“How to Be Strong and Courageous”
Pastor Jason West
August 11, 2024
I. Preparation for
Joshua 1:1 “After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, the Lord said to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ assistant …”
A. Learning How to
Exodus 1:13-14 “So they ruthlessly made the people of Israel work as slaves and made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and brick, and in all kinds of work in the field. In all their work they ruthlessly made them work as slaves.”
B. Learning the
1. God as a Holy Judge
2. God as a Deliverer
C. Learning to be a
Exodus 17:9-11 “So Moses said to Joshua, ‘Choose for us men, and go out and fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand.’ So Joshua did as Moses told him, and fought with Amalek, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. Whenever Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed, and whenever he lowered his hand, Amalek prevailed.”
D. Learning How to Be Humble and
(Exodus 24:13; Joshua 24:29)
Numbers 11:28 “And Joshua the son of Nun, the assistant of Moses from his youth, said, ‘My lord Moses, stop them.’”
E. Learning to Spend
(Exodus 33:11; Numbers 27:18)
Exodus 33:7 “Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it outside the camp, far off from the camp, and he called it the tent of meeting. And everyone who sought the Lord would go out to the tent of meeting, which was outside the camp.
F. Learning About the Importance of
(Numbers 13:17-18)
Numbers 13:16 “These were the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua.”
G. Learning
(Joshua 5:6a)
H. Learning That God Will Continue His Work
Exodus 31:7-8 “Then Moses summoned Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, ‘Be strong and courageous, for you shall go with this people into the land that the Lord has sworn to their fathers to give them, and you shall put them in possession of it. It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.’”
II. Learning to Walk in the
A. God is Giving You an
(Joshua 1:3-4; Deuteronomy 8:7-10)
Joshua 1:2 “Moses my servant is dead. Now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, into the land that I am giving to them, to the people of Israel.”
B. God Will Be
(Exodus 3:12)
Joshua 1:5 “No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you or forsake you.”
C. … And Because God is With You, You Can Be
(Hebrew 13:5-6)
Joshua 1:6 “Be strong and courageous, for you shall cause this people to inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give them.”
Joshua 1:7 “Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go.”
D. God Has Given You His
(Joshua 23:6; Psalm 1:2)
Joshua 1:8 “This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.”
Joshua 22:5 “Only be very careful to observe the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, to love the Lord your God, and to walk in all his ways and to keep his commandments and to cling to him and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.”
E. Therefore, Do Not
Joshua 1:9 “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go. Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”