𝗔𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗛’𝗦 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞 𝗗𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗬 𝗗𝗘𝗩𝗢𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 | 𝗗𝗔𝗬 8 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗣𝗥𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥𝗦

 

𝗔𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗛’𝗦 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞 𝗗𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗬 𝗗𝗘𝗩𝗢𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 | 𝗗𝗔𝗬 8 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗣𝗥𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥𝗦

Now, in the evening watch, we shift our focus to gratitude and hopeful anticipation.

Joseph spent years in the pit, in Potiphar's house, and in prison before he ever saw the throne. Those years felt wasted. They felt forgotten. They felt like punishment. But in reality, they were preparation. Every moment in the pit was building character. Every day in prison was teaching patience. Every closed door was protecting him from meeting his destiny too soon.

Now, looking back, Joseph could thank God for the waiting.

As we close this day, we choose to thank God for every delay. We thank Him for every closed door. We thank Him for the years that felt wasted—because we now see that they built the foundation for our future victory.

Let us pray … 

𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟭: 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴

𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗶𝗻 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀' 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲, 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘆. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 "𝗻𝗼" 𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿𝘀. 𝗜 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗲 — 𝗶𝘁 𝗸𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝘆 𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆.

▶️ 1 Thessalonians 5:18 – "In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you."

𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟮: 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝗵 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁

𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗶𝗻 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀' 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲, 𝗜 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗯𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗬𝗼𝘂. 𝗜 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗻𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁. 𝗜 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲, 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗲.

▶️ Isaiah 28:16 – "He that believeth shall not make haste."

𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟯: 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 "𝗪𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱" 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀

𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗶𝗻 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀' 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲, 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘁 — 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀. 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗜 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝘆 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆.

▶️ Joel 2:25 – "And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten..."

𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟰: 𝗚𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗠𝘆 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻

𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗶𝗻 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀' 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲, 𝗜 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗲. 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗵 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗵, 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗲. 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝘂𝘀 𝘀𝗼 𝘄𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗱𝗼𝗺.

▶️ Genesis 2:18 – "And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him."

𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟱: 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝘆 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲

𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗶𝗻 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀' 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲, 𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵 — 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘃𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀. 𝗚𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀𝘁, 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁.

▶️ Revelation 5:10 – "And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth."

𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗗 𝗞𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗸𝘂