[ "AGNES DEI" PLAYS ] 00:00:10.54\00:00:12.44 [ CONGREGATION SINGS ] 00:00:36.30\00:00:38.20 >> ¤ WORTHY ¤ 00:01:30.25\00:01:32.15 ¤ HOLY ¤ ¤ LORD, YOU ARE ¤ 00:01:38.79\00:01:43.80 ¤ ALLELUIA ¤ 00:02:01.52\00:02:03.42 ¤ FOR THE LORD ¤ 00:02:13.19\00:02:15.06 ¤ ALLELUIA ¤ 00:02:20.10\00:02:22.00 ¤ ONE MORE TIME, ALLELUIA ¤ 00:02:37.45\00:02:40.36 ¤ YOU ARE, YOU ARE ¤ ¤ HOLY ¤ 00:02:43.89\00:02:49.93 ¤ HOLY ¤ 00:02:49.93\00:02:51.83 ¤ LORD, WE WORSHIP YOU ¤ 00:03:08.35\00:03:10.25 PLEASE BE SEATED. [ "FROM THE INSIDE OUT" PLAYS ] 00:03:47.52\00:03:50.49 >> SING WITH ME. 00:04:08.14\00:04:10.05 >> ¤ ONE MORE TIME, PLEASE ¤ 00:06:56.68\00:06:58.91 [ "LORD, I NEED YOU" PLAYS ] >> LORD, I COME. 00:07:12.39\00:07:23.91 ¤ LORD, I NEED ¤ 00:07:49.53\00:07:50.93 ¤ EVERY HOUR ¤ 00:07:58.14\00:07:59.21 ¤ MY ONE DEFENSE ¤ 00:08:04.78\00:08:06.35 ¤ WHERE SIN RUNS DEEP ¤ 00:08:26.20\00:08:28.10 WHERE GRACE IS FOUND. 00:08:33.88\00:08:35.78 ¤ HOLINESS ¤ 00:08:58.70\00:09:00.67 ¤ LORD, I ¤ 00:10:21.62\00:10:23.52 ¤ ONE MORE TIME, LORD, I NEED YOU ¤ 00:10:46.41\00:10:50.01 [ DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS ] 00:15:13.74\00:15:15.64 >> LET'S PRAY. SO, GOD, WHAT DOES IT MEAN? THIS -- THIS ONE 00:16:09.43\00:16:20.71 IN PARTICULAR. AS WE GO BACK TO THAT LIFE, SPEAK TO US ABOUT THIS LIFE, WE HUMBLY PRAY IN 00:16:20.71\00:16:27.25 CHRIST'S NAME, AMEN. 00:16:27.25\00:16:28.92 ANNE LAMOTT IN HER WHIMSICAL BOOK "TRAVELING MERCIES: 00:16:29.08\00:16:31.69 SOME REFLECTIONS ON FAITH," SHE MAKES THIS STATEMENT. 00:16:31.69\00:16:34.26 I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THIS ONE. 00:16:34.26\00:16:37.49 "NOT FORGIVING --" ALL RIGHT? ME NOT FORGIVING YOU, YOU NOT 00:16:37.49\00:16:41.76 FORGIVING HER "-- NOT FORGIVING IS LIKE DRINKING RAT POISON AND 00:16:41.76\00:16:47.37 THEN WAITING FOR THE RAT TO DIE." 00:16:47.37\00:16:50.44 YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT ONE. I KNOW THIS MIGHT SEEM -- 00:16:50.61\00:16:56.08 IN FACT, I HAD A STUDENT COME UP TO ME AFTER FIRST YEARS. "MAN, PASTOR, DID YOU HAVE TO 00:16:56.08\00:17:00.12 START WITH SO -- SO HEAVY A BEGINNING?" BUT I'M GONNA ASK 00:17:00.12\00:17:03.49 THE QUESTION ANYWAY. IS THERE -- IS THERE... SOMEONE IN YOUR LIFE 00:17:03.49\00:17:14.93 YOU HAVE NOT FORGIVEN? AM I DRINKING THE RAT POISON? THAT'S 00:17:14.93\00:17:23.04 THE QUESTION. MAYBE YOUR MOTHER. MAYBE YOUR DAD. MAYBE A CHILD. 00:17:23.04\00:17:30.21 MAYBE A ROOMMATE. MAYBE A HUSBAND, MAYBE A -- MAYBE A 00:17:30.21\00:17:38.92 WIFE. MAYBE A FRIEND. MAYBE AN ENEMY. HAVE WE DRUNK THE RAT 00:17:38.92\00:17:47.13 POISON? THAT'S THE VERY QUESTION FACING JOSEPH AT THIS MOMENT. I WANT YOU TO OPEN YOUR BIBLE. 00:17:47.13\00:17:50.70 WE'RE CUTTING TO THE CHASE. OPEN YOUR BIBLE TO GENESIS CHAPTER 00:17:50.70\00:17:56.37 40. HE FACES THE CHOICE. HE HAS TO MAKE IT. YOU AND I CAN'T DUCK 00:17:56.37\00:18:01.74 IT EITHER. GENESIS CHAPTER 40. AT THIS VERY MOMENT, JOSEPH IS 00:18:01.74\00:18:06.72 UNDERGROUND. EGYPTIAN DUNGEONS WERE SUBTERRANEAN. AS IT TURNS 00:18:06.72\00:18:11.49 OUT, THERE ARE TWO OTHER POLITICAL PRISONERS IN THE PRISON WITH HIM. CHIEF, UH -- 00:18:11.49\00:18:15.99 CHIEF BUTLER, CHIEF BAKER. JOSEPH HAS JUST INTERPRETED 00:18:15.99\00:18:21.66 THEIR DREAMS. AND IN FACT, IN THREE DAYS, IT WILL -- IT WILL HAPPEN EXACTLY AS HE PREDICTS. 00:18:21.66\00:18:27.77 AS THE CHIEF BUTLER IS LEAVING, JOSEPH GRABS HIS HAND ONE MORE TIME AND SAYS, "I BEG OF YOU. 00:18:27.77\00:18:33.14 I PLEAD WITH YOU. PLEASE. WHEN YOU GET BACK TO PHARAOH, 00:18:33.14\00:18:36.28 REMEMBER ME. I'M JUST A HEBREW SLAVE. I DID NOTHING TO DESERVE 00:18:36.28\00:18:42.45 THIS." NOW, HERE GOES. LAST LINE OF GENESIS CHAPTER 40. THIS WILL 00:18:42.45\00:18:49.06 BE VERSE 23. I'M IN THE NIV. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. HE MAKES THE PLEA, BUT THE CHIEF 00:18:49.06\00:18:55.06 CUPBEARER "DID NOT REMEMBER JOSEPH. HE FORGOT HIM." 00:18:55.06\00:19:04.04 SOME OF YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO LIVE IN THE WHITE SPACE THAT 00:19:11.51\00:19:17.52 FOLLOWS. YOU SEE THAT LITTLE WHITE SPACE BETWEEN CHAPTER 40 AND 41? THAT IS TWO LONG YEARS 00:19:17.52\00:19:25.73 OF TOTAL SILENCE. SOME OF YOU ARE LIVING IN THAT WHITE SPACE 00:19:25.73\00:19:30.83 RIGHT NOW. NOBODY REMEMBERS YOU, FEELS LIKE NOT EVEN GOD HIMSELF. YOU'RE NOT ON ANY RADAR SCREEN. 00:19:30.83\00:19:40.34 WHY AM I GOING THROUGH THIS? YOU KNOW THAT WHITE SPACE? SOME OF US ARE IN IT RIGHT NOW. 00:19:40.34\00:19:47.45 OBVIOUSLY, IN GOD'S MASTER PLAN, THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS WHITE 00:19:47.45\00:19:51.72 SPACE. OBVIOUSLY, EVERY SPACE OF OUR LIFE IS PACKED WITH HIS INTENTIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN FOR 00:19:51.72\00:19:57.49 US. BUT JOSEPH HAS NO CLUE. TWO YEARS -- ABSOLUTE SILENCE. 00:19:57.49\00:20:01.03 LOOK AT CHAPTER 41:1. "WHEN TWO FULL YEARS HAD PASSED." 00:20:01.03\00:20:08.94 TOTALLY OFF THE RADAR SCREEN OF ANYBODY EXCEPT GOD. IT MAKES YOU 00:20:08.94\00:20:14.48 WONDER. COME ON. JUST THINKING OUT LOUD. COULD IT BE THAT THESE 00:20:14.48\00:20:17.98 WHITE SPACES WE LIVE IN ARE ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL IN GOD'S MASTER PLAN FOR OUR LIVES? 