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 If you want to turn, Joshua is where we're going to be this morning, the book of Joshua.

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 It is December 30th, 2012.

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 There's roughly 37 hours left in the year.

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 Now's the time to make those resolutions, right?

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 To make those changes.

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 To start the year off, turn the leaf over, however you want to say it.

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 It's that time where we start thinking, what are some areas that I can change?

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 What are some areas that I'm really disappointed in and I want to do better in?

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 Some big changes even, sometimes.

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 Examples like losing weight or decreasing debt or increasing retirement or saving for kids' college.

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 Not all our changes are physical or financial.

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 Some are even spiritual.

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 I want to be in the Word more.

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 I want to pray more.

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 I want to trust God more.

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 In all these resolutions that we make, and maybe not everybody in this room makes resolutions,

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 but I know some of us do.

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 In all these resolutions, what is it, what's your drive?

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 What's your reason for making those resolutions?

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 Because if the drive is right, if your reason is right for making these resolutions, then your succeeding increases substantially.

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 The chance of succeeding.

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 The chance of succeeding.

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 But let's be honest.

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 Most resolutions don't usually last, do they?

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 In fact, 80%, according to the New York Times, 80% fail or give up by Valentine's Day.

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 February 14th.

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 February 14th.

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 February 14th.

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 That's six weeks maybe?

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 Wow.

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 It's 80%.

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 Well, the question, of course, to that statement is why.

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 Why do these resolutions fail?

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 Why do we fail in not keeping our goals and our resolutions?

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 Well, I believe it has to do with that drive.

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 That reason why we do it.

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 Our will, we're going to act on what our heart loves.

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 So, and what our heart desires.

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 So what we love, what we desire, we're going to do.

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 So, if we love vanity, and that vanity is what's driving us to lose weight or eat healthier,

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 then chances are it's going to fail.

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 Well, and if we love financial security,

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 then our drive will be to save more or invest more.

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 And the counter to that is to not be generous as God wants us to be.

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 And the chances of that resolution succeeding will also be low.

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 The problem with all of us is our heart.

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 The things we love, the things we hold dear, the things we treasure, we act on.

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 Now, there's an assumption in making resolutions.

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 And that assumption is that I am strong enough.

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 That I can work harder and get, and see this to the end.

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 Well, the assumption is founded on your and my ability to do what is not in line with our hearts most of the time.

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 Because we're going to do what we love.

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 So, when we read in Matthew 22, verses 37-40, it says,

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 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.

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 This is the great and first commandment.

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 And the second is like it.

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 You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

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 On those two commandments depend all the law and the prophets.

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 So, when we read those verses, and we hear those verses, it should rattle a little bit of emotion in us.

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 Rattle a little bit of conviction.

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 Because what we love, we will act on.

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 And Matthew 22 says,

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 Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and love your neighbors.

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 So, if we go back to the drive analogy, if we go back to the reason why we make resolutions.

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 If we love vanity, if we love vanity, then it is that vanity that is driving us to lose weight, to eat better, to exercise more.

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 And if we love vanity in this way, then we are finding our identity in our appearance.

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 We're finding our identity in how people see us, and not in Jesus.

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 And if we are not loving God, loving Jesus with all our heart, soul, and mind, as in Matthew 22 says,

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 then in turn we are not loving our neighbors as ourselves.

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 And if we love security, then that will drive us to set goals and resolutions that will give us security, or so we think.

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 And if we find our security in our future finances, and not in Jesus,

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 then we are not loving God as we should, and not loving our neighbors as ourselves.

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 Now, in all this, I'm not saying that exercise is bad, or investments are bad.

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 The heart, though, is the issue here that I'm trying to pick at.

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 So, what if we made a resolution on the 30th of December, 2012,

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 that lined up our drive, our reason, and our heart with God's heart?

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 What if they came together?

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 Well, let's see if we can accomplish that.

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 Let's see if we can all together, looking at the book of Joshua, accomplish that.

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 Joshua chapter 1 is where we will be.

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 That was just the introduction, guys.

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 We're going to read verses 1 through 9.

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 The Word of God says,

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 After the death of Moses, the servant of the Lord,

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 the Lord said to Joshua, the son of Nun, Moses' assistant,

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 Moses my servant is dead.

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 Now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people,

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 into the land that I am giving to them, to the people of Israel.

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 Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon,

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 I have given to you, just as I promised to Moses.

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 From the wilderness in this Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates,

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 all the land of the Hittites to the great sea,

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 toward the going down of the sun, shall be your territory.

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 No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life.

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 Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you.

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 I will not leave you or forsake you.

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 Be strong and courageous, for you shall cause this people to inherit the land

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 that I swore to their fathers to give them.

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 Only be strong and very courageous,

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 being careful to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded you.

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 Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left,

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 that you may have good success wherever you go.

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 This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth,

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 but you shall meditate on it day and night,

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 so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it.

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 For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.

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 Have I not commanded you?

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 Be strong and courageous.

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 Do not be frightened and do not be dismayed,

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 for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Father, I ask for your mercy this morning and your grace that your word would be preached,

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 would be preached clear,

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 that nothing that is said would be in false teaching or not line up with your word.

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 That God, if there is something wrong that comes out of my mouth,

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 that it would fall from our ears and not be remembered.

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 Lord, we ask God that you would move this morning in our hearts,

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 move us to action as your children.

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 God, that we would love you, that we would treasure you,

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 and that we would act on that love.

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 We pray this in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 So, just a little bit of background here,

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 and these verses kind of give us most of it,

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 but the people of Israel have been in the wilderness for 40 years.

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 Moses had led them from Egypt.

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 They've wandered in the wilderness for 40 years.

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 They're sitting on the bank of the Jordan River,

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 and Moses passes away,

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 and God tells Joshua,

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 you're next in line.

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 You're my guy.

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 Lead these people to the promised land as I had promised.

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 Now, they were wandering in the wilderness

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 because of their disbelief and their idol worship and their sin,

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 and God promised that Moses would not see the promised land,

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 and so now, Joshua is the guy to lead them into the promised land.

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 So, that kind of sets us up a little bit where we started reading.

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 I want all of us here to be courageous Christians,

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 courageous men and women who love Jesus

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 and love our neighbors and one another.

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 It will take courage, and it takes courage,

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 to be men and women of God.

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 Even here in the United States, where we're pretty comfortable,

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 it takes a little bit of courage,

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 a little bit of drive,

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 a little bit of oomph to truly walk out the Word.

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 If our resolution this morning is to be courageous,

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 courageous men and women for the Lord,

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 then I believe by God's power and His provision

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 that we will succeed far past Valentine's Day.

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 Far past February 14, 2013.

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 Because to be courageous, as here in Joshua,

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 it's going to take a heart change.

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 To be what God commands Joshua to be and to do,

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 it's going to take our hearts being changed by God

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 to do and to will what He has commanded us to do.

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 So, starting off, I want you to be courageous,

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 I want all of us to be courageous in believing the promises of God

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 and not believing in our own promises.

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 So, the first question I want to pose to you this morning is,

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 do you believe the promises of God?

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 Do you truly believe those promises?

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 Do you believe that He is provider?

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 Do you believe that He is faithful?

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 Do you believe that He will never forsake you or leave you?

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 Do you believe that He works everything by His mercy and grace

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 for our good children of God, Christians?

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 Do you believe that He loves you and that He cares for you?

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 Because if you do, you'll act on those beliefs.

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 Because what we love, what we believe, we will act on.

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 So, if you believe the promises of God,

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 then you will live according to those promises.

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 Always mindful of those promises.

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 Now, look in Joshua 1.

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 We see a few promises.

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 Verse 3 says,

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 That every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon,

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 I have given to you, just as I promised to Moses.

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 Verse 6,

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 Be strong and courageous,

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 for you shall cause this people to inherit the land

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 that I swore, that I promised to your fathers to give them.

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 And in verse 9,

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 Have I not commanded you, be strong and courageous,

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 do not be frightened and do not be dismayed,

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 for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.

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 I point these out to you just to say,

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 God is going to do what He says He's going to do.

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 If God promises something, He's going to accomplish it.

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 And so, we can truly,

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 with everything in us,

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 believe the promises of God

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 because they're going to happen

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 or they have already happened.

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 So, here's the rubber meets the road.

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 In order to believe something,

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 and not just as a gullible mark,

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 not just as somebody who just believes everything,

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 and, you know, you hear it on the internet that it's true,

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 like that State Farm commercial.

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 I don't know if you've seen that.

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 It's really funny.

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 In order to believe something, though,

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 you truly,

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 you have to know it.

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 If you want to believe with every fiber of your being,

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 you have to know it.

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 And here, it's the promises of God.

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 So, do you know the promises of God?

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 Do you take your energy and time

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 to be strong and courageous

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 in learning the promises of God?

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 Are you able to,

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 in your life right now,

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 December 30th,

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 are you able to courageously trust

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 and believe the promises of God

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 based on what you know right now?

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 Are you able to do that?

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 What about,

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 for example,

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 what about when things don't go your way?

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 The way things are.

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 The way that you've planned them out

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 to happen, to occur.

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 Do you trust?

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 Do you believe?

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 Do you know God's promises?

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 Joshua.

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 Was Moses' assistant for 40 years.

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 Now, we don't have a lot of background

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 to Joshua and his relationship with Moses,

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 but 40 years seems like a really long time

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 to be number two in charge.

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 It took him 40 years.

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 God's timing was perfect

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 and Moses passed away

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 and Joshua was elevated to be the leader

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 and to lead them into the promised land.

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 Those 40 years were caused by sin.

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 God punished them

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 by making them wander in the wilderness

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 because of their idol worship

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 and their disbelief

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 and their sin.

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 So the timing there

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 was even long for Joshua.

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 And then a lot of Jewish scholars

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 say that Joshua chapter 1 here

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 was actually written 30 days

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 after Moses' death

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 because,

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 in tradition,

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 there was a 30 days of mourning

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 mourning for death of patriarchs

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 and leaders

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 and that kind of stuff.

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 So,

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 we don't have evidence of that,

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 but let's just say that's the case.

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 So there's another 30 days

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 of Joshua having to wait.

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 So things weren't really,

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 maybe things weren't happening

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 as he had planned,

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 as he had hoped for.

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 But God's timing,

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 God's call

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 was there on Joshua.

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 It was by God's hand

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 that he was put in the position

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 that he was in.

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 So for you and I,

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 can we look at the book of Joshua?

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 Can we look at Joshua's story

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 and can we say,

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 I believe the promises of God.

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 I trust God is working.

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 I believe that He does not forsake us.

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 He will not leave us.

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 He is faithful.

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 Can we do that?

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 Even when things aren't going our way.

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 So,

00:15:09.340 --> 00:15:11.139
 2013 can be

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 a year of courage

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 for you and for me

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 in believing God and His promises

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 and trusting

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 not our own knowledge

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 of what we think we know

00:15:20.040 --> 00:15:22.440
 or what's the most wisest thing to do,

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 but the trust in God

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 and His leadership

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 and His guiding

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 and understanding.

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 So not only be courageous

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 in believing the promises of God,

00:15:34.000 --> 00:15:34.840
 but be courageous

00:15:34.840 --> 00:15:37.259
 in acting on the promises of God

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 and not ignoring the promises

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 until you need something

00:15:40.600 --> 00:15:41.759
 like a Santa Claus

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 or a grocery list

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 that you hand to God.

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 God gives Joshua

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 four main commands in this text.

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 In verse 2,

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 He tells him to arise and go,

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 lead the people out.

