1 00:00:02,120 --> 00:00:04,480 Hey, welcome to the City Point Church podcast. 2 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:07,280 Thanks for joining us. Every day is an opportunity to 3 00:00:07,280 --> 00:00:10,280 take hold of. So we hope this message inspires 4 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:13,560 you and build your faith that it helps you have more of a God 5 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:15,800 perspective for your day. Enjoy. 6 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:19,240 Share. This amazing testimony from a 7 00:00:19,240 --> 00:00:22,640 young lady, There are so many significant ones, it's hard to 8 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:23,840 pick one. But I want to share this 9 00:00:23,840 --> 00:00:28,240 testimony because do you know that the mantle, the Joshua 10 00:00:28,240 --> 00:00:31,600 generation mantle, is like Pastor Nicole said, it is not 11 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:34,240 limited for the young people, but the young people are going 12 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:36,880 to do something with it. And they're going to lead the 13 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:41,280 nations of this world to an acknowledgement of Jesus Christ 14 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:44,000 again. And we are going to walk into a 15 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:47,720 time in history in this next season where it's going to be 16 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:51,440 undeniable that Jesus Christ is Lord all over the world. 17 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:55,400 Did you know right now in the UK, one in eight Gen. 18 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:59,640 Zetas are heading to church? One in eight. 19 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:04,959 Did you know in the US, one in six are streaming Christian 20 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:11,400 content to learn about who Jesus is and to gain insight into a 21 00:01:11,440 --> 00:01:16,040 spiritual transformation and reformation through platforms 22 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:19,800 because they have had an absence of it in their homes. 23 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:24,280 Because of this, there has been a response by a number of the 24 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:28,480 streaming platforms in particularly Prime, who has 25 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:30,960 gone. If our business is going to 26 00:01:30,960 --> 00:01:34,600 succeed, we actually need to keep up with the content that 27 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:39,720 this next generation is craving, and that is about Jesus Christ. 28 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:46,240 And so because of it, a number of the streaming platforms have 29 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:52,000 decided to remove content that carries witchcraft and cult and 30 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:56,120 things that worship idols and begin to flood their content 31 00:01:56,640 --> 00:02:00,880 with things that are actually building young people's faith in 32 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:04,760 Jesus Christ. That is why a line in your prime 33 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:11,080 account now, if you have Prime now says religious, religious 34 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:14,440 documentaries. And it's got an amazing what 35 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:17,440 it's like content for you to grow in your faith. 36 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:21,640 I think it's like faith growing religious content or something 37 00:02:21,640 --> 00:02:26,520 like that right beside which is so bizarre in other platforms 38 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:30,000 that is like Halloween things. Has anybody noticed that their 39 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:32,360 streaming platforms are full of a line right at the time 40 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:36,720 Halloween go into prime, see something different, see 41 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:40,640 something different because of it, which of course I am not 42 00:02:40,640 --> 00:02:43,240 surprised about at all. Tim was talking about this 43 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:48,480 before because of this shift in this particular streaming 44 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:52,720 platform I've been tracking, they are right now in the world 45 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:57,760 the number one, they were like right down the bottom in how 46 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:02,360 successful their business was. In actual fact, the shift came 47 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:06,960 when they put something up that was carried a whole lot of 48 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:09,600 witchcraft. They put it on their platform 49 00:03:09,920 --> 00:03:14,760 and and within 24 hours they had reduced the amount of 50 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:19,360 subscribers so significantly, the company went into OverDrive 51 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:22,480 wondering if they would still be around within a month. 52 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:28,200 And then somebody said, I've actually heard about this 53 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:33,000 producer or director who's building a series about David in 54 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:38,560 the Bible. And I think that as a streaming 55 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:43,240 platform, we should get behind it, fund it and air it. 56 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:47,400 Do you know that the House of David shifted Prime? 