Press On | Joshua 1:1-9 | Pastor Haron Kaisa

It's always an honor to stand behind this pulpit. So

thank you to our leadership team for just the opportunity

to be able to be here and speak on God's word.

And so if you can stand with me for the

reading of God's word. We're going to be in the

Book of Joshua. I'll be reading from the esv We're

going to be in verses one through nine. I'll just

be reading verses one and two and seven through nine.

And this is Joshua chapter one, and it says here

in verse one, after the death of Moses, the servant

of the Lord, the Lord said to Joshua, the son

of none, Moses assisted Moses, my servant is dead. Now therefore, arise,

go over this Jordan, you and all this people into

the land that I'm giving to them, to the people

of Israel. Jump down to verse seven. Only be strong

and very courageous, Be careful to do according to all

the law that Moses my servant commanded. You do not

turn from it to the right hand or to the left,

that you may have good success wherever you go. Verse eight.

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

but you shall meditate on it. Day and night, so

that you may be careful to do according to all

that is written in it. For then you shall make

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

Have I not commanded you be strong and courageous. Do

not be frightened, and do not be dismayed. For the

Lord your God is with you forever and ever, and

wherever you go you may be seated. Let's pray, feather God.

We we just want to take a moment right now

to thank you for who you are. I pray tonight

that you would sanctify us through your word, because your

word is truth, your word is perpose, your word is blessing,

Your word is favor, your word is gentle, your word

is kind. And I pray that you would help us

to open our ears to listen, our hearts to receive,

and our minds to think. Help us to draw near

to you as you draw near to us. In Jesus

name me pray in God's people say amen and amen.

If you notice these are the words that God speaks

directly to Joshua and the man whose name is after

this book, Joshua. But before we get into the text,

I want to kind of lay a groundwork up foundation overview,

an introductory kind of thing that that talks about the

background of the book, but also the man Joshua. This

is the first book of the Bible, one of the

first books of the Bible that is named after a person, Joshua.

His birth name was Hoshia, which means in Hebrew salvation.

And what we find in numbers chapter thirteen, verse sixteen

is that Moses changes his name from Hosea to Jehoshea,

which means the Lord is salvation. And so it's interesting

that you have this parallel between the original name of

Joshua Yeyoshia is the same name of Jesus ye Joshea,

which is the Lord is salvation. And if it's translated

to Joshua and the Old Testament, then why is it

translated to Jesus in the New Testament. Because in the

Old Testament the transliteration from the Hebrew, so yejos Shia

in the English transliteration will be Joshua. But because the

New Testament was written in Greek, that same name yeo

Shia was translated to Jesus. And so what we need

to underst that both the name Joshua and Jesus bear

the original Hebrew name ye Joshea, sometimes abbreviated as yes

Sua or Jesus. The full name meaning the Lord is Salvation.

And so we get the name. But where did Joshua

come from? He just popped out of nowhere. And so

here's some references that we know so far about the

character and the name of Joshua. Joshua is mentioned twenty

seven times in the Old Testament. The first time we're

introduced to Joshua, it's in Exodus chapter seventeen, verse nine.

If you know the story, it's the battle between the

Israelites and the Amalekites. And so we get first instance

of who Joshua is. He is introduced as a warrior,

and the same verse mentions which tribe he's from, the

tribe of Ephraim, the son of None. And the next

time Joshua's mentioned is an Exodus chapter thirty two, verse thirteen.

And this is where Joshua is with Moses and he

goes up halfway the mountain to Mount Sinai. And if

you know the movie The Tank Commandments, that's the story.

