Acts 2:23-24“This man was handed over to you by God’s set purpose and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men, put him to death by nailing him to the cross. But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him.”

Proverbs 19:21“Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the LORD'S purpose that prevails.”

Romans 8:28“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”

Pray – Seeking Relationship with Jesus

Hear – Replacing Core Lies with God’s Truth

Share – Being Real and Open with Another

“By looking past secondary causes to God, who is the first cause, Joseph gained a stabilizing perspective on life and achieved a frame of mind out of which he was able to forgive and reassure his brothers. It is a perspective to be held by every Christian.”J.M. Boice

Trusting in God’s sovereignty enables us to pour out…

…grace,…

A tragic past DOES NOT need to define

your future!

2 Corinthians 5:17

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!”

Genesis 37:8

“Do you intend to rule over us?”

Trusting in God’s sovereignty enables us to pour out…

…grace,… …gifts, and...

Trusting in God’s sovereignty enables us to pour out…

…grace,… …gifts, and... …guts.

Steve Smith and Carmen Ruiz-Perez1993

Steve Smith and Carmen Ruiz-Perez2009

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18“Be joyful always; pray

continually; give thanks in all

circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in

Christ Jesus.”

“When it rains, it pours!”

“When He reigns, we pour!”