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 Or in 6 and 7,

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 He tells them to be strong and courageous.

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 In 7 and 8,

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 He says,

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 do all according to the law.

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 And in verse 9,

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 He tells them,

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 do not be frightened

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 and dismayed.

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 Now,

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 the reason I

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 give those to you

00:16:15.359 --> 00:16:16.859
 is not just to point them out

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 so that you can kind of see

00:16:17.719 --> 00:16:18.659
 the commands of God,

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 but I want you to see

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 that God also gives Him

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 four promises

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 in these nine verses.

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 In verses 3 and 6,

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 God says,

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 I have given you the land

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 just as I promised Moses.

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 In verses 5 and 9,

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 God says,

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 I will be with you.

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 In verse 5,

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 He says,

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 I will not leave you

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 or forsake you.

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 And in verse 7 and 8,

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 He says,

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 if you do not turn from the law,

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 if you keep the law,

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 you will have good success

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 and be prosperous.

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 Now see,

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 the reason I point

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 these two out to you

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 is that here,

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 God is gracious

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 and merciful to Joshua.

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 He gives him the directions

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 and He also gives him promises

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 that I've already accomplished.

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 He puts them together

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 and says,

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 now go.

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 Makes it easy for Joshua.

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 It's like,

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 it's like,

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 it's like God gave the directions

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 and the map.

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 You've got to lay them out

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 step for step

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 and then gave them the map too

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 and said,

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 this is what you're going to encounter

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 and just go.

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 Made it simple.

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 He could trust,

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 not in his own accomplishments

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 and not in his own training,

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 but he can trust in God

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 and God's promises.

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 I don't know if you guys know,

00:17:32.799 --> 00:17:33.259
 but the new,

00:17:33.839 --> 00:17:34.779
 I'm sure you do,

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 a lot of you in here,

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 if you have iPhones,

00:17:36.299 --> 00:17:36.819
 you know this,

00:17:36.879 --> 00:17:38.419
 that the iPhone map app

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 is like horrible.

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 I haven't experienced

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 really bad things with it,

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 but some people

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 put in an address

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 and it takes them

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 15 miles

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 in the wrong place.

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 And Apple has apologized

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 and they've,

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 if I gave you direction somewhere

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 and I gave you 15 minutes

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 off the way,

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 that doesn't help you

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 and it doesn't,

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 makes me look like an idiot.

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 And God gives us his promises,

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 he gives us the direction

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 and they're always right.

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 They're always to where he wants us to be.

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 There's no mistake,

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 there's no questioning.

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 I'm sure Joshua,

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 after hearing this from the Lord,

00:18:21.019 --> 00:18:21.839
 these nine verses,

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 and then God speaks with him

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 more and more

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 like he did with Moses.

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 Joshua didn't say,

00:18:28.939 --> 00:18:29.099
 man,

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 I don't know,

00:18:29.979 --> 00:18:30.599
 what do you guys think?

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 Should we go?

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 It says,

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 it says that Joshua,

00:18:34.339 --> 00:18:34.719
 in fact,

00:18:34.799 --> 00:18:36.500
 look at Joshua chapter 3,

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 verse 5.

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 Flip over one page.

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 Joshua chapter 3,

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 verse 5.

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 They're getting ready to go.

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 He hasn't hemmed and hawed,

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 he hasn't doubted,

00:18:49.379 --> 00:18:50.940
 he believed the promises of God

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 because God gave him directions

00:18:52.220 --> 00:18:53.240
 and he gave him promises.

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 He made it clear to him.

00:18:56.259 --> 00:18:56.759
 He says,

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 then Joshua said to the people,

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 consecrate yourselves,

00:19:00.399 --> 00:19:04.059
 for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.

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 That's good stuff.

00:19:07.980 --> 00:19:08.879
 He tells the people,

00:19:09.000 --> 00:19:11.000
 God is going to do wonders among you.

00:19:11.440 --> 00:19:11.960
 In other words,

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 we're going into the promised land

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 and God is going to work

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 because God is faithful

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 and we believe his promises.

00:19:21.940 --> 00:19:22.419
 So,

00:19:22.779 --> 00:19:25.220
 what's the rest of the story for Joshua?

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 Well,

00:19:26.980 --> 00:19:28.519
 he leads them into the promised land.

00:19:29.179 --> 00:19:30.720
 They defeat several armies

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 and several people.

00:19:32.259 --> 00:19:33.659
 They lose a battle,

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 one battle because of sin,

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 of one man,

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 one guy.

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 And Joshua is forced to discipline him

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 by killing him and his entire family.

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 And during his 110 years on earth,

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 he never forgets

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 and constantly reminds his people

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 what God has done

00:19:51.599 --> 00:19:53.440
 and is doing for them.

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 Constantly bringing people back

00:19:56.079 --> 00:19:57.339
 to the promises of God

00:19:57.339 --> 00:19:58.579
 because he is faithful

00:19:58.579 --> 00:19:59.440
 and God is going to do

00:19:59.440 --> 00:20:00.379
 what he says he's going to do.

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 So,

00:20:02.340 --> 00:20:03.560
 it isn't just good enough,

00:20:03.840 --> 00:20:04.960
 that was horrible,

00:20:05.040 --> 00:20:05.740
 it isn't good enough

00:20:05.740 --> 00:20:06.560
 to just believe.

00:20:08.520 --> 00:20:09.700
 We can believe,

00:20:09.820 --> 00:20:10.720
 but we must act

00:20:10.720 --> 00:20:12.040
 on what we believe.

00:20:12.980 --> 00:20:13.140
 See,

00:20:13.200 --> 00:20:14.040
 knowledge is nothing

00:20:14.040 --> 00:20:14.800
 without action.

00:20:14.799 --> 00:20:15.859
 James says that faith

00:20:15.859 --> 00:20:17.039
 without works is dead.

00:20:17.899 --> 00:20:19.079
 There's got to be action

00:20:19.079 --> 00:20:20.500
 to our lives.

00:20:20.659 --> 00:20:22.339
 And your neighbors

00:20:22.339 --> 00:20:23.159
 and your friends

00:20:23.159 --> 00:20:23.899
 and your family,

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 they're not going to care

00:20:25.500 --> 00:20:26.379
 how much you know

00:20:26.379 --> 00:20:27.119
 or how many verses

00:20:27.119 --> 00:20:28.720
 you memorized in 2012.

00:20:29.700 --> 00:20:30.619
 Just be honest.

00:20:31.319 --> 00:20:31.819
 They're not.

00:20:32.480 --> 00:20:33.579
 What they're going to care about

00:20:33.579 --> 00:20:34.579
 is how you treat them,

00:20:35.079 --> 00:20:36.039
 how you love them.

00:20:36.700 --> 00:20:36.899
 So,

00:20:36.960 --> 00:20:37.720
 do you love

00:20:37.720 --> 00:20:39.039
 your neighbors,

00:20:39.180 --> 00:20:39.559
 your friends,

00:20:39.639 --> 00:20:40.119
 your family

00:20:40.119 --> 00:20:40.680
 because

00:20:40.680 --> 00:20:42.299
 and out of the love

00:20:42.299 --> 00:20:43.379
 that God has shown you,

00:20:43.380 --> 00:20:45.360
 and because

00:20:45.360 --> 00:20:46.680
 and out of the love

00:20:46.680 --> 00:20:47.560
 that you have

00:20:47.560 --> 00:20:48.180
 for His Word.

00:20:50.100 --> 00:20:51.760
 Be courageous

00:20:51.760 --> 00:20:52.680
 in acting

00:20:52.680 --> 00:20:54.420
 on the promises of God.

00:20:55.740 --> 00:20:56.080
 Now,

00:20:56.160 --> 00:20:56.740
 for some of you,

00:20:56.840 --> 00:20:57.940
 this may be like

00:20:57.940 --> 00:20:58.620
 the whetstones

00:20:58.620 --> 00:20:59.760
 going to Afghanistan

00:20:59.760 --> 00:21:00.500
 to minister.

00:21:01.860 --> 00:21:02.520
 It may be

00:21:02.520 --> 00:21:03.760
 leaving everything

00:21:03.760 --> 00:21:04.620
 and everyone you know

00:21:04.620 --> 00:21:05.360
 and moving your family

00:21:05.360 --> 00:21:06.080
 to a new city.

00:21:07.420 --> 00:21:08.440
 It may be

00:21:08.440 --> 00:21:10.340
 being more generous

00:21:10.340 --> 00:21:11.120
 in supporting

00:21:11.120 --> 00:21:11.720
 and providing

00:21:11.720 --> 00:21:12.320
 for others

00:21:12.320 --> 00:21:13.280
 within this congregation.

00:21:13.380 --> 00:21:16.420
 And you can

00:21:16.420 --> 00:21:17.620
 fill it in.

00:21:17.680 --> 00:21:18.180
 It may be

00:21:18.180 --> 00:21:19.360
 a whole plethora

00:21:19.360 --> 00:21:20.240
 of things

00:21:20.240 --> 00:21:22.120
 that God is calling you

00:21:22.120 --> 00:21:22.680
 to be courageous

00:21:22.680 --> 00:21:23.400
 and acting

00:21:23.400 --> 00:21:25.060
 on the promises of God.

00:21:25.540 --> 00:21:26.240
 Because God

00:21:26.240 --> 00:21:27.200
 doesn't change.

00:21:28.900 --> 00:21:29.140
 So,

00:21:29.900 --> 00:21:31.240
 for Joshua

00:21:31.240 --> 00:21:31.880
 in this verse,

00:21:31.980 --> 00:21:33.220
 God gave him promises

00:21:33.220 --> 00:21:35.220
 along with commands.

00:21:35.600 --> 00:21:35.760
 So,

00:21:35.820 --> 00:21:36.240
 he said,

00:21:36.320 --> 00:21:36.940
 go and do this

00:21:36.940 --> 00:21:37.600
 and here's what

00:21:37.600 --> 00:21:38.240
 I've already promised.

00:21:38.560 --> 00:21:40.020
 Here's what I've done,

00:21:40.100 --> 00:21:40.900
 I'm accomplishing,

00:21:41.000 --> 00:21:41.860
 I have accomplished,

00:21:42.160 --> 00:21:43.180
 now go and do it.

00:21:43.180 --> 00:21:45.080
 So,

00:21:45.180 --> 00:21:45.759
 what happens

00:21:45.759 --> 00:21:46.840
 in our life

00:21:46.840 --> 00:21:49.920
 when God

00:21:49.920 --> 00:21:50.420
 doesn't give

00:21:50.420 --> 00:21:50.980
 the promises?

00:21:51.920 --> 00:21:52.539
 When he just

00:21:52.539 --> 00:21:53.320
 gives us a command?

00:21:54.000 --> 00:21:54.840
 Do we shrink?

00:21:55.320 --> 00:21:56.060
 Does our faith

00:21:56.060 --> 00:21:57.039
 shrink and shrivel

00:21:57.039 --> 00:21:57.640
 and disappear

00:21:57.640 --> 00:21:58.640
 and we just lose

00:21:58.640 --> 00:22:01.120
 all gumption?

00:22:01.119 --> 00:22:06.039
 we have been given

00:22:06.039 --> 00:22:06.639
 his word.

00:22:08.279 --> 00:22:09.279
 The word of God,

00:22:09.359 --> 00:22:09.839
 the Bible

00:22:09.839 --> 00:22:10.359
 that you hold

00:22:10.359 --> 00:22:10.859
 in your lap,

00:22:10.919 --> 00:22:11.359
 that you read

00:22:11.359 --> 00:22:11.979
 on your phone.

