Monthly Archives: April 2022

Sometimes it is hard to use your gift. That is a fact of life, a fact of ministry, and definitely a fact of local church. Joseph was in jail, falsely accused of rape, when he only did the right thing. That’s a tough environment. Sometimes we go to church and we feel accused, we feelContinue reading “Principles for Local Church 09 Serve Even When it is Tough”

Joseph was working for Potiphar when Potiphar’s wife started making advances on him. He wisely refused her advances, saying that to accept her offer would be to “sin against God” (Genesis 39.9). You cannot live in this world long without encountering the fact that our world is very sexually immoral. It is filled with lustContinue reading “Principles for Local Church 08 Avoid Sexual Immorality”

Joseph was a big dreamer, and he told his dream to his brothers and rather than rejoice in his dream, they hated him yet the more (Genesis 37.5). I have found that if you really want to achieve your dreams, if you really want to walk in victor, if you really want to win inContinue reading “Principles for Local Church 07 Learn to Handle Being Hated”