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CHARACTER MATTERS
ATTITUDE
CHARACTER MATTERS
ATTITUDE
We cannot control our: • Birth line
• Birth place
• Initial language
• Family dynamic
• Family size and shape
• Family relationships
• Circumstances
We cannot control most of life.
Three Realities: We cannot control our circumstance.
We can control our response.
Our attitude will affect our future path.
But while Joseph was there in the prison, the
LORD was with him; he showed him kindness
and granted him favor in the eyes of the prison
warden. So the warden put Joseph in charge of all
those held in the prison, and he was made
responsible for all that was done there. The
warden paid no attention to anything under
Joseph’s care, because the LORD was with
Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did.
Genesis 39:20-23
The Attitude Check • Walking with God
• Being productive, even in unjust
situations
• Staying on task, even in the long haul
May the God who gives endurance and
encouragement give you the same attitude of
mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had,
Romans 15:5
22 You were taught, with regard to your former
way of life, to put off your old self, which is being
corrupted by its deceitful desires; 23 to be made
new in the attitude of your minds; 24 and to put
on the new self, created to be like God in true
righteousness and holiness.
Ephesians 4:22-24
In your relationships with one another, have
the same mindset as Christ Jesus:
Philippians 2:5
Some time later, the cupbearer and the baker of
the king of Egypt offended their master, the king
of Egypt. Pharaoh was angry with his two
officials, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker,
and put them in custody in the house of the
captain of the guard, in the same prison where
Joseph was confined. The captain of the guard
assigned them to Joseph, and he attended the m
Genesis 40:1-4
“Remember, though, this was possible
only because the Lord was first and
foremost in Joseph’s life. Because he was
free from bitterness, he became a useful
instrument in the mighty hand of God. If
any resentment, hostility or desire for
vengeance remained, we read nothing of it
in this narrative.” - Joseph: A Man of Integrity and Forgiveness;
Charles Swindoll; p. 43
“We both had dreams,” they answered,
“but there is no one to interpret them.”
Then Joseph said to them, “Do not
interpretations belong to God? Tell me
your dreams.”
Genesis 40:8
“This is what it means,” Joseph said to him. “The
three branches are three days. 13 Within three
days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore
you to your position, and you will put Pharaoh’s
cup in his hand, just as you used to do when you
were his cupbearer. 14 But when all goes well with
you, remember me and show me kindness;
mention me to Pharaoh and get me out of this
prison. 15 I was forcibly carried off from the land of
the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing
to deserve being put in a dungeon.”
Genesis 40:12-15
The chief cupbearer, however, did not
remember Joseph; he forgot him.
Genesis 40:23
When two full years had passed, Pharaoh
had a dream:
Genesis 41:1
So Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and he was
quickly brought from the dungeon. When he
had shaved and changed his clothes, he came
before Pharaoh.
Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream, and no
one can interpret it. But I have heard it said of
you that when you hear a dream you can
interpret it.”
“I cannot do it,” Joseph replied to Pharaoh, “but
God will give Pharaoh the answer he desires.”
Genesis 41:14-16
So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I hereby put you in
charge of the whole land of Egypt.” Then Pharaoh
took his signet ring from his finger and put it on
Joseph’s finger. He dressed him in robes of fine
linen and put a gold chain around his neck. He
had him ride in a chariot as his second-in-
command, and people shouted before him, “Make
way!” Thus he put him in charge of the whole
land of Egypt.
Genesis 41:41-43
The Attitude Check • Walking with God
• Being productive, even in unjust
situations
• Staying on task, even in the long haul
CHARACTER MATTERS
ATTITUDE