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Confidence or Dependence on God (Genesis 40-41)

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In Genesis 40, Joseph, with God's help, interprets the dreams of the chief cupbearer and baker. In chapter 41 Pharaoh asks Joseph to interpret his dream and he says, "I have heard...you can..." Joseph replies, "It is not in me...but God can..." Joseph didn't let success go to his head. He stayed dependent on God. Self-confidence is highly prized in our culture but unrestrained confidence leads to self-importance, boasting, and acting independent of God. No, stay humble and reliant on the One who can.

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  • In Genesis 40, Joseph, with God's help, interprets the dreams of the chief cupbearer and baker. In chapter 41 Pharaoh asks Joseph to interpret his dream and he says, "I have heard...you can..." Joseph replies, "It is not in me...but God can..." Joseph didn't let success go to his head. He stayed dependent on God. Self-confidence is highly prized in our culture but unrestrained confidence leads to self-importance, boasting, and acting independent of God. No, stay humble and reliant on the One who can.

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    Ron L. Deal is one of the most widely read and viewed experts on blended families in the country. He is Director of FamilyLife Blended® for FamilyLife®, founder of Smart Stepfamilies™, and the author and Consulting Editor of the Smart Stepfamily Series of books including the bestselling Building Love Together in Blended Families: The 5 Love Languages® and Becoming Stepfamily Smart (with Dr. Gary Chapman), The Smart Stepfamily: 7 Steps to a Healthy Family, and Preparing to Blend. Ron is a licensed marriage and family therapist, popular conference speaker, and host of the FamilyLife Blended podcast. He and his wife, Nan, have three sons and live in Little Rock, Arkansas. Learn more at FamilyLife.com/blended.

Success can be a bad thing.

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Confidence or Dependence on God (Genesis 40-41)

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Ron: Success can be a bad thing.

Announcer: For FamilyLife Blended®, here’s Ron Deal.

Ron: In Genesis 40, Joseph, with God’s help, interprets the dreams of the chief cupbearer and baker. Now listen to the flow of the narrative in chapter 41 when Pharaoh asks Joseph to interpret his dream. Pharaoh says, “I have heard…you can…” Joseph replies, “It is not in me…but God can…” You see, Joseph didn’t let success go to his head. He stayed dependent on God.

Self-confidence is highly prized in our culture, but unrestrained confidence leads to self-importance, boasting, and acting independent of God. No, stay humble and reliant on the One who can. For FamilyLife Blended, I’m Ron Deal.

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