57 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:53,720 And then they began to get other content, including the chosen 58 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:58,120 and put it on this platform. And that content is the most 59 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:01,880 streamed content on their platform, and it has turned 60 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:06,360 their business around. So if you really want an amazing 61 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:08,920 afternoon of encouragement, go and see what the director of 62 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:11,280 Prime is now saying about this kind of content. 63 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:17,000 He's awesome, so cool. Why? 64 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:22,360 Because the Joshua generation is going to lead us not just to a 65 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:26,560 move of the Holy Spirit, but they're going to see the nations 66 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:30,920 of the world come and God get on their knees and say Jesus is 67 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:35,720 Lord again. Now that really did not warrant 68 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:38,680 that kind of level. Thank you, Mary, for agreeing 69 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:43,720 with me on that. Maybe you didn't hear that this 70 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:47,360 morning. Do you know why we don't often 71 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:52,560 get excited about this? There are very few of us sitting 72 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:57,440 in this auditorium today who have lived in a time where our 73 00:04:57,440 --> 00:05:04,320 nations were God fearing. So we don't believe it, but do 74 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:08,800 you know that there have been generations that the nations of 75 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:18,780 the world have feared? Lord, when the dark gets dark, 76 00:05:19,180 --> 00:05:21,300 really dark, the light gets brighter. 77 00:05:26,510 --> 00:05:30,190 And right now this next generation are running into the 78 00:05:30,190 --> 00:05:33,550 arms of Jesus. And I'm not talking limited to 79 00:05:33,550 --> 00:05:39,560 City point church all around the planet as we proclaim these 80 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:43,360 amazing testimonies of beaches all over the world full of 81 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:45,480 people being baptized. Did you know it's this 82 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:49,960 generation and you know it's come from this cry in their 83 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:55,960 heart, a Joshua cry that says a declaration that says As for me 84 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:59,760 in my house, we will serve the Lord. 85 00:06:01,280 --> 00:06:03,960 I want to unpack this to us as a church this morning. 86 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:09,000 About maybe six weeks ago or so, Pastor Ryan and Nicole gave me 87 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:12,240 the incredible honor of coming into our youth ministry as a 88 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:16,200 part of the lead up to camp and bringing a word around this 89 00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:19,000 particular theme. Now, because of this, I had to 90 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:21,520 go and study it. Now, Joshua is one of my 91 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:25,880 favorite people in the Bible. This is a personal thing for me. 92 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:30,320 When I was a child, my parents gave each of us children a 93 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:34,480 prophetic word and a scripture that has been our scripture for 94 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:37,880 our whole life. Mine comes from Joshua 18, And 95 00:06:37,880 --> 00:06:43,040 so I love Joshua. I had studied Joshua, but I'd 96 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:45,480 studied Joshua as a young person. 97 00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:49,480 And so as I began to prepare this message for youth a couple 98 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:52,440 of weeks ago that I'm going to bring to you again today, for 99 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:55,480 those of you who have heard it from our youth program, you can 100 00:06:55,480 --> 00:06:57,520 get behind it and you can go. Amen. 101 00:06:57,520 --> 00:06:59,800 And at the end of this, I'm actually going to Commission you 102 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:03,960 to pass something on. Is that OK, Young people? 103 00:07:05,880 --> 00:07:11,520 As I began to study it out as a 44 year old, there is revelation 104 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:13,880 in it I'd never understood before. 105 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:19,760 That has marked me because this statement that Joshua says, As 106 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:25,680 for me and my house, we will serve the Lord is not made as a 107 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:30,800 young person. In actual fact, it's made as an 108 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:34,640 old person. If you are over 70 in this 109 00:07:34,640 --> 00:07:38,720 place, give me a wave. It was made by somebody over 110 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:43,560 that age. It was made by somebody who had 111 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:47,160 fought many battles, who had wandered. 