00:20:17.98\00:20:24.25 SOMETHING'S HAPPENING TO JOSEPH. SOMETHING'S HAPPENING TO YOU. SOMETHING'S HAPPENING TO ME 00:20:24.25\00:20:28.46 RIGHT NOW IN THE WHITE SPACE. VERSE 1 OF CHAPTER 41... 00:20:28.46\00:20:33.56 MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. SEVEN SLEEK, FAT COWS GET GOBBLED UP 00:20:39.93\00:20:45.37 BY SEVEN GAUNT AND UGLY COWS. THEN ALONG COME SEVEN HEALTHY 00:20:45.37\00:20:48.68 HEADS OF GRAIN. GET GOBBLED UP BY SEVEN WITHERED HEADS OF GRAIN. AND WHEN PHARAOH AWAKENS, 00:20:48.68\00:20:53.21 ALL HE KNOWS IS THAT THERE IS SOME SORT OF OMINOUS HARBINGER TUCKED AWAY IN THESE DREAMS, AND 00:20:53.21\00:20:58.72 THE WHOLE PALACE IS THROWN INTO PANDEMONIUM. "SOMEBODY TELL ME 00:20:58.72\00:21:02.86 WHAT THESE DREAMS MEAN." EVERY MAGICIAN, EVERY WISE MAN, EVERY PRIEST -- THE SAGES ARE 00:21:02.86\00:21:07.76 BROUGHT IN. NOBODY KNOWS. AS THE WORD FILTERS THROUGH THE 00:21:07.76\00:21:12.47 PALACE, SUDDENLY SOMEBODY REMEMBERS. FACE BLUSHING IN 00:21:12.47\00:21:18.11 APOLOGY, HE STANDS BEFORE THE KING, AND HE SAYS, "OH, MY LORD. I REMEMBER, TWO YEARS AGO... 00:21:18.11\00:21:25.88 THERE WAS THIS HEBREW KID. HE WAS IN PRISON." BEFORE THE 00:21:25.88\00:21:31.99 BUTLER CAN EVEN FINISH THE REMEMBRANCE, THE ORDER IS BARKED. JOSEPH IS HURRIEDLY 00:21:31.99\00:21:36.52 SUMMONED FROM UNDERGROUND. NOW, I WANT YOU TO CATCH THIS. BEFORE HE GOES, HE INTENTIONALLY 00:21:36.52\00:21:41.26 SLOWS THE PROCESS DOWN. HE CHANGES HIS CLOTHES. AND THEN, 00:21:41.26\00:21:46.20 FELLAS, LISTEN TO THIS. HE SHAVES. IF YOU'RE EVER GOING FOR 00:21:46.20\00:21:50.41 A JOB INTERVIEW, MAY I GIVE YOU A LITTLE HINT OUT OF THE STORY 00:21:50.41\00:21:52.84 OF JOSEPH? SHAVE FIRST. [ LAUGHTER ] WE LOVE THE THREE-DAY 00:21:52.84\00:21:56.58 STUBBLE. IT LOOKS GREAT ON YOU. BUT NOT IF YOU WANT YOUR FUTURE 00:21:56.58\00:22:00.35 LIKE JOSEPH'S. JUST SHAVE. HE SHAVES. AND IN MOMENTS -- I 00:22:00.35\00:22:04.95 MEAN, IT FEELS LIKE MOMENTS -- HE'S STANDING BEFORE WHAT IS ARGUABLY THE GREATEST MONARCH IN 00:22:04.95\00:22:10.09 THE WORLD AT THAT TIME -- ALMIGHTY PHARAOH, HIMSELF. LOOK 00:22:10.09\00:22:16.16 AT VERSE 25... AND THE REST, AS THEY SAY, IS HISTORY -- STUNNING, DRAMATIC HISTORY OF A 00:22:25.34\00:22:30.98 SLAVE BOY WHO, IN LESS THAN 12 HOURS, BECOMES THE PRIME MINISTER OF THE GREATEST EMPIRE 00:22:30.98\00:22:36.22 ON EARTH. GO FIGURE. APPARENTLY, THE WHITE SPACE IS CRITICAL FOR 00:22:36.22\00:22:41.86 WHEREVER GOD IS GOING IN YOUR LIFE. DON'T LEAVE THE WHITE SPACE YET. MAN, OVERNIGHT! 00:22:41.86\00:22:48.86 IN LESS THAN 12 HOURS! LOOK AT PHARAOH. DROP DOWN TO VERSE 39. 00:22:48.86\00:22:55.60 "THEN PHARAOH SAID TO JOSEPH," 'CAUSE JOSEPH HAS JUST INTERPRETED THE TWO DREAMS... 00:22:55.60\00:23:01.54 WOW! ARE YOU SERIOUS?! 42. VERSE 42... 00:23:15.12\00:23:23.00 THE BOY HAS LOST TWO COATS ALREADY IN THIS STORY, BUT GUESS 00:23:30.57\00:23:34.91 WHAT? IT'S ALL FOR GETTING ONE ROBE HE'LL WEAR FOR THE REST OF 00:23:34.91\00:23:38.48 HIS LIFE. WOW! PUTS ON THE "ROBES OF FINE LINEN 00:23:38.48\00:23:40.68 AND PUT A GOLD CHAIN AROUND HIS NECK." 00:23:40.68\00:23:42.98 HE MADE HIM -- VERSE 43 -- "RIDE IN A CHARIOT AS HIS 00:23:42.98\00:23:45.35 SECOND-IN-COMMAND, AND PEOPLE SHOUTING BEFORE HIM, 'MAKE 00:23:45.35\00:23:47.76 WAY!'" "YO, MAKE WAY!" 00:23:47.76\00:23:50.09 "THUS, PHARAOH PUT JOSEPH IN CHARGE OF THE WHOLE LAND OF 00:23:50.09\00:23:55.70 EGYPT." AND ALL OF THAT IN ONE DAY -- IN ONE DAY! 00:23:55.70\00:24:03.51 I LOVE THE WAY CARLYLE B. HAYNES DESCRIBES IT. THIS IS JUST 00:24:03.51\00:24:07.44 CLASSIC. I'LL PUT IT ON THE SCREEN FOR YOU... 00:24:07.44\00:24:09.28 HEY, GUYS. HERE'S THE POINT. 00:24:30.27\00:24:32.17 NEVER GIVE UP. NEVER, NEVER, NEVER GIVE UP. 00:24:32.17\00:24:37.44 YOU GOT A DREAM? HANG ON TO THAT DREAM. 00:24:37.44\00:24:39.51 I DON'T CARE HOW YOUNG YOU ARE. I DON'T CARE HOW OLD YOU ARE. 00:24:39.51\00:24:41.94 GOD HAS WHITE SPACE. HE'LL FILL THE WHITE SPACE, BUT 00:24:41.94\00:24:45.28 THE DREAM WILL COME TRUE. NEVER GIVE UP. 00:24:45.28\00:24:49.18 DON'T EVER LET GO OF THAT DREAM. PHEW. 00:24:49.18\00:24:55.82 MEANWHILE, BACK AT THE RANCH... I MEAN, WE HAVEN'T SEEN THEM IN 00:24:55.82\00:25:01.13 A WHILE. BUT THEY'RE ALL THERE IN CANAAN. 00:25:01.13\00:25:04.03 YEP. 21 OR 22 YEARS HAVE DRAGGED BY 00:25:04.03\00:25:12.21 SINCE THE DAY THOSE JEALOUS, THOSE FURIOUS BROTHERS SOLD 00:25:12.21\00:25:16.11 THEIR KID BROTHER, JOSEPH, INTO SLAVERY. 00:25:16.11\00:25:21.02 I MEAN, LET ME DO THE ARITHMETIC FOR YOU. 00:25:21.02\00:25:23.22 SO, JOSEPH IS SENT INTO SLAVERY AT 17. 00:25:23.22\00:25:26.05 HE'S 10 YEARS IN POTIPHAR'S HOUSE, AND THEN MRS. POTIPHAR 00:25:26.05\00:25:29.59 SAYS -- YOU KNOW THE STORY. THREE YEARS IN JAIL. 00:25:29.59\00:25:33.46 SEVEN YEARS OF PROSPERITY, OKAY? BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE 00:25:33.46\00:25:37.03 BUMPER CROPS FOR SEVEN YEARS. THAT'S THE DREAM OF PHARAOH. 00:25:37.03\00:25:39.73 THEN CALAMITY. THEY'RE INTO THE CALAMITY A YEAR 00:25:39.73\00:25:42.44 OR TWO. DO THE ARITHMETIC. 00:25:42.44\00:25:44.11 IT'S 21 OR 22 YEARS SINCE THEY SOLD THEIR BRO. 00:25:44.11\00:25:49.44 LOOK AT VERSE 1 OF CHAPTER 42. WHEN JACOB LEARNED -- THIS IS -- 00:25:54.95\00:26:01.89 THIS IS -- THIS IS FASCINATING. WHEN JACOB LEARNED THAT THERE 00:26:01.89\00:26:04.56 WAS GRAIN IN EGYPT, HE SAID TO HIS SONS, "HEY, GUYS. 00:26:04.56\00:26:08.63 WHY DO YOU JUST KEEP LOOKING AT EACH OTHER? 