Does life sometimes puzzle you? Do you wonder if God has any purpose planned as you face hardship, difficulty and disappointment? Joseph experienced 13 years of hardship and God pulls back the curtain and displays His plan. It is truly an amazing event. There are great lessons here for all of us.
Difficulty
Hope through Hardship: Lessons from the Life of Joseph ~ #10 “God’s Amazing Grace”
The overarching principle from the life of Joseph is that God is in control–His providence is active at all times. Our Lord desires for us to rest in His providence whatever the twists and turns and pitfalls of life may be. He is always writing a bigger story. He is graciously at work in our life even when we think He isn’t.
Maintaining Spiritual Traction in a Shifting Culture (2 Timothy) – “Handling Hardship, pt. 2” 2:8-13
Hardship is normal. Handling hardship is a common challenge for every follower of Jesus. In this message we zoom in on two motivational examples who handled hardship well. Right click on audio player to download mp3 or to change listening speed
Flying by Instruments
One of the great analogies of God’s call for us to live by, to walk by faith, is found in the realm of piloting a plane. It is illustrated in the concept of “flying by instruments” This must happen whenever a pilot finds himself in the middle of a storm or the darkness of a cloudy night.