BUT THERE IS A POWER THAT IS
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WORKING EVEN WHEN YOU THINK
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THAT NOBODY'S WATCHING.
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THERE ARE SOME FOLK WHO BELIEVE
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THAT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THERE
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IS NO WITNESS, BUT THERE'S
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ALWAYS A WITNESS.
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?  PRAISE THE LORD,
LET'S JUST PRAISE THE LORD. ?
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Announcer: THIS IS THE BREATH OF
LIFE TELEVISION BROADCAST WITH
PASTOR WALTER L. PEARSON, JR.
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WHEN GOD GETS READY HE CAN
DELIVER YOU, IF YOU CALL ON HIM,
IF YOU TRUST IN HIM.
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?  HE'S WORTHY OF THE
PRAISE, JESUS IS WORTHY. ?
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YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOWN FLAT
ON YOUR FACE, BUT THE POWER OF
GOD WILL LIFT YOU UP.
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?  HE'S WORTHY OF
ALL ALL THE PRAISE. ?
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TONIGHT WE ARE READING FROM
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GENESIS CHAPTER 37 AND THERE ARE
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WORDS THAT I WILL SHARE WITH YOU
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BEGINNING WITH VERSE 18.
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LET'S BOW TOGETHER AS WE PRAY.
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FATHER WE ARE GRATEFUL
TONIGHT THAT GOD DOES STEP IN.
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WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT
WHEN EVERYTHING SEEMS TO HAVE
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GONE TOO FAR,
GOD IS MINDFUL OF US.
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WE ARE NEVER FORGOTTEN,
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WE ARE NEVER DISPLACED,
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WE ARE NEVER MISPLACED.
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BUT GOD REMEMBERS WHERE
WE ARE AND KNOWS OUR NEEDS.
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NOW AS WE OPEN THY WORD TONIGHT,
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LET THY HOLY SPIRIT COME
TO MAKE THE WORD PLAIN TO US.
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AND WE SHALL GIVE GLORY,
HONOR, AND PRAISE TO THY NAME.
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FOR IT IS IN THE NAME OF
JESUS THAT WE PRAY, AMEN.
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THIS IS ONE OF THOSE
RARE EVENTS IN THE BIBLE.
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IT FITS OUR THEME SO WELL
THAT IT'S ALMOST UNBELIEVABLE.
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OUR THEME HAS BEEN,
"WHEN GOD STEPS IN."
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I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE
THE FACT IS THAT IF WE EVER
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NEEDED GOD TO STEP IN
BEFORE, WE SURE DO NEED HIM NOW.
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THERE ARE SITUATIONS THAT
SEEM TO ME TO BE QUITE UNFAIR.
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AND I'M AFRAID THAT THE SYSTEMS
THAT OUGHT TO BE IN CONTROL
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OF FAIRNESS HAVE
SOMEHOW BROKEN DOWN.
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AND THE QUESTION IS ALWAYS
THERE, "WHO IS IN CONTROL ?"
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AND THE ANSWER IS,
"GOD IS IN CONTROL."
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I LOOK AT THIS SITUATION TONIGHT
AND FIRST OF ALL I THINK THAT
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CINEMATOGRAPHERS MUST BE AWFULLY
JEALOUS BECAUSE YOU CAN'T FIND
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THIS KIND OF DRAMA ANYWHERE
OUTSIDE OF THE WORD OF GOD.
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THERE IS THIS PROUD FATHER,
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A PROUD FATHER
WHO IN HIS OLD AGE,
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HAS A SON BORN IN HIS FAMILY.
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THE BIBLE SAYS THAT
WHEN JOSEPH WAS BORN,
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HE WAS BORN AT A TIME THAT
BROUGHT PARTICULAR PRIDE TO
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JACOB, AND SO JACOB LOVED JOSEPH
MORE THAN THE OTHER CHILDREN.
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THAT IS NOT THE
RIGHT THING TO DO.
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SOMETIMES THERE ARE CHILDREN IN
A FAMILY THAT REMIND PARENTS OF
THEIR GOOD ATTRIBUTES.
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AND OTHERS THAT REMIND THEM OF
THINGS THAT THEY WOULD NOT WANT
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TO REMEMBER. BUT ALL OF THEM ARE
YOUR CHILDREN AND IT'S NOT FAIR.
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BUT THINK OF IT,
IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE.
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AS THE OLD MAN WALKS
DOWN TO THE MARKETPLACE,
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CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT HIS
PEERS MUST HAVE HAD TO SAY ?
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THERE HE IS A MAN WHO HAS PASSED
THE AGE OF HAVING A CHILD BORN,
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BUT HE HAS A NEW
BABY IN THE HOUSE.
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AND SOME OLD FELLOW MUST HAVE
SAID TO HIM, "MAN, LOOK AT YOU.
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WHAT IN THE WORLD
CAN WE SAY ABOUT YOU ?"
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AND JACOB MUST HAVE PICKED
UP HIS STEP YOU KNOW HOW YOU DO
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SOMETIMES. HE SAYS, "WELL, DON'T
WORRY ABOUT ME, I'M DOING ALL
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RIGHT." AND THERE MUST HAVE
BEEN A LITTLE SMILE AND A LITTLE
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TWINKLE IN THE EYES OF
THE FRIENDS OF THIS FATHER.
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AND PERHAPS IT WAS WHAT INCLINED
HIM TO LOVE THIS BOY SO MUCH.
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BUT THERE WAS A STRANGE
SITUATION THAT DEVELOPED
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BECAUSE YOU CANNOT LOVE ONE
CHILD MORE WITHOUT THERE BEING
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SOME KIND OF PROBLEM THAT CROPS
UP WITH THE OTHER CHILDREN.
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REMEMBER YOU'VE
GOT THESE 11 BROTHERS.
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AND I HAVE ONLY ONE BROTHER
BUT I KNOW THAT MY BROTHER
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AND I WERE ALWAYS WATCHING
TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WAS
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DONE EQUALLY. WE WERE CAREFUL.
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AND IF ANYTHING
DIDN'T GO JUST RIGHT,
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WE WOULD PROTEST IMMEDIATELY.
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CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT IT'S LIKE
TO HAVING ELEVEN WATCHING ONE ?
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WELL THEN THERE CAME THE PROBLEM
THAT WAS AN EXACERBATION;
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FOR NOT ONLY WAS THIS YOUNG MAN
OF A GOOD TEMPERAMENT AND
INCLINED TOWARDS GOD,
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HE HAD A RIGHTEOUS LIGHT
THAT SHONE FROM HIS COUNTENANCE.
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AND YOU KNOW IF YOU WANT
TO MAKE PEOPLE REALLY MAD,
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YOU LET THEM SEE
GOD SHINING OUT OF YOU.
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NOW THEY SAY ALL THE TIME THAT
WE WANT TO SEE PEOPLE WHO ARE
GOOD, BUT THAT'S JUST THEORY.
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TO HAVE SOMEBODY AROUND WHO IS
GOOD CAN SOMETIMES GET ON YOUR
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NERVES. BECAUSE THE THINGS YOU
WANT TO DO, THEY DON'T WANT TO
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DO. AND WHEN YOU TRY TO SAY
SOMETHING THAT'S NOT QUITE ON
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POINT; THE LOOK THAT
THEY GIVE YOU IS ENOUGH.
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AND AFTER AWHILE, YOU WANT
TO SEPARATE FROM THEIR COMPANY.
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THIS YOUNG MAN WAS
OF SUCH A TEMPERAMENT.
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BUT NOW, IN ADDITION TO THAT,
GOD GIVES THIS YOUNG MAN DREAMS.
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IN ONE OF THE DREAMS, HE SEES
HIMSELF AS WHEAT OR SOME GRAIN
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THAT IS IN ONE
OF THOSE GATHERINGS,
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YOU'VE SEEN THEM IN
THOSE WONDERFUL PICTURES.
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AND AS HE'S IN THE CENTER,
ELEVEN OTHERS BOW DOWN TO HIM.
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NOW YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT
THE BROTHERS WERE UN-AMUSED.
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THEY WERE ALREADY CONVINCED THAT
HE WAS THE FAVORITE OF THEIR
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FATHER. NOW, HE
COMES WITH THESE DREAMS.
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AND HE SAYS, "LOOK,
LET ME TELL YOU MY DREAM !"
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HE HAS ANOTHER ONE THAT
EVEN GETS HIS FATHER A LITTLE
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CONCERNED. HE SAID, "FATHER, AND
BROTHERS, AND MOM LET ME TELL
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YOU. I DREAMED THAT MY
STAR WAS IN THE MIDDLE.
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AND THAT ELEVEN STARS
REPRESENTING YOU, MY BROTHERS,
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AND THE SUN REPRESENTING YOU DAD
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AND THE MOON REPRESENTING
YOU MOM, ALL BOWED DOWN TO ME."
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WELL, YOU KNOW THE BROTHERS ARE
KIND OF LOOKING AT EACH OTHER
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WITH A LOW RUMBLE OF COMPLAINT.
