If you believe that every event and circumstance in your life is part of God's plan and purpose for you,

then would you not even in the midst of a great trial, praise him?

When you and I face trials and difficulties in our life,

are we quick to agree with Joseph who says,

you might have meant it for evil, but God meant it for good.

Hi, I'm Nathan W. Bingham and thank you for joining us this week on Renewing Your Mind.

This week, Lig and your teaching fellow Dr. Derek Thomas is beginning a new series

in prisoned faith in all circumstances.

And today he's looking at the life of Joseph to help us learn lessons

for when we face challenges and difficulties in our life.

He is Dr. Thomas now.

Well, hello.

And we are going to spend 12 sessions together looking at events that have a connection

where someone is imprisoned.

And I want to ask the question, what did they learn?

How did they cope?

How did they view this devastating, shocking experience?

We're going to begin in Genesis and we will end in the book of Revelation.

And I've chosen 12 characters, biblical characters, who found themselves behind locked doors.

And I want us to think of it in terms of maybe a season of trial, difficulty.

How do we respond?

What are the lessons that these biblical characters teach us when we find ourselves,

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