Change

(NIV)

Joshua Installed as Leader

1 After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, the Lord said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ aide: 2 “Moses my servant is dead. Now then, you and all these people, get ready to cross the Jordan River into the land I am about to give to them—to the Israelites. 3 I will give you every place where you set your foot, as I promised Moses. 4 Your territory will extend from the desert to Lebanon, and from the great river, the Euphrates—all the Hittite country—to the Mediterranean Sea in the west. 5 No one will be able to stand 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. 6 Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their ancestors to give them.

7 “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, that you may be successful wherever you go. 8 Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. 9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”

Cross the Jordon- Promised Land

Everybody has a Promised land

Everybody has a Jordon River

Its True For Individuals- Its True For Churches

Individuals had to cross- families - Tribes- Nation

Crossing The Jordon Doesn't Mean Success

Its The Beginning Not The End

Conditions

Step 1 The Need For Change

Step 2 Leave The Old

Step 3 Cross The River

Leave

Keep The Word On Your Lips

NASB- 8 Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips;

Depart Withdrawn, Move From, Take Away

Meditate On Day And Night

Do Everything

Prosperous And Successful

Your Mouth- Your Lips

Whose Mouth/ Lips?????

Fourth Be Strong- 3 Times God 4th People

16 Then they answered Joshua, “Whatever you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go. 17 Just as we fully obeyed Moses, so we will obey you. Only may the Lord your God be with you as he was with Moses. 18 Whoever rebels against your word and does not obey it, whatever you may command them, will be put to death. Only be strong and courageous!”

(NIV) 16 Then they answered Joshua, “Whatever you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go. 17 Just as we fully obeyed Moses, so we will obey you. Only may the Lord your God be with you as he was with Moses. 18 Whoever rebels against your word and does not obey it, whatever you may command them, will be put to death. Only be strong and courageous!”

Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh,

12 But to the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joshua said,

They Had Their Land

Murmuring In The Desert

(NIV) 2 In the desert the whole community grumbled against Moses and Aaron.

(NIV) 2 All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron,

Manna and Quail

2 In the desert the whole community grumbled against Moses and Aaron.

2 All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole assembly said to them, “If only we had died in Egypt! Or in this wilderness!

Weak Leaders- Believers Give in To People