TRANSITION
JOSHUA 1:1-9


CHALLENGE DRIVES CHOICES …

WHO WAS JOSHUA AND WHY WAS MOSES SO IMPORTANT TO HIM?

JOSHUA’S APPRENTISHIP  …

   BIRTH, “SON OF NUN”

      BORN AS HOSHEA, “SALVATION” – HIS NAME WAS CHANGED TO JOSHUA, “JEHOVAH IS SALVATION”

      BORN IN EGYPT,

   BATTLES,

      MENTORED BY MOSES,
NUMBERS 11:28, “… THE ATTENDANT OF MOSES FROM HIS YOUTH …”

      MARKED BY THE BATTLE OF THE AMALEKITES,
EXODUS 17:8-16

      MEASURED BY COURAGE,
NUMBERS 14:7-9

   BLESSINGS,
NUMBERS 33:11

WORD: “GET A GRIP ON THE FUTURE WITHOUT LOSING YOUR HOLD ON THE PAST.”

JOSHUA’S APPOINTMENT, DEUT.31:14-16

   LEADERSHIP IS BASED ON GOD’S DECISION …

     IT DISCOURAGES FLESHLY EFFORTS,

      IT ENCOURAGES FAILING HEARTS,

   LEADERSHIP INVOLVES HARDSHIP …
DEUT.31:14-16

  LEADERSHIP HINGES ON ACCOUNTABILITY TO SCRIPTURE ...
DEUT.34:9


JOSHUA’S ANNOUNCEMENT,

   HIS MENTOR DIES … “MOSES IS DEAD”

      MOSES WAS THE GREATEST PROPHET WHO EVER LIVED,
DEUT.34:10

         GOD SHOWS MOSES THE PROMISED LAND,
DEUT.34:1-5

         GOD BURIES MOSES,
DEUT.34:6



 HIS MENTOR DIES BUT NOT HIS GOD!

      A LEADER IS NOT IRREPLACEABLE,

      A LEADER MUST HAVE COURAGE,

         WHY WAS JOSHUA AFRAID? JOSHUA 1:6,7,9

      HIS MIGHTY GOD WILL BE WITH HIM ALWAYS, JOSHUA 1:9

         GOD’S POWER IS UNSHAKEABLE …

        GOD’S PROMISES ARE UNBREAKABE …

APPLICATION: