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2. Crossing Over Let the Journey begins A Call to Courage Joshua 1:1-6
Moses is dead, Joshua is called
God’s favour to fulfil God’s purpose
Courage and commitment
A Call to Courage
Joshua 1:6-9
Crossing Over

3. Three Times God asked Joshua to be strong and courageous.
“And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom, for Moses has laid his hands on him. So the people of Israel obeyed him and did as the Lord had commanded Moses” Deuteronomy 34:9

4. Courage must rise in the face of fear...
Fear says, “The people who dwell in the land are strong, the cities are fortified and very large, and besides…”
God says, “Be strong and courageous”

5. Noah, Abraham & Joseph
Gideon, David, Daniel, Nehemiah, Daniel, Esther,
John the Baptist, Jesus and the Apostles
GENESIS
EXODUS - JOSHUA
OT LEADERS
PROPHETS NT
Moses and, after, Joshua and Caleb
Elijah, Elisha, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Malachi, Amos, Hosea, ...

6. How do we grow strong?

7. Remember God’s Promises Joshua 1:6
Given to Abraham (Gen. 15:18-21)
Confirmed to Isaac (Gen. 26:3) and Jacob (Gen. 28:13)
Reiterated to Moses (Deut. 34:4)
Remember God’s Promises Joshua 1:6

8. Remember God’s Principles Joshua 1:7-8
Go to God’s Word (Psalms 77:11-12)
Be transformed (Romans 12:1-2)
Hold fast the faithful Word (Titus 1:9)
Remember God’s Principles Joshua 1:7-8

9. Remember God’s Presence Joshua 1:9
God never call Joshua to do anything apart from Him. So his strength rested upon God’s presence.
In the Crossing of the Jordan (Joshua 3-4)
In the attack to Jericho (6:27)
Remember God’s Presence Joshua 1:9

10. How do we grow in couregous?

11. Being brave brings courage
Courage has a cause
Courage is called upon when the fight is worth it.
Courage is needed to uphold the righteous purposes of God.
Courage is gained
Courage grows as we learn from these accounts who God is: that God is good, righteous, faithful and merciful.

12. Being brave brings courage
Courage is infectious
Build up our faith in God to believe the impossible.
Bring God’s people together for a purpose.
Courage is a choice
There is a choice between: succumb to fear and intimidation or to take heart and continue with his commission.

13. A call to courage, it is a called to be a leader
A call to courage, it is a called to be a leader. A leader is someone that doesn’t waste his life, but fulfil the calling upon him.