00:26:08.63\00:26:11.57 WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?" VERSE 2. 00:26:11.57\00:26:13.44 HE CONTINUED, "I HAVE HEARD THAT THERE IS GRAIN IN EGYPT. 00:26:13.44\00:26:15.60 GO DOWN THERE AND BUY SOME FOOD FOR US SO THAT WE MAY LIVE AND 00:26:15.60\00:26:18.61 NOT DIE." HEY, I WANT TO ASK YOU A 00:26:18.61\00:26:21.21 QUESTION. COME ON. 00:26:21.21\00:26:21.98 THESE ARE -- THESE ARE PROFESSIONAL SHEPHERDS. 00:26:21.98\00:26:24.15 DON'T YOU THINK THE BROTHERS OF JOSEPH -- DON'T YOU THINK THEY 00:26:24.15\00:26:28.18 KNOW THAT THERE'S GRAIN IN EGYPT? 00:26:28.18\00:26:29.75 THEY PROBABLY HEARD IT BEFORE PAPA DID. 00:26:29.75\00:26:32.32 BUT THEY ARE PURPOSELY DRAGGING THEIR FEET. 00:26:32.32\00:26:35.52 THEY'RE GONNA LET THEIR FAMILIES ALMOST STARVE TO DEATH BECAUSE 00:26:35.52\00:26:39.29 THERE'S SOMETHING -- THERE IS SOMETHING IN EGYPT THAT JUST 00:26:39.29\00:26:42.73 WON'T LET THEM GO. WHAT'S IN EGYPT? 00:26:42.73\00:26:46.60 NO. WHO'S IN EGYPT? AHA. 00:26:46.60\00:26:51.74 A GUILTY CONSCIENCE, I'M TELLING YOU, IS A TERRIBLE TRAVELING 00:26:51.74\00:26:56.61 COMPANION. LIKE THE SEVEN GAUNT AND UGLY 00:26:56.61\00:26:59.18 COWS OF PHARAOH'S DREAM, THAT GUILTY CONSCIENCE WILL CONSUME 00:26:59.18\00:27:02.88 YOUR LIFE ALIVE. THEY DON'T WANT TO GO. 00:27:02.88\00:27:07.02 PAPA SAYS, "YOU GOT TO GO. WHY ARE YOU WAITING?" 00:27:07.02\00:27:10.19 AND SO, 10, BECAUSE PAPA SAYS, "THERE IS NO WAY, JOSé, YOU'RE 00:27:10.19\00:27:14.40 TAKING THE BABY. YOU ARE NOT TAKING BENJAMIN. 00:27:14.40\00:27:17.33 I'M NOT GOING TO THE GRAVE WITHOUT BOTH OF MY RACHEL'S 00:27:17.33\00:27:20.30 BOYS." 10 GUILT-STRICKEN BROTHERS 00:27:20.30\00:27:26.21 TRUDGE TO EGYPT. AND HERE WE GO. 00:27:26.21\00:27:32.85 VERSE 6. CHAPTER 42. THEY ARRIVE... 00:27:32.85\00:27:38.19 WITH THEIR FACES TO THE GROUND, THEY'RE BOWING DOWN. 00:27:52.30\00:27:54.90 AND INSTANTLY -- YOU DIDN'T THINK HE COULDN'T TELL. 00:27:54.90\00:27:57.47 AND INSTANTLY, VERSE 7... 00:27:57.47\00:27:59.24 DO YOU KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING TO JOSEPH RIGHT NOW? THE ALMIGHTY GOD OF THE UNIVERSE 00:28:03.81\00:28:08.28 IS SAYING, "HEY, BOY. THOSE WHITE SPACES -- I'M IN CONTROL. 00:28:08.28\00:28:13.99 DID YOU -- WERE YOU 17 WHEN YOU DREAMED OF THIS MOMENT? I'M 00:28:13.99\00:28:21.43 STILL IN CONTROL. STAY WITH ME! DON'T YOU LET ME GO. THE DREAM 00:28:21.43\00:28:27.24 GOES IN ON." IN ONE SPLIT SECOND, ON THEIR FACES. MERCY. 00:28:27.24\00:28:36.81 I'M GONNA HIT THE PAUSE BUTTON RIGHT HERE. AND I WANT TO SPEND 00:28:36.81\00:28:41.95 A MOMENT WITH YOU BROODING ON THIS DARK HUMAN EMOTION WE CALL ANGER. YOU SAY, "OH, DWIGHT. 00:28:41.95\00:28:50.29 THIS IS TERRIBLE. WE'RE JUST GETTING READY FOR THE GREAT 00:28:50.29\00:28:52.76 DRAMA." NO, NO, NO, NO. WAIT A MINUTE. THERE'S A SUBTITLE TO 00:28:52.76\00:28:56.16 THIS SERIES. "JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT," COLON, "HOW TO FIND HEALING FOR 00:28:56.16\00:29:00.47 OUR DEEPEST RELATIONSHIPS." 00:29:00.47\00:29:02.10 WE'RE ALL ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS IN THIS MINISERIES THAT ENDS NEXT 00:29:02.27\00:29:05.17 SABBATH. THERE'S SOMETHING TUCKED AWAY -- 00:29:05.17\00:29:09.61 ANGER, THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE EMOTION FOR ANY HUMAN 00:29:09.61\00:29:13.05 RELATIONSHIP. WE GOT TO DEAL WITH THIS ONE. 00:29:13.05\00:29:16.28 IN FACT, LET ME SHARE WITH YOU DICK TIBBITS. 00:29:16.28\00:29:18.09 HE'S A PSYCHOLOGIST. 00:29:18.09\00:29:19.69 HE'S A HOSPITAL CHAPLAIN. HE'S ALSO A PASTOR. HE'S WRITTEN THE 00:29:19.85\00:29:23.19 VERY PRACTICAL BOOK -- THE TITLE OF THE BOOK "FORGIVE TO LIVE: HOW FORGIVENESS CAN SAVE YOUR 00:29:23.19\00:29:29.80 LIFE." HE DEFINES ANGER IN A WAY WE NEED TO GET. WE'VE GOT TO GET 00:29:29.80\00:29:32.77 THIS ONE. AND SO, PULL YOUR STUDY GUIDE OUT OF YOUR WORSHIP BULLETIN. LET'S GO. 00:29:32.77\00:29:36.10 I WANT YOU TO SEE THIS. DEFINITION OF ANGER, DICK 00:29:36.10\00:29:39.34 TIBBITS. YOU DIDN'T GET A STUDY GUIDE? HERE COME OUR FRIENDLY 00:29:39.34\00:29:43.71 PIONEER USHERS. THEY'RE COMING YOUR WAY. HOLD YOUR HAND UP. MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET THIS. 00:29:43.71\00:29:46.05 THIS ONE'S A KEEPER. YOU'RE GONNA WANT THAT LIST THAT'S COMING UP IN JUST A 00:29:46.05\00:29:49.72 MOMENT. SO, HOLD YOUR HAND UP, UP IN THE BALCONY, AS WELL. 00:29:49.72\00:29:52.55 AND THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WATCHING, WE'RE DELIGHTED TO 00:29:52.55\00:29:54.59 HAVE YOU. WE'RE HAVING A VERY FULL WORSHIP MORNING TODAY. 00:29:54.59\00:29:58.39 BLESSED. AND WE'RE DELIGHTED YOU'RE HERE -- LIVE STREAMING, TELEVISION, WHATEVER. 00:29:58.39\00:30:01.33 I'M GONNA PUT OUR WEBSITE ON THE SCREEN FOR YOU. THERE IT IS NOW. 00:30:01.33\00:30:05.10 YOU SEE IT. www.pmchurch.tv. YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A MINISERIES, 00:30:05.10\00:30:09.94 "JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT." IT COMES TO AN END IN ONE MORE 00:30:09.94\00:30:13.44 PART. BEST COMES LAST. AND THAT'LL BE NEXT WEEK. 00:30:13.44\00:30:17.21 YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THE TITLE "SWEET REVENGE." "SWEET 00:30:17.21\00:30:22.05 REVENGE." YOU FIND THAT, CLICK ON TO THE STUDY GUIDE, YOU'LL HAVE IT. YOU'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO 00:30:22.05\00:30:26.96 WRITE THIS DEFINITION DOWN. GET THAT? YOU GOT THAT ON YOUR, UH 00:30:26.96\00:30:30.56 -- YOUR COMPUTER? GOOD. LET'S GO. KEEP YOUR HAND UP. 00:30:30.56\00:30:33.26 THEY'RE COMING YOUR WAY, BUT WE'RE GONNA PROCEED AHEAD. DICK TIBBITS' DEFINITION OF 00:30:33.26\00:30:36.00 ANGER. PUT IT ON THE SCREEN, PLEASE. 