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THIS TIME DAD IS EVEN CONCERNED,
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"WELL, SON I DON'T
QUITE UNDERSTAND THE DREAM,
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BUT I SUPPOSE IF
THAT'S WHAT YOU DREAMED."
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I DON'T WANT TO MAKE THIS A HARD
AND FAST RULE BUT LET ME SUGGEST
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SOMETHING TO YOU. BE CAREFUL
WITH WHOM YOU SHARE YOUR DREAMS.
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YOU CAN'T TELL
EVERY DREAM TO EVERYBODY.
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YOU MAY THINK THAT
PEOPLE ARE JUST WAITING FOR YOU
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TO TELL YOUR DREAM SO THAT
THEY CAN HELP YOU, YOU KNOW,
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"OH ISN'T THAT WONDERFUL ?
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HOW COULD WE HELP
THIS TO COME TO PASS ?"
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BUT IT WAS NOT SO.
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THEY WERE NOT
THINKING, "HOW CAN WE HELP HIM ?
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THEY WERE THINKING, "HE
MUST BE OUT OF HIS MIND !"
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NOW, YOU WOULD THINK
THAT THAT'S QUITE ENOUGH.
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WE'VE GOT A FATHER WHO
LOVES ONE CHILD THE BEST.
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WE'VE GOT THESE DREAMS THAT HAVE
HIM IN THE CENTER ALL THE TIME,
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AND I THINK WE'VE PROBABLY GOT
ENOUGH ON THE TABLE HERE, BUT
WE'RE NOT FINISHED.
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ONE DAY AS JACOB IS OUT SHOPPING
SOMEWHERE HE COMES ACROSS A
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TUNIC. THIS TUNIC IS ONE THAT IS
WORN BY DIGNITARIES OR ROYALTY.
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IT IS WOVEN IN MULTIPLE COLORS.
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BUT EVERYONE KNOWS, IN THAT
ECONOMY, WHAT THE TUNIC MEANS.
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SO NOW JACOB COMES HOME, BUT
INSTEAD OF BRINGING 12 TUNICS,
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IF YOU'VE GOT 12 BOYS, YOU NEED
12 TUNICS, OR YOU SHOULDN'T BUY
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ANY, BUT HE COMES WITH ONE.
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NOW FORGIVE ME, BUT I
THINK I'VE BEEN THERE.
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AND I WATCH NOW AS
THOSE BROTHERS LOOK AND,
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"WHAT IS THAT HE'S GOT ?"
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"I THINK HE'S GOT A
LITTLE COAT OR SOMETHING."
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"WELL, WHO DO
YOU THINK IT'S FOR ?"
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"YOU'VE GOT THE NERVE
TO ASK WHO IT'S FOR ?"
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"IT OUGHT TO BE FOR
RUBEN" ONE SUGGESTS, THE ELDEST.
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"BUT GUESS WHO'S GONNA GET IT ?"
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DAD TAKES IT OUT AND
SAYS, "JOSEPH, COME SON."
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NOW, IT IS NOT WRITTEN IN
THE WORD, BUT LET ME TELL IT
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BECAUSE I AM NOW OLD ENOUGH
TO UNDERSTAND HUMAN PSYCHOLOGY.
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ONE OF THEM SAID, "YOU WAIT
'TIL I GET HIM WITHOUT DAD."
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"MAN, DON'T TALK LIKE THAT.
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THAT KIND OF SCARES ME."
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"I'M GONNA SCARE YOU
SOME MORE IF I EVER GET HIM."
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NOW, NOW, NOW THERE COMES
AN OCCASION WHEN THE BROTHERS
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ARE OUT WORKING 65 MILES
FROM HOME THE SCHOLARS SAY.
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AND 11 HAVE BEEN SENT AWAY TO
WORK, BUT GUESS WHO GOT TO STAY
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HOME ? JOSEPH.
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CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT TRIP ?
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CAN YOU IMAGINE THE CONVERSATION
THAT MUST HAVE GONE ON ?
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"WELL, WE GOT TO WORK.
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WE GET TO GO OUT, AND
GUESS WHO GETS TO STAY HOME
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AND DO LITTLE NAMBY-PAMBY
THINGS AROUND THE HOUSE ?"
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"WE'RE OUT HERE WORKING
WITH THE SWEAT OF OUR BROW, BUT
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LITTLE BROTHER, LITTLE CUTSIE
JOSEPH GETS TO STAY AT HOME."
