Adalla, “There are successful technological devices/ gadgets/ inventions but there’s no such thing a zero risk”
Dr. Adalla, “There are successful technological devices/ gadgets/ inventions but there’s no such thing a zero risk”
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Nicholas James "Nick" Vujicic is a Serbian Australian evangelist and motivational speaker born with tetra-amelia syndrome, a rare disorder characterized by the absence of all four limbs.
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