Participants: Pr Walter Pearson
Series Code: BOL
Program Code: BOL000227
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00:01 THERE COMES A STRANGE DREAM TO
00:03 PHARAOH; SEVEN SKINNY COWS 00:09 EAT UP SEVEN FAT ONES 00:11 AND DON'T GET FAT. 00:14 DON'T YOU WISH DIETS WORKED THAT WAY ? 00:17 ♪ PRAISE THE LORD, LET'S JUST PRAISE THE LORD. ♪ 00:23 Announcer: THIS IS THE BREATH OF LIFE TELEVISION BROADCAST WITH PASTOR WALTER L. PEARSON, JR. 00:28 WHEN GOD GETS READY HE CAN DELIVER YOU, IF YOU CALL ON HIM, IF YOU TRUST IN HIM. 00:33 ♪ HE'S WORTHY OF THE PRAISE, JESUS IS WORTHY. ♪ 00:41 YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOWN FLAT ON YOUR FACE, BUT THE POWER OF GOD WILL LIFT YOU UP. 00:45 ♪ HE'S WORTHY OF ALL ALL THE PRAISE. ♪ 00:51 TAKE A LITTLE JOB AND GO TO NIGHT SCHOOL. 00:58 YOU KNOW, TURN YOUR BRAIN ON. 01:01 ASK GOD TO MASSAGE YOUR GRAY MATTER. 01:04 GET ALL OF THOSE ELECTRIC MOVEMENTS GOING ON UP THERE. 01:08 PULL YOUR IQ UP AND GET SOMETHING HAPPENING AND WORK YOUR WAY OUT OF WHERE YOU ARE. 01:14 IT'S TRUE THAT SOME THAT HAVE WORKED HAVE NOT MADE IT, 01:17 BUT YOU OUGHT NOT STOP UNTIL YOU TRY. 01:22 THIS YOUNG MAN WAS IN A HOUSE WHERE, YOU KNOW, 01:25 HE COULD HAVE COME AS -- IN POTIPHAR'S HOUSE 01:29 "I GOT TO DO WHAT ? 01:33 OK, YOU JUST GO ON AND I'LL DO THAT." 01:38 AND WHEN HE LEAVES HE SAYS, "YOU THINK I'M GOING TO WORK IN HERE ? 01:41 I'M A SLAVE. 01:43 I'M DOING NOTHING IN HERE." 01:45 BUT INSTEAD HE PUT HIS HAND TO IT. 01:48 AND WHEN THEY WOULD LOOK AT WHAT JOSEPH HAD DONE THEY WOULD SAY, 01:52 "HOW DID YOU DO THAT ?" 01:54 AND THE ANSWER, THOUGH HE MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO EXPLAIN IT VERBALLY, 02:00 WAS THAT WHEN HE PUT HIS HAND TO IT WITH EFFORT THAT WAS PERSEVERING, 02:05 GOD BLESSED THAT EFFORT. 02:09 AND MORE CAME OF IT THAN ORDINARILY WOULD. 02:14 GOD WILL DO THAT WHEN YOU'RE DEDICATED TO HIM 02:17 AND YOU'RE WILLING TO APPLY YOURSELF. 02:19 SO HE BECAME TRUSTED IN POTIPHAR'S HOUSE. 02:24 AND IN FACT, LORD POTIPHAR ARRANGED IT SO THAT THERE WAS 02:28 NOTHING THAT HE KEPT BACK FROM JOSEPH, SAVE FOR HIS WIFE. 02:36 THE DEVIL LOVES TO HEAR THINGS LIKE THAT. 02:39 HE SAYS, "OH, O.K., SO HE CAN HAVE ANYTHING BUT WHAT ?" 02:44 "HIS WIFE." 02:45 "OH, O.K. SO THAT MEANS THAT I GOT ONLY ONE PLACE TO WORK HERE. 02:52 ONLY ONE HE CAN'T HAVE IS MRS. POTIPHAR." 02:56 SO HE GOES AND STARTS WORKING ON THIS POOR LITTLE LADY. 03:00 SOME SCHOLARS SAY THAT MAYBE BROTHER POTIPHAR SPENT TOO MUCH TIME IN THE OFFICE. 03:10 AND BROTHER, YOU'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL, AMEN ? 03:14 YOUR WIFE MAY BE EVER SO FAITHFUL, BUT YOU'VE GOT TO COME HOME ! 