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Introduction
Thank You
CPK volunteers stepping in the help people who were either out or have been out of town and wanted to be in the service.
Last Sunday of 2018
New Year approaching - I like this time of year - evaluate, rethink, set goals.
Reality is that next week isn’t different from this week but a new year begins
Some set new year’s resolutions - some resist it after years of failure.
God works in rhythms, seasons - not just moving forward
God installs traditions and repeating events to help us remember God’s faithfulness and to continue walking in faithfulness across generations.
If we always look ahead to the next thing without taking time to remember then we are likely to suffer from spiritual amnesia.
Problem
We forget God’s faithfulness
As we look toward the future and a new year, our faith will be strengthened if we take the time to remember God's past faithfulness.
(Personally & Church)
God establishes traditions and memorials to help current and future generations remember God’s faithfulness.
God works in rhythms, seasons - not just moving forward
New Year approaching - evaluate, rethink, set goals.
Reality is that next week isn’t different from this week but a new year begins
Some set new year’s resolutions - some resist it after years of failure.
God works in rhythms, seasons - not just moving forward
God installs traditions and repeating events to help us remember God’s faithfulness and to continue walking in faithfulness across generations.
If we always look ahead to the next thing without taking time to remember then we are likely to suffer from spiritual amnesia.
& 4
Want us to see a pattern and then apply that pattern to our own lives
The message part will be different this morning because my desire is to take the time this morning to pray together as a congregation
See the pattern / apply the pattern
Pray
Impossible Situation | Israel
The Setting
God faithfully led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt.
Ten miraculous plaques the finally led to the death of every first born son unless they applied the blood from from an unblemished lamb on their doorpost.
Pharoah regretted the decision to let the people go and began chasing them until he had the entire group trapped between his chariot army and the Red Sea.
God commanded Moses to lift up his staff and stretch his hand out over the sea and God drove back the waters until the entire nation crossed on dry land.
The Egyptians tried to follow but were drowned by the waters.
God gave the 10 commandments to Moses.
In God commanded the people to make a special box for the stone tablets that was overlayed in pure gold.
Rings were attached to the box so poles could be inserted so that the box itself would never be touched.
The Ark of the Covenant was of central importance and represented the presence of God among them.
Moses led the Israelites toward the promise land for 40 years.
He was the only leader some people had ever known.
He was trusted.
The Situation
New Leader
Can he be trusted?
Do we follow him?
Will God be with Joshua in the same way that he was with Moses?
Crossing the Flooded Jordan River
They are ready to enter the promised land but a flooded river stands before them.
The Jordan River is normally 100 feet across and only 3 - 10 feet deep.
tells us that Jordan was flooded and overflowing the banks.
During flood season Jordan River can swell to a width of .5 mile in some places and a depth well over 10 feet with rapidly moving waters.
Except for a few people, most of the people had not witnessed God parting the Red Sea.
It was just the stories of their parents “walking up hill both ways through 3 feet of school...” Was this just our parents or grandparents exaggerating?
Possessing the Land
The peoples inside the land probably felt protected by the flood waters as though their god, Baal, had built a wall of protection around them.
We don’t know what 2019 holds for us personally or as a church.
I expect there will be challenges leading to opportunities for us to grow and mature in our faith
Some of these situations will be beyond our own abilities.
They will require faith, meaning, unless God intervenes a hopeful solution is impossible.
Israel
Personally
CrossPointe
Crisis of Belief | Israel
God Speaks
God speaks to Joshua telling him what they need to do.
(V7)
Then Joshua goes to the people saying, “Come here and listen to the words of the Lord your God.” (v 9) Read
Step into a raging river with the sacred Ark of Covenant.
Once your feet get wet the the ground will become dry.
Crisis of Belief | Henry Blackaby in Experiencing God
I imagine this led to a significant crisis of belief.
Do we trust our new leader?
Did he really hear for God? Are we really going to walk into a raging river with the Ark of the Covenant?
Moses just raised his hands and the waters receded but Joshua wants us to put our lives in danger.
“When God invites you to join Him in His word, He has a God-sized assignment for you.
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