Genesis Week 14

Principles of Leadership From Joseph’s Life

1. Make Godly Choices in Ungodly Moments

Victor Frank, “The last of all great human freedoms is to choose one’s response to any given set of circumstances.” 

2. Understand the Power of Vision 

Proverbs 29:18 “If people can’t see what God is doing, they stumble all over themselves; But when they attend to what he reveals, they are most blessed.” (MSG)

Genesis 50: 20 “You intended to harm me, but God intended it all for good. He brought me to this position so I could save the lives of many people.” 

3. Endure Through Every Circumstance

Psalm 105:18–20 “There in prison they hurt his feet with fetters and placed his neck in an iron collar until God’s time finally came—how God tested his patience!” (LB)

4. Lead You!

Genesis 39:9 “How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?” 

Proverbs 4:23 “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” 

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5. Be Faithful With Everything – (Diligence)

Luke 16:10 “He who is faithful in a very little thing is faithful also in much; and he who is unrighteous in a very little thing is unrighteous also in much.” 

6. Judge Well!

Proverbs 22:6 “Teach a child to choose the right path, and when he is older, he will remain upon it.” 

7. Practice Compassion

Genesis 41:51–52 “Joseph named his older son Manasseh, for he said, ‘God has made me forget all my troubles and everyone in my father’s family.’ Joseph named his second son Ephraim, for he said, “God has made me fruitful in this land of my grief.”’