03:22 YOU'VE GOT TO COME HOME. 03:24 YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE A LITTLE TIME, YOU KNOW. 03:27 IT IS NOT -- YOU KNOW THERE WAS ONCE THE TIME WHEN THOSE 03:30 CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY ENVISIONED THEMSELVES HOLDING THE HELM OF SOME GRAND SHIP. 03:37 THEY DIDN'T CARE ABOUT HOME, THAT WOULD TAKE CARE OF ITSELF. 03:41 BUT THE GREATEST REWARD IN LIFE IS THE JOY AND WARMTH OF A FAMILY. 03:47 TO COME HOME AND SPEND TIME WITH YOUR WIFE AND YOUR FAMILY. 03:52 WELL, SOME SUGGEST THAT MAYBE HIS TIME WAS NOT ALLOCATED WELL. 03:56 BUT I BELIEVE THAT IT WAS SATAN'S PLAN TO TAKE THE ONE THING 04:02 THAT LORD POTIPHAR SAID HE COULDN'T HAVE 04:04 AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE. 04:06 THAT'S THE WAY THE DEVIL WORKS. 04:08 HE DOESN'T CARE WHAT YOU CAN HAVE, 04:10 HE MAKES YOU WANT WHAT YOU CAN'T HAVE. 04:14 THINK ABOUT IT, THIS IS GOOD PREACHING. 04:21 ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU CAN HAVE, YOU CAN STOP WORRYING ABOUT THAT; 04:25 IT'S THE ONE THING YOU CAN'T HAVE. 04:27 AND THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES ARE CENTERED AROUND WHAT THEY CAN'T HAVE. 04:32 THEY SIT UP AND WATCH TELEVISION AND THAT'S ALL THEY WANT. 04:36 GOT ALL KINDS OF STUFF IN YOUR HOUSE. 04:38 YOU'VE GOT THINGS YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO PRONOUNCE. 04:43 BUT YOU'VE STILL GOT YOUR EYE FOCUSED ON SOMETHING YOU DON'T HAVE. 04:46 SOME NEIGHBOR SHOWS UP WITH A BRAND NEW TOY, YOU KNOW, 04:51 A NEW CAR OR SOME NEW APPLIANCE. 04:54 YOU DON'T NEED IT. 04:56 BUT YOU SEE SOMEBODY ELSE WITH IT. 04:58 SO WHEN THE BOX IS OUT THERE WAITING FOR THE TRASH MAN 05:02 TO PICK IT UP AND YOU PASS BY AND LOOK AND SAY, 05:03 "AHA, THEY GOT A NEW ONE OF THOSE. 05:08 THINK I'LL GO DOWN AND SEE IF I CAN GET ONE OF THOSE." 05:12 WHY DON'T YOU LEARN HOW TO BE HAPPY WITH WHAT YOU GOT ? 05:15 YOU DON'T NEED A NEW ONE OF THOSE ANYHOW. 05:18 WHEN YOU GET IT, IT WILL JUST SIT THERE. 05:21 BUT SATAN LOVES TO PLAY GAMES 05:24 WITH YOUR MIND ABOUT WHAT YOU DON'T HAVE. 05:26 SO NOW, THE MAN CAN HAVE ANYTHING IN THE HOUSE BUT THE LADY. 05:31 THE DEVIL KNOWS WHAT TO DO. 05:33 HE GOES IN THERE AND STARTS TALKING TO SISTER POTIPHAR: 05:37 "CHILD YOU SURE ARE -- YOU'RE JUST, YOU'RE NOT TREATED WELL. 05:44 HOW COULD A MAN LEAVE A WOMAN LIKE YOU ? 05:48 LONELY, HOUR AFTER HOUR. 05:54 YOU'VE GOT THESE SERVANTS WALKING AROUND HERE -- LIKE THAT FOREIGN BOY, STRONG MAN. 06:05 HAVE YOU LOOKED AT HIS MUSCLES ? 06:09 GOOD LOOKING FELLOW. 06:11 AS FAR AS YOUR HUSBAND KNOWS, YOU MIGHT, YOU KNOW, 06:14 YOU MIGHT THINK ABOUT IT." 06:17 AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT LIGHT FLICKERS ON. 06:21 DO YOU KNOW THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH TEMPTATION 06:24 AS LONG AS YOU DON'T FALL FOR IT ? 06:26 EVERYBODY GETS TEMPTED. 