00:30:36.00\00:30:37.83 YOU'LL NEED TO FILL IT IN. ANGER -- "A STRONG EMOTION OF 00:30:37.83\00:30:40.67 DISPLEASURE BROUGHT ON BY FEELINGS OF HELPLESSNESS AND 00:30:40.67\00:30:44.11 HOPELESSNESS." PRETTY PERCEPTIVE. KEEP GOING. 00:30:44.11\00:30:47.41 "A VERY FINE LINE SEPARATES --" PEOPLE ARE SURPRISED ABOUT THIS 00:30:47.41\00:30:51.08 ONE. "A VERY FINE LINE SEPARATES HURT 00:30:51.08\00:30:54.45 FROM ANGER." HURT. WRITE DOWN THE WORD 00:30:54.45\00:30:56.75 "HURT"... 00:30:56.75\00:30:58.15 THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE. 00:31:04.86\00:31:06.46 HEY, LISTEN. I MET A MAN, ONCE UPON A TIME, WHO WAS CONSUMED BY 00:31:10.13\00:31:15.30 ANGER. IT DESTROYED HIS FRIENDSHIPS. IT DESTROYED HIS HOME. IT NEARLY DESTROYED HIS 00:31:15.30\00:31:19.47 MARRIAGE. AND I GOT TO THINKING ABOUT THAT MAN. 00:31:19.47\00:31:21.48 WHAT'S GOING ON IN HIS LIFE? 00:31:21.48\00:31:23.18 THERE MUST BE SOMETHING DEEP THAT HAS HURT HIM. 00:31:23.35\00:31:28.08 HURT AND ANGER -- THE SAME. 00:31:28.08\00:31:31.39 DICK TIBBITS SAYS, "HEY, LISTEN. EVERYBODY EXPERIENCES ANGER. BUT LET ME SHARE WITH YOU SEVEN 00:31:31.55\00:31:37.03 DEADLY WAYS TO NOT DEAL WITH THAT ANGER." WE ALL EXPERIENCE 00:31:37.03\00:31:41.03 ANGER. SEVEN DEADLY STRATEGIES THAT WE OUGHT NOT TO EMBRACE WHEN WE'RE CONFRONTED WITH 00:31:41.03\00:31:45.67 ANGER. JOSEPH HAS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR LIFE-DESTROYING ANGER. JOT THEM DOWN. 00:31:45.67\00:31:50.27 THERE ARE SEVEN OF THESE. I WANT TO FLY THESE BY YOU. DICK TIBBITS' SEVEN DEADLY 00:31:50.27\00:31:53.54 STRATEGIES OF ANGER. NUMBER ONE -- DEADLY STRATEGY NUMBER ONE... 00:31:53.54\00:31:57.85 THAT'S USUALLY WHAT I DO. MANY TIMES, I'LL JUST DEMURE. "HEY, LISTEN. HEY, LISTEN. 00:32:02.42\00:32:06.42 IT'S NO BIG DEAL. FORGET ABOUT IT. IT'S NOTHING." 00:32:06.42\00:32:08.69 AND IN MY HEART, I'M SAYING, "YOU CREEP! WHAT WERE YOU 00:32:08.69\00:32:12.73 THINKING?!" I INTERNALIZE IT. THAT'S WHAT I DO. AND THEN I 00:32:12.73\00:32:15.66 STEW OVER IT. IT BEGINS TO EAT ME UP. YOU KNOW WHAT I SHOULD BE 00:32:15.66\00:32:18.50 SAYING? "YOU'RE RIGHT. YOU OUGHT TO BE APOLOGIZING. I FORGIVE 00:32:18.50\00:32:22.30 YOU." "NO, NO. IT'S NOT -- HEY. IT'S NO BIG DEAL." INTERNALIZING 00:32:22.30\00:32:26.44 IT. WRONG. DEADLY STRATEGY NUMBER ONE. HERE COMES DEADLY STRATEGY NUMBER TWO... 00:32:26.44\00:32:30.21 IF YOU CANNOT DEFINE BOTH SIDES OF THE PROBLEM, YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW THERE'S A PROBLEM. 00:32:33.52\00:32:37.52 YOU ONLY HAVE YOUR SIDE, AND YOU DON'T KNOW THE PROBLEM AT ALL. YOU'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO 00:32:37.52\00:32:41.69 UNDERSTAND BOTH SIDES. DEADLY STRATEGY NUMBER THREE. JOT THIS 00:32:41.69\00:32:46.49 ONE DOWN... OH, THIS IS INSIGHTFUL. I'M PUTTING -- I'M PUTTING TIBBITS ON THE SCREEN 00:32:49.46\00:32:53.17 FOR THIS ONE... 00:32:53.17\00:32:54.54 THAT'S WHY, WHEN HE COMES HOME, HE YELLS AT THE KIDS. WHEN SHE COMES HOME, SHE KICKS 00:33:18.49\00:33:23.13 THE DOG. OR MAYBE IT'S THE OTHER WAY AROUND. 00:33:23.13\00:33:26.43 WHY, I'M BLAMING -- I CAN'T -- I-I CAN'T DEAL WITH THE GUY THAT'S REALLY AT FAULT, SO I 00:33:26.43\00:33:31.67 TAKE IT OUT ON YOU. DEADLY STRATEGY NUMBER FOUR... 00:33:31.67\00:33:35.01 WHO? ME? PROBLEM WITH ANGER? ARE YOU CRAZY?! 00:33:36.58\00:33:39.48 I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ANGER! NUMBER FIVE... 00:33:39.48\00:33:45.02 OOH. IT MAY BE A SOPHISTICATED FORM OF REVENGE. 00:33:47.32\00:33:51.46 YOU'RE NOT GONNA KILL ANYBODY, BUT, OH, IT IS SO DELICIOUS IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND. 00:33:51.46\00:33:56.36 THAT SO-AND-SO -- YOU'RE LIVING FOR THE MOMENT WHEN I -- IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY, I AM GONNA 00:33:56.36\00:34:02.94 SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT. YOU GO, BIG GUY." [ LAUGHTER ] 00:34:02.94\00:34:08.84 REVENGE. REVENGE. YOU KNOW WHAT? 00:34:08.84\00:34:12.58 THAT'LL ONLY KILL YOU. YOU'RE JUST MAKING IT WORSE, PLANNING THAT SECRET REVENGE. 00:34:12.58\00:34:18.62 NUMBER SIX... 00:34:18.62\00:34:20.12 YOU CAN'T -- YOU CAN'T EAT YOUR WAY OUT OF THIS. YOU CAN'T DRUG 00:34:24.06\00:34:27.96 YOUR WAY OUT OF THIS. IT MIGHT BE SOME SORT OF TEMPORARY SOLUTION, BUT IT WILL 00:34:27.96\00:34:30.90 ONLY COMPOUND YOUR PROBLEMS AND IMPINGE UPON YOUR OWN HEALTH. AND FINALLY, NUMBER SEVEN. 00:34:30.90\00:34:39.11 OH, THIS WAS NEW FOR ME. THIS WAS NEW FOR ME. 00:34:39.11\00:34:42.04 TIBBITS WRITES... 00:34:45.48\00:34:47.32 YOU MIGHT KNOW A CYNIC OR TWO IN YOUR LIFE. DO YOU KNOW AN ANGRY 00:35:06.03\00:35:13.04 PERSON? HUH? HEY, WAIT A MINUTE. MAYBE YOU'RE THE ANGRY PERSON. 