The Way Out

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PART 1
The Way Out Of the Maze
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• God is real and created the earth and every
  person on purpose, with a purpose.
• God cares about and is involved in human
  affairs.
• God loves me as a father and has my very best in
  mind.
• God paid the penalty for my sin by sending Jesus
  to die in my place.
• God will communicate with me and lead me if I
  trust Him.

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"Those who are sick are in need of a doctor."
And the sad thing is we're all sick. It's part
and parcel of the human condition, and of
living in the United States in the 21st
century. We're all deeply unhappy, disconnected,
unwell people. We need each other, and we need
God. And if God made the universe and if God made
us and if God made the world, it just makes sense
to invite God into our lives and ask him, "You
made mewhat should I be doing?
Rock artist Moby
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Why do I have three Super Bowl rings and still
think there's something greater out there for me?
I mean, maybe a lot of people would say, Hey
man, this is what is. I reached my goal, my
dream, my life. Me, I think, God, it's got to be
more than this. I mean this isn't, this can't be
what it's all cracked up to be. What's the
answer? asks Kroft. I wish I knew. I wish I
knew, Brady replies.
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Trust God from the bottom of your heart dont
try to figure out everything on your own. Listen
for Gods voice in everything you do, everywhere
you go hes the one who will keep you on track.
Proverbs 35-6 The Message Bible
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Joseph, a young man of seventeen, was tending the
flocks with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and
the sons of Zilpah, his fathers wives, and he
brought their father a bad report about
them. Genesis 372
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Now Israel loved Joseph more than any of his
other sons, because he had been born to him in
his old age and he made a richly ornamented robe
for him. 4When his brothers saw that their father
loved him more than any of them, they hated him
and could not speak a kind word to him.
Genesis 373-4
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Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his
brothers, they hated him all the more. 6He said
to them, Listen to this dream I had 7We were
binding sheaves of grain out in the field when
suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while
your sheaves gathered around mine and bowed down
to it. 8His brothers said to him, Do you intend
to reign over us? Will you actually rule us? And
they hated him all the more because of his dream
and what he had said. Genesis 375-8
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Then he had another dream, and he told it to his
brothers. Listen, he said, I had another
dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven
stars were bowing down to me. 10When he told his
father as well as his brothers, his father
rebuked him and said, What is this dream you
had? Will your mother and I and your brothers
actually come and bow down to the ground before
you? 11His brothers were jealous of him, but his
father kept the matter in mind. Genesis
379-11
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Jesus answered, I am the way and the truth and
the life. No one comes to the Father except
through me. John 146
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Next week - Part 2
Overcoming Roadblocks
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Genesis 37-50 Page 28
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Mini-Marathon Runner Breaks the 20 minute Mile
Barrier
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Eating Food Discovered as Cure to Stop Hunger
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For the vision is yet for the appointed time It
hastens toward the goal and it will not fail.
Though it tarries, wait for it For it will
certainly come, it will not delay.
Habbakuk 23
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Far better to dare mighty things, to win
glorious triumphs, even though checkered by
failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who
neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they
live in the gray twilight that knows neither
victory nor despair. - Theodore Roosevelt
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Do not be misled Bad company corrupts good
character. I Cor. 1533
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But encourage one another daily, as long as it is
called Today, so that none of you may be hardened
by sins deceitfulness. Heb. 313
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Jesus said, In this life you will have trouble.
But be of good cheer I have overcome the world.
John 1633
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For the eyes of the LORD range throughout the
earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully
committed to him. 2 Chronicles 169
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I am suffering here in prison. But I am not
ashamed of it, for I know the one in whom I
trust, and I am sure that he is able to guard
what I have entrusted to him until the day of his
return. 2 Timothy 112 NLT
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Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and
challenges come at you from all sides. You know
that under pressure, your faith-life is forced
into the open and shows its true colors. So dont
try to get out of anything prematurely. Let it do
its work so you become mature and well-developed,
not deficient in any way.
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If you dont know what youre doing, pray to the
Father. He loves to help. Youll get his help,
and wont be condescended to when you ask for it.
Ask boldly, believingly, without a second
thought. James 1, The
Message Bible
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I pray that the God who gives hope will fill you
with much joy and peace while you trust in him.
Then your hope will overflow by the power of the
Holy Spirit. Romans 1513
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PART 3
TO DESTINY
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I pray that the God who gives hope will fill you
with much joy and peace while you trust in him.
Then your hope will overflow by the power of the
Holy Spirit. Romans 1513
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PART 3
TO DESTINY
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Detours We Encounter   Detours of
DISCOURAGEMENT Psalm
7316-17   Detours of DISSAPOINTMENT Judges
611-13  Detours of DELAY Eccl. 84-6  

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Normal Human Response   FRUSTRATION a
sign that I want my way,now! We start by blaming
others, circumstances, and ultimately God for the
circumstances we are in.   BITTERNESS consumes
people who lose perspective and feel they have
been abused, neglected, and didnt get
theirs.    SELFISHNESS becomes the main
motivation for those who look out for number
one.  

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Judges 6 Page 174
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So I tried to understand why the wicked prosper.
But what a difficult task it is! Then one day I
went into your sanctuary, O God, and I thought
about the destiny of the wicked. Psalm
7316-17
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If God is for us why has all this come to pass,
that was Gideons question to God. The angel of
the LORD came and sat down under the oak in
Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite,
where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a
winepress to keep it from the Midianites.
Judges 611
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12When the angel of the LORD appeared to Gideon,
he said, The LORD is with you, mighty warrior.
13But sir, Gideon replied, if the LORD is with
us, why has all this happened to us? Judges
612-13
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Where are all his wonders that our fathers told
us about when they said, Did not the LORD bring
us up out of Egypt? But now the LORD has
abandoned us and put us into the hand of Midian.
Judges 613
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Since a kings word is supreme, who can say to
him, What are you doing? 5 Whoever obeys his
command will come to no harm, and the wise heart
will know the proper time and procedure.
Eccl. 84-5
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For there is a proper time and procedure for
every matter, though a mans misery weighs
heavily upon him. Eccl. 86
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If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the
best from the land 20 but if you resist and
rebel, you will be devoured by the sword. For
the mouth of the LORD has spoken. Isa. 119-20
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A man with leprosy came to him and begged him on
his knees, If you are willing, you can make me
clean. 41Filled with compassion, Jesus reached
out his hand and touched the man. I am willing,
he said. Be clean! 42Immediately the leprosy
left him and he was cured. Mark 140-43
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Father, if you are willing, take this cup from
me yet not my will, but yours be done. 43An
angel from heaven appeared to him and
strengthened him. Luke 2242-43
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John 21 Page 769
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Not my will
but Thine be done
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• Communion
• the act of sharing, possession in common,
  participation.
• the act of sharing ones thoughts and emotions
  with another or others.
• an intimate relationship with deep
  understanding

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PART 4
Winning Strategies
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Gen. 39 Page 30
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Gen. 392-6 The LORD was with Joseph and he
prospered, and he lived in the house of his
Egyptian master. 3When his master saw that the
LORD was with him and that the LORD gave him
success in everything he did,

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Gen. 392-6 4Joseph found favor in his eyes and
became his attendant. Potiphar put him in charge
of his household, and he entrusted to his care
everything he owned. 5From the time he put him in
charge of his household and of all that he owned,
the LORD blessed the household of the Egyptian
because of Joseph.

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Gen. 392-6 The blessing of the LORD was on
everything Potiphar had, both in the house and in
the field. 6So he left in Josephs care
everything he had with Joseph in charge, he did
not concern himself with anything except the food
he ate.

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Gen. 2920-23 But while Joseph was there in the
prison, 21the LORD was with him he showed him
kindness and granted him favor in the eyes of the
prison warden. 22So the warden put Joseph in
charge of all those held in the prison, and he
was made responsible for all that was done there.

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Gen. 2920-23 23The warden paid no attention to
anything under Josephs care, because the LORD
was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever
he did.

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Gen. 4138 So Pharaoh asked them, Can we find
anyone like this man, one in whom is the spirit
of God? The most amazing thing to me is that
Joseph never gave up trusting God. He was aware
the principle Paul wrote to the church at Rome,

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Rom. 826-27 In the same way, the Spirit helps us
in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to
pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for
us with groans that words cannot express. 27And
he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the
Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the
saints in accordance with Gods will.  

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Isa. 431-2 Now this is what the LORD says. He
created you, people of Jacob he formed you,
people of Israel. He says, Dont be afraid,
because I have saved you. I have called you by
name, and you are mine.

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Isa. 431-2 2 When you pass through the waters,
I will be with you. When you cross rivers, you
will not drown. When you walk through fire, you
will not be burned, nor will the flames hurt
you.

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Matt. 2818-20 Then Jesus came to them and said,
All power in heaven and on earth is given to me.
19So go and make followers of all people in the
world. Baptize them in the name of the Father and
the Son and the Holy Spirit. 20Teach them to obey
everything that I have taught you, and I will be
with you always, even until the end of this age.

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Gen. 454-8 So Joseph said to them, Come close
to me. When the brothers came close to him, he
said to them, I am your brother Joseph, whom you
sold as a slave to go to Egypt. 5Now dont be
worried or angry with yourselves because you sold
me here. God sent me here ahead of you to save
peoples lives.

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Gen. 454-8 6No food has grown on the land for
two years now, and there will be five more years
without planting or harvest. 7So God sent me here
ahead of you to make sure you have some
descendants left on earth and to keep you alive
in an amazing way.

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Gen. 454-8 8So it was not you who sent me here,
but God. God has made me the highest officer of
the king of Egypt. I am in charge of his palace,
and I am the master of all the land of Egypt.

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Psalm 139 Page 174
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1 Cor. 1123-26 For I received from the Lord what
I also passed on to you The Lord Jesus, on the
night he was betrayed, took bread, 24and when he
had given thanks, he broke it and said, This is
my body, which is for you do this in remembrance
of me.

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1 Cor. 1123-26 25In the same way, after supper
he took the cup, saying, This cup is the new
covenant in my blood do this, whenever you drink
it, in remembrance of me. 26For whenever you eat
this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the
Lords death until he comes.

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Exodus 1211-13 This is how you are to eat it
with your cloak tucked into your belt, your
sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand.
Eat it in haste it is the LORDS Passover. 12On
that same night I will pass through Egypt and
strike down every firstbornboth men and animals -

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Exodus 1211-13 and I will bring judgment on all
the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD. 13The blood
will be a sign for you on the houses where you
are and when I see the blood, I will pass over
you. No destructive plague will touch you when I
strike Egypt.

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Rev. 1211 They overcame him by the blood of the
Lamb and by the word of their testimony they did
not love their lives so much as to shrink from
death.

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Rev. 1211 They overcame him by the blood of the
Lamb and by the word of their testimony they did
not love their lives so much as to shrink from
death.