06:28 IT'S ONE THING TO HAVE A BIRD LIGHT ON YOUR HEAD. 06:31 IT'S QUITE ANOTHER TO LET HIM BUILD A NEST IN YOUR HAIR. 06:34 (laughter) 06:39 EVIDENTLY MRS. POTIPHAR -- AND I WANT TO BE VERY CAREFUL, 06:42 I UNDERSTAND THAT ONE COMMENTATOR HAS SUGGESTED 06:46 THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST CASTIGATIONS OF THE FEMALE GENDER. 06:52 SOMEBODY WANTS TO SAY THAT BECAUSE THIS STORY IS WRITTEN 06:55 IT SAYS TERRIBLE THINGS ABOUT WOMEN. 06:57 IT SAYS NOTHING MORE TERRIBLE ABOUT WOMEN THAN ALL OF THE BAD MEN IN THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT MEN. 07:03 THERE ARE SOME WOMEN WHO ARE GOOD; 07:05 THERE ARE SOME WHO ARE NOT. 07:06 THERE ARE SOME MEN WHO ARE GOOD, 07:07 SOME WHO ARE NOT. 07:09 IT HAPPENS THAT MRS. POTIPHAR IS ABOUT TO BE USED BY THE DEVIL TO WORK A PLAN 07:14 AND EVERY TIME THE DEVIL BRINGS A TEMPTATION, 07:17 YOU MUST NOT FLATTER YOURSELF TO THINK THAT YOU ARE THE OBJECT OF HIS AFFECTION. 07:22 YOU ARE A PAWN IN HIS GAME. 07:25 YOU ARE NOT WHAT IT'S ABOUT; 07:27 IT'S THE GLORY OF GOD HE WANTS TO TEAR DOWN. 07:30 AND SO THE THING'S SET, 07:36 AND YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF THEORIES. 07:39 ONE OF MY THEORIES IS THAT MRS. POTIPHAR MIGHT HAVE BEEN QUITE ALLURING, 07:44 AND THAT JOSEPH MIGHT HAVE FOUND HIMSELF UNABLE TO LOOK AWAY FOR A MOMENT. 07:50 BUT HE PRAYS, BECAUSE HE UNDERSTANDS. 07:52 IN FACT, ONE OF MY FAVORITE BIBLE COMMENTATORS SUGGESTS THAT 07:55 IN THAT HOUSE JOSEPH WORSHIPPED THE GOD JEHOVAH OPENLY. 08:01 BECAUSE HAD HE NOT BEEN OPEN, HE WOULD HAVE FALLEN MUCH SOONER. 08:05 IT WAS A TEN-YEAR PERIOD THAT HE SPENT IN THAT HOUSE. 08:08 AND HE STAYED ON GOD'S SIDE BECAUSE HE OPENLY DECLARED HIMSELF. 08:14 HE WAS GOD'S CHILD. 08:19 SO, IF SHE WAS ALLURING, THAT WAS ONE THING. 08:22 BUT I'VE LEARNED SOMETHING. 08:24 MEN, WE MUST ADMIT, AND I DON'T WANT THIS TO SOUND IN ANY WAY SLIGHTING TO WOMEN. 08:31 BUT WHEN YOU SEE THAT A WOMAN IS QUITE ATTRACTIVE, 08:35 WE KNOW TO BE CAREFUL. 08:36 YOU BRING THE SHIELDS UP. 08:45 "I'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL OF THAT." 08:48 AND THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT BRETHREN, 08:52 YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW WHEN TO BE CAREFUL. 08:56 TURN TO THE WALL. 09:02 PRAY. 09:04 AMEN ? 09:06 IN FACT, DON'T WORRY ABOUT HOW DIGNIFIED YOU LOOK, LEAVE ! 09:09 GO ! 09:11 THIS IS NOT A GAME ! 09:14 WHEN JOSEPH FINDS HIMSELF IN THE SITUATION HE WAS SAYING, 09:18 "I CANNOT DO THIS THING AND SIN AGAINST MY GOD. 09:24 IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU LADY. 09:27 THIS IS AGAINST MY GOD." 09:30 SO I SUGGEST THAT MAYBE SHE PERHAPS WAS NOT SO ALLURING. 09:36 YOU KNOW, WHEN A WOMAN IS NOT SO OBVIOUSLY ATTRACTIVE 09:41 MAYBE YOU -- "NICE LADY, BUT I WOULD NEVER FALL." 09:50 LET HIM THAT THINKS THAT, LET HIM STANDETH. 09:58 YOU BETTER BE CAREFUL. 