Three Essential Questions
After watching the message take some time to reflect on the following three questions.
- What did you hear? What point in this message was most impactful for you?
- What do you think? How did this message challenge, change, or affirm your thinking?
- What will you do? How will you put into practice what you've learned today?
Scriptures Used
Proverbs 13:12 (NLT), Genesis 37:1-39:23 (NIV), Genesis 42:6 (NIV), Genesis 50:20 (NIV)
Delayed by fear
Delayed by disobedience
Delayed by design
ACTION PLAN: List out what hopes have been deferred in your life. How did you process the waiting? What helped in the waiting? Did any not work well? Take these lists and bring them to God in prayer. If fear, disobedience, or situations are causing these deferments, ask God to show you His intentions for your next steps. Ask Him to show you.
God cares more about the person you become than what you produce.
Faithfulness today prepares for fruitfulness tomorrow.
God's favor remains even when life is unfavorable.
Other people's evil intent cannot derail God's destiny for your life.
ACTION PLAN: Set aside 10 minutes to reflect. What good purpose has God worked in your waiting? How has God brought good out of the evil intended by others? How can reflecting on these things help you be more faithful currently? Tell a close trusted friend what God is showing you.