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AND ALL THESE HOURS THAT WENT
SLOWLY BY THERE'S A STRANGE TIME
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OF CRITICISM UNTIL SOMEBODY
LOOKS UP AND THEY'VE GOTTO RUB
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THEIR EYES NOW, BUT IN THE
DISTANCE THEY THINK THEY SEE
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THAT COAT COMING. (laughter)
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"COME HERE A MINUTE, YOU KNOW
THE HEAT CAN PLAY TRICKS ON YOUR
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EYES." "LOOK OVER
THERE, DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE ?"
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"YEAH."
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"IS THAT. . . ?"
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"THAT'S HIM."
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"HIM, WEARING THAT COAT HERE ?"
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"SAY WAIT A MINUTE, LOOK SEE
IF DAD'S IN, IS DAD WITH HIM ?"
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"NO, HE'S COMING ALONE."
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"OOOHHH."
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(laughter)
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I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT TOOK
FOR JOSEPH TO GET FROM WHERE
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HE WAS WHEN THEY SAW
HIM TO WHERE THEY WERE,
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BUT BEFORE HE GOT
THERE THE PLAN WAS IN PLACE.
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THAT MEANS THEY HAD NOT
JUST STARTED TALKING ABOUT IT.
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ARE YOU STILL WITH ME ?
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BECAUSE YOU CAN'T MAKE A PLAN AS
CONVOLUTED AS WAS THEIRS IN THAT
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SHORT OF TIME. THEY MUST HAVE
TOSSED AROUND A COUPLE OF
TEASERS BEFORE THIS HAPPENED.
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THERE MUST HAVE BEEN SOME SCANT
OUTLINE OF THE PLAN BEFORE THEY
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SAW HIM COMING. AND NOW THEY
CAN'T BELIEVE IT, BUT HE'S ON
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THE WAY. AND WHEN HE ARRIVES,
THE HATRED IN THEIR HEART HAS
COME NOW TO A BOILING POINT.
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AND THEY HAVE DECIDED "WE WILL
PUT HIM IN AN EMPTY CISTERN,
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WE WILL PUT HIM
THERE AND LEAVE HIM THERE.
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WE WILL TAKE THAT COAT
OF MANY COLORS THAT WE HATE,
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WE WILL DIP IT IN THE BLOOD
OF SOME SMALL ANIMAL, A GOAT
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PROBABLY, "WE'LL TAKE IT HOME
AFTER WE'VE TORN IT AND MADE IT
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LOOK LIKE SOME ANIMAL ATE
HIM AND WE'LL TELL DAD, 'LOOK,'"
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AND YOU KNOW YOU REALLY DON'T
HAVE TO LIE WHEN YOU HAVE THINGS
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LIKE THAT. EVEN THOUGH IT
IS A LIE THAT YOU PERPETRATE,
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YOU CAN JUST SAY,
"DAD, LOOK WHAT HAPPENED !"
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AND THEY'VE GOT IT PLANNED.
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BUT THERE IS A POWER
THAT IS WORKING EVEN WHEN YOU
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THINK THAT NOBODY'S WATCHING.
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THERE ARE SOME FOLK WHO BELIEVE
THAT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THERE
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IS NO WITNESS, BUT
THERE'S ALWAYS A WITNESS.
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WE HAVE LEARNED THAT THE ONE
WHO WATCHES IS SATAN HIMSELF.
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HE ALWAYS WATCHES, FOR HE WANTS
TO KNOW WHAT HE CAN GET YOU TO
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DO. BUT GOD IS ALSO WATCHING.
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AND WHEN YOU THINK THAT
YOU HAVE NO HELP, GOD IS THERE.
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NOW BE CAREFUL TO SEE THIS,
BECAUSE GOD COULD HAVE STEPPED
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IN RIGHT THEN. GOD COULD HAVE
SHOWN UP IN SOME FASHION, COULD
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HAVE SENT ANGELS, COULD HAVE
DONE ANYTHING THAT HE CHOSE TO
INTERRUPT THEIR PLAN
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IMMEDIATELY. BUT GOD
DOES NOT MOVE ON MY SCHEDULE,
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GOD MOVES ON HIS SCHEDULE.
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SO NOW THEY SAY, "LET'S
PUT HIM IN THE CISTERN."
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WHEN YOU READ THIS IN THE
NIV, YOU COME TO UNDERSTAND THAT
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AFTER THEY'VE PUT THEIR
BROTHER IN THIS CISTERN,
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DOWN IN THE GROUND,
THEY SAT DOWN TO EAT.
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AND YOU THOUGHT
PEOPLE JUST GOT COLDHEARTED,
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PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
MEAN FOR A LONG TIME.