00:35:13.04\00:35:20.18 IS THERE ANY HOPE FOR OUR ANGER? IS THERE ANY HELP? YEP, EMBEDDED 00:35:20.18\00:35:24.89 RIGHT HERE IN THIS STORY. PLENTY OF HOPE AND HEALING. LET'S GO. 00:35:24.89\00:35:28.46 SO, THERE THEY ARE NOW. THEY'RE ON THEIR FACES. THE GOVERNOR OF 00:35:28.46\00:35:32.59 EGYPT KNOWS EXACTLY WHO THESE 10 MEN ARE. AND IN THAT SPLIT SECOND, JOSEPH DECIDES, "I'M 00:35:32.59\00:35:39.33 GONNA HAVE TO PUT A PLAN TOGETHER." "YO!" 'CAUSE, SEE, HE 00:35:39.33\00:35:46.14 HAS TO KNOW -- HAVE THEY CHANGED? ARE THEY TRANSFORMED? 00:35:46.14\00:35:49.88 "YO! I KNOW WHY YOU GUYS ARE HERE! YOU'RE JUST A BUNCH OF 00:35:49.88\00:35:53.72 CANAANITE SPIES. THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE. YOU WANT TO SEEK THE LAND OUT. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I'M 00:35:53.72\00:35:57.05 GONNA DO. I'M GONNA PUT YOU IN PRISON." HE NEEDS TIME TO THINK. AND SO, INTO THE DUNGEON -- INTO 00:35:57.05\00:36:04.53 THE DUNGEON THAT JOSEPH SPENT THREE YEARS IN, HIS BROTHERS WILL NOW SPEND THREE DAYS IN, 00:36:04.53\00:36:10.03 BROODING OVER -- GUESS WHAT, THEY KNOW SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT. IT MUST BE WHAT WE DID. 00:36:10.03\00:36:19.81 THREE DAYS LATER, THEY'RE BACK UP. JOSEPH ANNOUNCES, "ALL 00:36:19.81\00:36:22.78 RIGHT, GENTLEMEN. LOOKIT. I'VE HAD A CHANGE OF MIND. 00:36:22.78\00:36:24.65 I'M NOT -- I'M NOT GONNA PUT YOU ALL IN JAIL. I'M GONNA KEEP ONE 00:36:24.65\00:36:27.68 OF YOU HERE IN PRISON." AND HE LOOKS AT SIMEON, THE MOST CRUEL 00:36:27.68\00:36:30.22 OF HIS BROTHERS. HE LOOKS AT SIMEON. HE SAYS, "I'M PUTTING YOU, SIR, IN PRISON. 00:36:30.22\00:36:33.39 AND LISTEN TO ME, GUYS. I'M GONNA HOLD HIM HERE UNTIL YOU BRING THAT LITTLE BROTHER 00:36:33.39\00:36:37.39 YOU TOLD ME ABOUT. UNTIL YOU BRING THAT LITTLE BROTHER HERE, 00:36:37.39\00:36:40.26 HE'S STAYING. IF YOU NEVER COME BACK, YOUR BROTHER ROTS IN JAIL. 00:36:40.26\00:36:44.20 DO YOU HEAR ME? YOU'VE BEEN LYING THROUGH YOUR TEETH. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING." 00:36:44.20\00:36:47.60 SIMEON IS TAKEN OFF. AND NINE BOYS GO BACK TO THE RANCH AND 00:36:47.60\00:36:56.48 WOEFULLY RECITE TO PAPA WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN EGYPT. AND JACOB -- JACOB CANNOT UNDERSTAND THIS. 00:36:56.48\00:37:03.92 LOOK AT CHAPTER 43. "ISRAEL," VERSE 6. THAT WOULD BE JACOB... 00:37:03.92\00:37:08.82 PSSH! HOWEVER LONG IT TOOK TO CONSUME THE GRAIN, IT GOT 00:37:27.08\00:37:34.85 CONSUMED. AND THE FAMINE IS ONLY WORSE. IT IS NOT ABATING IN CANAAN. JACOB CALLS THE BOYS 00:37:34.85\00:37:42.49 TOGETHER. "GUYS, PLEASE. GET MORE GRAIN. WE'RE OUT!" "PAPA, NO BENJAMIN, NO GRAIN. 00:37:42.49\00:37:49.20 DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT?" AND THEN IT IS THAT JUDAH -- AND BY THE WAY, JUDAH IS THE BROTHER 00:37:49.20\00:38:00.08 WHO THOUGHT UP THE IDEA OF SELLING JOSEPH AS A SLAVE. THEN IT IS JUDAH STEPS UP, AND 00:38:00.08\00:38:08.45 HE SAYS, "DAD, I PLEDGE TO YOU MY LIFE FOR THE LIFE OF 00:38:08.45\00:38:16.02 BENJAMIN. WE HAVE TO GO, PAPA. WE HAVE TO." JUDAH?! 00:38:16.02\00:38:21.70 SOMETHING MUST BE HAPPENING TO THE BOYS. HOW DIFFERENT THEIR 00:38:21.70\00:38:30.54 RECEPTION, BY THE WAY, WHEN THEY GET BACK TO EGYPT. [ SCOFFS ] 00:38:30.54\00:38:32.64 THEY ARE IMMEDIATELY TOLD, "THE GOVERNOR IS THROWING YOU A 00:38:32.64\00:38:35.84 BANQUET." AND THE DINNER WAS A SMASHING SUCCESS! AND COINCIDENTALLY, "HAVE YOU 00:38:35.84\00:38:40.68 NOTICED, GUYS, WE'RE ALL SITTING IN THE ORDER OF OUR AGES? WHAT'S 00:38:40.68\00:38:47.32 UP WITH THAT?" AND THEN BENJAMIN, STRANGELY ENOUGH -- HE GOT FIVE TIMES AS MUCH FOOD AS 00:38:47.32\00:38:53.53 THE REST OF THE BROTHERS. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW HE COULD EAT FIVE TIMES MORE FOOD, BUT HE 00:38:53.53\00:38:57.23 GOT FIVE TIMES AS MUCH. AND THE BROTHERS AREN'T -- THEY'RE NOT 00:38:57.23\00:39:00.80 BOTHERED. "HEY! YOU GO!" [ LAUGHTER ] 00:39:00.80\00:39:04.97 BUT THERE IS ONE MORE TEST THE PRIME MINISTER MUST RENDER. HE 00:39:04.97\00:39:15.45 MUST KNOW. WHAT WOULD THEY DO WITH THIS BENJAMIN? ARE THEY STILL THAT RAGTAG BAND 00:39:15.45\00:39:21.76 OF ANGRY, JEALOUS MEN? WOULD THEY SELL BENJAMIN, TOO? HE 00:39:21.76\00:39:30.37 NEEDS TO KNOW. THE WHOLE WORLD KNOWS THE TEST OF THE SILVER CHALICE. JOSEPH'S PERSONAL 00:39:30.37\00:39:36.04 ATTENDANT TAKES THAT PRIZED PIECE OF THE GOVERNOR AND STICKS 00:39:36.04\00:39:41.51 IT IN ONE -- SHH! One of the brother's bags. THE BOYS LEAVE EGYPT. THEIR DONKEY'S LOADED. 00:39:41.51\00:39:47.48 I MEAN, IT IS HAPPY, HAPPY HOME TIME. ZIP-A-DEE-DOO-DAH, 00:39:47.48\00:39:51.69 ZIP-A-DEE-DAY AS THEY HEAD OUT OF TOWN. JUST A COUPLE MILES 00:39:51.69\00:39:55.62 OUT, STRANGELY ENOUGH, THEY HEAR THE SOUND OF POUNDING HOOVES AND 00:39:55.62\00:40:00.10 A CLOUD OF DUST. AND IN THE DUST IS THIS STALLION, AND THE PERSONAL ATTENDANT OF JOSEPH 00:40:00.10\00:40:05.23 JUMPS OFF. "SOMEBODY HAS STOLEN THE MASTER'S SILVER CHALICE!" THEY MEN ARE INCENSED. 00:40:05.23\00:40:10.74 "WHAT?! ARE YOU CRAZY?! I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, IF YOU CAN FIND IT IN ANY OF THESE BAGS, 00:40:10.74\00:40:14.51 YOU KILL THE GUY YOU FIND IT IN." "DEAL." 00:40:14.51\00:40:17.98 HE SAID, "ALL RIGHT." AND WITH A FLAIR FOR DRAMA, HE STARTS WITH 00:40:17.98\00:40:27.19 THE ELDEST. HE STARTS WITH REUBEN. 