00:22:13.699 --> 00:22:14.479
 We've been given

00:22:14.479 --> 00:22:14.899
 his word

00:22:14.899 --> 00:22:16.079
 not only to guide us

00:22:16.079 --> 00:22:17.319
 but to educate us

00:22:17.319 --> 00:22:18.659
 and the world

00:22:18.659 --> 00:22:19.259
 around us

00:22:19.259 --> 00:22:20.019
 who God is

00:22:20.019 --> 00:22:22.439
 and to remind us

00:22:22.439 --> 00:22:23.539
 and to know

00:22:23.539 --> 00:22:24.559
 his promises

00:22:24.559 --> 00:22:25.259
 to us,

00:22:25.319 --> 00:22:25.799
 his children.

00:22:25.799 --> 00:22:27.839
 So,

00:22:28.319 --> 00:22:29.220
 our faith

00:22:29.220 --> 00:22:32.460
 acting on what

00:22:32.460 --> 00:22:33.139
 we believe

00:22:33.139 --> 00:22:34.119
 should be strengthened

00:22:34.119 --> 00:22:35.339
 in the unknown

00:22:35.339 --> 00:22:37.440
 because his word

00:22:37.440 --> 00:22:38.180
 says he will do

00:22:38.180 --> 00:22:38.779
 what he says

00:22:38.779 --> 00:22:39.559
 he's going to do.

00:22:42.799 --> 00:22:44.079
 He's going to provide.

00:22:44.960 --> 00:22:45.539
 He's known.

00:22:46.879 --> 00:22:47.559
 His name

00:22:47.559 --> 00:22:49.859
 is God's provider.

00:22:49.859 --> 00:22:52.079
 He's working out

00:22:52.079 --> 00:22:52.779
 by his grace

00:22:52.779 --> 00:22:53.219
 and mercy

00:22:53.219 --> 00:22:54.279
 for our good

00:22:54.279 --> 00:22:57.179
 even in the circumstances

00:22:57.179 --> 00:22:57.839
 where it doesn't

00:22:57.839 --> 00:22:58.639
 seem like that.

00:22:59.659 --> 00:23:00.919
 He will never leave

00:23:00.919 --> 00:23:01.439
 his children

00:23:01.439 --> 00:23:02.399
 nor forsake them.

00:23:03.259 --> 00:23:04.139
 He's the everlasting

00:23:04.139 --> 00:23:04.679
 Father.

00:23:06.119 --> 00:23:06.699
 He is who

00:23:06.699 --> 00:23:07.539
 he says he is.

00:23:07.619 --> 00:23:08.339
 He is the Savior.

00:23:10.079 --> 00:23:10.740
 And in him

00:23:10.740 --> 00:23:11.459
 we find

00:23:11.459 --> 00:23:13.199
 our identity.

00:23:13.819 --> 00:23:14.740
 Not in our

00:23:14.740 --> 00:23:15.399
 circumstances.

00:23:15.699 --> 00:23:16.459
 Not in what

00:23:16.459 --> 00:23:17.119
 we've accomplished.

00:23:17.619 --> 00:23:18.719
 We find our identity

00:23:18.719 --> 00:23:19.500
 in him

00:23:19.500 --> 00:23:20.660
 alone.

00:23:22.079 --> 00:23:22.960
 And in our

00:23:22.960 --> 00:23:23.920
 identity in Christ

00:23:23.920 --> 00:23:24.720
 we can trust

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 and act

00:23:25.359 --> 00:23:26.460
 on his

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 promises.

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 And that's because

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 he is God

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 and he does

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 what he says

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 he's going to do.

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 In his word

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 for us to read

00:23:36.359 --> 00:23:36.799
 today

00:23:36.799 --> 00:23:39.619
 in Joshua's time

00:23:39.619 --> 00:23:40.440
 where he gave him

00:23:40.440 --> 00:23:41.160
 action

00:23:41.160 --> 00:23:42.740
 told him what to do

00:23:42.740 --> 00:23:43.579
 and gave him promises

00:23:43.579 --> 00:23:44.839
 to go alongside those.

00:23:45.759 --> 00:23:46.759
 We can read these

00:23:46.759 --> 00:23:47.720
 and we can know

00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:48.720
 the promises of God

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 and we can act

00:23:49.640 --> 00:23:50.440
 on them.

00:23:52.019 --> 00:23:52.799
 But not only

00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:53.920
 we need to be

00:23:53.920 --> 00:23:55.079
 courageous in

00:23:55.079 --> 00:23:55.660
 believing

00:23:55.660 --> 00:23:56.759
 the promises

00:23:56.759 --> 00:23:57.299
 of God

00:23:57.299 --> 00:23:58.480
 and in acting

00:23:58.480 --> 00:23:59.240
 on the promises

00:23:59.240 --> 00:23:59.799
 of God

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 but also be

00:24:01.299 --> 00:24:02.180
 courageous in

00:24:02.180 --> 00:24:03.579
 treasuring God's

00:24:03.579 --> 00:24:03.940
 word

00:24:03.940 --> 00:24:05.839
 and not just

00:24:05.839 --> 00:24:06.740
 absorbing it

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 as knowledge.

00:24:09.059 --> 00:24:09.759
 Look at verse

00:24:09.759 --> 00:24:10.400
 7 and 8

00:24:10.400 --> 00:24:11.579
 in Joshua

00:24:11.579 --> 00:24:12.220
 chapter 1.

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 Only be strong

00:24:14.880 --> 00:24:15.980
 and very courageous

00:24:15.980 --> 00:24:17.180
 being careful

00:24:17.180 --> 00:24:17.559
 to do

00:24:17.559 --> 00:24:18.180
 according to

00:24:18.180 --> 00:24:19.100
 all the law

00:24:19.100 --> 00:24:19.620
 that Moses

00:24:19.620 --> 00:24:20.180
 my servant

00:24:20.180 --> 00:24:20.900
 commanded you.

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 Do not turn

00:24:22.319 --> 00:24:22.700
 from it

00:24:22.700 --> 00:24:23.460
 to the right hand

00:24:23.460 --> 00:24:24.160
 or to the left

00:24:24.160 --> 00:24:25.259
 that you may have

00:24:25.259 --> 00:24:25.960
 good success

00:24:25.960 --> 00:24:26.720
 wherever you go.

00:24:27.600 --> 00:24:28.559
 This book of the law

00:24:28.559 --> 00:24:29.559
 shall not depart

00:24:29.559 --> 00:24:30.360
 from your mouth

00:24:30.360 --> 00:24:32.039
 but you shall

00:24:32.039 --> 00:24:32.799
 meditate on it

00:24:32.799 --> 00:24:33.460
 day and night

00:24:33.460 --> 00:24:34.640
 so that you may

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 be careful to do

00:24:35.380 --> 00:24:36.259
 according to all

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 that is written in it.

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 For then

00:24:38.460 --> 00:24:39.019
 you will make

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 your way

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 prosperous

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 and then

00:24:41.720 --> 00:24:42.220
 you will have

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 good success.

00:24:44.779 --> 00:24:45.279
 Now

00:24:45.279 --> 00:24:46.880
 this is a dumb

00:24:46.880 --> 00:24:47.800
 statement I know

00:24:47.800 --> 00:24:48.600
 very elementary

00:24:48.600 --> 00:24:49.380
 but there is a

00:24:49.380 --> 00:24:50.019
 difference between

00:24:50.019 --> 00:24:50.740
 knowing and

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 treasuring.

00:24:52.259 --> 00:24:53.220
 I know

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 that my fridge

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 is white

00:24:54.800 --> 00:24:55.740
 and the inside

00:24:55.740 --> 00:24:56.440
 of it is cold.

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 I know that

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 because it's a fridge

00:24:58.759 --> 00:25:00.000
 and the outside

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 looks white.

00:25:01.539 --> 00:25:02.580
 I treasure

00:25:02.580 --> 00:25:03.900
 my wife.

00:25:05.660 --> 00:25:06.360
 Now things

00:25:06.360 --> 00:25:06.940
 would get really

00:25:06.940 --> 00:25:08.080
 awkward and really

00:25:08.080 --> 00:25:08.860
 tough if I mixed

00:25:08.859 --> 00:25:09.519
 those two up.

00:25:11.319 --> 00:25:12.119
 Just honest.

00:25:12.839 --> 00:25:13.619
 It would be horrible.

00:25:14.099 --> 00:25:14.679
 My life would be

00:25:14.679 --> 00:25:14.979
 horrible.

00:25:16.759 --> 00:25:17.599
 Treasuring means

00:25:17.599 --> 00:25:18.759
 that you value it.

00:25:19.459 --> 00:25:20.459
 You protect it.

00:25:20.839 --> 00:25:21.719
 You care for it.

00:25:21.799 --> 00:25:22.659
 You revisit it

00:25:22.659 --> 00:25:24.139
 time and time

00:25:24.139 --> 00:25:24.779
 again.

00:25:25.819 --> 00:25:26.379
 Now there are

00:25:26.379 --> 00:25:27.339
 times in the evening

00:25:27.339 --> 00:25:28.019
 when I get home

00:25:28.019 --> 00:25:28.559
 from work

00:25:28.559 --> 00:25:29.979
 that I just follow

00:25:29.979 --> 00:25:30.759
 Jamie around

00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:31.279
 in the building.

00:25:32.159 --> 00:25:32.899
 She's doing laundry

00:25:32.899 --> 00:25:33.459
 down the hall

00:25:33.459 --> 00:25:34.240
 I just follow her.

00:25:34.939 --> 00:25:36.099
 She's folding clothes

00:25:36.099 --> 00:25:36.799
 I just follow her.

00:25:36.879 --> 00:25:37.959
 She's punishing a child

00:25:37.960 --> 00:25:38.680
 while I join in

00:25:38.680 --> 00:25:40.100
 but I follow her

00:25:40.100 --> 00:25:42.480
 just because

00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:43.480
 I treasure her

00:25:43.480 --> 00:25:44.160
 and I want to be

00:25:44.160 --> 00:25:44.480
 with her

00:25:44.480 --> 00:25:44.740
 and I want to

00:25:44.740 --> 00:25:45.640
 spend time with her.

00:25:49.380 --> 00:25:50.519
 It is the same

00:25:50.519 --> 00:25:51.759
 with God's word.

00:25:53.039 --> 00:25:53.840
 Do you look forward

00:25:53.840 --> 00:25:54.880
 to times reading it?

00:25:56.220 --> 00:25:57.680
 Or do you avoid

00:25:57.680 --> 00:25:58.259
 or ignore

00:25:58.259 --> 00:25:59.059
 such things

00:25:59.059 --> 00:26:00.059
 in such times?

00:26:00.559 --> 00:26:01.720
 Do you just read it

00:26:01.720 --> 00:26:02.559
 to gain knowledge

00:26:02.559 --> 00:26:03.779
 or do you truly

00:26:03.779 --> 00:26:05.119
 believe it is

00:26:05.119 --> 00:26:05.720
 the word

00:26:05.720 --> 00:26:06.799
 of God

00:26:06.799 --> 00:26:07.819
 from God

00:26:07.819 --> 00:26:08.700
 to you?

00:26:10.119 --> 00:26:11.099
 Knowledge is good

00:26:11.099 --> 00:26:13.059
 but when it hinders

00:26:13.059 --> 00:26:13.819
 or disrupts

00:26:13.819 --> 00:26:14.919
 the proper relationship

00:26:14.919 --> 00:26:16.099
 it ceases to be good.