09:59 LADIES, YOU'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL THESE DAYS. 10:03 AMEN ? 10:04 BRETHREN HAVE ALWAYS BEEN LIKE THIS. 10:07 THIS IS A NEW PHENOMENON. 10:09 WHEN YOU READ THIS IN THE BIBLE, YOU ARE SHOCKED ! 10:11 THIS IS A LONG TIME AGO; 10:13 IT'S AMAZING FOR A WOMAN TO BE SO ASSERTIVE. 10:18 THIS IS AMAZING, THIS IS AN AMAZING PIECE OF LITERATURE. 10:21 BUT THESE DAYS, IF WE WROTE THIS VERY SAME THING, IT WOULD NOT BE NOTABLE. 10:27 BECAUSE OUR MORALS ARE BEING SET, NOT BY THE WORD OF GOD, 10:34 BUT BY OUR TELEVISION SCREENS. 10:39 AND ANYTHING HAPPENS ON TELEVISION. 10:42 IF THE PEOPLE WHO CREATED TELEVISION PROGRAMS OWNED HEAVEN, 10:50 THEN YOU COULD BE VERY COMFORTABLE DOING WHAT THEY SUGGEST 10:54 AND KNOW THAT YOU WOULD HAVE A PLACE RESERVED FOR YOU IN THE KINGDOM. 11:00 BUT HEAVEN WILL NOT BE GOVERNED BY THE MORALS OF PEOPLE WHO PUT TELEVISION SHOWS ON THE AIR. 11:12 GOD IS A GOD OF PRINCIPLE. 11:16 SO MAYBE SHE WAS ATTRACTIVE, MAYBE SHE WAS NOT. 11:19 IT REALLY DOSEN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE. 11:21 I HAVE BEEN TO EGYPT AND THEY HAVE TOLD ME THAT THE MAN 11:24 CONTROLS THE OFFICE BUT THE WOMAN CONTROLS THE HOME. 11:28 THERE IS EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE THAT MRS. POTIPHAR WAS THE ONE 11:31 WHO MADE THE DETERMINATION TO SEND EVERYBODY ELSE AWAY 11:35 AND HAVE JOSEPH THERE ALONE. 11:40 AND IT WAS IN THAT TENSE SITUATION WHEN A SLAVE BOY 11:47 IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY WOULD HAVE DONE HIMSELF A FAVOR 11:51 APPARENTLY TO HAVE DONE WHAT THIS WOMAN SAID. 11:55 WHEN HE SAID, "I CANNOT." 11:59 "WELL, YOU MAY BE SORRY, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I HAVE CERTAIN POWER, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT. 12:08 NOT ONLY MIGHT IT ACCRUE TO YOUR GOOD TO DO THIS, 12:10 BUT IT MIGHT CAUSE YOU A PROBLEM IF YOU DON'T, IF YOU GET MY DRIFT." 12:16 "WELL, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT YOU SEE, 12:22 I'VE BEEN TRUSTING IN MY GOD THIS FAR, 12:25 AND IF YOU DON'T MIND I'LL KEEP ON." 12:31 "OH, YOU WILL ? 12:35 OH, YOU WILL ? 12:38 YOU WILL ? 12:41 WHAT IS MY HUSBAND GOING TO THINK WHEN HE COMES HOME AND FINDS MY CLOTHES TORN 12:48 AND KNOWING THAT ONLY YOU WERE HERE ?" 12:51 WELL THAT'S THE TIMES FOLK WHERE YOU GOT TO DECIDE WHOSE SIDE YOU ARE ON. 12:58 "WELL LADY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, 12:59 BUT I'M GOING TO HAVE TO STAY ON GOD'S SIDE." 13:04 LORD POTIPHAR COMES BACK AND YOU KNOW I WONDER WHAT THAT WAS LIKE ? 13:11 BECAUSE HUSBANDS AND WIVES KNOW THINGS. 13:19 YOU KNOW, LORD POTIPHAR LISTENS AND I'M SURE IT WAS AN ACADEMY AWARD PERFORMANCE: 13:30 "WAIT A MINUTE." 13:33 "WELL, DID ANYTHING HAPPEN ?" 