112 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:51,360 He'd actually been born in a desert, wandered a desert and 113 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:56,920 gone through significant things. And he makes a declaration and 114 00:07:56,920 --> 00:08:01,840 says, As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. 115 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:05,320 Before I jump into this message, I want to quickly share this 116 00:08:05,320 --> 00:08:09,760 testimony because this testimony carries a generational blessing 117 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:12,080 that I think you and I need to catch. 118 00:08:12,080 --> 00:08:16,680 Because God is moving not for the sake of the next generation, 119 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:21,080 but for all generations. God is moving so that the next 120 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:25,280 generation helps lead us up out of our chairs, up out of 121 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:30,520 comfortable spaces, and gets us on the move again, doing what 122 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:38,159 God has called us to do in the Western world. 123 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:44,480 We have chased for nearly 20 years, comfort booking our 124 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:48,040 holidays on our our next holidays, on our current 125 00:08:48,040 --> 00:08:51,880 holidays. We're looking at our next rest 126 00:08:51,920 --> 00:08:55,640 as as opposed to looking at our next purpose. 127 00:08:57,480 --> 00:09:02,840 But God is calling us in this generation in the last days of 128 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:09,320 this earth to bear witness for him to be about his work, to be 129 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:13,320 about seeing this community come to Jesus. 130 00:09:14,960 --> 00:09:19,600 And this will not happen if this generation alone are doing that. 131 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:28,280 It will happen if we all stand up and declare and decide that 132 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:31,160 As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. 133 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:33,080 Listen to this testimony so good. 134 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:35,080 It's from a beautiful young lady in our youth ministry. 135 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:42,280 And I cannot see that font. Not at all, all Right, says 136 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:45,120 walking into youth camp. I was expecting God to move in 137 00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:48,400 wondrous ways, just as he'd done before. 138 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:52,520 And he did. He moved in me and my sister and 139 00:09:52,520 --> 00:09:56,680 in hundreds of other youth from all around Australia, and I 140 00:09:56,680 --> 00:10:00,600 didn't know it, but he also moved in my dad while he was at 141 00:10:00,600 --> 00:10:04,840 home and we were at camp. My testimony started at the 142 00:10:04,840 --> 00:10:08,040 Miracle Service this year when I was set free from a spirit of 143 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:12,960 rejection from unforgiveness and anxiety and had a ton of pain 144 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:17,440 taken off my off my life. I felt the peace of the Lord and 145 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:21,400 I felt the peace of the Lord and experienced God's love and peace 146 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:24,400 created in. This created an expectation for 147 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:29,440 me for youth camp this year. I can profoundly say that youth 148 00:10:29,440 --> 00:10:34,040 camp was so powerful. Walking into youth camp, a main 149 00:10:34,040 --> 00:10:39,200 prayer of mine was for my sister to receive salvation and to 150 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:43,440 experience God. She didn't even want to go to 151 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:47,040 camp at one point, but something changed. 152 00:10:47,040 --> 00:10:52,800 The night before camp night 2, she experienced God. 153 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:58,040 This is what I love after this. But that's her testimony to 154 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:03,240 tell. All I can say is that my prayer 155 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:10,840 was answered. Walking into camp. 156 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:14,360 I wasn't planning on being baptized but the day the 157 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:18,280 baptisms were happening I was told about it and it definitely 158 00:11:18,280 --> 00:11:21,040 had me thinking, is this my next step? 159 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:26,360 I had a feeling like I should do it and ended up saying yes. 160 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:34,760 I like this young lady a lot. She's she's born to preach. 161 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:36,040 Listen to some of these words. Ready. 162 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:43,680 I realized that sometimes all it takes is a yes to God and things 163 00:11:43,680 --> 00:11:48,040 happen before my baptism. This is powerful. 