00:26:17.539 --> 00:26:18.500
 It's great for me

00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:19.339
 to know that my fridge

00:26:19.339 --> 00:26:19.859
 is white.

00:26:20.619 --> 00:26:21.740
 Matches other appliances.

00:26:21.879 --> 00:26:22.519
 It's great for me

00:26:22.519 --> 00:26:23.359
 to know that the inside

00:26:23.359 --> 00:26:23.819
 is cold

00:26:23.819 --> 00:26:24.700
 that I can put milk

00:26:24.700 --> 00:26:25.440
 and eggs in there

00:26:25.440 --> 00:26:26.200
 and it will be okay.

00:26:26.200 --> 00:26:28.460
 But the moment

00:26:28.460 --> 00:26:29.380
 I treasure it

00:26:29.380 --> 00:26:31.460
 that knowledge

00:26:31.460 --> 00:26:32.600
 becomes my downfall

00:26:32.600 --> 00:26:33.680
 and breaks

00:26:33.680 --> 00:26:34.319
 the relationship.

00:26:36.180 --> 00:26:37.220
 See there's power

00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:38.440
 in a healthy marriage.

00:26:38.620 --> 00:26:39.559
 There's power

00:26:39.559 --> 00:26:40.500
 in the fact

00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:41.440
 that it can display

00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:42.039
 the gospel

00:26:42.039 --> 00:26:42.720
 to the world.

00:26:42.960 --> 00:26:44.360
 Husband and wife.

00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:45.500
 The way the husband

00:26:45.500 --> 00:26:46.440
 loves the wife.

00:26:46.860 --> 00:26:48.319
 Christ and the church.

00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:49.799
 It can show people

00:26:49.799 --> 00:26:50.380
 what love

00:26:50.380 --> 00:26:51.340
 really looks like.

00:26:52.380 --> 00:26:53.360
 But the same is true

00:26:53.360 --> 00:26:54.160
 with God's word.

00:26:54.160 --> 00:26:56.920
 Like there's power

00:26:56.920 --> 00:26:57.840
 in God's word.

00:26:58.300 --> 00:26:59.380
 There's direction in it

00:26:59.380 --> 00:26:59.900
 and it too

00:26:59.900 --> 00:27:01.200
 can display the gospel

00:27:01.200 --> 00:27:02.300
 as we treasure it

00:27:02.300 --> 00:27:03.540
 and it becomes part

00:27:03.540 --> 00:27:05.640
 of our everyday life.

00:27:07.040 --> 00:27:08.400
 People around us

00:27:08.400 --> 00:27:09.240
 will see differences

00:27:09.240 --> 00:27:10.140
 when God's word

00:27:10.140 --> 00:27:11.740
 has infiltrated

00:27:11.740 --> 00:27:12.840
 our life.

00:27:14.500 --> 00:27:15.360
 Now verse 7

00:27:15.360 --> 00:27:17.120
 in Joshua chapter 1

00:27:17.120 --> 00:27:18.560
 says do according

00:27:18.560 --> 00:27:19.560
 to all the law

00:27:19.560 --> 00:27:20.900
 that Moses my servant

00:27:20.900 --> 00:27:21.640
 commanded you.

00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:23.440
 Do not turn from it

00:27:23.440 --> 00:27:24.539
 to the right hand

00:27:24.539 --> 00:27:26.259
 or to the left.

00:27:26.900 --> 00:27:27.799
 In other words

00:27:27.799 --> 00:27:28.900
 when it is treasured

00:27:28.900 --> 00:27:30.840
 it will not leave you

00:27:30.840 --> 00:27:32.160
 and you will not leave it.

00:27:32.380 --> 00:27:33.279
 It will always

00:27:33.279 --> 00:27:35.059
 be on your mind.

00:27:36.200 --> 00:27:37.059
 Verse 8 says

00:27:37.059 --> 00:27:37.920
 this book of the law

00:27:37.920 --> 00:27:38.759
 shall not depart

00:27:38.759 --> 00:27:39.640
 from your mouth

00:27:39.640 --> 00:27:41.180
 but you shall meditate

00:27:41.180 --> 00:27:42.320
 on it day and night

00:27:42.320 --> 00:27:43.900
 so that you may be careful

00:27:43.900 --> 00:27:44.600
 to do according

00:27:44.600 --> 00:27:45.620
 to all that is written

00:27:45.620 --> 00:27:46.019
 in it.

00:27:47.019 --> 00:27:48.000
 In your comings

00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:48.680
 and goings

00:27:48.680 --> 00:27:49.980
 it shall be on your lips

00:27:49.980 --> 00:27:51.400
 treasuring it.

00:27:51.400 --> 00:27:53.300
 Now that does not mean

00:27:53.300 --> 00:27:54.180
 that you are constantly

00:27:54.180 --> 00:27:55.180
 reciting scripture

00:27:55.180 --> 00:27:57.040
 or singing through songs

00:27:57.040 --> 00:27:58.800
 or scripture to songs

00:27:58.800 --> 00:27:59.759
 although it could

00:27:59.759 --> 00:28:00.840
 but that doesn't

00:28:00.840 --> 00:28:01.920
 necessarily mean that.

00:28:02.400 --> 00:28:03.380
 It means that

00:28:03.380 --> 00:28:05.460
 that like ingredients

00:28:05.460 --> 00:28:06.840
 that simmer on the stove

00:28:06.840 --> 00:28:07.500
 for stew

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:08.759
 carrots

00:28:08.759 --> 00:28:09.740
 beef

00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:10.900
 onions

00:28:10.900 --> 00:28:11.500
 potatoes

00:28:11.500 --> 00:28:12.620
 you put it all in there

00:28:12.620 --> 00:28:13.480
 you mix it up

00:28:13.480 --> 00:28:14.519
 and you just let it

00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:15.500
 simmer on the stove.

00:28:15.620 --> 00:28:16.440
 Many ingredients

00:28:16.440 --> 00:28:18.019
 they mold together

00:28:18.019 --> 00:28:18.600
 and they become

00:28:18.599 --> 00:28:19.839
 one great flavor.

00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:22.000
 The word of God

00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:22.919
 simmers in you.

00:28:24.019 --> 00:28:25.279
 It changes your heart

00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:26.079
 and your desires

00:28:26.079 --> 00:28:27.159
 to match his desires.

00:28:27.839 --> 00:28:28.799
 The many ingredients

00:28:28.799 --> 00:28:29.419
 of you

00:28:29.419 --> 00:28:30.639
 of your life

00:28:30.639 --> 00:28:32.159
 your struggles

00:28:32.159 --> 00:28:33.059
 your world view

00:28:33.059 --> 00:28:33.740
 your culture

00:28:33.740 --> 00:28:34.859
 the culture around you

00:28:34.859 --> 00:28:36.199
 and the word of God

00:28:36.199 --> 00:28:37.219
 all simmer.

00:28:38.579 --> 00:28:39.819
 And it is the word of God

00:28:39.819 --> 00:28:40.959
 instead of

00:28:40.959 --> 00:28:41.799
 like the stew

00:28:41.799 --> 00:28:42.500
 all the ingredients

00:28:42.500 --> 00:28:43.199
 become one

00:28:43.199 --> 00:28:44.119
 it is the word of God

00:28:44.119 --> 00:28:45.339
 that rises out

00:28:45.339 --> 00:28:47.879
 that prevails

00:28:47.879 --> 00:28:49.359
 over the other flavors

00:28:49.359 --> 00:28:50.259
 that takes over

00:28:50.259 --> 00:28:51.919
 the other ingredients

00:28:51.919 --> 00:28:52.839
 in our life.

00:28:53.859 --> 00:28:54.679
 When we treasure

00:28:54.679 --> 00:28:55.379
 the word of God

00:28:55.379 --> 00:28:56.339
 we allow the word of God

00:28:56.339 --> 00:28:57.279
 to change us

00:28:57.279 --> 00:28:58.639
 by believing it

00:28:58.639 --> 00:28:59.279
 by living it

00:28:59.279 --> 00:29:00.039
 and by loving it.

00:29:01.299 --> 00:29:02.419
 So 2013

00:29:02.419 --> 00:29:06.559
 36 and a half hours

00:29:06.559 --> 00:29:07.099
 from now

00:29:07.099 --> 00:29:08.819
 can be the year

00:29:08.819 --> 00:29:09.459
 that you treasure

00:29:09.459 --> 00:29:10.159
 God's word

00:29:10.159 --> 00:29:11.059
 more than you have

00:29:11.059 --> 00:29:12.179
 in the previous years.

00:29:14.119 --> 00:29:15.019
 If you treasure

00:29:15.019 --> 00:29:15.699
 God's word

00:29:15.699 --> 00:29:16.839
 your life will be different.

00:29:18.079 --> 00:29:19.119
 You will act different

00:29:19.119 --> 00:29:20.019
 you will live different

00:29:20.019 --> 00:29:21.059
 you will talk different

00:29:21.059 --> 00:29:22.679
 you will love different.

00:29:23.679 --> 00:29:24.899
 When we treasure it

00:29:24.899 --> 00:29:26.159
 we don't try

00:29:26.159 --> 00:29:27.879
 to hoard it.

00:29:28.399 --> 00:29:28.959
 We don't try

00:29:28.959 --> 00:29:30.019
 to keep it for ourselves

00:29:30.019 --> 00:29:31.299
 and store it away.

00:29:31.359 --> 00:29:31.779
 That's what we do

00:29:31.779 --> 00:29:32.439
 with knowledge.

00:29:33.399 --> 00:29:33.979
 Some knowledge

00:29:33.979 --> 00:29:34.519
 we share

00:29:34.519 --> 00:29:35.699
 but when we treasure

00:29:35.699 --> 00:29:36.139
 something

00:29:36.139 --> 00:29:37.000
 we share it.

00:29:37.579 --> 00:29:38.699
 We give it out.

00:29:38.879 --> 00:29:40.479
 We let people know.

00:29:42.479 --> 00:29:43.919
 We will want to share

00:29:43.920 --> 00:29:44.539
 with anyone

00:29:44.539 --> 00:29:45.340
 and everyone

00:29:45.340 --> 00:29:47.420
 when we treasure

00:29:47.420 --> 00:29:47.940
 something.

00:29:51.560 --> 00:29:52.060
 So

00:29:52.060 --> 00:29:53.240
 be courageous

00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:53.900
 in believing

00:29:53.900 --> 00:29:55.019
 the promises of God.

00:29:55.440 --> 00:29:55.960
 Be courageous

00:29:55.960 --> 00:29:56.539
 in acting

00:29:56.539 --> 00:29:57.120
 on the promises

00:29:57.120 --> 00:29:57.680
 of God.

00:29:58.080 --> 00:29:58.920
 Be courageous

00:29:58.920 --> 00:29:59.700
 in treasuring

00:29:59.700 --> 00:30:00.480
 God's word.

00:30:02.140 --> 00:30:03.000
 And be courageous

00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:03.980
 in living out

00:30:03.980 --> 00:30:05.100
 the word of God.

00:30:05.560 --> 00:30:06.180
 Very similar

00:30:06.180 --> 00:30:07.140
 to the last one

00:30:07.140 --> 00:30:08.100
 or the second one

00:30:08.100 --> 00:30:09.300
 acting on the promises

00:30:09.300 --> 00:30:09.779
 of God

00:30:09.779 --> 00:30:10.600
 but a little different.

