Servants & Stewards - Joseph - True Self Forgiveness

Lead Pastor Josh Carstensen continues our Servants & Stewards series, as Joseph's story comes to an end.Sometimes the hardest person to forgive is yourself. As Joseph's family well illustrates, life is messy, and for those of us who follow Jesus, we are no different. We all carry guilt and shame from parts of our own stories.But when the weight of unresolved guilt from our past keeps us from moving forward in the present, what we need to remember more than anything is that our story is just a part of a much bigger story, because we have the hope of the gospel. And when we embrace the truth that when God sees us, he no longer sees us in our past, but instead He sees His Son, this allows us to forget what lies behind and strain forward toward a glorious future in Christ.Thank you for listening to this message from Northwest Hills Community Church in Corvallis, Oregon, on November 16, 2025, at 11:00am. You can find us online at nwhills.com.Key Moments00:00 Welcome 01:02 Message: The Weight of Unresolved Guilt04:17 Joseph's Rise to Power and Reconciliation 14:32 The Brothers' Fear and Joseph's Response 21:44 Joseph's Role in Egypt's Famine 26:38 Personal Stories of Forgiveness 28:44 The Hope of Unresolved Promise34:07 Reflection and Prayer