Crossroads Cadiz Podcast

How To Be Successful While You Suffer (Genesis 39)

 

True success is _________________ wherever God has you.

 

Don't ________, Fear God (Genesis 39:1-9, Proverbs 3:5-7, Psalm 1:1-3, Joshua 1:8)

 

Don't ______________, Live With Integrity (Genesis 39:6-20, Proverbs 29:25)

 

Don't ___________, Serve Others (Genesis 39:21-23, 12:2-3)

 

“He is no fool who gives up that which he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." - Jim Elliot (1927-1956)

 

Memory Verse: His master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord caused all that he did to succeed in his hands. - Genesis 39:3

Ruin and Redemption (Genesis 38)

 

How to Ruin Your Life

 

Doing What Feels _________ (1-5)

 

Doing What Makes You _________ (6-11)

 

Doing What Keeps You ____________ (12-19)

 

How To Redeem Your Life

 

____________ Your Sin (20-26)

 

_____________ To The Savior (27-30)

 

Memory Verse: Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram,

- Matthew 1:2-3

From Favorite Son to Foreign Servant (Genesis 37)

 

Dysfunctional Families Have Always Existed...

 

Family Dysfunction is _______________ to the Storyline of Genesis (Genesis 3:15, 37:1)

 

Because of what happened in the ______________, there is dysfunction at your dinner table and at your Christmas get together. 

 

Dysfunction continues into the _____________ generation of the book of Genesis (37:1-2) 

 

The Decline of Joseph...

 

Joseph was the ________________ Son (37:2-11)

 

Joseph was ______________ by His Brothers (37:12-35) 

 

Joseph ________________ for a Purpose (37:36) 

 

Joseph points us to ___________________ (Genesis 50:20) 

 

There is a Greater Beloved Son who was Betrayed by His Brothers to Accomplish the Purposes of God.

 

Memory Verse: Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his sons, because he was the son of his old age. And he made him a robe of many colors. - Genesis 37:3

Back To The Basics: Studying The Bible

 

What is the Bible?

 

The Bible is _____________ Revelation Written Through ______________ Authors. (Matthew 22:29-32)

 

The Bible is ___________, ____________, and _______________ (2 Timothy 3:16-17)

 

Three Foundations For Bible Study:

 

We Must Study the Bible As a ____________ (Matthew 22:29-32)

 

We Must Study the Bible as __________ Book That Is All About Jesus (Luke 24:44-47)

 

We Must Study the Bible With a Posture of _____________ and ________________ (Psalm 119:18)

 

Three Important Questions To Ask To Go Deeper:

 

What Is Happening _____ The Text?  (Considering Vocab, Syntax etc…)

 

What Is Happening ______________ The Text? (Author, Audience, Historical Context)

 

What Happened _______________ Of The Text? (Commentaries and Perspectives From Church History)

 

Five Important Questions To Make Application:

 

S- Is there a _______ to Avoid? (1 Corinthians 10:6)

 

P- Is there a _______________ to Claim? (2 Corinthians 1:20)

 

E- Is there an ________________ to Follow? (Romans 15:4)

 

C- Is there a _______________ to Obey? (Psalm. 19:7-11)

 

K- Is there ________________ About God to Believe? (Psalm 111:2)

 

Memory Verse: Great are the works of the Lord, studied by all who delight in them. -Psalm 111:2 ESV

Giving Thanks With A Whole Heart
(Psalm 138)

 

Main Idea: God Calls His People to Give ___________ With Our Whole Hearts.

 

Give Thanks For _______ God Is (v. 1-2)

 

God's ________________ (v. 1)

 

God's ________________ (v. 2)

 

Give Thanks For ___________ God Has Done (v. 3)

 

Give Thanks For _________ You Are (v. 4-6)

 

Give Thanks For What God Has ______________ (v. 7-8)

 

Memory Verses: I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness, for you have exalted above all things your name and your word. - Psalm 138:2 ESV

Main Idea: We Are Called To Be __________________ In Good Works

 

Steadfast In ________________ (3:1-5)

 

Pray For the God's Word to _________________ (3:1, Acts 6:6-7)

Pray for God's ____________________ (3:2-3, Acts 8:1, 4)

Pray for __________________ in God's Work (4-5)

 

Steadfast At ___________ (3:6-18) 

 

Work Gives _____________________ (3:6-9, 13-15, Genesis 2:15, 3:19)

Work __________________ (3:10, 1 Timothy 5:8, Colossians 3:23-24)

Work Encourages ___________________ (3:11-12, 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12)

 

Memory Verses: Now such persons we command and encourage in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living.

• 2 Thessalonians 3:12

 

Main Idea: The Holy Spirit Gives Us Five Ways to Prepare For the Worst

 

Be _____________, Not Alarmed (v. 1-2) 

 

Be _____________, Not Surprised (v. 3-5) 

 

Be ______________, Not Hypothetical (v. 6-7) 

 

Be ___________________, Not Consumed (v. 8) 

 

Be ______________, Not Just Learners (v. 9-17) 

 

• Do Not Love _____________ More Than God 's Word (9-11) 

 

• Do Not Love _______________ More Than God's Word (13-15) 

 

• Do Not Love Your _____________ More Than God's Word (16-17) 

 

Memory Verses: So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the traditions that you were taught by us, either by our spoken word or by our letter.

- 2 Thessalonians 2:15 ESV

Making Sense of Suffering
(2 Thessalonians 1:1-12)

 

God's _______________________ in Suffering (1-5)

 

In Suffering, God is _______________ You

 

In Suffering, God is _______________ You (1 Peter 4:12-14, John 15:1-2)

 

_____________ For The Suffering (5-10)

 

Jesus Will Come Again to ___________ and _______________

 

____________________ For the Suffering (11-12)

 

Memory Verses: To this end we always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling and may fulfill every resolve for good and every work of faith by his power, so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. - 2 Thessalonians 1:11‭-‬12 ESV

Main Idea: God’s __________ Living God’s __________by God’s _________________

 

_______________________ God's Way (12-13) 

 

Leadership Must Be ______________________ & _____________________ 

 

How Can We Recognize Good Leadership?

 

Look at their ________________ 

Look at their ________________ 

Look at how they  ________________ 

 

_______________________ God's Way (14-15, 25-28)

 

We Must Be _________________ 

 

Admonish: Telling Someone What They __________ To Hear Even If It May Not Be What They Want To Hear.

 

We Must Be _________________ 

 

_______________________ God's Way (16-22)

 

God’s People Live a  _______________ Life

 

God’s People Have ________________Discernment

 

God’s People Live With _____________ Holiness

 

God’s Church Can Only Live God’s Way By God’s ____________________ (23-24)

 

Memory Verse: Do not quench the Spirit - 1 Thessalonians 5:19 ESV