// INTRO
Joshua 1:1-7
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Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto
Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,
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Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto
the land which I do give to them, [even] to the children of Israel.
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Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto
Moses.
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From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of
the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.
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There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses,
[so] I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
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Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide
for an inheritance the land,
which I sware unto their fathers to give them.
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Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do
according to all the law,
which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it [to] the right hand or
[to] the left, that
thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.
// Strongly Obedient
- Obeying the Lord is not for the faint of heart.
- Starting churches takes courage; being a pastor; etc.
- Fake courage (thinking you can handle what you can't -- pride)
Joshua 23:4-8
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Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your
tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward.
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And the LORD your God, he shall expel them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight;
and ye shall possess their land, as the LORD your God hath promised unto you.
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Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of
Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom [to] the right hand or [to] the left;
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That ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name
of their gods, nor cause to swear [by them], neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them:
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But cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day.
1 Samuel 15:20-24
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And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the
LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
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But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the
things which should have been
utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal.
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And Samuel said, Hath the LORD [as great] delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying
the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey [is] better than sacrifice, [and] to hearken than the fat of
rams.
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For rebellion [is as] the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness [is as] iniquity and idolatry. Because
thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from [being] king.
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And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and
thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
Philippians 1:14 - Speak Boldly
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And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the
word without fear.
2 Timothy 1:7-8 - Spirit of fear
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For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
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Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou
partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;