But he is always by the side of Moses. He

was two spies out of the twelve that brought back

a positive report. According to numbers thirteen thirty, he was

called Moses's assistant in numbers twenty four, verse thirteen. So

he is Moses, this right hand man, his prodigy, his assistant,

and we have no biblical reference as to why he

just is. And so he was called Moses' assistant. And

we also get in Numbers chapter twenty seven that God

instructs Moses to commission Joshua. And by the time Joshua

succeeds Moses, he's about eighty years old. And if you

follow the chronological order of the Book of Joshua, you

know that the Book of Joshua twenty four chapters is

in the span of twenty five to thirty years, and

it concludes the death of Joshua at the age of

one hundred and ten years old. Why am I sharing

that because for the Christian this background exemplifies the preparation

of a leader. The Book of Joshua can be divided

into three main sections. You can write this in your notes,

you can write it on your phone, or if you

have your journal, you can write this. The conquest in

chapters one through twelve, which talks about entering the land

and conquering the land, the completion in chapters thirteen to

twenty one, which talks about dividing the land and settling

the land, the conclusion which talks chapters twenty two to

twenty four, which is Joshua's farewell, and depth. And so

here's a brief, really fast, quick overview of what's happening

right now. This is what I call the fast pass

breakdown version. So obviously there's more to share about the

history of Israel, but for the sake of time, here's

what we have. Here's the background. The Israelites had vacated

the land, the promised land that God made an oath

to Abraham, Jacob, and Isaac in Genesis twelve and thirteen.

They had vacated the land for about four hundred years

before Joshua. Why because of a drought that resulted in

the famine in the land. Remember, Abraham had a son

named Jacob. Jacob had how many sons? He had twelve sons,

which became known as the twelve Vibes of Israel. And

during the life of Jacob, this drought took place, and

one of the sons of Jacob would be left for dead.

Left abandon and his name was Joseph. And so Joseph

would then become the Prime Minister or the Prince of Egypt.

If you've seen a movie Prince of Egypt, this is

that story. And so Joseph then would bless and provide

for his long lost family, the Israelites who were still

living in Israel. Joseph made sure that the country would

stockpole seven years of food. And so you have seventy

people that came over from Israel to Egypt, and so

over a course of four hundred years that number would

grow to millions and millions of people. And so in

this story we know that the old Pharaoh dies, and

now when new Pharaoh arises and he enflaves the Israelites,

but the Israelites grew in number. God hears the cries

and sends Moses to rescue the people. And on their

way to the Promised Land, they reveled against God. They

reveled against Moses, and so he punishes them by causing

an entire generation to die in the desert, with the

exception of two people, Caleb and Joshua, and the only

the children, we were able to make it to the

Promised Land. This is Joshua. Where we pick up in

chapter one, verse one of Joshua. This is where we're at.

This is the story. Our title Tonight's message pressing on

goes along with the fast, but it fits the narrative

because if you I've read Joshua, you already know that

the book is heavy on warfare. There's a lot of

battle here. There's confrontation of the enemy there. So this

book is a book that will give you insight into

warfare and even in this life. If you think about

the Christian life, we want to know what God has

for our lives. But say, and the flesh and the

world would do everything they can to take your salvation.

The only thing that the enemy can do in your

life is to stall you from living how God wants

you to live. And that's where we're going to see

in this book there's a fight that takes place. And

the same way there's a fight for the Israelites led

by Joshua, there will be a fight for you today.

It's a description of the Christian life, isn't it. It's

a battle sometimes a battle against your mind, a battle

against your flesh, a battle against your ego, a battle

against your day by day. We have to keep pushing

the enemy back day by day. We have to strategize

day by day. We have to remain on guard Proverbs

four twenty three. And we have to remain disciplined Verse

Timothy four to seven. In order to know what God

wants us to know if you're taking notes, is three

simple points. The calling in verses one or two, the

covenant in verses three through five, and the command in

verses six through nine. Notice the calling here we go

and Joshua one verse one, after the death of Moses,

the servant of the Lord said to Joshua, the son

of None, Moses' assistant. Here Joshua begins where Deuteronomy ends.

Deuteronomy chapter thirty four ends with the death of Moses.

Moses goes up Mountain Nevo. Remember that's the last site

that the Israelites God of Moses. He turns his back,

he climbs up the mountain, and God puts him to rest,

and he will no longer come down ever again. And

so the scene that we have here in this first verse,

in this first chapter is that Israelites are standing on

the very same land that they've been standing on throughout

the whole Book of Deuteronomy. And here's a map to

kind of show you that. You see the salt sea,

if you look right above the salt sea, that's where

they're at Mount Pisko, right, or it's Mount Nebo. They're

overlooking the land of Canaan, the land of fill of

milk and honey. And you see that little line that

goes up all the way to Bashan, that's the Jordan River.

