3-23-25
Reminders
Pastor Randy Hall
Part of 2025

Reminders

  1. Specific details achieve

    than vague requests.

  2. Recording our spiritual decisions in our Bibles is wise, providing a

    for reflection.

  3. We should look to the past in order to

    who we are in the present, and what we might become in the future.

  4. Haggai 2:9 - The glory of this latter house shall be

    than of the former, saith the Lord of hosts: and in place will I give peace, saith the Lord of hosts. (Are we not the “house of God”?)

  5. Israel’s intended 11-day journey ended after

    of wandering, and they finally entered the land promised to Abraham and his descendants.

  6. When we ignore the past, there is a higher likelihood of

    it.

  7. A Scripturally significant number of twelve stones – each representing a tribe of Israel – were placed as a memorial, illustrating the need for

    within the corporate Body.

  8. God wanted them to build a monument for themselves and future generations as a tool to help them

    His drying up the Jordan and delivering His people into the Promised Land.

  9. People often feel amazed when something impressive happens, and they celebrate the

    . However, during challenging times, they may forget these positive experiences, become upset, question the situation, or even doubt the of God in their lives.

  10. Sometimes, God allows us to experience deserts so that when deliverance comes, we are closer to Him and have a deeper

    with Him.

  11. Peter said we should not find it

    when fiery trials test us.

  12. In Joshua 4, the pile of rocks

    the Israelites of God’s power in delivering them safely across the river.

  13. The last thing to notice about the memorial stones is that they were made

    .

  14. Joshua 4:24 says that He (God) did this “so all the nations of the earth might know that the Lord’s hand is

    , and so you might fear the Lord your God forever.”

  15. God’s actions

    serve a redemptive purpose. Everything He undertakes is designed to encourage individuals to develop a relationship with Him.

  16. God wanted the memorial stones to be in a place where everyone who saw them could be

    of His power.

  17. What I see in Joshua 4 is that I need to be open and

    in the lives of people who don’t know Jesus, and to be in a relationship with them that them to see how God is working in my life.