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Life is uncertain. (Yes, I have a gift for the obvious). But it is. One minute things are good. The next minute they're not. In an instant, the circumstances in your life can change. Your spouse no longer wants to be married. Your kids won't be coming home. The doctor's report isn't good. Your boss calls you in and gives you the bad news. Your financial portfolio has taken a turn for the worse...again.
And so you wonder. About yourself. About your future. And even about God. You wonder if things will ever be the same again. And you ask, "What do I do now?"
Dr. David Belk serves as senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Friendswood, Texas. He received a Master of Divinity with Biblical Languages and a Doctor of Ministry degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the author of Underneath Islam's Veil (Total Recall Publishing). He and his wife, Meredith have three children, Micah, Caleb and Meagan. They have made their home in League City, Texas.
Posted: Wednesday, August 6, 2008 by David Belkemergency caesarean section. I’ll never forget that day. Her doctors, Dr. Slocumb and Dr.
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Posted: Wednesday, August 6, 2008 by David BelkHere's the challenge: if you are single mom and you are struggling financially, how do you follow God through that? You simply live as a woman who is confident that God is with you.
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Posted: Wednesday, August 6, 2008 by David BelkJoseph’s story ends with a famine that reached Canaan. His brothers and father are starving to death.
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Posted: Wednesday, August 6, 2008 by David BelkAt that point the average guy would have stopped talking. But Joseph is on a roll and God is with him. Joseph says, "I'm a Hebrew. I'm not from here. I barely speak the language.
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Posted: Wednesday, August 6, 2008 by David BelkImagine that you are Joseph. What would you do? What would you say? If you think you are by yourself, you say, "You know what, oh King Pharaoh? I can interpret your dream.
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Posted: Wednesday, August 6, 2008 by David BelkJoseph is caught and arrested. He is brought before Potiphar and his wife and she accuses him of trying to rape her. Between you and me and I'm reading between the lines, but I don't think Potiphar believed her. But what is he going to do? I mean, he is kind of stuck. So Joseph, for his faithfulness, is put in the Pharaoh's dungeon.
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Posted: Wednesday, August 6, 2008 by David BelkSee if I were in Joseph's shoes, this is the moment when I'd be looking around going, "Does it really even matter what I do? Does it really matter if I go to bed with my master's wife? I mean, what's going happen?
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Posted: Wednesday, August 6, 2008 by David BelkThe story continues. "From the time that Potiphar put Joseph in charge of his household and of all that he owned, the Lord blessed the household of the Egyptian because of Joseph." I wonder if Joseph thought, "God, what if you bless Joseph because of Joseph?"
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Posted: Wednesday, August 6, 2008 by David BelkWhen they arrive in Egypt, the merchants put Joseph on an auction block. And he's thinking, "Life as I've known it is completely over. There's no one to call. There's nobody that's going to come to my rescue. Nobody is even going to know. I don't even know what these people are saying. I don't even know the language. Life, as I've known it, is over."
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Posted: Wednesday, August 6, 2008 by David BelkEarlier Joseph had had a dream about him and his brothers working in the fields. And as they were binding their sheaves, Joseph’s sheaves stood upright and his brothers’ sheaves bowed down to his. Well his brothers were upset because they didn’t want Joseph to rule and reign over them. And the Scripture says they hated him even more.
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