Sunday, January 28, 2018
WHAT DO THESE STONES MEAN?
Duration:38 mins 2 secs
WHAT DO THESE STONES MEAN? …
JOSHUA 3 & 4
CHALLENGES DRIVE CHOICES
WHEN CONFRONTED BY A CHALLENGE TO OUR FAITH, WE MUST CHOOSE TO REMEMBER …
4:1-3,6-7
IT IS TIME TO CROSS THE JORDAN RIVER AND BY IMPLICATION AND APPLICATION THE JORDAN RIVER HAS BEEN USED AS, A METAPHOR, FOR THAT WHICH STANDS IN WAY OF WHAT GOD HAS FOR YOU …
WHEN WE REMEMBER IT SETS THE TRAJECTORY OF OUR LIVES … GIVES LIFE PERSPECTIVE …
3 THINGS TO REMEMBER IN FACE OF YOUR JORDAN;
GOD’S PRESENCE, 3:3-4
THE ARK OF THE COVENANT – VISIBLE PRESENCE OF THE INVISIBLE GOD –
INSIDE THE ARK;
TWO TABLETS OF THE LAW – THE WORD OF GOD
POT OF MANNA – THE PROVISION OF GOD
AARON’S ROD THAT BLOSSOMED – THE AUTHORITY OF GOD
WHAT ATTITUDES SHOULD WE BRING TO OUR JORDAN?
SILENCE – THERE IS ONLY ONE VOICE THAT MATTERS
SUBMIT – THERE IS ONLY ONE WILL THAT MATTERS
SURRENDER – THERE IS ONLY ONE DIRECTION THAT MATTERS
HOW ARE WE TO RESPOND TO THE ARK? 3:3-4
“GO AFTER IT” - DON’T MAKE ASSUMPTIONS ARE GET IN THE WAY
GOD’S POWER, 3:5, 14-16
HOLINESS, VS.3:5
GOD’S GOING TO DO IT ANYWAY – HOLINESS IS NOT SO GOD WILL DO SOMETHING BUT SO YOU WILL NOT MISS WHAT GOD IS DOING …
HARVEST TIME, VS.3:14
AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR THE JORDAN RIVER CAN BE UPTO A MILE WIDE AND RAGING …
GROWTH COMES WHEN WE ARE OVERWHELMED WITH THE IMPOSSIBLE,
HONOR, 3:15
GOD’S POWER IS REALIZED THROUGH FAITH
GOD’S PREEMINENCE, 4:21-24
THE STONES,
THE SOVEREIGN, VS, 4:23-24
HE IS AWESOME
THE LORD – NAME GOD USED TO IDENTIFY WITH HUMAN PREDICAMENT
HE IS TO BE WORSHIPPED
APPLICATION:
DO YOU HAVE A RECORD OF GOD’S MIRACLES IN YOUR LIFE?