Be Strong And Courageous
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Sermon shared by Mike Turner
July 2002
Summary: Assuming leadership roles can often be tough. It requires being strong & courageous. This sermon shares Biblical advice as to how we can be strong & courageous.
Denomination: Baptist
Audience: Believer adults
with Moses is with him. A God that will not forsake, and one that will not fail. Every place that the sole of his foot touched was to become their land....and every step that Joshua took God was with him.
Today, if we are children of God, he has promised never to leave us nor to forsake us. He not only is with us...but is in us.
3. Stay the Path V7. If Joshua is to be “strong, and courageous” he must stay the path...he must not turn...he must not compromise...he must not become distracted....he must not become detoured from what the will of God is. He must stay the path set before him. Faithfulness is the key.
Royt Blount, quoted by Karin Winegar in Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune When Ralph Houk was manager of the New York Yankees, baseball schedules were even more exacting than they are now, with double-headers almost every week. Occasionally a player would get sick of the grind and approach Houk, asking for permission to sit out a game.
“I know how you feel,” the manager would say genially. “Sure, take the day off, But do me a favor. You’re in the starting lineup. Just play one inning. Then skip the rest of the game.”
The player would honor Houk’s request—and almost invariably get caught up in the spirit of the game and play it out to the end.
Sometimes we’re going to get tired of the grind...feel like giving up.....feel like giving in....but we must stay the path until the end.
God blesses faithfulness ! Compromise leads to chaos....distractions often lead to destruction...but faithfulness leads to fulfillment. Are we being faithful...or is it possible that we’ve gotten off the path that God has called us to follow ?
4. Start the Process. V.11 What God had told Joshua would have been no good if he had not begin to assimilate this plan. In this verse, Joshua begins the process. The transfer of leadership has taken place...Joshua believes what God has said..and begins to demonstrate it. He begins his journey of bravery,and courage.
It is not enough simply to know the word of God....sense his presence, we must put into action what he tells us to do. Joshua now begins that process. He takes action....he begins the task of moving forward.
How about us ? We’ve heard the word of God...sensed his presence, and his leading...but are we still just sitting ? What are we waiting for ?
Let’s get going. There is ground to cover, battles to be won, Jobs that are unfinished.....let’s “be strong and courageous” and do it !
Today, if we are children of God, he has promised never to leave us nor to forsake us. He not only is with us...but is in us.
3. Stay the Path V7. If Joshua is to be “strong, and courageous” he must stay the path...he must not turn...he must not compromise...he must not become distracted....he must not become detoured from what the will of God is. He must stay the path set before him. Faithfulness is the key.
Royt Blount, quoted by Karin Winegar in Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune When Ralph Houk was manager of the New York Yankees, baseball schedules were even more exacting than they are now, with double-headers almost every week. Occasionally a player would get sick of the grind and approach Houk, asking for permission to sit out a game.
“I know how you feel,” the manager would say genially. “Sure, take the day off, But do me a favor. You’re in the starting lineup. Just play one inning. Then skip the rest of the game.”
The player would honor Houk’s request—and almost invariably get caught up in the spirit of the game and play it out to the end.
Sometimes we’re going to get tired of the grind...feel like giving up.....feel like giving in....but we must stay the path until the end.
God blesses faithfulness ! Compromise leads to chaos....distractions often lead to destruction...but faithfulness leads to fulfillment. Are we being faithful...or is it possible that we’ve gotten off the path that God has called us to follow ?
4. Start the Process. V.11 What God had told Joshua would have been no good if he had not begin to assimilate this plan. In this verse, Joshua begins the process. The transfer of leadership has taken place...Joshua believes what God has said..and begins to demonstrate it. He begins his journey of bravery,and courage.
It is not enough simply to know the word of God....sense his presence, we must put into action what he tells us to do. Joshua now begins that process. He takes action....he begins the task of moving forward.
How about us ? We’ve heard the word of God...sensed his presence, and his leading...but are we still just sitting ? What are we waiting for ?
Let’s get going. There is ground to cover, battles to be won, Jobs that are unfinished.....let’s “be strong and courageous” and do it !
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