00:30:10.599 --> 00:30:13.279
 in our text

00:30:13.279 --> 00:30:14.000
 Joshua 1

00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:14.619
 1-9

00:30:14.619 --> 00:30:16.159
 God tells Joshua

00:30:16.159 --> 00:30:16.919
 twice to

00:30:16.919 --> 00:30:17.579
 be courageous

00:30:17.579 --> 00:30:18.299
 and strong.

00:30:18.959 --> 00:30:20.099
 Two separate times

00:30:20.099 --> 00:30:21.699
 reminds him

00:30:21.699 --> 00:30:22.399
 be courageous

00:30:22.399 --> 00:30:23.039
 and strong.

00:30:24.359 --> 00:30:25.339
 Now he does so

00:30:25.339 --> 00:30:26.079
 because he's telling

00:30:26.079 --> 00:30:26.919
 him to do something

00:30:26.919 --> 00:30:27.179
 right?

00:30:27.939 --> 00:30:28.599
 He's telling him

00:30:28.599 --> 00:30:29.240
 something that

00:30:29.240 --> 00:30:30.699
 that is new

00:30:30.699 --> 00:30:32.079
 something that

00:30:32.079 --> 00:30:32.859
 is dangerous

00:30:32.859 --> 00:30:33.759
 something that is

00:30:33.759 --> 00:30:34.579
 that is life

00:30:34.579 --> 00:30:35.179
 changing.

00:30:35.180 --> 00:30:37.900
 Now when we

00:30:37.900 --> 00:30:38.799
 believe the gospel

00:30:38.799 --> 00:30:40.120
 when we treasure

00:30:40.120 --> 00:30:40.840
 God's word

00:30:40.840 --> 00:30:42.640
 we will do things

00:30:42.640 --> 00:30:43.259
 that are new

00:30:43.259 --> 00:30:44.860
 to those around us.

00:30:45.360 --> 00:30:46.580
 We will do things

00:30:46.580 --> 00:30:46.900
 that are

00:30:46.900 --> 00:30:48.299
 different

00:30:48.299 --> 00:30:49.720
 maybe awkward

00:30:49.720 --> 00:30:50.720
 maybe

00:30:50.720 --> 00:30:51.799
 they can't

00:30:51.799 --> 00:30:52.580
 understand why

00:30:52.580 --> 00:30:53.820
 and I believe

00:30:53.820 --> 00:30:54.480
 as Christians

00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:55.060
 there will come

00:30:55.060 --> 00:30:55.500
 a moment

00:30:55.500 --> 00:30:56.279
 or moments

00:30:56.279 --> 00:30:57.660
 that God

00:30:57.660 --> 00:30:58.279
 will ask you

00:30:58.279 --> 00:30:58.840
 to do something

00:30:58.840 --> 00:30:59.519
 to the world

00:30:59.519 --> 00:31:00.500
 that may not

00:31:00.500 --> 00:31:01.320
 make any sense.

00:31:02.900 --> 00:31:03.779
 Are you willing

00:31:03.779 --> 00:31:04.360
 to do so?

00:31:04.359 --> 00:31:05.459
 Are you willing

00:31:05.459 --> 00:31:06.719
 to do something

00:31:06.719 --> 00:31:07.500
 that just seems

00:31:07.500 --> 00:31:08.319
 a little awkward

00:31:08.319 --> 00:31:08.979
 seems a little

00:31:08.979 --> 00:31:09.699
 different

00:31:09.699 --> 00:31:10.259
 and they just

00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:10.939
 don't get it?

00:31:12.279 --> 00:31:12.839
 For example

00:31:12.839 --> 00:31:14.599
 Jamie and I

00:31:14.599 --> 00:31:15.240
 went to see

00:31:15.240 --> 00:31:16.659
 Les Miserables

00:31:16.659 --> 00:31:18.019
 on the day

00:31:18.019 --> 00:31:18.599
 after Christmas

00:31:18.599 --> 00:31:19.500
 and we were

00:31:19.500 --> 00:31:20.279
 super happy

00:31:20.279 --> 00:31:20.899
 to do so

00:31:20.899 --> 00:31:21.839
 believe it or not

00:31:21.839 --> 00:31:22.359
 I was happy

00:31:22.359 --> 00:31:23.399
 to go see it.

00:31:24.719 --> 00:31:25.459
 The whole thing

00:31:25.459 --> 00:31:25.879
 is a musical

00:31:25.879 --> 00:31:26.399
 by the way

00:31:26.399 --> 00:31:26.799
 if you haven't

00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:27.199
 seen it

00:31:27.199 --> 00:31:28.359
 even in normal

00:31:28.359 --> 00:31:28.959
 conversations

00:31:28.959 --> 00:31:29.479
 are sung

00:31:29.479 --> 00:31:31.219
 so prepare yourself

00:31:31.219 --> 00:31:31.539
 if you're going

00:31:31.539 --> 00:31:32.019
 to see that.

00:31:32.779 --> 00:31:33.240
 There's probably

00:31:33.240 --> 00:31:33.899
 ten words

00:31:33.900 --> 00:31:34.519
 that aren't sung

00:31:34.519 --> 00:31:34.860
 in the whole

00:31:34.860 --> 00:31:35.120
 thing

00:31:35.120 --> 00:31:37.820
 but in the

00:31:37.820 --> 00:31:38.240
 story

00:31:38.240 --> 00:31:39.720
 in the story

00:31:39.720 --> 00:31:40.800
 of Les Mis

00:31:40.800 --> 00:31:42.500
 there's two

00:31:42.500 --> 00:31:43.140
 main characters

00:31:43.140 --> 00:31:43.700
 there's three

00:31:43.700 --> 00:31:43.940
 or four

00:31:43.940 --> 00:31:44.240
 but two

00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:44.880
 main characters

00:31:44.880 --> 00:31:45.519
 guys

00:31:45.519 --> 00:31:46.460
 Jean Valjean

00:31:46.460 --> 00:31:47.340
 is the one

00:31:47.340 --> 00:31:47.880
 main character

00:31:47.880 --> 00:31:48.400
 and he is

00:31:48.400 --> 00:31:48.980
 the criminal

00:31:48.980 --> 00:31:49.940
 he is the

00:31:49.940 --> 00:31:50.519
 bad guy

00:31:50.519 --> 00:31:52.840
 and then

00:31:52.840 --> 00:31:53.200
 there's

00:31:53.200 --> 00:31:53.560
 Javert

00:31:53.560 --> 00:31:54.160
 who is the

00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:54.640
 inspector

00:31:54.640 --> 00:31:55.259
 who has

00:31:55.259 --> 00:31:56.120
 been over

00:31:56.120 --> 00:31:57.300
 seeing

00:31:57.300 --> 00:31:58.100
 Jean Valjean

00:31:58.100 --> 00:31:58.680
 from in

00:31:58.680 --> 00:31:59.040
 prison

00:31:59.039 --> 00:32:00.440
 and then

00:32:00.440 --> 00:32:01.319
 trying to

00:32:01.319 --> 00:32:01.799
 catch him

00:32:01.799 --> 00:32:02.200
 because he

00:32:02.200 --> 00:32:02.879
 missed parole

00:32:02.879 --> 00:32:04.399
 throughout the

00:32:04.399 --> 00:32:04.940
 years of the

00:32:04.940 --> 00:32:05.279
 story

00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:07.240
 at the

00:32:07.240 --> 00:32:07.980
 beginning of

00:32:07.980 --> 00:32:08.399
 the story

00:32:08.399 --> 00:32:09.240
 Jean Valjean

00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:10.700
 gains his

00:32:10.700 --> 00:32:10.980
 freedom

00:32:10.980 --> 00:32:12.899
 and he

00:32:12.899 --> 00:32:14.720
 tries to find

00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:15.200
 work

00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:15.879
 and of course

00:32:15.879 --> 00:32:16.579
 he's a criminal

00:32:16.579 --> 00:32:17.720
 and nobody's

00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:18.220
 going to give him

