Joseph was a teenager with character. Today we are surrounded with apathy, dishonesty, and compromise. Strong character is essential for spiritual success. As a teen, Joseph was hit in the face with hatred, mistreatment, lies, temptations, undeserved punishment, and gross misunderstanding. How did he handle all this? Joseph kept his focus on God and refused to get angry or bitter.
Godly character was as uncommon in Joseph's day as it is today. Our ultimate goal as Christians is to become just like Jesus Christ. God gives us many examples in Scripture that we can learn from to achieve Christlikeness or Christlike character. This section of our Bible study will concentrate on Joseph's family and home situation. Good kids come from good homes or bad homes. The consistency of good parents gives us the desire to follow their examples of godliness and God-pleasing living. The consistency of wickedness in the home often develops a driving desire to be different in the heart of a teen. Either way, each one of us can be just as close to God as we want to be. There is no excuse to live a life without godly character. We all make independent choices every day. Joseph was definitely different than many of those in his family. Let's see what we can learn about how Joseph overcame a very difficult home situation. I trust this section will give each of you hope that regardless of your background you can still live a victorious, God-pleasing life.
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Good words.
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