Choose This Day:

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Choose This Day

• A journey through the Book of Joshua
• Canaan

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About Gods Promises

• (2 Cor 120) For no matter how many promises God
  has made, they are "Yes" in Christ. And so
  through Him the "Amen" is spoken by us to the
  glory of God.

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About Gods Promises

• 1. Every promise of God is true (Yes) and firm
  (Amen)!

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About Gods Promises

• (2 Pet 14) He has given us His very great and
  precious promises, so that through them you may
  participate in the divine nature and escape the
  corruption in the world caused by evil desires.

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About Gods Promises

• 2. Gods promises are designed to strengthen us
  and keep us pure from the worlds influences!

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About Gods Promises

• (Heb 1023) Let us hold unswervingly to the hope
  we profess, for He who promised is faithful.

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About Gods Promises

• 3. Gods unswerving promises empowers us to be
  faithful (unswerving) toward Him!

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Promise 1

• (Josh 13) I will give you every place where you
  set your foot, as I promised Moses.

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Promise 1

• Empowerment comes with obedience.
• (Psa 375-6) Commit your way to the LORD trust
  in Him and He will do this He will make your
  righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of
  your cause like the noonday sun.

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Promise 1

• Empowerment comes with obedience.
• (Psa 8411) For the LORD God is a sun and shield
  the LORD bestows favor and honor no good thing
  does He withhold from those whose walk is
  blameless.

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Promise 2

• (Josh 15-6) No one will be able to stand up
  against you all the days of your life. As I was
  with Moses, so I will be with you I will never
  leave you nor forsake you

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Promise 2

• (Josh 15-6) Be strong and courageous, because
  you will lead these people to inherit the land I
  swore to their forefathers to give them.
• (see also verse 9)

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Promise 2

• Victory comes with trust.
• (Prov 35-6) Trust in the LORD with all your
  heart and lean not on your own understanding in
  all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make
  your paths straight.

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Promise 2

• Victory comes with trust.
• (2 Cor 47-9) But we have this treasure in jars
  of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is
  from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on
  every side, but not crushed perplexed, but not
  in despair persecuted, but not abandoned struck
  down, but not destroyed.

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Promise 3

• Success comes with the Word of God.
• (Josh 17-8) Be strong and very courageous. Be
  careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave
  you do not turn from it to the right or to the
  left

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Promise 3

• Success comes with the Word of God.
• (Josh 17-8) that you may be successful
  wherever you go. Do not let this Book of the Law
  depart from your mouth meditate on it day and
  night

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Promise 3

• Success comes with the Word of God.
• (Josh 17-8) so that you may be careful to do
  everything written in it. Then you will be
  prosperous and successful.

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Promise 3

• Success comes with the Word of God.
• (Psa 1199, 11) How can a young man keep his way
  pure? By living according to Your wordI have
  hidden Your Word in my heart that I might not sin
  against You.

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Promise 3

• Success comes with the Word of God.
• (Heb 412) For the word of God is living and
  active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it
  penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit,
  joints and marrow it judges the thoughts and
  attitudes of the heart.

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So What Do We Do?

• (Josh 110-11) So Joshua ordered the officers of
  the people "Go through the camp and tell the
  people, 'Get your supplies ready. Three days from
  now you will cross the Jordan here to go in and
  take possession of the land the LORD your God is
  giving you for your own.'"

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So What Do We Do?

• If we want victory, lets make it a point to
• GET OUR MINDS READY
• Ready to listen
• Ready to be equipped
• Ready to serve

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So What Do We Do?

• (Rom 1311-14) And do this, understanding the
  present time. The hour has come for you to wake
  up from your slumber, because our salvation is
  nearer now than when we first believed. The night
  is nearly over the day is almost here...

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So What Do We Do?

• (Rom 1311-14) ... So let us put aside the deeds
  of darkness and put on the armor of light. Let us
  behave decently, as in the daytime, not in orgies
  and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and
  debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy

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So What Do We Do?

• (Rom 1311-14) Rather, clothe yourselves with
  the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how
  to gratify the desires of the sinful nature.

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So What Do We Do?

• (Josh 112-15) But to the Reubenites, the
  Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joshua
  said, You are to help your brothers

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So What Do We Do?

• If we want victory, lets make it a point to
• KEEP OURSELVES UNITED
• One of the ploys of Satan is to divide Gods
  people so as to crush them.

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So What Do We Do?

• (1 Pet 58) Be self-controlled and alert. Your
  enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion
  looking for someone to devour.

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So What Do We Do?

• (Josh 116-18) Then they answered Joshua,
  "Whatever you have commanded us we will do, and
  wherever you send us we will go

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So What Do We Do?

• If we want victory, lets make it a point to
• BE READY TO SAY YES TO GOD

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So What Do We Do?

• "Whatever You have commanded us, Lord,
• we will do,
• and wherever You send us, Lord, we will go!