Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him all the more.And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.
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… Don't sweat it. I want to read Genesis 37 verses 3 through 8. Genesis 37 verse 3 through 8. Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children because he was the son of his old age. Also he made him a tunic of many colors. But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not speak peaceably to him. now Joseph had a dream and he told it to his brothers and they hated him even more so he said to them please hear this dream which I have dreamed there we were binding sheaves in the field then behold my sheaf arose and also stood upright and indeed your sheaves stood all around and bowed down to my sheaf. And his brothers said to him, shall you indeed reign over us or shall you indeed have dominion over us? So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words. I want to talk about being hated. It's important that you understand that at some point in your life, people are going to hate you. Somebody's going to hate you. …
… and turn to the book of Genesis, Genesis 37, verses two through 11. Now I'm gonna read you a section of scripture. And as I read this, you're gonna go, I thought my family was dysfunctional. I thought I was a little bit crazy. I thought I had some drama no he won't believe this this is the account verse 2 of Jacob's family line Jacob was Joseph's dad the word Jacob in the Hebrew means cheater so people hey cheater wouldn't it be great tell me your dad's name again cheater this is the account of Jacob's family line Joseph the guy we're going to talk about a young man of 17 was tending the flocks with his brothers the sons of Bila and the sons of Zilpah his father's wives Now that last line Tells us doesn't it about the issues And just some of the potential problems That was occurring in this family Wives And he brought their father This is Joseph a bad report about them. …
… And he said to, no, sorry, verse five. And Joseph had a dream. And when he told it to his brothers, they hated him all the more. And he said to them, listen. Listen to this dream I had, man. You're never going to believe it. We were binding sheaves of grain out in the field when suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright while your sheaves gathered around mine and bowed down to it. And his brother said, hold on. Do you intend to reign over us, Joe? Will you actually rule us? And they hated him all the more because of his dream and what he had said. They hated him all the more because of the dream that he had and what he had shared. And I just want to just take a truth right away. Joseph didn't have the character or the discernment to hide that dream in his heart. Remember when the angel of the Lord showed up to Mary and said, Mary, I know you've never been with a man, but we've put inside you the rescuer for humanity. The Bible says Mary pondered and considered all these things in her heart. Not Joe. Joe got the dream, walked up, was like, yo, bros, this is crazy. I had this dream last night. It's so crazy, man. In my dream, all y'all were worshiping me. And they're like, this is why we hate you. I want to preach a message today. Write down the title. It's called, Here Comes That Dreamer. And I want to speak over you that you've got a God dream over your life. …
… But before we go any further, I also want to thank everybody that likes, subscribes, and shares these messages, inviting people into our community. Let's jump into this week's message out of Genesis chapter 37, verse 5, called God Dream. Genesis 37, go to verse 5. We are in part 3 of a series we're in called Character Killers. The cost of compromise. lives. Chill out, man. Chill out. Just came to get encouraged today. We're talking about character, and one of the great things about God is that God is committed to your life. That God, this is what the Bible says, that he who has begun a good work in you will be faithful to complete that work. God doesn't start stuff and quit. When you messed up, God didn't turn his back. God is a faithful God. Anybody, you ever try to do an Ikea project? Anybody bring something home from Ikea? You get through the manual. Just read the first two steps. You're like, I'm out of here. God doesn't quit on your life. And I've been using this statement that God is more committed to your character than your comfort because your character is attached to your what? Destiny. Destiny. I want to take out that D word, destiny. I want to replace it with a new word today. I want to replace it with the word dream. So watch this. God is committed to your character more than your comfort because your character is attached to his dream, his dream for your life. And I like to say it this way. God …