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MEANNESS IS
ANCIENT, IT'S DEEP SEEDED.
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SO DON'T GET ALL BENT OUT OF
SHAPE WHEN SOMEBODY LAYS A PLOT
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FOR YOU ! IT'S BEEN
HAPPENING A LONG TIME.
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BUT LONGER THAN PLOTS HAVE
BEEN PUT TOGETHER, GOD HAS BEEN
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WATCHING. SO, GOD'S
POWER LASTED LONGER THAN PLOTS.
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THEY'RE SITTING DOWN FOR A MEAL,
AND AS THEY SIT DOWN SOME
ISHMALITES PASS BY.
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THESE ARE MERCHANTS THAT CARRY
WITH THEM MYRRH, AND SPICE AND
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BALM. AND THEY'RE GOING NOW INTO
THE CITY, THEY'RE GOING INTO
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EGYPT. AND WHEN THEY GET THERE
THEY WILL SELL THEIR WARES.
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AND ONE OF THEM SAYS, "YOU KNOW,
IF WE KILL HIM, WE DON'T GAIN
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ANYTHING ! AND WHY
WOULD WE KILL HIM ?
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AFTER ALL, HE IS OUR BROTHER."
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THAT SOUNDS LIKE SOME
FOLK WHO CALL THEMSELVES YOUR
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BROTHER AND SISTER IN CHRIST.
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THEY MAKE THE TERM BROTHER AND
SISTER SEEM ALMOST AN EVIL THING
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TO SAY. "LET'S NOT KILL HIM,
HE'S OUR BROTHER, LET'S SELL HIM
00:17:04.80\00:17:10.86
!" "LET'S NOT KILL HIM, HIS
BLOOD WOULD BE UPON OUR HANDS."
00:17:10.86\00:17:14.36
"LET'S MAKE HIM A SLAVE."
00:17:14.36\00:17:16.46
"LET'S SELL HIM FOR
7 OUNCES OF SILVER."
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"LET'S GIVE HIM TO
THOSE PEOPLE AND LET THEM TAKE
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HIM INTO A FOREIGN LAND,
AND WHO CARES WHAT THEY DO."
00:17:23.16\00:17:29.23
SO NOW THEY PULL
HIM OUT OF A PIT,
00:17:29.23\00:17:32.40
HIS ELDER BROTHER RUBEN
HAD ALREADY CONJURED UP A WAY
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TO SAVE HIS LIFE,
BUT IT WAS NOT TO BE.
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IT WOULD SEEM THAT
GOD HAD GONE TO SLEEP.
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BUT DON'T EVER BELIEVE
THAT GOD HAS GONE TO SLEEP.
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GOD IS WATCHING WHEN YOU
THINK THINGS HAVE GONE AWRY.
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THEY TAKE HIM OUT OF THE
CISTERN, PUT HIM ON THAT WAGON.
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AND NOW JOSEPH LOOKS
AT THE LAND OF HIS FATHER
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AS IT SHRINKS IN HIS VISION.
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AND AS HE WATCHES, HIS
HEART FALLS INTO DESPONDENCY,
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FOR HE IS LEAVING EVERYTHING
THAT HE KNOWS -- GOING
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SOMEWHERE THAT IS UNKNOWN
TO FACE HE KNOWS NOT WHAT.
00:18:10.20\00:18:15.20
SO THE QUESTION IS, "WHAT DO YOU
DO WHEN THERE'S NOBODY TO CALL
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?" HIS FATHER HAD TOLD HIM ABOUT
THE TIME WHEN HE WAS OUT ALONE
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AND LAY DOWN ON THE
GROUND WITH A ROCK AS A PILLOW.
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WHEN HE HAD A VISION OF ANGELS
GOING UP AND DOWN ON A LADDER
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MOST SCHOLARS AGREE THAT
THE LADDER WAS SIGNIFICANT
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BECAUSE IT REPRESENTS
JESUS OUR CONNECTION TO HEAVEN.
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AND IF JESUS IS THE CONNECTION
THEN YOU'VE ALWAYS GOT ACCESS TO
THE POWER OF HEAVEN.
00:18:39.66\00:18:45.86
AND WHAT GOD WAS TRYING TO
ALLOW, YOU MUST UNDERSTAND,
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IS FOR ENOUGH TRIALS TO
COME TO TEACH HIM HOW TO
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LEAN ON GOD FOR HIMSELF INSTEAD
OF LEANING ON SOMEBODY ELSE WHO
00:18:53.20\00:18:59.26
LEANED ON GOD. SO WHILE GOD
ALLOWED THE TRIAL, GOD ALLOWED
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IT BECAUSE IN THE LONG
TERM, IT WAS GOOD FOR HIM.