00:32:18.220 --> 00:32:18.500
 work

00:32:18.500 --> 00:32:19.180
 and he finds

00:32:19.180 --> 00:32:20.139
 this church

00:32:20.139 --> 00:32:20.599
 and he falls

00:32:20.599 --> 00:32:21.240
 asleep on the

00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:21.879
 front porch

00:32:21.880 --> 00:32:23.700
 and in this

00:32:23.700 --> 00:32:24.100
 church

00:32:24.100 --> 00:32:24.900
 is a bishop

00:32:24.900 --> 00:32:25.420
 and the bishop

00:32:25.420 --> 00:32:26.140
 comes and he

00:32:26.140 --> 00:32:26.960
 wakes him up

00:32:26.960 --> 00:32:27.300
 in the middle

00:32:27.300 --> 00:32:27.720
 of the night

00:32:27.720 --> 00:32:28.300
 and of course

00:32:28.300 --> 00:32:28.980
 Jean Valjean

00:32:28.980 --> 00:32:29.380
 thinks

00:32:29.380 --> 00:32:30.760
 this guy's

00:32:30.760 --> 00:32:31.220
 going to run

00:32:31.220 --> 00:32:31.680
 me off

00:32:31.680 --> 00:32:32.160
 you know

00:32:32.160 --> 00:32:32.800
 I'm done

00:32:32.800 --> 00:32:34.480
 and the bishop

00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:35.160
 says come in

00:32:35.160 --> 00:32:36.560
 and he invites

00:32:36.560 --> 00:32:37.100
 him into the

00:32:37.100 --> 00:32:37.860
 into the house

00:32:37.860 --> 00:32:40.460
 and he feeds

00:32:40.460 --> 00:32:40.860
 him

00:32:40.860 --> 00:32:42.840
 lets him sit

00:32:42.840 --> 00:32:43.480
 by the fire

00:32:43.480 --> 00:32:44.480
 warms himself

00:32:44.480 --> 00:32:46.960
 gives him a bed

00:32:46.960 --> 00:32:47.540
 to sleep in

00:32:47.540 --> 00:32:47.920
 and in the middle

00:32:47.920 --> 00:32:48.300
 of the night

00:32:48.300 --> 00:32:48.920
 Jean Valjean

00:32:48.920 --> 00:32:49.700
 decides that

00:32:49.700 --> 00:32:50.920
 this isn't for me

00:32:50.920 --> 00:32:51.500
 I'm going to

00:32:51.500 --> 00:32:52.200
 steal what I

00:32:52.200 --> 00:32:52.440
 can

00:32:52.440 --> 00:32:52.720
 I'm going to

00:32:52.720 --> 00:32:53.200
 grab what I

00:32:53.200 --> 00:32:53.680
 can of the

00:32:53.680 --> 00:32:54.039
 bishops

00:32:54.039 --> 00:32:54.920
 the silver

00:32:54.920 --> 00:32:55.720
 and whatever

00:32:55.720 --> 00:32:56.220
 else I can

00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:56.500
 grab

00:32:56.500 --> 00:32:56.799
 and I'm

00:32:56.799 --> 00:32:57.000
 going to

00:32:57.000 --> 00:32:57.240
 run

00:32:57.240 --> 00:32:58.599
 well he gets

00:32:58.599 --> 00:32:58.980
 caught

00:32:58.980 --> 00:32:59.640
 he gets

00:32:59.640 --> 00:32:59.819
 caught

00:32:59.819 --> 00:33:00.299
 not by the

00:33:00.299 --> 00:33:00.900
 main inspector

00:33:00.900 --> 00:33:01.460
 but by some

00:33:01.460 --> 00:33:02.900
 other police

00:33:02.900 --> 00:33:03.420
 or whatever

00:33:03.420 --> 00:33:07.960
 and they

00:33:07.960 --> 00:33:08.299
 bring him

00:33:08.299 --> 00:33:08.599
 back

00:33:08.599 --> 00:33:09.559
 and they

00:33:09.559 --> 00:33:10.319
 confront

00:33:10.319 --> 00:33:11.059
 they put him

00:33:11.059 --> 00:33:11.400
 before the

00:33:11.400 --> 00:33:11.640
 bishop

00:33:11.640 --> 00:33:11.960
 and says

00:33:11.960 --> 00:33:12.319
 this man

00:33:12.319 --> 00:33:12.740
 has stolen

00:33:12.740 --> 00:33:13.380
 your stuff

00:33:13.380 --> 00:33:14.420
 and we want

00:33:14.420 --> 00:33:14.839
 you to just

00:33:14.839 --> 00:33:15.400
 claim your

00:33:15.400 --> 00:33:15.859
 stuff so that

00:33:15.859 --> 00:33:16.200
 we can put

00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:16.559
 him back in

00:33:16.559 --> 00:33:17.099
 prison forever

00:33:17.099 --> 00:33:17.480
 because he's

00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:17.819
 a criminal

00:33:17.819 --> 00:33:18.180
 and he's

00:33:18.180 --> 00:33:18.440
 nothing

00:33:18.440 --> 00:33:19.920
 and the

00:33:19.920 --> 00:33:20.579
 bishop says

00:33:20.579 --> 00:33:21.480
 well I

00:33:21.480 --> 00:33:22.339
 was trying

00:33:22.339 --> 00:33:22.680
 to get

00:33:22.680 --> 00:33:22.920
 him

00:33:22.920 --> 00:33:24.360
 but I

00:33:24.360 --> 00:33:24.700
 wanted to

00:33:24.700 --> 00:33:25.000
 get him

00:33:25.000 --> 00:33:25.620
 because he

00:33:25.620 --> 00:33:26.059
 had forgot

00:33:26.059 --> 00:33:26.519
 two of the

00:33:26.519 --> 00:33:26.839
 greatest

00:33:26.839 --> 00:33:27.380
 treasures I

00:33:27.380 --> 00:33:27.720
 have

00:33:27.720 --> 00:33:28.519
 which are

00:33:28.519 --> 00:33:28.700
 these

00:33:28.700 --> 00:33:29.099
 candle

00:33:29.099 --> 00:33:29.579
 stands

00:33:29.579 --> 00:33:30.900
 big huge

00:33:30.900 --> 00:33:31.319
 pieces of

00:33:31.319 --> 00:33:31.620
 silver

00:33:31.620 --> 00:33:32.500
 and he

00:33:32.500 --> 00:33:32.720
 said I

00:33:32.720 --> 00:33:33.099
 wanted him

00:33:33.099 --> 00:33:33.400
 to have

00:33:33.400 --> 00:33:34.019
 these too

00:33:34.019 --> 00:33:34.900
 so he

00:33:34.900 --> 00:33:35.559
 gives him

00:33:35.559 --> 00:33:36.519
 his greatest

00:33:36.519 --> 00:33:37.059
 treasure

00:33:37.059 --> 00:33:38.420
 forgives him

00:33:38.420 --> 00:33:39.000
 and shows him

00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:39.400
 mercy

00:33:39.400 --> 00:33:40.559
 well this

00:33:40.559 --> 00:33:41.120
 story

00:33:41.120 --> 00:33:42.220
 carries

00:33:42.220 --> 00:33:42.759
 throughout the

00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:43.220
 whole

00:33:43.220 --> 00:33:44.420
 rest of the

00:33:44.420 --> 00:33:44.660
 story

00:33:44.660 --> 00:33:45.039
 this is the

00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:45.440
 beginning of

00:33:45.440 --> 00:33:45.900
 the movie

00:33:45.900 --> 00:33:47.200
 and Jean

00:33:47.200 --> 00:33:47.620
 Valjean

00:33:47.620 --> 00:33:48.320
 decides to

00:33:48.320 --> 00:33:49.380
 because this

00:33:49.380 --> 00:33:49.900
 bishop had

00:33:49.900 --> 00:33:50.380
 shown him

00:33:50.380 --> 00:33:50.900
 mercy that

00:33:50.900 --> 00:33:51.280
 he was going

00:33:51.280 --> 00:33:51.800
 to live

00:33:51.800 --> 00:33:52.840
 differently

00:33:52.840 --> 00:33:53.920
 that he was

00:33:53.920 --> 00:33:54.360
 going to show

00:33:54.360 --> 00:33:55.060
 mercy when he

00:33:55.060 --> 00:33:55.800
 could that he

00:33:55.800 --> 00:33:56.080
 was going to

00:33:56.080 --> 00:33:56.820
 show grace to

00:33:56.820 --> 00:33:57.259
 people when he

00:33:57.259 --> 00:33:57.640
 could that he

00:33:57.640 --> 00:33:57.960
 was going to

00:33:57.960 --> 00:33:58.500
 give to the

00:33:58.500 --> 00:33:59.320
 poor and he

00:33:59.320 --> 00:34:00.160
 was no matter

00:34:00.160 --> 00:34:01.019
 how successful

00:34:01.019 --> 00:34:01.680
 in business he

00:34:01.680 --> 00:34:02.040
 was going to

00:34:02.040 --> 00:34:02.800
 be he was

00:34:02.800 --> 00:34:03.440
 going to provide

00:34:03.440 --> 00:34:04.060
 for people in

00:34:04.060 --> 00:34:04.560
 need and show

00:34:04.560 --> 00:34:05.120
 them mercy

00:34:05.120 --> 00:34:08.820
 comes to the

00:34:08.820 --> 00:34:09.480
 end towards the

00:34:09.480 --> 00:34:09.780
 end of the

00:34:09.780 --> 00:34:10.760
 movie and he

00:34:10.760 --> 00:34:11.440
 has an opportunity

00:34:11.440 --> 00:34:12.340
 Jean Valjean has

00:34:12.340 --> 00:34:13.420
 an opportunity to

00:34:13.420 --> 00:34:15.960
 kill the man

00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:16.240
 who has been

00:34:16.240 --> 00:34:16.780
 chasing him

00:34:16.780 --> 00:34:17.280
 the man who

00:34:17.280 --> 00:34:17.639
 had put him

00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:18.059
 in prison

00:34:18.059 --> 00:34:18.860
 the man who

00:34:18.860 --> 00:34:19.720
 tormented him

00:34:19.720 --> 00:34:21.019
 and he doesn't

00:34:21.019 --> 00:34:21.380
 kill him

00:34:21.380 --> 00:34:22.280
 he shows him

00:34:22.280 --> 00:34:22.680
 mercy

00:34:22.680 --> 00:34:23.820
 even in that

00:34:23.820 --> 00:34:24.200
 moment

00:34:24.200 --> 00:34:26.079
 drives Javert

00:34:26.079 --> 00:34:27.000
 crazy to the

00:34:27.000 --> 00:34:27.900
 point of suicide

00:34:27.900 --> 00:34:29.300
 the point is

00:34:29.300 --> 00:34:30.980
 I gave you

00:34:30.980 --> 00:34:31.900
 that whole thing

00:34:31.900 --> 00:34:33.180
 for this point

00:34:33.180 --> 00:34:35.539
 the grace

00:34:35.539 --> 00:34:36.700
 and the mercy

00:34:36.700 --> 00:34:37.280
 that you have

00:34:37.280 --> 00:34:37.760
 been shown

00:34:37.760 --> 00:34:38.340
 in Christ

00:34:38.340 --> 00:34:38.700
 Jesus

00:34:38.700 --> 00:34:42.059
 that grace

00:34:42.059 --> 00:34:42.700
 and that mercy

00:34:42.699 --> 00:34:43.599
 that Jean Valjean

00:34:43.599 --> 00:34:44.159
 had been shown

00:34:44.159 --> 00:34:45.159
 pales in

00:34:45.159 --> 00:34:45.799
 comparison to

00:34:45.799 --> 00:34:46.199
 the mercy

00:34:46.199 --> 00:34:46.679
 and the grace

00:34:46.679 --> 00:34:47.059
 that you have

00:34:47.059 --> 00:34:47.399
 been shown

00:34:47.399 --> 00:34:47.939
 in Christ

00:34:47.939 --> 00:34:53.219
 and that grace

00:34:53.219 --> 00:34:54.559
 and that mercy

00:34:54.559 --> 00:34:56.079
 should dictate

00:34:56.079 --> 00:34:57.179
