Deep Change

Part I; January 7, 2024

“How’d I Get Here?”

So Joseph and his brothers and their families continued to live in Egypt. Joseph lived to the age of 110. 23 He lived to see three generations of descendants of his son Ephraim, and he lived to see the birth of the children of Manasseh’s son Makir, whom he claimed as his own. 24 “Soon I will die,” Joseph told his brothers, “but God will surely come to help you and lead you out of this land of Egypt. He will bring you back to the land he solemnly promised to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.” 25 Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear an oath, and he said, “When God comes to help you and lead you back, you must take my bones with you.” 26 So Joseph died at the age of 110. The Egyptians embalmed him, and his body was placed in a coffin in Egypt. —Genesis 50:22-26 (NLT)

How do we get to where we don’t want to be?

We get

.

We get

.

We make a series of

.

We believe we’re

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We stopped seeking God

.

We have to do a ruthlessly honest

.

Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life. —Psalm 139:23-24 (NLT)

Kill the

instead of waiting for the

Reveal Answer

to kill you!

Pride leads to disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom. —Proverbs 11:2 (NLT)

Pride causes us to live in

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Pride minimizes the

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Pride deflects

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Pride prevents us from

.

Confess your need for

to God.

People who conceal their sins will not prosper, but if they confess and turn from them, they will receive mercy. —Proverbs 28:13 (NLT)

Concealment makes the soul a swamp.
Confession is how you drain it.