God trains us to be holy…

…so we can obey Him!

What are we training for?

Die to my old sinful self!

How do we win?

To win, we need…

1. Men & Dads to lead the fight

2. Jesus at the center of your life

3. Worship Leaders are Christ-like

4. Purity esp.@home

5. To Serve Jesus

6. To Believe & Receive God’s Leading

What are we fighting?

My old sinful self!

ALL ADULTS (20+ YRS. OLD) THAT CAME OUT OF EGYPT DIED IN THE DESERT, EXCEPT JOSHUA AND CALEB.

We have to learn to say good bye to the old sinful

self!

Faith

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Faith

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God did all this to give us power to obey!

Why obey God?

• Deuteronomy 4:1 Now, Israel, hear the decrees and laws I am about to teach you. Follow them so that you may live and may go in and take possession of the land the LORD, the God of your ancestors, is giving you. 2 Do not add to what I command you and do not subtract from it, but keep the commands of the LORD your God that I give you.

Why obey God?

• …so that you may live and…• …may go in and take possession of the land

the LORD, the God of your ancestors, is giving you.

Why obey God?

• Deuteronomy 4:6Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding to the nations, who will hear about all these decrees and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”

Why obey God?

• It shows what’s on the inside!

Why obey God?

• Deuteronomy 4:40 Keep his decrees and commands, which I am giving you today, so that it may go well with you and your children after you and that you may live long in the land the LORD your God gives you for all time.

Why obey God?

• Your family will continue to live well generation after generation with long lives in the land of promise.