Bound, Yet Abounding

I. THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD ORDAINS THE PRISON

A. Joseph’s sad circumstances
B. Yet this was God’s plan for him
C. God’s providential hand oversees every event

II. THE PRESENCE OF GOD OCCUPIES THE PRISON

A. God was with him to prepare him
B. God was with him to provide for him
C. God was with him to purify him

III. THE PROSPERITY OF GOD OVERCOMES THE PRISON

A. The Christian’s joy and peace are not dependent on outward circumstances
B. Prisons have proven to be the most fruitful places in the lives of God’s people