1. MISSIONsupport The Mission of FAMILYGenesis 39 & 45 Message TWO

2. An Experiential Exegesis of the Facts of Relative-ity 1. Family dysfunction is now taken for granted 2. The only answer often given is to just get over it

3. An Experiential Exegesis of the Facts of Relative-ity 1. Family dysfunction is now taken for granted 2. The only answer often given is to just get over it 3. Family relationships either make us or break us

4. Thesis Sometimes joy, peace and success in The Mission are directly influenced by learning how to relate in family relationships—even when they are not right, real, rewarding or responsive.

5. Point 1 The same issues people have right now, have been addressed from the very beginning in the book of Genesis.

6. Point2 A do-nothing Daddy is a dangerous thing.

7. Point3 God wants to use you to understand the mission of the family so you can put your family into the mission.

8. The Mission of the Family 1. Do not giveup on them, Gen 39:2-3

9. Counseling Tip #1 In this life, it is not what happens to you that matters, but what happens in you that really counts.

10. Counseling Tip #2 It’s not where you come from, nor who you came through that matters, but who you are in Christ and where you are headed in the mission.

11. The Mission of the Family 1. Do not give up on them, Gen 39:2-3 2. Do not become bitter about them

12. Point4 Joseph’s faith was so vital, vibrant, exuberant and alive, that it more than compensated for whatever his life lacked.

13. The Mission of the Family 1. Do not give up on them, Gen 39:2-3 2. Do not become bitter about them 3. Do not keep a bad cycle going, Gen 39:8-9

14. Point 5 God is able to overcome everything in your life that cuts against his will for your life.

15. The Mission of the Family 1. Do not give up on them, Gen 39:2-3 2. Do not become bitter about them 3. Do not keep a bad cycle going, 8-9 4. Do not distrust providence, Gen 39:20,23

16. The Mission of the Family 1. Do not give up on them, Gen 39:2-3 2. Do not become bitter about them 3. Do not keep a bad cycle going, 8-9 4. Do not distrust providence, 20,23 5. Do not stop moving in the mission, Gen 45:3

17. The Mission of the Family 6. Reconcile instead of wrecking, in order to redeem, Gen 45:4-5

18. Counseling Tip #3 You may not be able to choose what happened to you in your family, but you do get to define what it means for you now. Gen 50:20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

19. Point 6 God has a meaning for everything you go through, and you have to choose which meaning is mattering for you.

20. COME FORWARD For prayer