7-14-19 || Faith is More Than a Dream

FAITH IS MORE THAN A DREAM

Never Give Up

Peter Young ~ Pastor at Hope

“By faith Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel, and gave instructions concerning his bones.” - Hebrews 11:22

Joseph was MORE than a Dreamer

He Lived a Faith-Filled Life

1. As a young person – Faith to Share the Dream “This is the history of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers.” - Genesis 37:2 “Now Joseph had a dream, and he told it to his brothers; and they hated him even more.” - Genesis 37:5

 

“Then he dreamed still another dream and told it to his brothers, and said, “Look, I have dreamed another dream. And this time, the sun, the moon, and the eleven stars bowed down to me.” - Genesis 37:9

 

2. As a young man – Faith to Live Beyond a Comfort Zone “The LORD was with Joseph, and he was a successful man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. And his master saw that the LORD was with him and that the LORD made all he did to prosper in his hand.” - Genesis 39:2-3

“There is no one greater in this house than I, nor has he kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?” - Genesis 39:9

“Then Joseph’s master took him and put him into the prison, a place where the king’s prisoners were confined. And he was there in the prison.” - Genesis 39:20 “The keeper of the prison did not look into anything that was under Joseph’s authority, because the LORD was with him; and whatever he did, the LORD made it prosper.” - Genesis 39:23

3. As a mature leader – Faith to Save His Family

Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. “I am Pharaoh, and without your consent no man may lift his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.” – Genesis 41:46,44

And he (Jacob) said, “Indeed I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; go down to that place and buy for us there, that we may live and not die.”- Genesis 42:2

“And God sent me before you to preserve a posterity for you in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.” - Genesis 45:7

 

4. As an old man – Faith for the Future

 

“And Joseph said to his brethren, “I am dying (at 110 years); but God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land to the land of which He swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.” Then Joseph took an oath from the children of Israel, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.”” - Genesis 50:24-25, 26

“By faith Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel, and gave instructions concerning his bones.” - Hebrews 11:22