00:40:27.19\00:40:28.89 AND SLOWLY, AGONIZINGLY SLOWLY, HE GOES THROUGH ALL THE BAGS 00:40:29.06\00:40:35.76 UNTIL, FINALLY, THERE'S ONLY BENJAMIN'S LEFT. 00:40:35.76\00:40:38.57 HE OPENS -- UNTIES THE NECK, REACHES INTO THE GRAIN. 00:40:38.57\00:40:45.14 CATCHING THE GLINT OF THE AFTERNOON SUN IS THAT SILVER 00:40:45.14\00:40:48.14 CHALICE, DRIPPING WITH GRAIN AS HE HOLDS IT UP. 00:40:48.14\00:40:51.45 AND THERE IS A COLLECTIVE GASP. [ SIGHS ] NOW, THIS WAS NEW FOR 00:40:51.61\00:41:02.26 ME. CARLYLE B. HAYNES SUGGESTS -- I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING TO THIS. CARLYLE B. HAYNES SUGGESTS 00:41:02.26\00:41:11.27 THAT THE BROTHERS HAVE TO ASSUME BENJAMIN STOLE THE CUP. I MEAN, HOW ELSE -- HOW ELSE DID 00:41:11.27\00:41:19.87 HE GET IT? THAT'S WHY IT MAKES IT EVEN MORE COMPELLINGLY, 00:41:19.87\00:41:26.72 COMPELLINGLY PERSUASIVE THAT ALL THE BROTHERS, ALL 10 OF THEM, DETERMINE TO GO BACK WITH 00:41:26.72\00:41:33.02 BENJAMIN TO THE GOVERNOR. 22 YEARS AGO, "YO, BEN! WE'LL MISS 00:41:33.02\00:41:38.33 YOU! WE'LL SEND YOU POSTCARDS! WE'LL LET DADDY KNOW WHERE YOU 00:41:38.33\00:41:42.96 ARE." SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED TO THOSE BOYS AS NOW 11 BROTHERS RETURN TO THE GOVERNOR'S PALACE. 00:41:42.96\00:41:53.84 AND GUESS WHAT? JUDAH STEPS FORWARD TO SPEAK. THAT'S RIGHT. 00:41:53.84\00:42:02.65 JUDAH. HAYNES DESCRIBES THIS AS "WITHOUT MATCH FOR NOBILITY AND FOR NATURAL ELOQUENCE IN THE 00:42:02.65\00:42:07.52 WORLD'S LITERATURE, IN ANY LANGUAGE, SACRED OR PROFANE." WHAT YOU ABOUT TO READ IS 00:42:07.52\00:42:12.23 STUNNINGLY ELOQUENT. NO WORDS ARE GOING ON THE SCREEN. 00:42:12.23\00:42:16.80 I WANT YOU TO READ IN YOUR BIBLE. THIS IS SO POWERFUL. 00:42:16.80\00:42:19.33 NO WORDS ON THE SCREEN. I'M GONNA READ JUDAH TO YOU, WITH 00:42:19.33\00:42:23.97 YOU. THIS IS CHAPTER 44. WE PICK IT UP IN VERSE 18. "THEN JUDAH WENT UP TO HIM," THE 00:42:23.97\00:42:34.08 GOVERNOR, "AND SAID, 'PARDON YOUR SERVANT, MY LORD, LET ME SPEAK A WORD TO MY LORD. 00:42:34.08\00:42:42.32 DO NOT BE ANGRY WITH YOUR SERVANT, THOUGH YOU ARE EQUAL TO 00:42:42.32\00:42:47.60 PHARAOH HIMSELF. MY LORD ASKED HIS SERVANTS, 'DO YOU HAVE A FATHER OR A BROTHER?' AND WE 00:42:47.60\00:42:51.67 ANSWERED, 'WE HAVE AN AGED FATHER, AND THERE IS A YOUNG SON BORN TO HIM IN HIS OLD AGE. 00:42:51.67\00:42:55.14 HIS BROTHER IS DEAD, AND HE IS THE ONLY ONE OF HIS MOTHER'S SONS LEFT, AND HIS FATHER LOVES 00:42:55.14\00:42:59.74 HIM.' THEN YOU SAID TO YOUR SERVANTS, 'BRING HIM DOWN TO ME 00:42:59.74\00:43:03.65 SO I CAN SEE HIM FOR MYSELF.' AND WE SAID TO MY LORD, 'THE BOY CANNOT LEAVE HIS FATHER; IF HE 00:43:03.65\00:43:09.02 LEAVES HIM, HIS FATHER WILL DIE.' BUT YOU TOLD YOUR 00:43:09.02\00:43:12.19 SERVANTS, 'UNLESS YOUR YOUNGEST BROTHER COMES DOWN WITH YOU, YOU WILL NOT SEE MY FACE AGAIN.' 00:43:12.19\00:43:16.76 WHEN WE WENT BACK TO YOUR SERVANT MY FATHER, WE TOLD HIM WHAT MY LORD HAD SAID. 00:43:16.76\00:43:23.30 THEN OUR FATHER SAID, 'GO BACK AND BUY A LITTLE MORE FOOD.' BUT WE SAID, 'WE CANNOT GO 00:43:23.30\00:43:28.24 DOWN, PAPA. ONLY IF OUR YOUNGEST BROTHER IS WITH US WILL WE GO. 00:43:28.24\00:43:31.31 WE CANNOT SEE THE MAN'S FACE UNLESS OUR YOUNGEST BROTHER IS 00:43:31.31\00:43:35.38 WITH US.' YOUR SERVANT MY FATHER SAID TO US, 'YOU KNOW THAT MY WIFE BORE ME TWO SONS. 00:43:35.38\00:43:43.65 ONE OF THEM WENT AWAY FROM ME, AND I SAID, "HE HAS SURELY BEEN 00:43:43.65\00:43:47.32 TORN TO PIECES." I HAVE NOT SEEN HIM SINCE. IF YOU TAKE THIS ONE FROM ME TOO AND HARM COMES TO 00:43:47.32\00:43:52.03 HIM, YOU WILL BRING MY GRAY HEAD DOWN TO THE GRAVE IN MISERY.' SO NOW, MY LORD, IF THE BOY IS 00:43:52.03\00:44:00.14 NOT WITH US... MY FATHER, WHOSE LIFE IS CLOSELY BOUND UP WITH 00:44:00.14\00:44:07.44 THE BOY'S LIFE, IF HE SEES THAT THE BOY IS NOT THERE, MY LORD, HE WILL DIE. YOUR SERVANTS WILL 00:44:07.44\00:44:15.08 BRING THE GRAY HEAD OF MY FATHER DOWN TO THE GRAVE IN SORROW. MY 00:44:15.08\00:44:21.52 LORD, YOUR SERVANT GUARANTEED THE BOY'S SAFETY TO MY FATHER. I SAID, 'IF I DO NOT BRING HIM 00:44:21.52\00:44:26.03 BACK TO YOU, I WILL BEAR THE BLAME BEFORE YOU, MY FATHER, ALL 00:44:26.03\00:44:30.13 MY LIFE!' SO THEN, PLEASE, PLEASE LET YOUR SERVANT REMAIN HERE AS MY LORD'S SLAVE IN PLACE 00:44:30.13\00:44:35.24 OF THE BOY, AND LET THE BOY RETURN WITH HIS BROTHERS. HOW CAN I GO BACK TO MY FATHER 00:44:35.24\00:44:39.04 IF THE BOY IS NOT WITH ME? NO! DO NOT LET ME SEE THE MISERY 00:44:39.04\00:44:43.31 THAT WOULD COME TO MY FATHER." SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED. SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED TO THESE 00:44:43.31\00:44:56.16 BOYS. MAKES YOU CRY JUST READING IT. NOW I'LL PUT IT ON THE 00:44:56.16\00:45:05.27 SCREEN. "THEN JOSEPH..." OH! CAN YOU FEEL WHAT JOSEPH IS 00:45:05.27\00:45:10.04 FEELING? 00:45:10.04\00:45:11.47 AND THEN, LOOK AT 14. LOOK AT 14... 00:45:59.42\00:46:03.29 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THERE IS ONLY WORD TO DESCRIBE SO PROFOUNDLY AN EMOTIONAL MOMENT. 00:46:20.94\00:46:27.68 THERE IS ONLY ONE WORD, AND THAT WORD IS THE GLORIOUS WORD 00:46:27.68\00:46:33.39 "FORGIVENESS." FORGIVENESS. MINGLING THEIR TEARS, 12 GROWN MEN HUGGING, LAUGHING, AND 00:46:33.39\00:46:44.70 CRYING AT THE SAME TIME. "PATRIARCHS AND PROPHETS." 