April 10, 2011 - The Peculiar Path of Joe Jacobson:

Owies Along the Way!

Core Ideas:

• We have a sure Hope, but we live out our faith with uncertain people! Focus in on this when Joseph's dream interpretation in prison is forgotten. How often does he have to put up with people letting him down? How long can he bear this unfairness? What can he do when nothing he does seems to matter?
  • Why do we give up because people we know fail us?
  • Why do we remember the failure of those who are brothers and sisters in Christ more than we remember any others?)
  • Didn't Jesus have this same problem?
  • But how do we survive it ... especially when we feel alone and abandoned and let down by everyone and everything important to us?
• But what about our faith in God?
  • Doesn't honoring God matter?
  • Does giving up or taking shortcuts make things better?
  • Do we really trust that things will be made right in the end?
    

Key Focus:

• People can and will let us down. But they will also fill us with delight and give us the opportunity to become more than what we would be cocooned in our isolation chambers of protection. We can practice the principle of Romans 12: don't be overcome with evil but overcome evil with good!

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Drama, Media, & Connecting Pieces:

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Time in the Word Focus:

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