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YOU'VE GOT TO GET THAT ONE !
00:19:12.10\00:19:15.30
'CAUSE SOMEBODY'S GOING THROUGH
SOMETHING TONIGHT AND YOU'VE
00:19:15.30\00:19:18.10
ALREADY SAID IT, "WHY IS GOD
LETTING ME GO THROUGH THIS ?"
00:19:18.10\00:19:21.86
WELL, YOU'VE GOT TO UNDERSTAND
GOD IS NOT A GENIE IN A LAMP.
00:19:21.86\00:19:27.33
YOU DON'T RUB AND HE
JUMPS OUT TO GIVE THREE WISHES.
00:19:27.33\00:19:31.53
YOU HAVE SEEN THAT OCCUR
ON CARTOONS AND TELEVISION
00:19:31.53\00:19:36.20
AND YOU KNOW THAT MOST PEOPLE
MESS UP THEIR WISHES ANYWAY.
00:19:36.20\00:19:40.00
PEOPLE WHO WIN THE LOTTERY TURN
OUT TO BE MORE POOR THAN THEY
WERE BEFORE THEY WON.
00:19:40.00\00:19:46.36
THEIR LIVES ARE DECIMATED.
00:19:46.36\00:19:48.46
ILL-GOTTEN GAIN IS
NO BLESSING AFTER ALL.
00:19:48.46\00:19:52.30
BUT GOD IS NOT A GENIE WHO GIVES
BLESSINGS IN A STRANGE,
CAPRICIOUS FASHION.
00:19:52.30\00:19:58.10
HE IS A FATHER WHO
KNOWS WHAT I NEED !
00:19:58.10\00:20:02.06
AND EVEN WHEN I NEED
SOME HARDSHIP IN MY LIFE.
00:20:02.06\00:20:07.60
ONE WRITER SAYS THAT BEFORE
JOSEPH WAS PUT IN THAT CISTERN
00:20:07.60\00:20:13.33
HE HAD STARTED TO
BE RATHER EXACTING.
00:20:13.33\00:20:18.23
HE EXPECTED TOO MUCH OUT
OF OTHERS BECAUSE HE HADN'T
00:20:18.23\00:20:24.03
SUFFERED. IF YOU WANT TO HAVE
A HARD TIME, YOU FALL INTO THE
00:20:24.03\00:20:27.33
HANDS OF SOMEONE WHO
HAS NEVER HAD A HARD TIME.
00:20:27.33\00:20:32.56
THEY CAN'T UNDERSTAND, "I DON'T
KNOW WHY THEY CAN'T MAKE IT.
00:20:32.56\00:20:40.93
I MADE IT.
00:20:40.93\00:20:44.33
I PULLED MYSELF UP
BY MY OWN BOOTSTRAPS.
00:20:44.33\00:20:49.73
I STARTED OUT WITH NOTHING
AND MADE SOMETHING OF MYSELF."
00:20:49.73\00:20:54.30
THEY WILL LOOK DOWN
THEIR NOSES AT YOU AND
00:20:54.30\00:20:56.26
COUNT YOU OUT BEFORE
YOU CAN BLINK YOUR EYES,
00:20:56.26\00:20:59.43
BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T
SUFFERED REALLY ENOUGH.
00:20:59.43\00:21:02.10
BUT WHEN YOU HAVE GONE
THROUGH SOME HARD TIMES,
00:21:02.10\00:21:05.40
OH DO YOU GET MERCIFUL !
00:21:05.40\00:21:10.20
IT HAPPENS !
00:21:10.20\00:21:11.96
SO GOD HAD TO ALLOW
SOME SUFFERING IN THAT YOUNG
00:21:11.96\00:21:15.03
MAN'S LIFE BECAUSE HE WAS
BECOMING EXACTING OF OTHERS AND
00:21:15.03\00:21:21.86
SELF-SUFFICIENT. BECAUSE WHEN
YOU DON'T HAVE TRIALS YOU DON'T
KNOW THAT YOU CAN'T TRUST TO
00:21:21.86\00:21:28.66
LEAN ON YOURSELF. IF GOD NEVER
SENT A PROBLEM TOO BIG FOR YOU
00:21:28.66\00:21:32.43
TO HANDLE, YOU WOULD GO
THROUGHOUT LIFE UNDER THE
00:21:32.43\00:21:37.06
MISAPPREHENSION THAT
YOU CAN HANDLE ANYTHING.