164 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:53,440 Before my baptism, I felt nervous and excited until I was 165 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:57,520 talking with Pastor Nicole and she told me somebody needs to 166 00:11:57,520 --> 00:12:01,480 receive this. This morning she told me that 167 00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:08,040 nerves and excitement are exactly the same thing, except 168 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:11,360 you only feel what you say it is. 169 00:12:13,960 --> 00:12:18,120 Somebody needs to receive that. This morning you only feel and 170 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:23,320 receive what you claim it is. I was so emotional the whole 171 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:26,960 time before it all happened, all the way until I got in the 172 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:30,800 water. Being baptized made me feel so 173 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:35,600 renewed and refreshed. Once I was baptized and I got 174 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:40,080 out, I walked over to the tent but I was still crying, but I 175 00:12:40,080 --> 00:12:47,440 found I was laughing as well. Some girls came to congratulate 176 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:50,760 me, but all I could do was cry and laugh at the same time. 177 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:56,200 I was just so overwhelmed by joy and a feeling of God working in 178 00:12:56,200 --> 00:13:00,600 me. I felt loved, I felt happy, and 179 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:03,680 I'm so grateful for the rest of the day. 180 00:13:03,680 --> 00:13:08,720 I just could not stop laughing and smiling and I realized that 181 00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:11,640 I felt the joy of the Lord for the first time. 182 00:13:17,010 --> 00:13:20,290 Ever since then, I've realized that the joy of the Lord is 183 00:13:20,450 --> 00:13:24,010 everywhere. I feel like I am seeing things 184 00:13:24,010 --> 00:13:26,130 in a different and a new perspective. 185 00:13:26,450 --> 00:13:29,640 I am I am so incredibly grateful for youth camp because many 186 00:13:29,640 --> 00:13:32,160 prayers were answered and encountering God. 187 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:35,320 I was encountering God constantly at services that were 188 00:13:35,320 --> 00:13:38,160 so powerful. When I got back from youth camp, 189 00:13:38,160 --> 00:13:42,640 my sister and I were sharing our testimony with our parents and I 190 00:13:42,640 --> 00:13:46,800 found out that my dad, when my dad got the messages from me 191 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:51,000 asking for permission to be baptized, he actually prayed in 192 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:56,600 our living room by himself asking God to give him a sign. 193 00:13:57,040 --> 00:14:00,960 Whether this camp was the right decision for me and my sister 194 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:09,160 because this is all new for our family and hearing our 195 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:11,880 testimonies, he claimed this was the sign. 196 00:14:14,880 --> 00:14:18,680 I can say that my prayers are being answered and God is 197 00:14:18,680 --> 00:14:23,440 definitely working in my family. I pray that the rest of my 198 00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:25,640 family, here she goes straight into a prayer. 199 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:28,520 I pray that the rest of my family are able to turn to the 200 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:32,040 Lord and be able to experience the love and the peace and the 201 00:14:32,040 --> 00:14:34,440 joy of the Lord that I have experienced. 202 00:14:35,720 --> 00:14:37,720 Youth camp and the miracle services. 203 00:14:37,720 --> 00:14:40,280 The best thing that's ever happened to me and getting 204 00:14:40,280 --> 00:14:43,240 baptized was the best decision I've made in my life. 205 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:55,440 Final statement is her As for me statement, it says I cannot wait 206 00:14:55,440 --> 00:15:00,040 to share this joy and light that is inside me to my friends, to 207 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:04,800 my family and to anyone I have come into contact with. 208 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:13,200 What a testimony of what God does if we carry an expectation 209 00:15:13,560 --> 00:15:18,080 that He wants to move in us. Do you have that expectation 210 00:15:18,080 --> 00:15:19,880 this morning that God wants to move in you like that? 211 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:26,040 Right at the beginning of Joshua, Joshua 18 and 9, Joshua 212 00:15:26,040 --> 00:15:31,920 himself receives A prophetic word, and it says this Joshua 213 00:15:31,920 --> 00:15:35,320 one verse 8. This book of the law shall not 214 00:15:35,320 --> 00:15:39,400 depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and 215 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:44,040 night, so that you may be careful to do all that is 216 00:15:44,040 --> 00:15:50,600 written in it, for then you will make your way, your life 217 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:57,120 prosperous, and then you will have good success. 218 00:15:58,600 --> 00:16:04,040 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous? 219 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:10,080 Do not be afraid, for the Lord your God is with you wherever 220 00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:14,720 you go. This is a word spoken over 221 00:16:14,720 --> 00:16:22,000 Joshua as a younger person, to hold him instead for a life that 222 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:25,520 ends with the result that it says, As for me and my house. 