Sermon Tone Analysis

Previously in the Life of Joseph

Given a dream by God

Thrown into Slavery

Sold to Potiphar

Put in charge of Potiphar’s house

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Thrown in Jail

Put in charge of the Jail

Spiritual Markers

John had a terrible memory!

Seminar.

Rose.

We need to set down spiritual markers

: the Israelites are crossing the Jordan into the promised land, God had one man from each tribe to grab a stone from the middle of the Jordan and place it where they camped for the night as a reminder of what God did for them.

Spiritual Markers remind of what God has done for us.

It is stronghold and a retreat when trouble comes.

And trouble will come!

Jesus told his disciples in that if they didn’t have a sword to sell their cloak and buy one.

Hard time fall on us all, but the measure of your faith is how you respond to that trouble.

Spiritual markers give us the last point of reference for what God’s done in your life.

They are like an anchor.

Rock climbers example.

Joseph could look back at what God had done and continue to have faith in God’s promises.

They had a dream the same night and Joseph saw that they were upset.

Joseph asked what was wrong.

Cupbearer: Vine with three branches: Budding, Blossoms come out and ripe grapes were produced.

I squeezed the grapes into Pharaoh’s cub and gave it to him.

Joseph:

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Baker:3 baskets of white bread, top of the basket all sorts of baked food and the birds were eating them out of the basked on my head.

Joseph: in 3 days Pharaoh will hang you and the birds will eat the flesh off of you.

Pharaoh had a birthday party.

Restored the cupbearer and hanged the Baker.

Genesis

Pharaoh’s dream

Genesis 41:

7 Fat cows are eaten by 7 sickly cows

Two years later Pharoah had a dream

7 ears plump ears of corn are swallowed up by 7 sickly ears of corn.

No one can interpret the dream

The cupbearer speaks up.

Are we not like the cupbearer sometimes?

When things are bad, we are all ready to listen to God, but when things are good, we are like, I got it from here.

Dress for the job you want, not the job you have.

Roxanne Davis

Genesis

GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE!

Pharaoh tells Joseph the Dream

Joseph tells Pharaoh the interpretation

Genesis 41:

Again giving glory to God.

Joseph lays out the plan to get through the famine.

Genesis

Genesis 41:33-

Pharaoh and his servants agree on the plan.

Genesis 41:38

Pharaoh puts him in charge of all of Egypt.

Signet ring, nice clothes, Gold necklace Chariot a new name and a wife.

Luke

Luke 16:

I said earlier: Hard time fall on us all, but the measure of your faith is how you respond to that trouble.

What Spiritual Markers have you set?

When upon life's billows you are tempest tossed,

When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost,

Count your many blessings name them one by one,

And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done.