MOVING INTO NEW TERRITORY – THE PAST AS A PREPARATION FOR THE FUTURE.

Joshua 1:1-1:11 Joshua Becomes the Leader of Israel

 1Moses, the LORD's servant, was dead. So the LORD spoke to Joshua son of Nun, who had been the assistant of Moses. The LORD said:

2My servant Moses is dead. Now you must lead Israel across the Jordan River into the land I'm giving to all of you. 3Wherever you go, I'll give you that land, as I promised Moses. 4It will reach from the Southern Desert to the Lebanon Mountains in the north, and to the northeast as far as the great Euphrates River. It will include the land of the Hittites, [a] and the land from here at the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea on the west. 5Joshua, I will always be with you and help you as I helped Moses, and no one will ever be able to defeat you. 6-8Long ago I promised the ancestors of Israel that I would give this land to their descendants. So be strong and brave! Be careful to do everything my servant Moses taught you. Never stop reading The Book of the Law [b] he gave you. Day and night you must think about what it says. If you obey it completely, you and Israel will be able to take this land. 9I've commanded you to be strong and brave. Don't ever be afraid or discouraged! I am the LORD your God, and I will be there to help you wherever you go.

   

The Eastern Tribes Promise To Help10Joshua ordered the tribal leaders 11to go through the camp and tell everyone:

In a few days we will cross the Jordan River to take the land that the LORD our God is giving us. So fix as much food as you'll need for the march into the land.

Vs 1 A new beginning

1Samuel 7:12 Then Samuel took a stone and set it up

between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, "Thus far has the LORD helped us."

Vs.3 God say’s, Wherever you go, I'll give you that land, as I promised Moses

John 14:26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom

the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.

vs.5 Joshua, I will always be with you and help you as I helped Moses, and no one will ever be able to defeat you

Romans 8:31 What then shall we say to these things? If

God is for us, who can be against us?

HEBREWS 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and

today and forever.

Vs.6 God say’s, So be strong and brave

PHILIPPIANS 2:13 For it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose.

Vs.9 Don't ever be afraid or discouraged! I am the LORD your God and I will be there to help you wherever you go. Hebrews 13:5 …I will never leave you nor

forsake you...

JOHN 14:16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counsellor to be with you forever—

Vs.11 In a few days we will cross the Jordan River to take the land that the LORD our God is giving us. So fix as much food as you'll need for the march into the land. HAGGAI 2:9  'The glory of this present house will be greater than the

glory of the former house,' says the LORD Almighty. 'And in this place I will grant peace,' declares the LORD Almighty."

ACTS 9:31 Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee and Samaria

enjoyed a time of peace. It was strengthened; and encouraged by the Holy Spirit; it grew in numbers, living in the fear of the Lord.