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Season 6: The Provider // The REality of PuRpose  Genesis 46-49          October 18th, 2026

1. What’s a moment in your life that seemed small at the time but ended up changing the direction of your life?

2. In Genesis 46-47, Joseph helps provide for his family with land, work, and food. What to these examples show us about how Joseph lived out his purpose?

 3. Joseph endured the rejection, temptation, disappointment before becoming a provider. How does Genesis 50:20 help us understand the connection between those seasons and God’s purpose for his life?  

4. The sermon emphasized our purpose is bigger than ourselves, involves work, brings life, and is ultimately good because God Himself is our greatest good. Which of these truths do you see most clearly in Joseph’s story?  

5. When you find yourself in a difficult season, are you more likely to trust that God is at work or to wonder what went wrong? Why?

6. How does it make you feel to consider that God maybe using a difficult season to prepare you to serve or bless someone else in the future?

7. Our culture often tells us to create our own purpose. What makes it difficult to trust God to reveal your purpose?

8. Joseph’s purpose involved ordinary work (accounting). How could you better view your current work, responsibility, or relationships as opportunities to serve God and bring life to others?

9. Has there been a difficult season from your past God has used to help you understand Him better? What did you learn about Him?

10. What is one practical way you can bring life to someone else this week, trusting God to use ordinary faithfulness for a bigger purpose than yourself?