The Hits Keep on Coming!

What do we do when there is nothing we can do?

In the Meantime

I’ll never be happy again

Nothing good can come from this

There’s no point in continuing

God is not absent, apathetic or angry.

What if we keep going form bad to worse?

The Favorite Son

Genesis 37:3 NLT

Jacob loved Joseph more than any of his other children because Joseph had been born to him in his old age. So one day Jacob had a special gift made for Joseph—a beautiful robe.

Genesis 37:4 NLT

But his brothers hated Joseph because their father loved him more than the rest of them. They couldn’t say a kind word to him.

Genesis 37:5–8 NLT

One night Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated him more than ever. “Listen to this dream,” he said. “We were out in the field, tying up bundles of grain. Suddenly my bundle stood up, and your bundles all gathered around and bowed low before mine!” His brothers responded, “So you think you will be our king, do you? Do you actually think you will reign over us?” And they hated him all the more because of his dreams and the way he talked about them.

Genesis 39:1 NLT

When Joseph was taken to Egypt by the Ishmaelite traders, he was purchased by Potiphar, an Egyptian officer. Potiphar was captain of the guard for Pharaoh, the king of Egypt.

Genesis 39:3 NLT

Potiphar noticed this and realized that the Lord was with Joseph, giving him success in everything he did.

Genesis 39:7 NLT

and Potiphar’s wife soon began to look at him lustfully. “Come and sleep with me,” she demanded.

Genesis 39:9 NLT

No one here has more authority than I do. He has held back nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How could I do such a wicked thing? It would be a great sin against God.”

Genesis 39:20 NLT

So he took Joseph and threw him into the prison where the king’s prisoners were held, and there he remained.