00:46:44.70\00:46:48.24 PUT IT ON THE SCREEN. THE BROTHERS "HUMBLY CONFESSED 00:46:48.24\00:46:50.81 THEIR SIN AND ENTREATED JOSEPH'S FORGIVENESS. 00:46:50.81\00:46:53.54 THEY HAD LONG SUFFERED ANXIETY AND REMORSE, AND NOW THEY 00:46:53.54\00:46:57.21 REJOICED." "HE IS STILL ALIVE! WE ARE NOT GUILTY OF HIS 00:46:57.21\00:47:01.78 DEATH!" CAN ANGER KILL YOU? LET'S REPHRASE THE QUESTION. 00:47:01.78\00:47:11.96 CAN NOT FORGIVING KILL YOU? THE ANSWER TO BOTH IS "YES." JOT IT 00:47:11.96\00:47:20.64 DOWN, WILL YOU? BASED ON THE SCIENCE OF RESEARCH DONE AT DUKE UNIVERSITY, THE AMERICAN HEART 00:47:20.64\00:47:24.74 ASSOCIATION," WRITE IT DOWN, "NOW DECLARES ANGER A RISK FACTOR ALONGSIDE OTHER MARKERS 00:47:24.74\00:47:30.35 LIKE CHOLESTEROL, EXERCISE, AND NUTRITION." KEEP YOUR PEN 00:47:30.35\00:47:33.58 MOVING... YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE ANGER TRIGGERS THE ADRENAL 00:47:43.39\00:47:47.36 GLANDS -- FIGHT OR FLIGHT. AND IT RELEASES -- THOSE GLANDS RELEASE A CHEMICAL MESSENGER 00:47:47.36\00:47:52.97 CALLED CORTISOL, WHICH IS A HUGE STRESS INDICATOR, CONTROLLING BLOOD SUGAR AND BLOOD PRESSURE, 00:47:52.97\00:47:58.61 IMMUNE RESPONSES, AND ANTI-INFLAMMATORY ACTION. THE PROBLEM WITH UNRESOLVED 00:47:58.61\00:48:03.98 ANGER IS IT KEEPS THE SWITCH ON IN YOUR LIFE, AND THOSE ADRENAL GLANDS JUST KEEP PUMPING AND 00:48:03.98\00:48:09.28 PUMPING AND PUMPING. AND THAT CHEMICAL BEGINS TO SLOWLY TEAR DOWN YOUR VERY BODY. 00:48:09.28\00:48:15.39 IT'S KILLING YOU. ANGER CAN KILL. WHICH IS WHY THE SOLUTION 00:48:15.39\00:48:23.70 TO ANGER -- I LOVE THIS. THE SOLUTION TO ANGER IS 00:48:23.70\00:48:30.44 FORGIVENESS. SAMANTHA BOARDMAN, M.D. SHE WROTE AN ONLINE PIECE ENTITLED "THE HEALING POWER OF 00:48:30.44\00:48:34.74 FORGIVENESS." PUT THE WORDS ON THE SCREEN FOR 00:48:34.74\00:48:36.31 YOU. "FORGIVENESS IS LINKED WITH 00:48:36.31\00:48:38.05 LOWER --" I WANT YOU TO CIRCLE, IN YOUR STUDY GUIDE, HOW MANY 00:48:38.05\00:48:40.48 TIMES YOU SEE THE WORD "LOWER"... 00:48:40.48\00:48:42.95 KEEP READING. 00:48:56.53\00:48:58.03 "OVERALL WELL-BEING IS LINKED WITH FORGIVENESS, AS ARE HIGHER 00:49:05.97\00:49:09.71 QUALITY MARRIAGES..." REMEMBER, WE'RE ALL ABOUT 00:49:09.71\00:49:12.18 RELATIONSHIPS NOW. "HIGHER QUALITY MARRIAGES AND 00:49:12.18\00:49:14.35 COMMITTED ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS." 00:49:14.35\00:49:16.58 ALL OF US IN THIS ROOM ARE BENEFICIARIES OF FORGIVENESS. 00:49:16.75\00:49:25.49 OH, AND ONE MORE LINE. "FORGIVENESS IS EVEN RELATED TO 00:49:25.49\00:49:27.93 BETTER SLEEP." WHAT'S NOT TO LIKE ABOUT THAT? 00:49:27.93\00:49:32.23 JOT IT DOWN... 00:49:32.40\00:49:33.94 YOU AND I ONLY HAVE ONE CHOICE -- BITTER OR BETTER. AND JOSEPH 00:49:43.91\00:49:50.22 HAS CHOSEN THE BETTER PART. FOR, YOU SEE, THE GIFT OF FORGIVENESS 00:49:50.22\00:49:54.76 -- HERE'S WHAT I'D WISH YOU'D TAKE HOME, JUST THIS ONE LINE... 00:49:54.76\00:49:57.33 BECAUSE IT'S ONLY THROUGH FORGIVENESS THAT YOU RELEASE THE 00:50:09.57\00:50:12.71 PERPETRATOR OF YOUR PAIN. IT'S ONLY THROUGH FORGIVENESS 00:50:12.71\00:50:17.15 THAT YOU RELEASE THE INSTIGATOR OF YOUR HURT. 00:50:17.15\00:50:19.48 YOU LET HER GO. 00:50:19.48\00:50:20.82 YOU LET HIM GO INTO THE COMPASSIONATE CARE OF ALMIGHTY 00:50:20.98\00:50:24.45 GOD. YOU CAN NO LONGER HOLD ON TO THAT. IT WILL KILL YOU IF YOU 00:50:24.45\00:50:29.52 DO. IN FACT, I LOVE THE WAY -- LAST LINE FROM TIBBITS. PUT ON 00:50:29.52\00:50:32.96 THE SCREEN. NO RELEASE MEANS EXACTLY WHAT HE'S DESCRIBING HERE. DO YOU SEE THIS? 00:50:32.96\00:50:37.10 YOU KNOW YOU DON'T LIKE HER. 00:50:47.21\00:50:50.68 IT'S LIKE DRINKING RAT POISON AND THEN WAITING FOR THE RAT TO 00:51:01.29\00:51:08.66 DROP OVER. THAT'S WHY THE GIFT OF FORGIVENESS -- COME ON. 00:51:08.66\00:51:11.63 IT'S THE TRUTH OF THE STORY OF JOSEPH AND JESUS, BY THE WAY. JOSEPH FORGAVE HIS BROTHERS. 00:51:16.14\00:51:19.81 JESUS FORGAVE HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS. IN FACT, ON THAT DARK 00:51:19.81\00:51:24.98 FRIDAY, AS THEY ARE PRESS, PUSHING, POUNDING THAT NAIL THROUGH HIS PALM, JESUS IS 00:51:24.98\00:51:30.82 PRAYING A PRAYER. YOU REMEMBER THE PRAYER? "FATHER..." 00:51:30.82\00:51:33.49 DESIRE OF AGES. PUT THAT RIGHT UP BEHIND IT. DESIRE OF AGES. 00:51:39.83\00:51:42.16 I LOVE THIS QUOTE. OH, MY. 00:51:42.16\00:51:43.77 IN CHRIST'S PRAYER AND DEATH, EVERY SIN YOU WILL EVER COMMIT IN YOUR LIFE, PAST, PRESENT, OR 00:52:01.22\00:52:07.49 FUTURE, HAS ALREADY BEEN FORGIVEN. DO YOU UNDERSTAND 00:52:07.49\00:52:10.63 THAT? YOU ARE ALREADY FORGIVEN. IT'S THE GOSPEL. YOU'RE ALREADY 00:52:10.63\00:52:17.73 FORGIVEN. WE HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN. LET'S BE HONEST. WE HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN VERY, VERY 00:52:17.73\00:52:21.60 MUCH. GUESS WHAT. WE MUST ALSO FORGIVE VERY, VERY 00:52:21.60\00:52:27.64 MUCH. I END WITH A STORY. STORY ABOUT A BROKEN 00:52:27.64\00:52:31.85 RELATIONSHIP. IT'S A POWERFUL ONE. J. ALLAN PETERSEN TELLS 00:52:31.85\00:52:36.32 THIS STORY IN HIS BOOK, "THE MYTH OF THE GREENER GRASS." HERE'S PETERSEN SETTING THE 00:52:36.32\00:52:40.42 STORY UP. "YEARS AGO, I READ A CLASSIC STORY OF EXCELLENT 00:52:40.42\00:52:43.79 FORGIVENESS THAT MOVES ME AGAIN AS I WRITE IT. THE WOMAN KEPT IT 00:52:43.79\00:52:47.66 LOCKED IN HER HEART FOR HALF A CENTURY