The document discusses how God is the author of everyone's life story. It notes that lives contain unique characters, plot twists, themes, tension, and deep significance. God calls people to co-write their own futures. The story of Joseph from the Bible is presented, where he tells his brothers not to blame themselves for selling him into slavery, as God was behind it to allow Joseph to save lives. Later passages discuss how God's guidance speaks to where people are in life and how listening to one's own story allows them to live boldly and reveal God to others through the story of their life.

2. THE STORY OF JOSEPH
To Be Told

3. EVERYONE’S LIFE IS A STORY

4. EVERYONE’S LIFE IS A STORY
God is the Author of your life

5. EVERYONE’S LIFE IS A STORY
God is the Author of your life
Unique characters, surprising
plot twists, central themes,
tension and suspense, deep
significance

6. EVERYONE’S LIFE IS A STORY
God is the Author of your life
Unique characters, surprising
plot twists, central themes,
tension and suspense, deep
significance
God calls you to co-write your
future!

7. EVERYONE’S LIFE IS A STORY
God is the Author of your life
Unique characters, surprising
plot twists, central themes,
tension and suspense, deep
significance
God calls you to co-write your
future!
God is calling you to tell your
story and listen to other
people’s stories

8. THE STORY OF JOSEPH
From Peculiar Treasures: A Biblical Who’s Who by Frederick Buechner

9. “GOD’S BEEN WRITING MY STORY”
Genesis 45:4-8 "Come closer
to m e , " Jo s e p h s a i d to h i s
brothers. They came closer. "I
am Joseph your brother whom
you sold into Egypt. But don't
feel badly, don't blame yourselves
for selling me. God was behind
it. God sent me here ahead of
you to save lives...”

10. “GOD’S BEEN WRITING MY STORY”
Genesis 45:4-8 “There has been a
famine in the land now for two years;
the famine will continue for five more
years—neither plowing nor harvesting.
God sent me on ahead to pave the way
and make sure there was a remnant in
the land, to save your lives in an
amazing act of deliverance. So you see,
it wasn't you who sent me here but
God. He set me in place as a father to
Pharaoh, put me in charge of his personal
affairs, and made me ruler of a" Egypt.”

11. YOUR LIFE IS A STORY TO BE TOLD

12. YOUR LIFE IS A STORY TO BE TOLD
Would you willingly ignore clear direction from
God that speaks directly to you and where you
are in life right now?

13. YOUR LIFE IS A STORY TO BE TOLD
Would you willingly ignore clear direction from
God that speaks directly to you and where you
are in life right now?
“God’s guidance is near at hand. He is not
only your Authority, he is also your Author.
As God writes the stories of your life, he
uses your past to open up your future.

14. YOUR LIFE IS A STORY TO BE TOLD
Would you willingly ignore clear direction from
God that speaks directly to you and where you
are in life right now?
“God’s guidance is near at hand. He is not
only your Authority, he is also your Author.
As God writes the stories of your life, he
uses your past to open up your future.
“It is your privilege to listen to your own
story so you can live boldly for the sake of the
Greatest Story, the good news of Jesus Christ.
God reveals himself to you--and to others--
through the story he has written in your life.”

15. YOUR LIFE IS A STORY TO BE TOLD
Would you willingly ignore clear direction from
God that speaks directly to you and where you
are in life right now?
“God’s guidance is near at hand. He is not
only your Authority, he is also your Author.
As God writes the stories of your life, he
uses your past to open up your future.
“It is your privilege to listen to your own
story so you can live boldly for the sake of the
Greatest Story, the good news of Jesus Christ.
God reveals himself to you--and to others--
through the story he has written in your life.”
Dr. Dan B. Allender, To Be Told: Know Your Story,
Shape Your Future, Waterbrook Press, 2005