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What if the darkest moments of your life God intended for good?

And what if the purest moments of bliss contained the greatest contributions you have to the world.

This week we're talking about our stories, the places that God has led us through

the wilderness, the desert, the valley, and the places where God has led us to

the mountaintops that we have felt his pleasure that have been some of the

sweetest moments of our lives. Largely, when you think about your story, you're going to think of those two places. In fact, in the work this week that you're going to look at,

you're going to be able to plot your story.

It's one of the first activities so far that I've given you.

And I want you to actually do it.

I want you to put the high points of your life and the low points of your life.

And if you look back in the book you can see Joseph's story and you see there's a lot of low points

and you see there's a lot of high points.

Times in his life that he knew exactly

what God had for him and he was encouraged he had favor and he was respected

and admired and then there are the moments that are just unthinkable terrible and yet together

all of those moments were leading to a time in his life that God would use him in such a remarkable

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