Albert Swartz

"Do justice, Love Kindness, Walk humbly" "For our struggle is not against flesh & blood" Eph.6-12 NASB No DMs Please, Discussing to learn more

[Albert Swartz @RobJoebe]

@KatharinaLeAnn "The one who does" leads us to the right knowledge of "how."

[katbyrd🐦‍⬛ @KatharinaLeAnn]

I spent far too much time trying to control everything because I was terrified of what would happen if I let go.

Then I finally understood:
God fights for me. His plans are better than mine. And I don't have to understand the “how” in order to trust the One who does.

[Albert Swartz @RobJoebe]

@gypsyOTR God used a lying woman to put Joseph (a christen) in a high position similar to the "Eagle soaring with ease."

[Albert Swartz @RobJoebe]

@gypsyOTR Best relationships overall = forgiving relationships,---which is what salvation through God given faith in Jesus makes possible. So "Love" saves and makes abundant life possible,---to "weak flesh." Then too, proud flesh views itself as self sufficient & more than strong enough.

[Albert Swartz @RobJoebe]

@gypsyOTR Best relationships overall = forgiving relationships,---which is what salvation through God given faith in Jesus makes possible. So "Love" saves and makes abundant life possible,---to "weak flesh." Then too, proud flesh views itself as self sufficient & more than strong enough.

[Coleen Guzman @gypsyOTR]

As soon as his master heard the words that his wife spoke to him, "This is the way your servant treated me,” his anger was kindled. And Joseph's master took him and put him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were confined, and he was there in prison.
~Genesis 39:19-20

Potiphar was a shrewd judge of character. As an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard, he’d had many people under his control for most of his life. His experience enabled him to see that Joseph had something distinct about him.

Joseph was like no other servant; he was the best of servants. All of Potiphar’s affairs prospered under Joseph’s jurisdiction, and Potiphar gave everything into his care—everything, that is, except his wife.

It’s hardly surprising, then, that Potiphar reacted in anger and rage when his wife accused Joseph of attempting to assault her. Any husband worth his salt would react in this way. There is a rightness about that sort of protection, and we should expect Potiphar to have displayed it.

Potiphar’s mistake was not his initial response but the speed with which he pronounced judgment against Joseph. There’s no mention of Potiphar processing the information he was given, nor do we see him stepping back and setting his wife’s accusation against the backdrop of Joseph’s record of faithful integrity. Instead, Potiphar allowed his anger to run away with his judgement. Rage blinded Potiphar to both truth and reason.

Potiphar also permitted himself to be unduly influenced by his wife. Of course, all of us are swayed by our closest companions, and mercifully so on many occasions. But none of us are to be unduly influenced by any one person, save God. When we allow such sway to take hold, especially in moments of decision-making, we put not only ourselves but everybody around us in peril. Instead, we must seek safety and victory in an “abundance of counselors” (Proverbs 11:14; 24:6) who will point us to the wisdom of God’s word in every circumstance. The greater the magnitude and the consequences of a decision, the more counsel we should seek and the more time we should spend on our knees.

Potiphar allowed himself to make a decision while he was angry—and his decision was an unjust one. Unchecked anger blinds the mind. Once kindled, it is easier to let anger blaze than to stamp it out. But even in circumstances in which anger is the correct response to injustice or sin (and we follow a Lord who Himself responded with anger when appropriate—see Mark 11:15-18), we cannot give rage permission to direct our emotions and dictate our decisions. Be quick to ask God to reveal any source of ongoing anger in your life so that you might repent where necessary, forgive when called to, and move forward in wisdom and faith.

~Alistair Begg

[Heather Jordan 🌸✝️🩸👀👂🎺 @HeatherJ2652]

"Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go."
- Joshua 1:9

[Albert Swartz @RobJoebe]

@HeatherJ2652 Seek and you will find the good Shepard who leads to perfect places.

[Albert Swartz @RobJoebe]

@gypsyOTR Absolutely! "Make me know the way I should go" because there is so much that needs done and so many unhelpful distractions in life which lead nowhere.📺😕

[Coleen Guzman @gypsyOTR]

“Let me hear in the morning of Your steadfast love, for in You I trust. Make me know the way I should go, for to You I lift up my soul.”
~Psalm 143:8🕊

[Albert Swartz @RobJoebe]

@PraiseHimsc Another very helpful & clear post by sister Shirley which applies to life today. Thank you.

[Shirley Costantino @PraiseHimsc]

Psalm 12 is a song of prayer by King David that contrasts the lies/pride of wicked people with the pure & trustworthy words of God. It shows a time of deep trouble where the faithful seem gone & the poor are hurt, but ends with TRUST that God will protect the weak. 🙏✝️

[Albert Swartz @RobJoebe]

@RirinRose822 ❤️🌹

[Albert Swartz @RobJoebe]

@KorleyPewin GBY

[Jiri Novak @Jiriservant]

📖 Romans 8:28 ( KJV)

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

[Stacy Popish @1cor127]

Therefore, if you died with Christ from the basic principles of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to regulations—
Colossians 2:20🔥

[Albert Swartz @RobJoebe]

@HeatherJ2652 The greatest we can do.

[Audre Boggs @boggs25590]

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[Albert Swartz @RobJoebe]

@boggs25590 The world has not perfected the art of listening. God has!