So Moses, as I said before, it's no longer with them.

When you read the Book of Exodus and Leviticus and

Numbers and Deuteronomy, the central figure of that, it's Moses.

Moses climbs up a mountain for the final time, and

he would never come back. So you can almost feel

for the Israelites. Could you imagine? Can you imagine having

one spiritual leader for forty years and as a child

you see something, you hear them, and you see God

do mighty miracles to them. Their voice is familiar, their

touch is familiar, their leadership is familiar. And now this

is taken from you forever into your adult life. It's

as if someone asks you to take over in the

footsteps of Phil Jackson or a Nick saban At Alabama,

or Bill Belichick when he played for the Patriots, or

Evince Lombardy from the Packers. Josh, he was not just

following a leader, He's following a legend. Not only is

this going to be new territory in the physical sense

for them, this is going to be new territory on

a holistic level. We don't have Moses with us anymore.

He's gone. And notice how God responds to this transitional

moment for Israel. One simple word that I believe would

humble all of us in this room. Look at the

texts verse one. It's the word after after. Listen, no

matter who you are, no matter who I am, and

no matter what you've done, and no matter what you've

accomplished in this lifetime, no matter what God has done

through you and in you, there will come a time way,

there will be an after. There will come a time

when we pass into glory. The world isn't gonna stop,

the Church isn't gonna stop, the ministry isn't gonna stop.

It's going to continue just fine without you. And that

is humbling to even realize this. The description of the

Man of Moses of what we read turning through really

quick to Deuteronomy thirty four, vers. Ten through twelve. There

is just the page before it says here and there

has not risen a prophet since in Israel like who

Moses underline that whom the Lord knew face to face

verse eleven, none like who like him? For all the

signs and the wonders that the Lord sent him to

do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh and to

all his servants, and to all his land, and for

all the mighty power and all the great deeds of

terror that Moses did in the sight of all of Israel.

You would think, with a description for such a person

like this, that once he died, God's program would not

be able to move on as effectively. God's message and

God's purpose would not be as fruitful. But what we

see here is that it would be just fine without Moses.

This is a major transition in biblical history, certainly for

the Israelites. Their faithful servant leader Moses has died, and

now there's this huge vacancy. But there's no need to panic.

God has been preparing Joshua for this moment, and he

steps into some big shoes. But here's a lesson from

verse one that we get in every generation. And it's this,

God has somebody already in place. God has the people

already in place. God is already prepared for how He's

going to move things forward with or without us. Now,

that shouldn't make us feel insignificant, or that shouldn't make

you feel unworthy, that we're all unworthy. It should make

us kind of feel joyful that God is not placing

this whole thing called the Kingdom on the shoulders of humanity.

It's all on God. See, the story of Joshua is

not about the story of Joshua. It's the story of God.

He's in control, he's the king, he still stays on

the throne, he's sovereign. Notice this one of my life verses, Acts,

chapter thirteen, verse thirty six. If you go to the

New Testament really quick, that is what it says here.

For David, there's that word after he had underlined that

serve the purpose of God in his own generation. Wouldn't

you like that to be said of you at the

end of your life? I want you to fill in

that blank. For Aaron, after he had served the purpose

of God in his own generation. For Sammy, for Nathan,

for Cassandra for Curtis fill in the blank, after he

had served the purpose of God in his own generation.

I wonder if that's your goal tonight, that you want

to do whatever it takes to make sure that in

this season of life, in this general you would do

whatever it takes to make a DBT in the Kingdom

of darkness. Glord, as long as I have breath, as

long as I live, as long as I'm here on earth,

make sure I can do as much damage to Satan

and his message by pushing forward your message through my

life for your glory. That's the aim for life, his

glory alone. Here's another comforting truth in the scriptures. God

is not going to take you home until your purpose

is finished. You're not here by accident, every one of

you that is sitting in that seat. You're not here

because it's a Wednesday night fresh Stary service. You're here

because of purpose. God still has a purpose for your life.

