Joseph - Women's Bible Study Participant Book Quotes

“We can choose to be offended by things that actually are meant for our ultimate good, or we can learn from them and allow them to benefit us.”
― Melissa Spoelstra, Joseph - Women's Bible Study Participant Book: The Journey to Forgiveness

“It is possible to forgive others and still hold them accountable for their behavior.”
― Melissa Spoelstra, Joseph - Women's Bible Study Participant Book: The Journey to Forgiveness

“In the soil of reflection, seeds of bitterness can grow strong roots as we rehearse the wrongs done to us.”
― Melissa Spoelstra, Joseph - Women's Bible Study Participant Book: The Journey to Forgiveness

“Sometimes you have to learn to follow so that you can lead.”
― Melissa Spoelstra, Joseph - Women's Bible Study Participant Book: The Journey to Forgiveness

“Our choices in attitudes, words, and actions set the tone in our environment.”
― Melissa Spoelstra, Joseph - Women's Bible Study Participant Book: The Journey to Forgiveness

“Proverbs 12:26 says, “The righteous choose their friends carefully, / but the way of the wicked leads them astray” (NIV).”
― Melissa Spoelstra, Joseph - Women's Bible Study Participant Book: The Journey to Forgiveness

“God is more concerned with Joseph’s character than with his comfort.”
― Melissa Spoelstra, Joseph - Women's Bible Study Participant Book: The Journey to Forgiveness

“attitude of concern for the baker and cupbearer. If he had lingered in his own personal pity party, he probably would not have been able to help the two prisoners he encountered.”
― Melissa Spoelstra, Joseph - Women's Bible Study Participant Book: The Journey to Forgiveness

“Proverbs 25:28 says, “Whoever has no rule over his own spirit / is like a city broken down, without walls” (NKJV).”
― Melissa Spoelstra, Joseph - Women's Bible Study Participant Book: The Journey to Forgiveness

“God wants us, like Joseph, to recognize His favor so that we can focus our eyes on blessing others rather than sitting in our self-pity for all the wrongs done against us. The opportunity to serve others and work hard can become God’s gifts to help us on the journey to forgiveness.”
― Melissa Spoelstra, Joseph - Women's Bible Study Participant Book: The Journey to Forgiveness

“Deuteronomy 31:6 tells us, “Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you” (NIV).”
― Melissa Spoelstra, Joseph - Women's Bible Study Participant Book: The Journey to Forgiveness

“Even if another person fans the flames of our pain, God calls us to forgive rather than excuse ourselves to disobey His commands.”
― Melissa Spoelstra, Joseph - Women's Bible Study Participant Book: The Journey to Forgiveness