13:39 "NO, BUT YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE." 13:44 AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THIS SCENARIO IS CONJURED UP 13:51 AND JOSEPH GOES TO JAIL. 13:56 WHEN IS GOD GONNA STEP IN ? 14:03 WHEN IS HE GONNA STEP IN ? 14:06 SURELY IF YOU STAND UP FOR GOD IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS, 14:09 SURELY HE WON'T LET YOU GO TO JAIL. 14:15 WHEN, IF EVER, WILL GOD STEP IN ? 14:20 AND IF GOD ALLOWS YOU TO GO TO PRISON FOR A CRIME THAT YOU DID NOT COMMIT, 14:25 MUST YOU STILL HAVE A POSITIVE ATTITUDE ? 14:33 I BELIEVE THAT THE PIT WAS GOOD FOR JOSEPH 14:38 AND THAT'S THE ONLY REASON GOD ALLOWED IT. 14:40 I BELIEVE THAT THE TRIP AWAY FROM HOME WAS GOOD FOR JOSEPH 14:44 AND THAT'S THE ONLY REASON WHY GOD ALWED IT 14:46 I BELIEVE THAT THE EXPERIENCE IN LORD POTIPHAR'S HOUSE WAS GOOD FOR JOSEPH 14:50 AND THAT'S THE ONLY REASON GOD ALLOWED IT. 14:53 BUT I SOMEHOW BELIEVE THAT THE JAIL WAS FOR THE GLORY OF GOD. 15:03 THINK WITH ME FOR A MINUTE. 15:05 IF JOSEPH GOES FROM LORD POTIPHAR'S HOUSE TO THE PALACE, 15:11 DOWN AT THE GOLF COURSE, WON'T THEY SAY, 15:14 "HAVE YOU HEARD WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT YOUNG MAN JOSEPH ?" 15:18 "NO, I DIDN'T." 15:21 "WHAT HAPPENED ?" 15:23 "WAIT A MINUTE, LET ME. . ." 15:26 "NO, LET ME TELL YOU. 15:28 I UNDERSTAND THAT HE WAS IN LORD POTIPHAR'S HOUSE 15:30 AND THAT EVERYTHING HE TOUCHED TURNED TO GOLD. 15:33 AND I THINK THAT IT JUST SHOWS HOW LIBERAL OUR SOCIETY IS 15:36 THAT A YOUNG MAN FROM A FOREIGN NATION 15:39 COULD GO FROM LORD POTIPHAR'S HOUSE TO THE PALACE. 15:41 ISN'T IT WONDERFUL. 15:42 I FEEL BETTER ABOUT US AS A SOCIETY, DON'T YOU ?" 15:49 NO ONE WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT. 15:51 AND SO, IF HE HAD GONE FROM LORD POTIPHAR'S HOUSE, 15:54 GOD MIGHT NEVER HAVE GOTTEN THE GLORY. 15:58 SO GOD SAID, "LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT I CAN REALLY DO ! 16:05 I'LL LET HIM GO TO JAIL. 16:07 FIRST I'LL SHOW YOU WHO HE IS. 16:11 GOD DOES NOT ALLOW TRIALS TO COME TO US TO SHOW HIM WHO WE ARE, HE ALREADY KNOWS. 16:18 GOD ALLOWS TRIALS TO COME TO US TO SHOW US WHO WE ARE. 16:25 SO, NOW IN JAIL IS HE GOING TO CHANGE HIS ATTITUDE NOW ? 16:30 NO ! 16:32 JOSEPH GOES INTO THE PRISON FOR A CRIME THAT HE DID NOT COMMIT AND SAYS, 16:37 "FELLOWS, LET'S LIGHTEN THIS THING UP A LITTLE BIT IN HERE. 16:41 MY LORD, CAN'T WE DO SOMETHING, WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE IN HERE ?" 16:46 "WE DON'T BELIEVE IN ANYTHING." 16:47 "WELL I BELIEVE IN GOD JEHOVAH!" 16:50 "WELL HE LET YOU COME TO PRISON." 16:51 "YEAH, BUT DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. 16:53 HE'S GOT IT UNDER CONTROL ! 16:56 WHEN HE GETS READY, HE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT." 16:59 "WELL, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW. . ." 17:01 "WELL, YOU'VE GOT TO BELIEVE IN SOMETHING. 