THE POWER OF PERSPECTIVE
MEMORY
VERSE: Romans 8:28
(NIV) 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.
Text: Genesis 37:5-8, 26-28; 50:15-21
Introduction:
Isaiah 49:16
Perspective
is “the interrelation in which a subject
or its parts are mentally viewed; : point of view; the capacity to view
things in their true relations or relative importance.; a visible scene
especially : one giving a
distinctive impression of distance :
vista; a mental view or prospect.?”—Merriam
Webster Dictionary
1.
BE OBJECTIVE:
Lamentations
3:40; 2 Corinthians 13:2–6; Genesis 37:5–8; Genesis 37:26–28; Genesis 30:22–24;
Proverbs 11:13
“Man
know thyself, because an unexamined life is not worth living.”—Socrates
“…favoritism is not only out of place in a
family but it is also fatal to family harmony and well-being.” --
D. Stuart Briscoe and Lloyd J. Ogilvie
“We are the biggest danger to ourselves.”—Paul Tripp
2.
BE REDEMPTIVE:
Genesis 50:15–21; Genesis 45:3; Genesis 44:33; Cf. Genesis 42:24; 43:30; 45:2, 14;
50:1; Genesis 50:19-21; Genesis 43:23
Ephesians 4:31;1
Peter 2:22–24
3. BE POSITIVE:
Genesis 50:20; Proverbs 16:9;
Proverbs 16:33; Genesis 45:5, 7–9; Romans 8:28
Conclusion:
Rom. 8:28-32
ILLUSTRATION: “Through It All”: By Andrea Crouch
Podcast: http://sermon.net/agapebfm/rss/