00:21:37.06\00:21:41.76
AND IF YOU THINK YOU CAN HANDLE
ANYTHING, YOU ARE CULTURALLY
00:21:41.76\00:21:48.03
DEPRIVED ! SO GOD HAD TO SHOW
HIM THERE ARE SOME THINGS YOU
00:21:48.03\00:21:51.50
CAN'T HANDLE SON. AND THEN HAD
TO TAKE HIM AWAY -- LISTEN --
TAKE HIM AWAY FROM WHERE HE WAS
00:21:51.50\00:21:57.23
COMFORTABLE, BECAUSE SO LONG AS
YOU LIVE IN YOUR COMFORT ZONE,
00:21:57.23\00:22:00.26
THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT YOU
WILL NEVER, EVER HAVE TO LEARN,
00:22:00.26\00:22:04.16
BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS
HAVE RESOURCES AROUND.
00:22:04.16\00:22:08.13
YOU'VE GOT MOM AND DAD AND
COUSINS AND UNCLES AND AUNTS AND
00:22:08.13\00:22:13.46
FRIENDS. AND SOMETIMES GOD WILL
TAKE YOU AWAY FROM ALL OF THEM,
SO NOW WHO WILL YOU CALL ?
00:22:13.46\00:22:19.90
AND AFTER A WHILE YOU WILL
FIND YOURSELF EARLY ONE MORNING
00:22:19.90\00:22:23.26
DOWN ON YOUR KNEES WITH THE
RECOGNITION THAT THE ONLY ONE
00:22:23.26\00:22:26.76
YOU CAN CALL IS TO CALL ON GOD.
00:22:26.76\00:22:31.30
AND YOU NEED TO KNOW
THAT, YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT.
00:22:31.30\00:22:33.93
AND NOW THIS YOUNG
MAN IS SOLD INTO EGYPT.
00:22:33.93\00:22:36.60
SOLD LIKE SO MUCH MERCHANDISE.
00:22:36.60\00:22:40.63
I DON'T KNOW WHAT
THEY GOT FOR HIM THERE,
00:22:40.63\00:22:42.10
BUT WHATEVER IT
WAS IT WAS NOT ENOUGH.
00:22:42.10\00:22:45.23
HERE WAS A YOUNG
MAN WHO HAD DREAMS.
00:22:45.23\00:22:47.60
AND AS YOU WATCH IT, SEE
YOU AND I LOOK AT THIS THING,
00:22:47.60\00:22:52.16
WE ARE SO POMPOUS WHEN WE READ
THE BIBLE, BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY
00:22:52.16\00:22:58.26
READ IT. YOU KNOW WE KNOW
HOW IT'S GOING TO TURN OUT.
00:22:58.26\00:22:59.86
IT'S LIKE SOMEBODY WHO'S
WATCHING A MOTION PICTURE
00:22:59.86\00:23:02.33
WITH YOU AND
YOU'VE ALREADY SAW IT.
00:23:02.33\00:23:04.93
YOU KNOW, AND YOU'RE
SITTING THERE ALL SMUG.
00:23:04.93\00:23:08.76
WELL, YOU KNOW.
00:23:08.76\00:23:11.30
"WHAT DO YOU THINK
IS GOING TO HAPPEN ?"
00:23:11.30\00:23:13.40
WELL, I THINK. . ."
00:23:13.40\00:23:14.60
"NAW, KEEP WATCHING."
00:23:14.60\00:23:19.33
SO YOU'RE
SITTING HERE NOW SAYING,
00:23:19.33\00:23:20.93
"NO BIG THING, I KNOW
HOW IT'S GONNA TURN OUT."
00:23:20.93\00:23:23.50
BUT LOOK,
SUPPOSE YOU DIDN'T KNOW.
00:23:23.50\00:23:26.93
WOULDN'T YOU BEGIN TO
WONDER, "WHERE IS GOD ?
00:23:26.93\00:23:30.80
IS GOD GONNA LET THIS
BOY GET SOLD AS A SLAVE ?
00:23:30.80\00:23:34.36
WHERE IS GOD ?
00:23:34.36\00:23:35.63
WHERE IS HE NOW ?"
00:23:35.63\00:23:38.00
AND IF GOD DOESN'T
COME WHEN YOU NEED HIM,
00:23:38.00\00:23:39.46
WHAT GOOD IS A
RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM ?
00:23:39.46\00:23:42.26
BUT REMEMBER THAT GOD IS A
FATHER, AND SO HE'S WATCHING.