 how we live

00:34:57.179 --> 00:34:58.759
 and how we love

00:34:58.759 --> 00:34:59.379
 one another

00:34:59.379 --> 00:35:00.059
 and how we love

00:35:00.059 --> 00:35:00.419
 others

00:35:00.419 --> 00:35:01.219
 and how we share

00:35:01.219 --> 00:35:01.739
 our lives

00:35:01.739 --> 00:35:02.759
 and how generous

00:35:02.759 --> 00:35:03.339
 we are

00:35:03.339 --> 00:35:06.379
 we can

00:35:06.379 --> 00:35:08.119
 forgive

00:35:08.119 --> 00:35:09.579
 when everything

00:35:09.579 --> 00:35:10.259
 around us

00:35:10.259 --> 00:35:11.219
 says to repay

00:35:11.219 --> 00:35:12.939
 hate

00:35:12.939 --> 00:35:14.519
 place judgment

00:35:14.519 --> 00:35:14.899
 on

00:35:14.899 --> 00:35:16.219
 we can be

00:35:16.219 --> 00:35:16.919
 courageous

00:35:16.919 --> 00:35:17.779
 in how we

00:35:17.779 --> 00:35:18.179
 live

00:35:18.179 --> 00:35:20.939
 because of the

00:35:20.939 --> 00:35:21.459
 grace and the

00:35:21.459 --> 00:35:21.959
 mercy that we

00:35:21.959 --> 00:35:22.500
 have been shown

00:35:22.500 --> 00:35:25.939
 there will also

00:35:25.939 --> 00:35:26.679
 be moments

00:35:26.679 --> 00:35:27.539
 in our lives

00:35:27.539 --> 00:35:28.679
 as Christians

00:35:28.679 --> 00:35:30.480
 that there will

00:35:30.480 --> 00:35:31.199
 be danger

00:35:31.199 --> 00:35:32.279
 involved

00:35:32.279 --> 00:35:33.500
 some level

00:35:33.500 --> 00:35:34.399
 of danger

00:35:34.399 --> 00:35:35.799
 it may not

00:35:35.799 --> 00:35:36.439
 be physical

00:35:36.439 --> 00:35:37.379
 but it will be

00:35:37.379 --> 00:35:37.959
 dangerous

00:35:37.960 --> 00:35:39.699
 are you willing

00:35:39.699 --> 00:35:40.260
 to submit

00:35:40.260 --> 00:35:40.840
 to God's

00:35:40.840 --> 00:35:41.079
 leading

00:35:41.079 --> 00:35:41.460
 and do

00:35:41.460 --> 00:35:41.820
 something

00:35:41.820 --> 00:35:42.300
 dangerous

00:35:42.300 --> 00:35:43.559
 for him

00:35:43.559 --> 00:35:44.800
 are you

00:35:44.800 --> 00:35:45.360
 willing to

00:35:45.360 --> 00:35:45.880
 in those

00:35:45.880 --> 00:35:46.460
 moments

00:35:46.460 --> 00:35:48.039
 decide now

00:35:48.039 --> 00:35:48.420
 that you're

00:35:48.420 --> 00:35:48.619
 going to

00:35:48.619 --> 00:35:49.179
 follow

00:35:49.179 --> 00:35:49.720
 no matter

00:35:49.720 --> 00:35:50.139
 what

00:35:50.139 --> 00:35:51.099
 wherever

00:35:51.099 --> 00:35:51.780
 that takes

00:35:51.780 --> 00:35:52.019
 you

00:35:52.019 --> 00:35:52.420
 wherever

00:35:52.420 --> 00:35:53.179
 that leads

00:35:53.179 --> 00:35:57.480
 Joshua

00:35:57.480 --> 00:35:58.740
 in our

00:35:58.740 --> 00:35:59.220
 text

00:35:59.220 --> 00:36:01.440
 a couple

00:36:01.440 --> 00:36:01.840
 chapters

00:36:01.840 --> 00:36:02.220
 later

00:36:02.220 --> 00:36:02.880
 he leads

00:36:02.880 --> 00:36:03.500
 chapter 3

00:36:03.500 --> 00:36:04.019
 he leads

00:36:04.019 --> 00:36:04.400
 the people

00:36:04.400 --> 00:36:04.619
 in the

00:36:04.619 --> 00:36:04.940
 promised

00:36:04.940 --> 00:36:05.300
 land

00:36:05.300 --> 00:36:09.900
 it says

00:36:09.900 --> 00:36:10.340
 in

00:36:10.340 --> 00:36:14.740
 can't find

00:36:14.740 --> 00:36:15.140
 it now

00:36:15.140 --> 00:36:15.860
 it says

00:36:15.860 --> 00:36:16.080
 that he

00:36:16.080 --> 00:36:16.720
 had caused

00:36:16.720 --> 00:36:17.420
 he'll cause

00:36:17.420 --> 00:36:17.920
 his people

00:36:17.920 --> 00:36:20.000
 to walk

00:36:20.000 --> 00:36:20.400
 and gain

00:36:20.400 --> 00:36:20.920
 the promised

00:36:20.920 --> 00:36:21.240
 land

00:36:21.240 --> 00:36:24.100
 he was

00:36:24.100 --> 00:36:24.700
 Jesus

00:36:24.700 --> 00:36:25.500
 like

00:36:25.500 --> 00:36:26.720
 in the

00:36:26.720 --> 00:36:26.860
 old

00:36:26.860 --> 00:36:27.240
 testament

00:36:27.240 --> 00:36:29.420
 there were

00:36:29.420 --> 00:36:29.960
 battles

00:36:29.960 --> 00:36:30.960
 there were

00:36:30.960 --> 00:36:31.380
 judgments

00:36:31.380 --> 00:36:32.120
 there was

00:36:32.120 --> 00:36:32.640
 danger

00:36:32.640 --> 00:36:33.500
 there was

00:36:33.500 --> 00:36:33.740
 sin

00:36:33.740 --> 00:36:34.000
 and there

00:36:34.000 --> 00:36:34.580
 was victory

00:36:34.579 --> 00:36:36.699
 Jesus

00:36:36.699 --> 00:36:37.219
 Christ

00:36:37.219 --> 00:36:37.719
 died

00:36:37.719 --> 00:36:38.139
 so that

00:36:38.139 --> 00:36:38.480
 he could

00:36:38.480 --> 00:36:38.699
 lead

00:36:38.699 --> 00:36:38.940
 his

00:36:38.940 --> 00:36:39.219
 people

00:36:39.219 --> 00:36:39.400
 into

00:36:39.400 --> 00:36:40.119
 the

00:36:40.119 --> 00:36:40.639
 eternal

00:36:40.639 --> 00:36:41.079
 promised

00:36:41.079 --> 00:36:41.420
 land

00:36:41.420 --> 00:36:42.799
 like

00:36:42.799 --> 00:36:43.199
 Joshua

00:36:43.199 --> 00:36:43.519
 did

00:36:43.519 --> 00:36:43.860
 here

00:36:43.860 --> 00:36:45.659
 Jesus

00:36:45.659 --> 00:36:46.099
 lived

00:36:46.099 --> 00:36:46.319
 a

00:36:46.319 --> 00:36:46.719
 sinless

00:36:46.719 --> 00:36:47.179
 life

00:36:47.179 --> 00:36:48.219
 died

00:36:48.219 --> 00:36:48.380
 with

00:36:48.380 --> 00:36:48.579
 the

00:36:48.579 --> 00:36:48.819
 sin

00:36:48.819 --> 00:36:48.920
 of

00:36:48.920 --> 00:36:49.039
 the

00:36:49.039 --> 00:36:49.319
 world

00:36:49.319 --> 00:36:49.500
 on

00:36:49.500 --> 00:36:49.679
 his

00:36:49.679 --> 00:36:50.039
 shoulders

00:36:50.039 --> 00:36:51.380
 he

00:36:51.380 --> 00:36:51.699
 died

00:36:51.699 --> 00:36:51.980
 in order

00:36:51.980 --> 00:36:52.139
 that

00:36:52.139 --> 00:36:52.319
 we

00:36:52.319 --> 00:36:52.480
 could

00:36:52.480 --> 00:36:52.840
 live

00:36:52.840 --> 00:36:55.440
 and he

00:36:55.440 --> 00:36:55.719
 leads

00:36:55.719 --> 00:36:55.980
 us

00:36:55.980 --> 00:36:56.119
 to

00:36:56.119 --> 00:36:56.239
 the

00:36:56.239 --> 00:36:56.579
 promised

00:36:56.579 --> 00:36:56.940
 land

00:36:56.940 --> 00:36:58.779
 if we

00:36:58.779 --> 00:36:59.099
 follow

00:36:59.099 --> 00:36:59.460
 him

00:36:59.460 --> 00:37:01.599
 until

00:37:01.599 --> 00:37:01.940
 that

00:37:01.940 --> 00:37:02.639
 until

00:37:02.639 --> 00:37:02.900
 that

00:37:02.900 --> 00:37:03.300
 time

00:37:03.300 --> 00:37:03.639
 when we

00:37:03.639 --> 00:37:03.960
 reach

00:37:03.960 --> 00:37:04.099
 the

00:37:04.099 --> 00:37:04.440
 promised

00:37:04.440 --> 00:37:04.800
 land

00:37:04.800 --> 00:37:05.800
 there

00:37:05.800 --> 00:37:05.920
 will

00:37:05.920 --> 00:37:06.039
 be

00:37:06.039 --> 00:37:06.500
 battles

00:37:06.500 --> 00:37:08.019
 we

00:37:08.019 --> 00:37:08.159
 will

00:37:08.159 --> 00:37:08.579
 fight

00:37:08.579 --> 00:37:09.099
 here

00:37:09.099 --> 00:37:09.240
 on

00:37:09.240 --> 00:37:09.539
 earth

00:37:09.539 --> 00:37:10.300
 there

00:37:10.300 --> 00:37:10.400
 will

00:37:10.400 --> 00:37:10.559
 be

00:37:10.559 --> 00:37:11.199
 struggles

00:37:11.199 --> 00:37:12.679
 there

00:37:12.679 --> 00:37:12.740
 will

00:37:12.740 --> 00:37:12.900
 be

00:37:12.900 --> 00:37:13.260
 sadness

00:37:13.260 --> 00:37:13.639
 and

00:37:13.639 --> 00:37:14.019
 sorrow

00:37:14.019 --> 00:37:14.840
 there

00:37:14.840 --> 00:37:14.960
 will

00:37:14.960 --> 00:37:15.119
 be

00:37:15.119 --> 00:37:15.539
 judgments

00:37:15.539 --> 00:37:16.980
 there

00:37:16.980 --> 00:37:17.099
 will

00:37:17.099 --> 00:37:17.240
 be

00:37:17.240 --> 00:37:17.720
 danger

00:37:17.720 --> 00:37:18.920
 there

00:37:18.920 --> 00:37:19.039
 will

00:37:19.039 --> 00:37:19.159
 be

00:37:19.159 --> 00:37:19.579
 victory

00:37:19.579 --> 00:37:21.420
 are

00:37:21.420 --> 00:37:21.579
 you

00:37:21.579 --> 00:37:21.920
 willing

00:37:21.920 --> 00:37:22.539
 to

00:37:22.539 --> 00:37:23.039
 trust

00:37:23.039 --> 00:37:23.599
 him

00:37:23.599 --> 00:37:24.500
 are

00:37:24.500 --> 00:37:24.639
 you

00:37:24.639 --> 00:37:25.000
 willing

00:37:25.000 --> 00:37:25.699
 to

00:37:25.699 --> 00:37:26.019
 believe

00:37:26.019 --> 00:37:26.220
 his

00:37:26.220 --> 00:37:26.699
 promises

00:37:26.699 --> 00:37:27.619
 and

00:37:27.619 --> 00:37:27.739
 to

00:37:27.739 --> 00:37:28.099
 repent

00:37:28.099 --> 00:37:28.279
 of

00:37:28.279 --> 00:37:28.419
 your

00:37:28.419 --> 00:37:28.679
 sins

00:37:28.679 --> 00:37:28.879
 and

00:37:28.879 --> 00:37:29.279
 follow

00:37:29.279 --> 00:37:30.079
 Jesus

00:37:30.079 --> 00:37:31.519
 it

00:37:31.519 --> 00:37:31.639
 will

00:37:31.639 --> 00:37:31.759
 be

00:37:31.759 --> 00:37:31.899
 the

00:37:31.899 --> 00:37:32.119
 most

00:37:32.119 --> 00:37:32.579
 courageous

00:37:32.579 --> 00:37:33.039
 thing

00:37:33.039 --> 00:37:33.819
 that

00:37:33.819 --> 00:37:33.939
 you

00:37:33.939 --> 00:37:34.099
 can

00:37:34.099 --> 00:37:34.299
 do

00:37:34.299 --> 00:37:34.399
 and

00:37:34.399 --> 00:37:34.500
 the

00:37:34.500 --> 00:37:34.679
 most

00:37:34.679 --> 00:37:35.279
 dangerous

00:37:35.279 --> 00:37:36.159
 and

00:37:36.159 --> 00:37:36.279
 the

00:37:36.279 --> 00:37:36.460
 most

00:37:36.460 --> 00:37:36.899
 rewarding

00:37:36.899 --> 00:37:39.739
 did

00:37:39.739 --> 00:37:39.839
 you

00:37:39.839 --> 00:37:40.079
 know

00:37:40.079 --> 00:37:40.419
