The document explores the themes of personal growth and spiritual development through the experiences of Joseph, from being imprisoned to serving in Potiphar's house. It emphasizes the importance of faith, patience, obedience, and overcoming adversity as essential lessons learned during trials. The narrative illustrates that both imprisonment and service are part of a divine plan that ultimately fosters character formation and prepares individuals for greater purposes.

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From
Potiphar to
Prison?

3. +From the Pit to Potiphar’s House
From the Pit, you hear the
voice of hope, the rope is
dropped, and alas, God has
heard your prayer, or so it
seems!
It’s a place of no control
A place of despair
Status is taken
Royalty becomes internal
Betrayal
Learn to live by faith

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Potiphar's House

5. +Potiphar’s House - Map
The Place of Service – Full application of self.
The Place of experiential learning – language, culture and
management skills
The Place where pride is broken
The Place of Growth – More growth in the dumps than the
palaces
The Place of Preparation
A Place to learn to depend on His Presence, God’s plan is
bigger than your dream!
The Dream was Received, In the Pit refined, here resized,
about to be revealed.
A Place of Character Formation and Testing – temptation.

6. +Potiphar’s House - Map
A Place of Compromise – Local Champion, Successful Slave
A Place of Platform – Fulfilling the Promise to Abraham Gen
12:3 – The becoming of an Asset – Rise in Credibility and Trust.
A Place of Stature – Handsome and in form
A Place of further change of garment – Conflict between
internal and external cultures.
A Place of Spiritual Maturity.
The University of Adversity
The School of Patience, alignment with God’s will and
confidence in God’s view.

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Temptation
Lie with me!
Daily!
Maturity and Godly
Character is saying
No!

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Prison – Navigating the trials,
valleys and troubles of our lives!
Joseph was not alone in
having to go through the
Prison experience.
Samson, Daniel, Jeremiah,
Hosea, John the Baptist,
Jesus, John, Peter, Paul and
Silas and many more.
There is work that God
wants to do in our lives,
that requires the prison
experience.
No Prison, No Palace!

9. +Prison
The Place of Oppression – Unfair
The place of Confinement,
Of Limited Choices,
Loss of Liberty and held against
personal will.
The place of trouble (Job 14:1),
A place of comfort in God’s
Purpose,
Place of testing (Job 23:10),
A place of comfort in God’s
guidance (Ps 23)

10. +Prison
The Place of Obscurity – Out of
circulation
The place where the dreams are
challenged,
Where your experiences seem like
God has left you.
It’s a place of doubt!
God however knows where you are.
He holds the key to your freedom.
You may be obscure, but God will
bring you out for his Glory.
You learn to submit to God even
when it’s not where you like.

11. +Prison
The Place of Opportunity - I can still
serve
It’s a place of great opportunity to
learn.
A place to learn about God’s
presence, purpose, providence, and
power.
We learn more about God in the
prisons of life than in any other way.
We learn that He has a plan, we
learn that the prison is not to stop
us, but to strengthen us.
A place to learn to ask What, not
Why! Rom 8:28

12. +Prison
The Place of Obedience: Trust and Obey
It’s not a place to whine, it’s a place to wait
It’s not a place to become a different
person, It’s a place to continue to revere
and obey God.
It’s a place to learn that obedience isn’t
reserved for only good times.
A place of choices and no excuses.
It’s a place of willful surrender to God’s
agenda and learning to trust that God is
totally in charge!
It’s the place of taking comfort from the fact
that nothing happens to us, except God
allows it! Faithful service irrespective of
location.

13. +Prison
The Place of Overcoming – Conquer
self, and then the world.
A place of build up to your
dreams. Network.
Through his trials, Joseph learned
compassion on others,
administrative skills, obedience
and faithfulness.
A place where we are trained for
the higher levels God has in plan
for our lives.
A place of further service –
assignment, household, Prison and
Nation.

14. +Key Lessons
Acceptance – No whining, no regrets or
lamentation. Accept the responsibilities and
make the most of them. Life is not fair!
Hard Work – If you don’t work hard through
your adversity, others may never see your true
abilities.
Patience – He held on to his dream, and
reached out to the Butler to remember him.
Integrity – Be true to your core values and
who you are.
Bless Others: No vengeance, used his gift to
bless others.
Forgiveness – Put everything in perspective
and let go! He freed himself.
God Dependent Life – God was His Centre!
He still witnessed

15. + PROACTIVE MODEL
Freedom
To
ChooseStimulus Response
Self-
Awareness
Imagination Conscience
Independent
Will
Whatever happens to you, you choose your response

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18. +This is who we Are! This is Who I Am!
I am Heaven’s Citizen! I am God’s, totally God’s.
I am God’s Representative Here on the Earth! He finds expression
through me.
I am the House that God is Building! I am a living stone, fitted
together with other believers into the House of God!
I belong to God’s Kingdom! I am a Son of God, A Heir of God, a
Joint Heir with Christ.
I have no personal AGENDA! I have no personal AMBITION! God’s
Will is my Agenda! God’s Service is my Ambition!
I am Crucified with Christ! The Life I now live is Christ’s! I live by
the FAITH of the SON of God who Loved me, and Gave himself for
ME!
Jesus is my Lord! He is the VINE, I am a BRANCH! I bear fruit when I
abide in Him. I ABIDE in JESUS!