Romans 5:3-4 (NIV) …we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.

James 1:3-4 (NIV) because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

God’s Grace and Power

2 Corinthians 12:9 (NIV) “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”

You GROW through what you GO through   

Joseph is a man of GRACE and a man of GRIT 

God’s Part - GRACE

Genesis 39:2-5 (NIV) The LORD was with Joseph so that he prospered, and he lived in the house of his Egyptian master. When his master saw that the LORD was with him and that the LORD gave him success in everything he did, Joseph 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. From 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. The blessing of the LORD was on everything Potiphar had, both in the house and in the field.

Genesis 39:20(b)-23 (NIV) 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.

Joseph was not a CONTAINER for grace; he was a CONDUIT for grace!

Joseph's Part - GRIT

Generosity

Resilience

Integrity

Trust

Genesis 45:5-8 (NIV) And now, do not be distressed and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here, because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you. For two years now there has been famine in the land, and for the next five years there will be no plowing and reaping. But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance. “So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God. He made me father to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household and ruler of all Egypt.