 that

00:37:40.419 --> 00:37:41.159
 that

00:37:41.159 --> 00:37:42.019
 70%

00:37:42.019 --> 00:37:42.759
 of

00:37:42.759 --> 00:37:43.319
 patients

00:37:43.319 --> 00:37:44.039
 who

00:37:44.039 --> 00:37:44.299
 had

00:37:44.299 --> 00:37:44.859
 coronary

00:37:44.859 --> 00:37:45.239
 bypass

00:37:45.239 --> 00:37:45.819
 surgery

00:37:45.819 --> 00:37:47.059
 major

00:37:47.059 --> 00:37:47.579
 life

00:37:47.579 --> 00:37:47.980
 threatening

00:37:47.980 --> 00:37:48.699
 surgeries

00:37:48.699 --> 00:37:49.579
 they

00:37:49.579 --> 00:37:50.059
 may die

00:37:50.059 --> 00:37:50.179
 if

00:37:50.179 --> 00:37:50.279
 they

00:37:50.279 --> 00:37:50.399
 don't

00:37:50.399 --> 00:37:50.539
 have

00:37:50.539 --> 00:37:50.659
 the

00:37:50.659 --> 00:37:51.019
 surgery

00:37:51.019 --> 00:37:52.759
 70%

00:37:52.759 --> 00:37:53.980
 return

00:37:53.980 --> 00:37:54.179
 to

00:37:54.179 --> 00:37:54.339
 their

00:37:54.339 --> 00:37:54.619
 old

00:37:54.619 --> 00:37:55.039
 habits

00:37:55.039 --> 00:37:55.299
 within

00:37:55.299 --> 00:37:55.519
 two

00:37:55.519 --> 00:37:55.919
 years

00:37:55.920 --> 00:37:59.940
 70%

00:37:59.940 --> 00:38:00.320
 now

00:38:00.320 --> 00:38:00.559
 I'm

00:38:00.559 --> 00:38:00.840
 probably

00:38:00.840 --> 00:38:01.079
 one

00:38:01.079 --> 00:38:01.180
 of

00:38:01.180 --> 00:38:01.480
 those

00:38:01.480 --> 00:38:01.780
 I

00:38:01.780 --> 00:38:02.000
 haven't

00:38:02.000 --> 00:38:02.119
 had

00:38:02.119 --> 00:38:02.460
 coronary

00:38:02.460 --> 00:38:02.940
 surgery

00:38:02.940 --> 00:38:03.099
 or

00:38:03.099 --> 00:38:03.280
 anything

00:38:03.280 --> 00:38:03.519
 but

00:38:03.519 --> 00:38:03.639
 I

00:38:03.639 --> 00:38:03.720
 would

00:38:03.720 --> 00:38:03.920
 probably

00:38:03.920 --> 00:38:04.019
 be

00:38:04.019 --> 00:38:04.159
 one

00:38:04.159 --> 00:38:04.260
 of

00:38:04.260 --> 00:38:04.500
 those

00:38:04.500 --> 00:38:06.659
 it's

00:38:06.659 --> 00:38:06.920
 because

00:38:06.920 --> 00:38:08.159
 we

00:38:08.159 --> 00:38:08.300
 are

00:38:08.300 --> 00:38:08.760
 corrupt

00:38:08.760 --> 00:38:09.800
 it's

00:38:09.800 --> 00:38:10.440
 because

00:38:10.440 --> 00:38:11.119
 we

00:38:11.119 --> 00:38:11.220
 are

00:38:11.220 --> 00:38:11.420
 not

00:38:11.420 --> 00:38:11.579
 as

00:38:11.579 --> 00:38:11.920
 strong

00:38:11.920 --> 00:38:12.079
 as

00:38:12.079 --> 00:38:12.200
 we

00:38:12.200 --> 00:38:12.420
 think

00:38:12.420 --> 00:38:12.599
 we

00:38:12.599 --> 00:38:12.840
 are

00:38:12.840 --> 00:38:14.780
 we

00:38:14.780 --> 00:38:15.240
 need

00:38:15.240 --> 00:38:16.280
 pun

00:38:16.280 --> 00:38:17.240
 intended

00:38:17.240 --> 00:38:17.519
 a

00:38:17.519 --> 00:38:17.760
 heart

00:38:17.760 --> 00:38:18.260
 change

00:38:18.260 --> 00:38:20.220
 we

00:38:20.220 --> 00:38:20.380
 need

00:38:20.380 --> 00:38:20.500
 a

00:38:20.500 --> 00:38:20.740
 life

00:38:20.740 --> 00:38:21.220
 change

00:38:21.220 --> 00:38:21.980
 and

00:38:21.980 --> 00:38:22.300
 Jesus

00:38:22.300 --> 00:38:22.820
 is

00:38:22.820 --> 00:38:23.159
 strong

00:38:23.159 --> 00:38:23.559
 enough

00:38:23.559 --> 00:38:24.360
 he

00:38:24.360 --> 00:38:24.599
 is

00:38:24.599 --> 00:38:24.619
!

00:38:24.619 --> 00:38:25.059
 victorious

00:38:25.059 --> 00:38:25.420
 over

00:38:25.420 --> 00:38:25.780
 sin

00:38:25.780 --> 00:38:25.960
 and

00:38:25.960 --> 00:38:26.280
 death

00:38:26.280 --> 00:38:27.680
 and

00:38:27.680 --> 00:38:27.820
 the

00:38:27.820 --> 00:38:28.060
 very

00:38:28.060 --> 00:38:28.540
 problems

00:38:28.540 --> 00:38:28.760
 we

00:38:28.760 --> 00:38:29.220
 face

00:38:29.220 --> 00:38:29.400
 he

00:38:29.400 --> 00:38:29.580
 has

00:38:29.580 --> 00:38:29.840
 beaten

00:38:29.840 --> 00:38:31.340
 so

00:38:31.340 --> 00:38:31.540
 let's

00:38:31.540 --> 00:38:31.820
 trust

00:38:31.820 --> 00:38:32.000
 him

00:38:32.000 --> 00:38:32.320
 today

00:38:32.320 --> 00:38:32.960
 let's

00:38:32.960 --> 00:38:33.280
 trust

00:38:33.280 --> 00:38:33.560
 him

00:38:33.560 --> 00:38:35.800
 December

00:38:35.800 --> 00:38:36.380
 30th

00:38:36.380 --> 00:38:37.080
 2012

00:38:37.080 --> 00:38:38.040
 we

00:38:38.040 --> 00:38:38.200
 can

00:38:38.200 --> 00:38:38.380
 be

00:38:38.380 --> 00:38:39.200
 courageous

00:38:39.200 --> 00:38:39.620
 in

00:38:39.620 --> 00:38:40.019
 believing

00:38:40.019 --> 00:38:40.300
 the

00:38:40.300 --> 00:38:40.680
 promises

00:38:40.680 --> 00:38:40.940
 of

00:38:40.940 --> 00:38:41.220
 God

00:38:41.220 --> 00:38:42.140
 we

00:38:42.140 --> 00:38:42.260
 can

00:38:42.260 --> 00:38:42.400
 be

00:38:42.400 --> 00:38:42.800
 courageous

00:38:42.800 --> 00:38:43.120
 in

00:38:43.120 --> 00:38:43.580
 acting

00:38:43.580 --> 00:38:43.860
 on

00:38:43.860 --> 00:38:43.980
 the

00:38:43.980 --> 00:38:44.360
 promises

00:38:44.360 --> 00:38:44.600
 of

00:38:44.600 --> 00:38:44.880
 God

00:38:44.880 --> 00:38:45.620
 we

00:38:45.620 --> 00:38:45.740
 can

00:38:45.740 --> 00:38:45.880
 be

00:38:45.880 --> 00:38:46.280
 courageous

00:38:46.280 --> 00:38:46.620
 in

00:38:46.620 --> 00:38:47.180
 treasuring

00:38:47.180 --> 00:38:47.600
 God's

00:38:47.600 --> 00:38:47.780
 word

00:38:47.780 --> 00:38:47.880
 and

00:38:47.880 --> 00:38:47.980
 we

00:38:47.980 --> 00:38:48.100
 can

00:38:48.100 --> 00:38:48.240
 be

00:38:48.240 --> 00:38:48.600
 courageous

00:38:48.600 --> 00:38:48.880
 in

00:38:48.880 --> 00:38:49.100
 living

00:38:49.100 --> 00:38:49.400
 out

00:38:49.400 --> 00:38:49.860
 the

00:38:49.860 --> 00:38:50.019
 word

00:38:50.019 --> 00:38:50.160
 of

00:38:50.160 --> 00:38:50.460
 God

00:38:50.460 --> 00:38:51.720
 now

00:38:51.720 --> 00:38:51.820
 I

00:38:51.820 --> 00:38:52.120
 started

00:38:52.120 --> 00:38:52.320
 by

00:38:52.320 --> 00:38:52.640
 talking

00:38:52.640 --> 00:38:52.880
 about

00:38:52.880 --> 00:38:53.400
 resolutions

00:38:53.400 --> 00:38:54.340
 and

00:38:54.340 --> 00:38:54.580
 how

00:38:55.780 --> 00:38:56.320
 the

00:38:56.320 --> 00:38:56.700
 reason

00:38:56.700 --> 00:38:57.260
 behind

00:38:57.260 --> 00:38:57.880
 resolutions

00:38:57.880 --> 00:38:58.600
 is

00:38:58.600 --> 00:38:58.780
 why

00:38:58.780 --> 00:38:58.960
 they

00:38:58.960 --> 00:38:59.320
 fail

00:38:59.320 --> 00:39:01.240
 God

00:39:01.240 --> 00:39:01.420
 can

00:39:01.420 --> 00:39:01.680
 change

00:39:01.680 --> 00:39:01.820
 a

00:39:01.820 --> 00:39:02.160
 heart

00:39:02.160 --> 00:39:03.460
 God

00:39:03.460 --> 00:39:03.600
 can

00:39:03.600 --> 00:39:03.760
 take

00:39:03.760 --> 00:39:03.860
 a

00:39:03.860 --> 00:39:04.040
 heart

00:39:04.040 --> 00:39:04.180
 of

00:39:04.180 --> 00:39:04.400
 stone

00:39:04.400 --> 00:39:04.540
 and

00:39:04.540 --> 00:39:04.700
 make

00:39:04.700 --> 00:39:04.800
 it

00:39:04.800 --> 00:39:04.880
 a

00:39:04.880 --> 00:39:05.060
 heart

00:39:05.060 --> 00:39:05.200
 of

00:39:05.200 --> 00:39:05.519
 flesh

00:39:05.519 --> 00:39:05.920
 he

00:39:05.920 --> 00:39:06.100
 can

00:39:06.100 --> 00:39:06.580
 change

00:39:06.580 --> 00:39:06.740
 your

00:39:06.740 --> 00:39:07.180
 desires

00:39:07.180 --> 00:39:07.340
 and

00:39:07.340 --> 00:39:07.460
 your

00:39:07.460 --> 00:39:07.820
 love

00:39:07.820 --> 00:39:09.680
 he

00:39:09.680 --> 00:39:09.940
 has

00:39:09.940 --> 00:39:10.100
 in

00:39:10.100 --> 00:39:10.320
 me

00:39:10.320 --> 00:39:11.000
 he

00:39:11.000 --> 00:39:11.200
 has

00:39:11.200 --> 00:39:11.340
 in

00:39:11.340 --> 00:39:11.660
 several

00:39:11.660 --> 00:39:11.880
 in

00:39:11.880 --> 00:39:12.120
 here

00:39:12.120 --> 00:39:13.300
 the

00:39:13.300 --> 00:39:14.880
 problem

00:39:14.880 --> 00:39:15.440
 isn't

00:39:15.440 --> 00:39:16.000
 if

00:39:16.000 --> 00:39:16.260
 God

00:39:16.260 --> 00:39:16.660
 can

00:39:16.660 --> 00:39:17.780
 because

00:39:17.780 --> 00:39:17.880
 he

00:39:17.880 --> 00:39:18.160
 can

00:39:18.160 --> 00:39:18.640
 the

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!

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 that

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 see it

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 to the

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 that

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 a

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 woman

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 of

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 courage

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 for

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 for

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 glory

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 for

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 name

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 and

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 his

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 glory

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 pray

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 together

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