00:23:42.26\00:23:46.93
AND THE BOY FINDS HIS WAY
INTO THE HOUSE OF A PROMINENT
00:23:46.93\00:23:53.66
FAMILY IN EGYPT -- THE
HOUSE OF LORD POTIPHAR.
00:23:53.66\00:23:58.23
NOW, YOU ONLY KNOW THE NEGATIVE
SIDE BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T PAID
ATTENTION TO THIS OTHER SIDE.
00:23:58.23\00:24:06.50
BUT THERE WAS A BLESSING FOR
JOSEPH EVEN IN POTIPHAR'S HOUSE.
00:24:06.50\00:24:13.30
I LOVE THIS PART.
00:24:13.30\00:24:15.76
EVERYTHING THAT
JOSEPH TOUCHED WAS BLESSED.
00:24:15.76\00:24:20.70
AND IT WAS NOT A DIRECT MIRACLE.
00:24:20.70\00:24:26.13
IT WAS THROUGH PERSEVERING,
CONSTANT EFFORT THAT GOD BLESSED
00:24:26.13\00:24:33.40
EVERYTHING. NOW THAT'S IMPORTANT
TO KNOW BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME
00:24:33.40\00:24:36.76
PEOPLE WHO WHEN THEY
FINALLY BELIEVE IN GOD,
00:24:36.76\00:24:38.76
BELIEVE THAT GOD WILL
JUST PUT THINGS THERE.
00:24:38.76\00:24:42.30
YOU CAN JUST SIT DOWN AND WAIT.
00:24:42.30\00:24:45.16
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING ?"
00:24:45.16\00:24:46.40
"WAITING ON THE LORD."
00:24:46.40\00:24:51.90
THERE ARE TIMES WHEN
GOD WILL SAY, "WAIT !"
00:24:51.90\00:24:55.13
BUT THE SAME BIBLE THAT
SAYS, "WAIT ON THE LORD,"
00:24:55.13\00:24:57.03
SAYS, "IF YOU DON'T
WORK YOU OUGHT NOT EAT."
00:24:57.03\00:25:00.53
SO YOU'VE GOT TO
PUT SOME EFFORT IN,
00:25:00.53\00:25:08.80
BUT FOR THOSE WHO TRUST IN
GOD AND WHO ARE WILLING TO PUT
00:25:08.80\00:25:12.86
THEIR HAND TO EXCELLENCE,
GOD WILL ADD SOMETHING.
00:25:12.86\00:25:18.66
THE YOUNG MAN COMES
INTO POTIPHAR'S HOUSE
00:25:18.66\00:25:20.63
FROM A FOREIGN COUNTRY, A SLAVE.
00:25:20.63\00:25:23.36
AND YOU WOULD THINK THAT HE
WOULD HAVE GOTTEN AN ATTITUDE.
00:25:23.36\00:25:26.96
NOW DON'T GET ME STARTED.
00:25:26.96\00:25:30.50
THERE ARE SOME OF US WHO
CAN EXPLAIN AWAY EVERYTHING.
00:25:30.50\00:25:36.40
YOU KNOW, "I'M NOT GOING
TO WORK UNTIL I GET A JOB.
00:25:36.40\00:25:43.13
I WANT TO WEAR A SHIRT AND
TIE, AND IF I DON'T GET A JOB
00:25:43.13\00:25:49.96
LIKE THAT I'M
GONNA SIT RIGHT HERE.
00:25:49.96\00:25:52.63
YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GONNA DO THAT.
00:25:52.63\00:25:57.30
I'M NOT CUT OUT
FOR THAT KIND OF WORK.
00:25:57.30\00:26:01.53
I'M THE EXECUTIVE TYPE."
00:26:01.53\00:26:07.80
YOU BETTER GET YOUR EXECUTIVE
HANDS ON A MOP OR A BROOM UNTIL
YOU GET SOME EXPERTISE.
00:26:07.80\00:26:14.46
AMEN ?
00:26:14.46\00:26:16.23
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT YOUR
AIM OUGHT TO BE AT SOME LOW JOB,
00:26:16.23\00:26:19.63
I THINK YOU OUGHT TO AIM HIGH.
00:26:19.63\00:26:21.80
BUT YOU'VE GOT TO UNDERSTAND
THAT YOU DON'T GET HIGH BY
STAYING LOW WITH A LOW ATTITUDE.
00:26:21.80\00:26:26.63
YOU'VE GOT TO GET A WINNING
ATTITUDE AND THEN WORK AT IT !
00:26:26.63\00:26:29.90
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