Josh 14:6-12
6Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of
Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the LORD said
unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadesh-barnea.
7Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from
Kadesh-barnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in mine
heart.
8Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt:
but I wholly followed the LORD my God.
9And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet have
trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children’s for ever, because thou hast
wholly followed the LORD my God.
10And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five
years, even since the LORD spake this word unto Moses, while the children of
Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five
years old.
11As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my
strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come
in.
12Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake in that day; for
thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great
and fenced: if so be the LORD will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them
out, as the LORD said.
The bible talks about growing up in God
Talksabout this thang being a process,if you will
There are no , spiritual super men or no spiritual wonderwemen in God it is a
process.
When approached by nicodemas Jesus likend this exsperiance unto a new
birth ,Saying Marvel not ,i say unto you , you must be born again
i know , you like i , get nervous , when we see new converts ,talking bout all
they will do for the lord , bout running thru walls and saving the world
But saints you know there is a process , Development process
even as a baby has to be coddeled by mama, till it gains strenth to lift up it’s head
it’s a process, as he fights to crall ,you know if he keeps fighting , his leggs will gain
son elastisity and strenth and them as he begans to gain even more until ,finally he
begans to walk. PROCESS, scuffed up knee’s , bumps and bruses but , process
* I wanna ask you a question tonight concerning your last failure
wheather it be natural or spritual
PROVERBS 24-10 IF thou faint in the day of adversity thou strenth is flawded.
a man’s strenth is not measured by what he does on fairweater days
Strenth is not indicated by good conditions, sunshine & goodtimes
but what seperates the men from the boys and the wemen from the little girls is
when all hell is breakin loose, oh yeah , talk is cheap
but to stand up when all hell is breakin loose
I want you to fix a failure in your mind , wheather it be spiritual or natural
NOW , let me ask you concerning your failure
DID YOU STOP TRYING BECAUSE YOU FAILED
OR DID YOU FAIL, BECAUSE YOU STOPPED TRYING
I wager to say most of us fall into the latter
JOSHUA & KALEB the only 2 surviving members of that generation Moses led out
of Egyption bondage... we know of the great deliverance GOD wroth with signs and
wonders ,THEM BEING CAPTIVE SOME 430 YEARS
went in as free men , but in time the tables turned and became inslaved to a pharoe
* they then began to cry out in despair , by reason of their hard task masters
ONE THING I LOVE BOUT OUR GOD
he is touched with the fellings of our infimities
he will allow us for only so long to go thru a hurt ,but then he will come to see about
me
* YOU KNOW HOW MOSES WAS watchin his father in laws herds and
saw the bush burnning that was not consumed
* God told him go to pharoe ,tell him to let my people go
Thats another thing i like bout our God, if,he sends you on a mission
God will always back you up ......
* God got busy down in egypt and sent the plagues, lice , locust , the water to blood
and how still old pharohs heart got harder, the the death angel over the land of egypt
SHOWED FORTH HIS POWER AND MIGHT
THEN HE LET GO
* then again we see god LED THEM IN A CLOUD BY DAY
* AS A PILLOR OR FIRE BY NIGHT
* GAVE FORTH MANNA .* WATER FROM THE ROCK SWEET WATER
* MET THERE EVERY NEED
on top all of this when they got to the red sea *
* Split open the red sea , made it selidify , like jello , dryed up the muddy sea
bottom like a highway for travel , and they walked across on dry ground
* GOT TO THE PROMISSED LAND AND SAID LET US SEND SPIES OVER
TO CHECK IT OUT....FIRST MISTAKE, IF GOD SAYS IT’S YOURS ,YOU
DONT HAVE TO SPY IT OUT , IF GOD SAY’S IT’S YOURS
PUT YOUR FOOT ON IT , AND SAY IN JESUS NAME THIS BELONGS TO
ME , BUT THEY SENT SPY’S
* THE SPYS BROUGHT BACK A MIXED REPORT
* some saw the cities with there fortified walls ,like jerico
* some saw the anaikins with their giant men of war, and when the people heard the
report
* THE PEOPLE GOT AFFRAID , AND THEIR HEARTS MELTED
negative folks , always with a evil report , never with nothing good always
something to put walls between others
* WHO’S REPORT WILL YOU BELIEVE
JOSHUA AND KALEB SAW SOMETHING ELSE
* they saw unlimited posibilities
* they saw the wealthof the wicked , layed up for the righteous
* what God Jehova had promised
WE DONT SEARVE A DIME STORE GOD
WE SEARVE A GOD THAT CREATED THE UNIVERSE
WE GOTTA REMOVE THE LIMMITS WE HAVE PLACED ON GOD
* after they doughted God then they began to mummer and complain
would we had stayed in egypt, under pharoah
* DONT FORGET WHERE GOD JUST BROUGHT YOU FROM
DONT FORGET HOW JUST YESTERDAY GOD MADE A WAY OUTTA NO
WAY
* SOMETIMES WE NEED TO REMEMBER YESTERDAYS VICTORY’S IN
THE FACE OF TODAYS TRIALS.......
CAUSE TODAYS TEST WILL HELP ME TO KNOW MORE ABOUT GOD
TODAY
IF HE BROUGHT ME OUT YESTERDAY , HE CAN DO IT TODAY
HE ALWAYS WAS , HE ALWAYS IS , ALWAYS WILL BE
UNCHANGED , UNMOVED, UNDEFEATED, AND NEVER UNDONE
HE WAS BRUISED AND BROUGHT HEALING, HE WAS PEIRCED AND
EASED PAIN , HE WAS PERSECUTED AND BROUGHT FREEDOM
HE WAS DEAD AND BROUGHT LIFE, HE IS RISEN AND BRINGS POWER
THE WORLD CANT UNDERSTAND HIM , THE ARMIES CANT DEFEAT
HIM,
THE SCHOOLS CANT EXSPLAIN HIM , THE LEADERS CANT IGNORE HIM
HEROD COULN’T KILL HIM ,
THE PHARASEE’S COULN’T CONFUSE HIM AND THE PEOPLE COULN’T
HOLD HIM
THE NEW AGE WON’T REPLACE HIM , AND DONAGUE CANT EXSPLAIN
HIM AWAY
HIS WAYS ARE RIGHT , HIS WORD IS ETERNAL
HIS WILL IS UNCHANGING , AND HIS MIND IS ON ME
when i fall , he lifts me up
when i fail he forgives me
when i am weak he is strong
when i am lost , he is the way
when im hurt , he heals me
when im broken , he mends me
when im blind , he leads me
when im hungry he feeds me
when i face trials , he s with me
when i face persecution , he sheilds me
when i face problems , he comforts me
when i face loss , he provides for me
when i face death , he carries me home
its a matter of perspective ELDER MIKE WILLIAMS
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