But here's a sad thing about that. It's possible to

live your life and go into glory and not serve

your generation. I don't want that to be me. We

should never believe that God's work cannot be done without

us anytime that you and I realize that we are

being used by God, that is a humbly thing, a

humbling thing, and that should be a privilege, and we

should be humbled by it. Ask him to use you

for this generation. Amen. Notice Joshua, Chapter one, verse two.

God's encouragement to Joshua is that he is going to

be with him and that he can do this, and

that he can lead the people of Israel into the

Promised Land. So he speaks that way in verse two.

The term man of God and servant of the Lord

was given to Moses in the Book of Deuteronomy. It's

one thing for man to recognize you and I at

the end of our lives as servants of God, as

people of God, as men of God and women of God.

But it's a whole different thing when God himself says,

my servant, my servant, Moses, my servant. Can you imagine

anything else greater than that? He's mine? He lived to

serve me, and God fully recognized that. In the ears

of Joshua, Joshua knows that he's hearing God. But look

how he talks about Moses' death. Notice what it says, Moses,

my servant, is dead. Now, therefore arise and go over

to the Jordan. Kind of fast, don't you think thirty

four chapters in Deuteronomy Moses battling, Moses doing all that,

after all Moses has done, after he's a servant, he

dealt with so much, and he goes, Moses, my servant

is dead. Now get up, let's go. We got to

go to the Jordan. Yes, but I like to think

that when God said Moses, my servant is dead, it

kind of gives us an insight of how God views death.

God views death as a transitional thing. He's in glory.

He's dead, now let's move on. Now. That doesn't mean

on a human level that I cannot mourn and grieve.

In fact, don't take this to think that God doesn't

allow us to be broken in the face of death,

because if you notice in chapter thirty four, go there

real quick. In verse eight, it says here Deuteronomy thirty four,

verse eight, and the people of Israel wept for Moses

in the plains of Moab for how many days? Thirty days.

Then the days of weeping in the morning for Moses

were ended. They wept for Moses in the planes of

Moab for thirty days. That's a long time. Thirty days.

They cried, they were broken, they were hurt, and God

didn't look at them to say move on. No, he

let them weep, He let them grieve. But I think

that that's a wonderful principle too for us today. That

morning is necessary, but prolonged mourning is dangerous. Grieving is

absolutely human that we all grieve, but remaining in that

kind of state too long will paralyze you more than free.

You see, God has allowed us to morn. I remember

when I lost my nephew. Done many funerals. You go

to a funeral, the casket is about six feet seven

feet eight feet. Why I'm doing my baby nephew's funeral

and it's a shoebox and I'm holding that shoe box

and cry was strong. But I remember that year it

kind of paralyzed me because why would God take my

baby nephew even get to live to elementary school, kindergarten,

middle school, high school. And I remember in that season,

everything was just going through the motions. There's something of

closure that is that is experienced when we're able to

just let it out and know that this thing it's done.

This person is removed from my life. But when a

person remains in that state to the point in which

they cannot go all with life, especially with your relationship

with God and obedience and ministry and serving him, that

is very dangerous. Moses, my servant is dead. You've mourned,

you've wept. But let's move on. Joshua's time to move on,

people of Israel, It's time to move on. Notice how

Joshua is describing verse two. What does it say, Joshua

the son of none? What does it say there? Moses's assistant.

Before Joshua was a leader, he was an insistant. Joshua

first needed to be an insistant before he could ever

become a leader, a leader. This is the calling preparation,

right sacrifice. You know what this is trying to tell

us is this, God first knows how to build us

before he can build anything through us. So what he

did with Joshua, And this is so important for you today.

If that's if you really want to be used by God,

if you want God to use you, know this, first,

God has to build you before he can build anything

through you. And here's the important thing to note to

help you to save yourself from unnecessary discouragement because Joshua

could have done that. And it's this. Never compare your

preparation time with anybody else. Comparison will always kill. Turn

off the Instagram highlight reels. Do not compare how God

is training you to how God is training somebody else.