17:02 WHY DON'T YOU TRY MY GOD ?" 17:04 NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN HE CHANGES THE ATMOSPHERE IN THE PRISON 17:07 SO THAT INSTEAD OF IT BEING A DARK, TERRIBLE PLACE, 17:11 THE LIGHT OF GOD BEGINS TO SHINE THROUGH THIS DEVOTED YOUNG MAN 17:15 SO THAT EVEN PRISONERS ARE BEGINNING, "YOU KNOW, THIS PLACE AIN'T THAT BAD. 17:22 KIND OF GLAD I MET HIM." 17:25 ONE DAY THEY SEE ANOTHER ELEMENT OF GOD'S POWER. 17:29 YOU REMEMBER THE BUTLER AND THE BAKER HAVE THESE DREAMS ? 17:34 THE BAKER'S GOT HIS DREAM WITH THE BASKETS AND THE BREAD, 17:38 YOU KNOW, AND HE'S GOT THE GRAPES AND THE STUFF AND THE BIRDS AND HE SAYS, 17:44 "I'VE BEEN WONDERING, I HAD A DREAM AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS." 17:46 "WELL, MY GOD SOMETIMES CAN TELL DREAMS." 17:51 AND NOW COMES THE OTHER DREAM AND IT'S ABOUT PRESSING THE GRAPES INTO THE CUP 17:57 AND THESE SYMBOLS DON'T SEEM TO MEAN ANYTHING. 18:00 YOU AND I DREAM THESE DREAMS ALL THE TIME WHEN WE EAT THE WRONG THING LATE AT NIGHT. 18:07 BUT GOD IS ALLOWING THIS TO HAPPEN SO THAT HE CAN SHOW TO THIS BAKER, 18:13 "YOU WON'T MAKE IT. 18:15 IN THREE DAYS YOUR LIFE WILL BE CUT OFF AND THE BIRDS WILL CONSUME YOUR FLESH." 18:21 BUT TO THE BUTLER HE SAYS, 18:22 "IN THREE DAYS YOU WILL SERVE PHARAOH. 18:25 AND IF IT BE SO, KINDLY REMEMBER ME WHEN YOU'RE THERE." 18:31 TWO YEARS PASS. 18:35 YOU WOULD THINK THAT JOSEPH WOULD CERTAINLY GET BITTER NOW. 18:39 BUT HE KEEPS HIS POSITIVE SPIRIT BECAUSE JOSEPH KNOWS 18:43 SOMETHING THAT YOU AND I ARE TRYING TO LEARN RIGHT NOW. 18:47 THAT IS THAT GOD DOESN'T COME ON YOUR TIME SCHEDULE, 18:50 BUT HE COMES AT A PERFECT TIME. 18:53 SO NOW WHAT WILL BE DONE ? 18:57 THERE COMES A STRANGE DREAM TO PHARAOH; 19:03 SEVEN SKINNY COWS EAT UP SEVEN FAT ONES AND DON'T GET FAT. 19:10 DON'T YOU WISH DIETS WORKED THAT WAY ? 19:13 (laughter) 19:19 SEVEN THIN EARS OF CORN EAT SEVEN FULL ONES AND DON'T GET ANY BIGGER. 19:25 AND PHARAOH CALLS ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE ASSIGNED. 19:28 "UH GO AND GET THE. . . BRING THE DIVINERS. 19:34 BRING THE REGULAR FOLK. 19:36 TELL YOU THE DREAM. 19:36 WHAT DO YOU THINK ?" 19:38 "WELL LORD PHARAOH, WE THINK WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME TIME." 19:49 "WELL, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THIS IS." 19:50 "WELL, WE'LL COME UP WITH SOMETHING." 19:53 WHILE THEY ARE ABOUT TO COME UP WITH IT THIS BUTLER REMEMBERS. 19:59 AH, PRAISE GOD FOR THE MEMORY. 20:02 "UH, LORD PHARAOH, I DON'T MEAN TO BE OUT OF THE WAY, 20:08 BUT THERE IS A GENTLEMEN, A SLAVE WHO IS ABLE TO TELL DREAMS. 20:15 HIS NAME IS JOSEPH." 20:17 "YOU WOULDN'T PER CHANCE MEAN THE ONE WHO GAVE THAT TROUBLE TO LORD POTIPHAR ?" 