223 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:29,960 But this prophetic word, like we say often in the life of this 224 00:16:29,960 --> 00:16:34,360 church, a prophetic word is an invitation by God. 225 00:16:35,400 --> 00:16:41,920 An invitation to come, come, be equipped, come, be formed in 226 00:16:41,920 --> 00:16:45,760 hidden places, come and allow the Spirit of the Lord to 227 00:16:45,760 --> 00:16:50,960 transform you because it's in of those places. 228 00:16:52,200 --> 00:16:56,080 But God is able to outwork significant things in our lives 229 00:16:56,520 --> 00:17:00,280 for the sake of our land, for the sake of this nation. 230 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:03,000 This is where it began for Joshua. 231 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:06,960 And so we want to unpack this morning in just a little bit of 232 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:12,040 time that we've got today. As for me and my house, we will 233 00:17:12,040 --> 00:17:15,640 serve the Lord and what it means for you and I today for it's 234 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:19,000 significant. So today our passage that I'm 235 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:23,440 going to share from is from Joshua 24 verse 14 and 15 236 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:31,840 because every generation must decide whom they will serve. 237 00:17:32,920 --> 00:17:37,440 Every single generation has to have a time that they draw a 238 00:17:37,440 --> 00:17:42,320 line in the sand and they say this is whom I will serve. 239 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:49,400 Joshua 2414 and 15 says so. Fear the Lord and serve Him 240 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:52,240 wholeheartedly. Say wholeheartedly. 241 00:17:53,320 --> 00:17:59,200 That is not lukewarm, that is not comfortable, that is 242 00:17:59,200 --> 00:18:03,600 sacrificial. Fear the Lord and serve Him 243 00:18:03,600 --> 00:18:08,520 wholeheartedly. Put away forever the idols of 244 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:12,160 your ancestors and whom they worshipped. 245 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:19,080 Serve the Lord alone, and whose today whom you will serve. 246 00:18:21,480 --> 00:18:23,560 And then it finishes with this statement. 247 00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:31,200 But As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. 248 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:36,120 Do you know? In this passage, Joshua unpacks 249 00:18:36,120 --> 00:18:40,200 a couple of things that he is saying to the nation of Israel 250 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:43,440 who are about to crossover into the Promised Land. 251 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:46,720 He's saying something significant because he's saying 252 00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:51,960 to each and everyone of them, you must fear the Lord that came 253 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:55,080 out this morning. Pastor Rach in our worship LED 254 00:18:55,120 --> 00:19:01,800 us in a beautiful, sacred moment in worship to come with humility 255 00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:06,160 and to fear the Lord as we brought an offering of worship 256 00:19:06,160 --> 00:19:11,720 this morning. We must fear the Lord, serve Him 257 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:19,240 wholeheartedly, and put away the idols our ancestors worship. 258 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:25,960 Joshua chose to make a statement that As for me and my house will 259 00:19:25,960 --> 00:19:28,360 serve the Lord, but it's paired with. 260 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:35,920 So I'll have to choose not to have God under idols. 261 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:38,560 Let me unpack what he's saying here for a second. 262 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:42,960 Joshua drew a line in the sand. No matter what others choose his 263 00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:47,960 life and those who had who he had influence over would serve 264 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:51,000 the Lord. Can I unpack why it's those who 265 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:56,040 he had influence over in this passage he says, As for me in my 266 00:19:56,040 --> 00:20:00,320 house, who's heard the scripture before most of us right. 267 00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:07,000 As for me in my house, Did you know that Joshua at this stage 268 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:11,840 of his life, I'm sure he would have had a family, but unlike 269 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:14,800 the. Practices of the writings of the 270 00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:19,360 Bible up to this point that actually have very accurate 271 00:20:19,360 --> 00:20:22,720 accounts of this person belongs to this person. 272 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:26,800 This is the Father, this is the Son, this is the grandson, this 273 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:29,720 is the great grandson. I don't know if you've ever read 274 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:31,160 this. It's some of the hard part of 275 00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:34,040 the Bible to read when it goes through the genealogies. 276 00:20:34,360 --> 00:20:42,160 Joshua's isn't there. We know he's the son of Nun, 277 00:20:42,600 --> 00:20:47,040 which has lots of amazing Christian memes attached to it, 278 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:54,520 but he has no family listed in genealogy in the word of God. 279 00:20:54,840 --> 00:20:57,200 And yet he's the one who makes the statement. 280 00:20:57,200 --> 00:21:00,160 As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. 