Claiming victory
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10 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,
11 “Pass through the camp and command the people, saying, ‘Prepare provisions for yourselves, for within three days you will cross over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land which the Lord your God is giving you to possess.’ ”
I. Pass over.
I. Pass over.
The command was to go over. The connotation was to turn the chapter and begin the next phase of their calling.
A. The challenge of the unfamiliar.
A. The challenge of the unfamiliar.
B. The challenge of the process.
B. The challenge of the process.
For those leaving college, you may be entering a field that you have studied but still fill under prepared for.
For our H. S. graduates you may be heading to college or still trying to figure out your way.
It can be extremely difficult to navigate a world when you don’t know where you are heading. It’s okay to slow down and find your way. But, don’t stop looking.
II. Prepare.
II. Prepare.
A. The personal provisions
A. The personal provisions
The provisions where for there own benefit. They should prepare themselves for the future.
Regardless of where you are in your journey, you should never stop preparing.
Most importantly, don’t forget the spiritual aspect of life.
B. The purposeful provisions
B. The purposeful provisions
Why prepare, because there will be battles that you must fight. Personal battles, spiritual battles, battles of faith, battles of culture, and battles of relationships.
If you are to have success you must be prepared.
The wise man built his house upon the rock.
III. Possess
III. Possess
A. A place to build a life.
A. A place to build a life.
1 Now the Lord had said to Abram: “Get out of your country, From your family And from your father’s house, To a land that I will show you.
2 I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing.
3 I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
B. A place that is honored by God.
B. A place that is honored by God.
31 And Terah took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram’s wife, and they went out with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran and dwelt there.