BUT SHARED IT WITH DEAR ABBY." YOU REMEMBER HER? 00:52:47.66\00:52:52.03 "DEAR ABBY TO HELP OTHERS IN THE SAME POSITION." HERE WE GO NOW. 00:52:52.03\00:52:56.10 THE WOMAN WRITING. "I WAS 20 AND HE WAS 26. WE HAD BEEN MARRIED 00:52:56.10\00:53:03.81 TWO YEARS, AND I HADN'T DREAMED HE COULD BE UNFAITHFUL. THE AWFUL TRUTH WAS BROUGHT HOME 00:53:03.81\00:53:10.55 TO ME WHEN A YOUNG WIDOW FROM A NEIGHBORING FARM CAME TO TELL ME SHE WAS CARRYING MY HUSBAND'S 00:53:10.55\00:53:15.06 CHILD. MY WORLD COLLAPSED. I WANTED TO DIE. 00:53:15.06\00:53:19.43 I FOUGHT AN URGE TO KILL HER AND HIM. I KNEW THAT WASN'T THE 00:53:19.43\00:53:25.70 ANSWER. I PRAYED FOR STRENGTH AND GUIDANCE, AND IT CAME. I KNEW I HAD TO FORGIVE THIS 00:53:25.70\00:53:30.71 MAN, AND I DID. I FORGAVE HER, TOO. I CALMLY TOLD MY HUSBAND 00:53:30.71\00:53:35.61 WHAT I HAD LEARNED, AND THE THREE OF US WORKED OUT A SOLUTION TOGETHER. WHAT A 00:53:35.61\00:53:40.25 FRIGHTENED LITTLE CREATURE SHE WAS. THE BABY WAS BORN IN MY HOME. EVERYONE THOUGHT I HAD 00:53:40.25\00:53:44.45 GIVEN BIRTH AND THAT MY NEIGHBOR WAS HELPING ME. ACTUALLY, IT WAS 00:53:44.45\00:53:47.96 THE OTHER WAY AROUND. BUT THE WIDOW WAS SPARED HUMILIATION. 00:53:47.96\00:53:51.39 SHE HAD THREE OTHER CHILDREN. AND THE LITTLE BOY WAS RAISED AS 00:53:51.39\00:53:55.20 MY OWN. HE NEVER KNEW THE TRUTH. I HAVE NEVER MENTIONED THIS INCIDENT TO MY HUSBAND. 00:53:55.20\00:54:03.20 IT HAS BEEN A CLOSED CHAPTER IN OUR LIVES FOR 50 YEARS. BUT I HAVE READ THE LOVE AND 00:54:03.20\00:54:10.05 GRATITUDE IN HIS EYES A THOUSAND TIMES." SEE, IT'S TRUE. 00:54:10.05\00:54:17.09 THE GIFT OF FORGIVENESS IS THE SWEETEST REVENGE OF ALL. 00:54:17.09\00:54:23.76 TAKE OUT YOUR CONNECT CARD. PLEASE. 00:54:23.93\00:54:27.76 FOUND IN YOUR WORSHIP BULLETIN. WE NEED TO RESPOND. 00:54:27.76\00:54:29.76 WE CAN'T JUST HEAR THIS. WHAT SHALL WE DO? 00:54:29.76\00:54:33.37 GUESTS, WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU. AS OUR USHERS MOVE TO RECEIVE 00:54:33.37\00:54:36.24 THESE CARDS FROM YOU. YOU CAN JUST FILL OUT WHAT 00:54:36.24\00:54:38.61 YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH. PUT IN AN E-MAIL ADDRESS THERE 00:54:38.61\00:54:41.14 IF YOU WOULD LIKE A RESPONSE. TURN THE CARD OVER. 00:54:41.14\00:54:45.91 THIS IS CALLED "MY NEXT STEP TODAY." 00:54:45.91\00:54:48.88 SIDE OF THE CARD -- BOX NUMBER ONE. 00:54:48.88\00:54:50.75 "EVEN AS JESUS HAS FORGIVEN MY SINS AGAINST HIM, I CHOOSE TO 00:54:50.75\00:54:55.32 FORGIVE OTHERS THEIR SINS AGAINST ME." 00:54:55.32\00:54:59.93 IS THERE ANYBODY WHO COULDN'T PUT A CHECK MARK THERE? COME ON. 00:55:00.16\00:55:05.03 LET'S DO IT. BOX NUMBER TWO. "I WOULD LIKE TO BE ANOINTED FOR PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, 00:55:05.03\00:55:10.24 RELATIONAL, OR SPIRITUAL HEALING ON TUESDAY EVENING," COMING UP. 00:55:10.24\00:55:16.01 7:00 HERE IN THE PIONEER SANCTUARY. WE DID THIS LAST YEAR. IT WAS SO WELL-RECEIVED 00:55:16.01\00:55:20.55 THAT WE'RE DOING IT AGAIN THIS YEAR AT THE END OF THE SEMESTER. IF YOU WOULD LIKE HEALING -- 00:55:20.55\00:55:23.92 PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, SPIRITUAL. IF YOU NEED HEALING AND YOU'D LIKE SOMEBODY TO JOIN WITH YOU, 00:55:23.92\00:55:30.29 THEY'LL BE DIFFERENT STATIONS. YOU'RE NOT STANDING IN FRONT OF 00:55:30.29\00:55:34.40 ANYBODY. THEY'LL BE STATIONS ALL OVER. YOU MAY PICK ONE. AND A PASTOR AND AN ELDER WILL 00:55:34.40\00:55:38.67 PRAY OVER YOU AND WILL ANOINT YOU IN THE NAME OF THE LORD 00:55:38.67\00:55:42.37 JESUS CHRIST FOR HEALING, THE HEALING YOU SEEK. TUESDAY, 7:00, RIGHT HERE. AND FINALLY, BOX 00:55:42.37\00:55:49.44 NUMBER THREE. "I WOULD LIKE TO PREPARE TO FOLLOW JESUS IN BAPTISM." "IF IT'S TRUE HE'S 00:55:49.44\00:55:53.58 FORGIVEN ALL MY SINS, PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE, WHAT KIND OF A SAVIOR IS THIS? 00:55:53.58\00:55:56.62 WHAT KIND OF A FRIENDS IS THIS GOD? I WANT TO FOLLOW HIM." 00:55:56.62\00:56:00.26 YOU'VE NOT BEEN BAPTIZED? MAKE THE DECISION. JUST PUT A LITTLE 00:56:00.26\00:56:03.49 CHECK MARK THERE. MAKE SURE WE HAVE AN E-MAIL ADDRESS. 00:56:03.49\00:56:05.69 WE'LL BE IN TOUCH. WE'LL JOURNEY THE JOURNEY WITH YOU. 00:56:05.69\00:56:08.33 WHY NOT? HE'S AS GOOD AS JOSEPH. HE'S EVEN BETTER. 00:56:08.33\00:56:17.44 LET'S PRAY. OH, GOD. WHAT CAN WE SAY? 00:56:17.44\00:56:23.21 ANGER, FORGIVENESS -- WE KNOW THEM WELL. BUT WE HEAR THE CRY 00:56:23.21\00:56:29.55 OF OUR LORD ON THE CROSS. "FATHER, I BEG OF YOU. FORGIVE 00:56:29.55\00:56:32.59 THEM. THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING." AND KNOWING THAT 00:56:32.59\00:56:36.93 PRAYER WAS FOR US AND WE STAND FORGIVEN, OH, GOD, FREELY AS WE HAVE RECEIVED, NOW FREELY LET US 00:56:36.93\00:56:46.60 GIVE. IS THERE SOMEBODY ON THIS PLANET THAT NEEDS TO HEAR THE WORDS, "I FORGIVE YOU"? 00:56:46.60\00:56:54.34 SEND US WITH JOY. SEND US WITH PEACE. SEND UP WITH COURAGE TO 00:56:54.34\00:56:59.38 THAT ONE. AND HEAL BOTH OF US. RECEIVE NOW OUR MORNING TITHES 00:56:59.38\00:57:06.29 AND OFFERINGS AND THESE DECISIONS THROUGH JESUS OUR 00:57:06.29\00:57:10.06 LORD. AMEN. MAY I TAKE AN EXTRA MOMENT WITH YOU AND LET YOU KNOW 00:57:10.06\00:57:15.66 HOW GRATEFUL I AM THAT YOU JOINED US IN WORSHIP TODAY? 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