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Genesis chapter 39.

I want to read a few different verses and I want you to listen for a phrase that's emphasized over and over and over again four times to be precise.

So Genesis 39 verse 2 and 3 says the Lord was with Joseph and he became a successful man and he was in the

house of his Egyptian master. His master saw that the Lord was with him, and that the Lord caused all that he did to succeed in his hands.

Then verses 20 through 23, and Joseph's master took him and put him into the prison the place

where the King's prisoners were confined and he was there in prison but the

Lord was with Joseph and showed him steadfast love and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.

And the keeper of the prison put Joseph in charge of all the prisoners who were in the prison.

Whatever was done there, he was the one who did it.

The keeper of the prison paid no attention to anything that was in Joseph's charge

because the Lord was with him.

And whatever he did, the Lord made it succeed.

Did you hear it?

Four different times.

The Lord was with Joseph the Lord was with and the Lord was with Joseph the Lord was with him. The Lord was with him. So here's Joseph he's been sold into slavery.

And then he's he's successful in the beginning of this chapter in the house of his Egyptian master by the

end of the chapter he's thrown into prison and yet in the middle of it all

whether he was doing good in the house of his Egyptian master or not doing so good in a

dungeon the Lord was with him.

This is the constant truth repeated over and over and over again not just in Joseph's life

But in Abraham's life in Moses life and on and on and on through scripture. It's no surprise then that at the end of the

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