We will be looking at a very familiar portion of Scripture today, but I’d like to put a twist on it by starting with a verse that, as a recovering control freak, I’ve had to lean into again and again.
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Revelation 5 continues from the previous chapter with the scene of God the Father on the throne. But now John notices that in His right hand is a scroll sealed with 7 seals.
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Much of the book of Revelation is about the future – the unfolding of God’s judgment and Satan’s last-ditch effort to thwart that plan. But before the visions of beasts and dragons, the Antichrist, and the Great Tribulation, God gave John a vision that would put all of that into perspective.
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Ready on the tongue of every parent is one simple word. No. When you stop and think about it, it’s probably the word that is used more than any other in rearing children.
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If there was ever a prophet of hope in the OT, it was Isaiah. And yet he recognized that, as a diamond is best displayed on a black background, hope is best seen in the midst of despair.
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When life is going our way, it’s easy to say, “God is good!” But what about when life is hard? When pain and struggle, sorrow and loss fill our days? Is God still good?
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Up to this point, it’s felt like the story of Joseph has been nothing but bad news. One painful experience after another. But all those events have been leading up to this moment.
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Wait. In our hurry-up culture, it’s almost a dirty word. Yet waiting is not the exception in life, it’s the rule.
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God had big plans for Joseph, but Joseph wasn’t ready for them yet. He had to go through a time of training first.
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Loss is part of life. Sometimes the loss is natural and even predictable. But there are other losses that are totally unexpected and utterly devastating.
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