20:20 "WELL, THE VERY ONE, BUT I WOULD WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT 20:24 THERE WERE EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THAT. 20:27 IF YOUR HIGHNESS WOULD SIMPLY CALL HIM, THERE WOULD BE NOTHING TO LOSE." 20:35 NOW YOU BEGIN TO WATCH WHAT GOD CAN DO. 20:39 ALLOW ME IF YOU WILL TO PUT IT IN A DRAMATIC FASHION. 20:52 GOD KNOWS THE END FROM THE BEGINNING. 20:58 WITH GOD YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND TOMORROW ARE THE SAME. 21:05 GOD MOVES WITHOUT REFERENCE TO TIME, AS WE KNOW IT. 21:09 YOU AND I ARE LIMITED TO TIME, BUT GOD IS NOT. 21:13 SO GOD HOLDS THE FUTURE AND THE PAST IN HIS HAND. 21:18 GOD CAN MOVE INTO THE FUTURE AND ADJUST THINGS ACCORDING TO HIS WILL. 21:25 SO THAT GOD HAD THE POWER TO MOVE SEVEN YEARS AHEAD; 21:34 AND TURN THE RAIN ON. 21:38 THINK ABOUT IT, MOVE SEVEN YEARS AHEAD OF THAT AND TURN IT OFF. 21:46 SO YOU GOT SEVEN YEARS WITH NO RAIN, 21:50 SEVEN YEARS WITH RAIN AND HE PLAYS IT IN REVERSE FASHION. 21:56 SO THAT THERE WILL BE SEVEN YEARS OF PLENTY, 21:59 THEN THERE WILL BE SEVEN YEARS OF FAMINE. 22:02 AND GOD SIMPLY REARRANGES IT SO THAT IN HIS HAND, 22:07 THERE IS A SCENARIO THAT HE CAN PUT IT JOSEPH'S HEART. 22:14 SO IN OTHER WORDS, HE GOES DOWN INTO THE FUTURE, 22:17 CHANGES THE PATTERN OF RAIN 22:21 AND THEN COMES BACK TO HIS SERVANT JOSEPH, 22:23 WHO NEEDS TO GET OUT OF PRISON AND SAYS, "HERE'S THE KEY." 22:29 (applause) 22:36 IN EGYPT BEFORE THE ASWAN DAM, 22:40 THE WATER WAS CONTROLLED BY A SYSTEM OF DIKES BUT IT WAS NOT ALL THAT WELL DONE. 22:49 SO WHEN THE RAINY SEASON CAME, IF THE RAINS CAME TOO HIGH, 22:53 THEY WOULD GO IN AND DESTROY THE HOUSES AND FLOOD THE CROPS. 22:57 IF THE RAIN CAME TOO LOW, IT WOULD NOT COME FAR ENOUGH TO WATER THE CROPS. 23:01 IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT, THE WATER WOULD COME JUST CLOSE ENOUGH 23:05 TO WATER THE CROPS BUT NOT DESTROY THE HOUSES. 23:09 AND GOD SIMPLY ADJUSTED THE RAIN SO THAT THEY WOULD HAVE 23:14 SEVEN YEARS OF RAIN AND THEN SEVEN YEARS OF FAMINE. 23:19 NOW HE TELLS THE WHOLE STORY TO JOSEPH AND JOSEPH GETS THE CALL 23:23 NOW FROM PHARAOH FROM A BUTLER WHO FINALLY REMEMBERED. 23:28 CHANGED HIMSELF, GETTING READY TO GO AND SEE THE KING. 23:36 "DO I HAVE ANY CLOTHES LEFT THAT ARE PRESENTABLE ?" 23:39 "WHERE YOU GOING ?" 23:40 "I'M GOING TO SEE THE KING." 23:42 "WHAT ARE YOU GOING FOR JOSEPH ? 23:43 THEY'RE NEVER GOING TO LET YOU OUT OF HERE." 23:44 "WELL, YOU NEVER KNOW !" 23:46 NOW HE GOES. 23:50 "YES SIR, WHAT IS YOUR DREAM ?" 23:52 "WELL, THERE WERE THE SEVEN FAT COWS THAT ATE THE SEVEN 23:54 SKINNY COWS. . . AND THE SEVEN LARGE EARS. . . " 23:58 "IF YOU WOULD ALLOW ME SIR, I KNOW A GOD." 24:03 DO YOU KNOW YOU OUGHT TO BE CAREFUL TO GIVE CREDIT TO GOD ? 24:07 I KNOW A GOD WHO CAN DIVINE THINGS IN THE FUTURE, 24:11 WHO KNOWS THE END FROM THE BEGINNING. 