In the Bible, Joseph can teach us a lot about work ethic and standing out at work. He goes from slave to the second most powerful man on planet earth, directly under Pharaoh. He goes from prisoner to president. That's quite a promotion. How did he manage to do that? We can learn six traits that get you promoted from the life of Joseph. These still work today: the six mo...
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There are some things in your life that you can change. You have the power to change them. But, there are also things in life that are beyond your control. Things that are beyond your power to change. What do you do with that? Let's talk about some of the alternatives. We can worry about it. Does that work? No. We can resent it and get bitter about it. Does that work? No....
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How can you better relate to God as your Father? Through understanding what kind of Father he really is. When Jesus said we're to pray to God like this, "Our Father," it broke all the rules. Jesus exploded all the stereotypes about God in two words: "Our Father." You see, until God came to earth in human form in Jesus to let us know what he's like nobody really knew that ...
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God tells us that he wants us to trust him every day. One day at a time. He says, "I want you to trust me one day at a time. We'll worry about tomorrow, tomorrow. We'll worry about next week, next week. We'll worry about next month, next month. I don't want you worrying about that. In fact, I don't want you worrying at all. I want you to take it one day at a time." How do...
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There is a spiritual war going on over your identity. Satan cannot create anything. Only God creates. God is the Creator. Satan has never created anything. Satan can only pervert, distort, or destroy. So what he likes to do is take what God has created for good and pervert it, distort it or destroy it. Satan can't hurt God. He isn't as powerful as God, but what he likes to...
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God's forgiveness is total. Because God knows everything, it has to be total. He can't partially forgive. He totally forgives. Think about what that means. That means that God knows the worst thing you've ever done or ever will do. And he's decided, in Christ, to forgive you of that already. You and I might be surprised at our sins sometimes. God is never surprised. Never...
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We usually think of failure as being a negative experience, but wise people know how to take advantage of failure. They learn from it. They make the most of it. They use it as an education. One of the primary tools that God uses in your life to make you what He wants you to be is failure. What possible good is failure in your life? Three reasons: 1. God uses failure to ...
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Why are we afraid of the future? One reason is we don't know what it's going to bring. It's an unknown. Even our best forecasts are educated guesses. Nobody really knows what's going to happen in the future. You may know a lot, have an incredible IQ, you may have a PhD, but you don't know what's going to happen in the future. I don't care how smart you are it's just an edu...
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