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Men on the Mission of The LORD:Joseph-Exiled For Good

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Joseph-Exiled For Good Summary: Last  in a series on Men on the Mission of The LORD. This one deals with his family background and how God removed him to build him into a man He could use. Series:  Men on the Mission of The LORD Scripture:  Genesis 37:1-36 Date: 01, May 2016 Introduction: People have said that character can be measured by how you act when no one’s watching -- and how you treat people who can do you no good -- and how you treat people who can’t fight back.  We want to talk about another character this Summer. Specifically, we’ll scrutinize a man’s life under the lens of Scripture, taking a look at what I've called “character on display”.  The NT tells us that OT accounts like Joseph’s story were recorded "for our instruction" . God provides OT biographies for a pointed reason: to remove truth from theory and teach it to us through the flesh and blood lives of every day people.  Joseph’s life and ...

Men on the Mission of The LORD-Barnabas

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Barnabas Summary:   VERBAL encouragement is indeed an important thing for Christians to learn to practice. But, there are other ways to practice the art of ENCOURAGEMENT and by looking at the life of our next MAN ON MISSION, we can see three of them. His name is BARNABAS and he must have been an expert when it comes to encouraging others because this nickname he was given by the disciples literally means, Son of Encouragement.   Scripture: Acts 4:32-37, 9:26-28, 11:25-26, 15:36-41 Series: Men on the Mission of The LORD Date: 17,April 2016 Introduction I think that unfortunately most of us are familiar with MURPHY’S LAWS -those humorous lists of things that, according to some guy named Murphy, can and do go wrong in life. For example: The other line at COSTCO always moves faster than the one you are in. The chance of the bread falling with the peanut butter side down is directly proportional to the cost of the c...