24:14 AND I WANT TO SUGGEST TO YOU THAT THE SEVEN THIN COWS 24:19 REPRESENT A DROUGHT THAT'S GOING TO BE DOWN IN YOUR FUTURE. 24:23 BUT THE SEVEN LARGE ONES WILL BE CONSUMED BY IT. 24:26 YOU WILL HAVE RAIN, SO MUCH THAT EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE. 24:30 AND THEN, YOU'LL HAVE SEVEN YEARS WHEN YOU'LL HAVE NOT ENOUGH TO MAKE IT. 24:33 THE CORN REPRESENTS THE SAME THING. 24:35 SO I WANT TO SUGGEST TO YOU THAT IF YOU WOULD TAKE 20 PERCENT FROM THOSE GOOD YEARS 24:39 AND PUT IT ASIDE, YOU WOULD HAVE ENOUGH TO GET YOU THROUGH THE FAMINE. 24:43 HE SAID, "SO, YOU'VE NOT ONLY TOLD ME WHAT THE DREAM MEANS, BUT WHAT I OUGHT TO DO ?" 24:47 SO WHEN THE YOUNG MAN GOES BACK TO HIS PRISON CELL, 24:50 THE KING SAYS, "WHAT WOULD WE DO NOW IN A SITUATION 24:54 WHEN WE NEED AN ADMINISTRATOR TO BE OVER A SITUATION LIKE THIS ?" 25:00 AND LIKE A LIGHT COMING ON IN THE BACK OF HIS HEAD, 25:03 GOD ARRANGES THAT A MAN FROM A FOREIGN COUNTRY WHO'S BEEN 25:07 ACCUSED OF A HEINOUS CRIME, WHO'S BEEN IN JAIL, 25:12 AND YOU KNOW WHEN YOU GET THAT ON YOUR RECORD YOU CAN'T MAKE IT. 25:17 BUT GOD HAD TO SHOW YOU THAT HE CAN ALLOW YOUR RECORD TO BE TARNISHED AND RUINED, 25:25 AND IF YOU TRUST IN HIM, HE CAN STILL BRING YOU OUT. 25:30 BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN GOD STEPS IN. 25:37 I CORINTHIANS, CHAPTER 1, READ DOWN ABOUT THE END OF THAT 25:40 CHAPTER AROUND 26 IT SAYS THAT 25:42 "GOD HAS CHOSEN THE SIMPLE THINGS TO CONFOUND THE WISE; 25:47 GOD HAS CHOSEN THE BASE THINGS TO CONFOUND THE MIGHTY." 25:51 GOD HAS TO TAKE SITUATIONS LIKE THIS 25:55 TO PROVE TO US THAT HE IS GOD ! 25:59 IF HE HAD LET HIM GO FROM ONE HIGH PLACE TO ANOTHER 26:02 EVERYONE WOULD HAVE SAID, "IT'S A NATURAL." 26:05 AND SO GOD ALLOWED HIM TO SINK DOWN TO THE DREGS OF SOCIETY. 26:10 AND IF YOU'D BEEN THERE YOU WOULD HAVE SAID IT; 26:12 "HE'LL NEVER MAKE IT NOW, FOREIGNER, SLAVE, 26:15 ACCUSED OF RAPE, IN JAIL, FORGET HIM ! 26:21 HE'LL NEVER MAKE IT !" 26:23 THERE ARE PEOPLE RIGHT NOW WHO SOCIETY LOOKS AT AND SAYS, "NEVER MAKE IT." 26:31 (upbeat music) 26:37 "OUTRAGEOUS !" 26:39 (upbeat music) 26:42 (sounds of laughing) 26:43 Announcer: EVER WONDER IF YOUR LIFE HAS MEANING AND PURPOSE; 26:47 IF THERE WAS MORE TO LIFE THAN A SINKFULL OF SUDS; 26:50 IF GOD WAS REALLY ACTIVE IN THE DETAILS OF YOUR LIFE; 26:53 IF THERE WAS GREENER GRASS OVER SOME OTHER FENCE ? 26:56 IF SO GET THIS WEEK'S OFFER "OUTRAGEOUS GRACE" BY DWIGHT NELSON. 27:00 GET THE BOOK AND BE PREPARED TO JUMP FOR JOY; OR AT LEAST GET A CASE OF HAPPY TOES. 27:05 THE GRACE FROM GOD IS FREE--THE BOOK IS A FIVE DOLLAR DONATION. 27:08 GRAB A PHONE AND MAKE A FREE CALL--877-BOL-OFFER: 27:12 TRANSLATION: 877-265-6333. 27:16 OR WRITE FOR THE BOOK AND LET THE U.S.POASTAL SERVICE CARRY IT TO: 27:19 BREATH OF LIFE. 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