Do not compare where you're at in ministry where you're

at his serving to someone else, because you will discourage yourself.

And guess what that is. Satan's mo is to divide

and to discourage you. If he can divide you and

he can discourage you, the kingdom of Satan wins. God

knows what to take and who to take and how

long to take him through individually before he promotes anybody.

And it's different for all of us. It was different

from Moses. Moses was a shepherd, He had sheep. He

was going to lead the people through the wilderness, just

like he had done a median for forty years. And

so Joshua here, how was he trained? Yeah, you say

he was Moses' assistant, but how was he trained? Remember

we were introduced to Joshua in in what book Exodus,

chapter seventeen, Right, who were the first people to come out?

And attack the Israelites. The Millikites. The water came out

and they drank from the water, which is a symbol

of Christ for the future. Right and right there in

Exodus chapter seventeen, the Amilikites come out and attack the Israelites.

So what does Moses do. Moses calls Joshua, Hey, go

out on the battlefield. And so what does Moses do?

He goes up a mountain with aaron and he's he's

having his handheld up as a symbol of succession while

you are down there and you find and so Joshua.

The first place we're introduced to Joshua is that he

is hired for the job of combat a warrior. Was

that a coincidence? No, he was training. Why because he's

going to lead a nation through combat, through the conquest.

So the method of timing everything God takes into consideration

to you as an individual, God is saying, don't get

caught up with other people and how I'm training them

and leading them. You focus on how I'm training you.

You be faithful in the season that I've let you in.

God knows. So he was an assistant before he was

ever a leader. The calling requires preparation it always requires preparation.

And this was not just a call to position, but

it was a call to trust God's plan. And here's

a reflection that I want you guys to think through.

What is God calling you to step in today twenty

twenty five at point number two to Covenant, verse three

to five. Look at verse three and verse five. As

much as you and I have been prepared, and as

much as you and I have been through adequate training,

God has trained us, and all these different experiences that

you've experienced in twenty twenty four prior to that as well,

there's one thing that you and I should always be

open to and realize that it's always a benefit to

us that we will never graduate from. And it's this

verse three and five. Notice what it says here every

place that the soul of your foot would tread upon

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

Look at verse five. No man shall be able to

stand before you all the days of your life, just

as I was with who Moses. God encourages Joshua here,

not just with a guidance and counsel. What does it

say who is he pointing him to as a source

of encouragement? Moses. You see that in verse three. You

see that in verse five. Remember what I did for Moses, Joshua.

Remember my covenant that I had with Moses, Joshua, Remember

what Moses did. Remember what I did for Moses. The

Burning Bush. He was commissioned by God to lead the Israelites,

the staff as a snake. When Moses doubted his ability

to lead, God demonstrated his power to remind him of

his calling. The Ten Plagues. God displayed his power and

his mercy to enable Moses to lead his people. The

parting of the Red Sea. God reminded Moses and the

Israelites that he will make away when there seems to

be no way. The producing of water from a rock.

Moses used his staff to produce water from a rock.

A god that provides. Remember when God provided the quaio

and man of God provided that to remind Moses that

he is a god of miracles. Joshua, remember that, That's

what he's saying. My covenant that I had with Moses

is the covenant I have with you. It's not just

be strong and courageous. Be strong and courageous. He goes to, Joshua,

I want you to know something I want you to

know how I was with Moses. I want you to

remember the words I spoke to Moses. I want you

to remember how I led Moses. I want you to

look at that man's life and don't forget the covenant

I had with him is the covenant I have with you.

I want you to look at this man's life and

let it be a means of encouragement. The covenant I

had with Moses will be the same for you, Joshua.

Let me ask you this, When you read the Old Testament,

do you feel encouraged or you're like some people? Yeah,

I read the Old Testament just a book of psalms.

But I believe the whole Old Testament is encouragement, from

Genesis to Malachi, which includes every single story that you

stumble upon. That gives you and I the right to

look at Abraham and go, there's lessons here for me.

I can learn from that. I'm waiting on God for me,

just like Abraham waiting on God. You and I have

the right to look at Joseph and his story understands

something about the sovereignty of God that despite suffering, that

despite situations, that despite not sensing God, that he is there.

You and I have the right to look at Rayhab's

life and Joshua too and feel like in the Outsider,

but God still includes you. You and I have the right

to look at the prophet Daniel's story when he was

thrown into lions. Then you and I look at the

life of King David and draw encouragement for us. We

should look for that. And here's a rule of thumb

for you. Guys know this that the Bible is for us,

but the Bible is not about us. The Bible is

for us, but it's not about us. Amen, look to Moses.

You know what God is doing there in those few verses.

Go to the command verse six through nine. What's the

consistent theme that we have here in Joshua. It's repeated

three times verse six, verse seven, verse nine, be strong

and courageous. Here's three reasons for courage. Put that up

on the screen. God's promises, God's word, and God's presence.

Verse six, be strong and courageous. God's strength and courage

was rooted in God's promise. Same promise that God made

for Abraham, Jacob and Isaac and Jen twelve and thirteen

came to frutation in Joshua Chapter one. Joshua was the

chosen leader to fulfill it. It wasn't just Joshua's mission,

it was God's plan. Second, God's word verse seven through eight.

God's command to Joshua emphasize his word verse seven, get

through this really fast. What's the condition of verse seven?

Condition is only only be strong. It's interesting to note

that whenever the Israelites disobeyed God, they lost, but whenever

the Israelites obeyed God, they advanced. And that's what we

see with God's word. It's dependent on our obedience to

follow him. So how do you do that for the

rest of your days? You know this word, you study

this word, and you live your life in obedience to

the word. That's what he's saying here is that's how

you set yourself up for success in twenty twenty five.

It is to know the words, study the word, live

that out. And how do I press on in obedience?

Verse eight? The book of the Law shall not depart

from your mouth, and you shall meditate on a day

and night. So here's two things right that we get

in regards to making obedience a reality. What's implied here

is that you are already reading the scriptures that you

are in the word of God. What he's saying here

is that is that you should be engaged with your

mouth and also be engaged in your mind. In other words,

it should not depart your mouth. That's the first thing.

So what does that mean that it becomes a lifestyle.

You see, Christianity is a lifestyle. It's not a one

time decision. It's an ongoing process called sanctification. It's not

that I believe in Jesus Us. Is I'm believing in

Jesus not every day, but every moment of my life.

Every second I'm believing in Jesus. I choose Jesus. That's

what he's saying here. Don't let that depart from you.

So it's both conversationally, but it's both lifestyle. Second, meditating

on the day night, how do you get yourself to

think about the word? You meditate on it, you read

it with your eyes, and you make it a reality.

You apply that truth, God's word, God's presence verse nine

really quick. The command to be strong and courageous is

repeated here as we close. You know who in here

is experienced in power outis right now we live in

san Briardino right above Sierra, and we're used to power outists.

So when people are like, man, what are you doing?

I was like, man, we've been experiencing that all last year.

And I remember last year we had a power outis

and before we get in the house, my two daughters,

Kailani and Ilana, they grabbed my hand. We're scared of

the dark, daddy, and he grabbed my hand and they

confidently walked forward into the darkness. Why because their confidence

grew with my presence. It went from I'm scared, dad,

to I'm confident because Dad's there with me. Similarly, God's

presence dispels our fears and gives us the boldness. Tonight,

God is calling you to press on. And you might

be feeling overwhelmed with challenges, standing on the edge of

your Jordan river. You might be feeling inadequate, like Joshua

did me. You're calling me after Moses was a legend.

What am I gonna do? God? Unsure of what the

future holds, But remember this family, the calling. God has

called you, the covenant. God has equipped you. He has

a covenant with Abraham. He's a covenant with you. Unless

his word is strong be strong and courageous. Press on Joshua,

press on Israelites, press on patriot. So how will you

respond when you choose fear of faith? You know, we

think about time. Time is one of those things that

we often think about. I think it's something that we

don't talk about or consider that at moments of our lives.

But you know, time is the only thing that you

can never get back. It's the only commodity that's irreplaceable.

Time is an equal opportunity employer. Rich people can't buy

more time. Scientists cannot invent more time. You and I

have the same exact amount of hours, minutes, and seconds

every single day. You know. Statistics say that the average

human being lives to be about seventy five years old.

That is six hundred thousand hours seventy five years old.

Statistics say this that the average American and the human

spends one third of their lives sleeping on a bed.

It's a marriage tip, one on one by a good bed.

So if seventy five is the mark, we spend twenty

five years of our lives just sleeping on the bed.

So that leads me with what fifty years of life

to live? Statistics say this that we spend sixty five

hours a month on social media Facebook, Lemon, TikTok, Twitch,

whatever it is that you use, and if you were

to equate that, that comes out to about thirty thirty

two days a year. Statistics also say that we spend

three hours a day watching TV, and if you were

to create that today's and a year, that's about forty

forty five days a year. Statistic also say that we

spend two point seven hours a day on our cell phones,

and if you were equate that to days, that's about

forty days a year. So if you were to add

that up and and seventy five is the mark, and

if you and that, if that's the mark, then that

means we spend about twenty four point five years of

life on our phones, on social media, watching TV. So

what does that mean? That means you and I are

left with twenty five years of life to live a

lot of time. You know, the Bible says in Psalms

ninety verse twelve, teach as to number our days so

that we can gain a heart of wisdom. Family, today

is the day of salvation. Today's the day. Let me

ask you this, if you were to die today, where

will you spend eternity. You don't have much time. Twenty

five years is not a lot of time. John fourteen,

verse six says, I am the way truth in life.

No one comes with the Father but through me. If

you want to spend ettornity with Jesus and God in heaven,

it's through one door. That's the door of Jesus. Say

this all the time. There's a million ways to go

to hell, but there's one way to go to heaven,

and that one way to go to heaven is Jesus.

So if you want to make that decision tonight, I'm

coming through. I want you to raise your hand. And

if you're in this room and you're like, yeah, I've

been following Jesus. Four was a roller coaster. But but

my fire is gone. I'm not passionate no more. I'm

going through the motion with this twenty one day fast

like I've lost my zeal. If you want to rededicate

your life to God, that's you too. I want you

to raise your hand, not just to call a salvation,

to make Jesus your lord and savior. The Bible says

in Romans tenbers nine ten, if you confess with your

mouth that Jesus is Lord and turned from your sin,

then you will be saved. So if you want to

receive salvation tonight, I kind of thing. You want you

to raise your hand. It's a sign of surrenders. If

you want to rededicate your life as well, I want

you raise your hand. One two three, you raise your hand.

See some hands here one two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve.

Praise God. If you made that decision tonight, family, heaven

is rejoicing. But together collectively, family, can we just say

this prayer together, our heads, our heads, bald, nice clothes. Hey,

dear Jesus, I confess my sin. Help me to live

for you and not this world. I'm mean to fulfill

your purpose in this life. I'm going to use my

time with wisdom, give you all the glory and honor

in Jesus name. We pray, Amen. Amen. Can we give

them a round of applause? If you made that decision,

want you to pull your phone out, go to your

web browser or put in your notes www dot grow

dot faith. It's the next steps on your journey of faith.

And so we'll see you guys next week. But definitely

be praying for what's happening today. But let me close

out and pray for you. Guys. Make sure to pick

up your Joshua journal. We have week two next week

we passed Diego and this Sunday service. Amen. If you

need additional prayers, our prayer too will be up here

to pray for you. So let's pray. Father God, we

thank you for your word. May just be information, may

lead to transformation. May you transform our mind and heart

to live in a way that not only reflects on

just the stories that you tell in Joshua, but help

us to apply that in our lives. I pray that

it transforms our thinking, it transforms our family, it transforms us.

Father God, So we thank you for this time. Bless

everyone that's in this room. We give you all the

glory on and Jesus Day. We pray, and God's people say,

and man, we'll see you guys Sunday or next week.

God bless