281 00:21:01,840 --> 00:21:03,440 Can I unpack this just for a second? 282 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:09,920 This word house carries so much meaning because this man's 283 00:21:09,920 --> 00:21:12,760 lineage is not listed. You do not know the name of his 284 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:16,680 sons so you do not know whether he's married or not. 285 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:21,760 But when you go actually unpack the origins of this word house, 286 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:26,400 it actually means 2 meanings at the same time. 287 00:21:26,760 --> 00:21:29,640 It is A2 pronged approach. This particular word. 288 00:21:29,840 --> 00:21:35,800 It means both family of origin and all those I am entrusted to 289 00:21:35,840 --> 00:21:41,600 influence at the same time with no divide. 290 00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:47,760 Do you know for some of us who who have said obediently, I'm 291 00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:49,880 going to follow and serve the Lord with my whole life. 292 00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:54,680 Often the wrestle is particularly in our comfortable 293 00:21:55,000 --> 00:22:00,640 era of the Western world, we like to try and find the divide. 294 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:07,920 We call it balance, the balance between our family of origin 295 00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:14,480 serving this and ministry. And in this one little verse, 296 00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:22,720 Joshua says there's no divide. I am declaring As for me and all 297 00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:27,880 those that have been entrusted in my care, all those that God 298 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:33,440 has brought to me to be able to influence and lead and disciple 299 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:38,680 and guide all, all fall in one declaration. 300 00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:49,080 As for me in all with no divide, which means my life is to serve, 301 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:55,160 yes, the Politensky home, but also all of you and this region 302 00:22:55,480 --> 00:23:01,040 with no divide. As for me in my house, you can 303 00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:04,560 say I'm part of Mel's house. Come on now. 304 00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:06,880 That should make you way happier than that should be. 305 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:10,440 Like I'm on my house. No, nobody's feeling it. 306 00:23:10,440 --> 00:23:14,640 OK, All right. There's no divide. 307 00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:19,880 But his life and those he had influence over would serve the 308 00:23:19,880 --> 00:23:22,720 Lord. Joshua makes this declaration 309 00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:26,880 with this passage, and he says I will not stand with any idol. 310 00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:30,040 In actual fact, I'm. We must choose today whom we 311 00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:33,080 will serve. And so he stood against the 312 00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:35,120 idols of his day. Can I quickly unpack this? 313 00:23:35,120 --> 00:23:38,600 Very quickly. He stood against the gods of 314 00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:44,040 Egypt, which symbolizes slavery and your past life. 315 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:51,440 The behaviors, the addictions, the toxic habits that once 316 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:54,720 consumed and controlled your life before you knew Christ. 317 00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:58,640 He said I'm drawing a line in the sand. 318 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:02,960 They are not going to enter this place with me. 319 00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:06,760 As for me and my house, they have to go. 320 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:12,360 I'm going to serve the Lord. The God of their ancestors means 321 00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:17,800 tradition and religion without relationship with God. 322 00:24:19,320 --> 00:24:24,400 So these modern day idols come off as religious practices that 323 00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:33,080 become now gods. Come on, let's be frank. 324 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:37,280 This is what we are often debating on social media with 325 00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:41,160 other believers about this doctrine or that doctrine. 326 00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:45,960 Black walls or white walls. Communion in every service or 327 00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:50,080 once a month. Crosses on buildings or not on 328 00:24:50,080 --> 00:24:53,160 buildings. This is what he's talking about. 329 00:24:53,160 --> 00:24:58,760 The God of ancestors was tradition and religion and not 330 00:24:58,760 --> 00:25:03,560 relationship focused. Other expressions of this is 331 00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:08,520 living off others faith, others experience parents faith and not 332 00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:12,360 having our own. And the God of the Amorites 333 00:25:12,360 --> 00:25:15,080 which was the other types of idols in this day. 334 00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:18,920 This is a big one. You ready was the cultural 335 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:23,080 popular gods. These were the gods of 336 00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:31,920 popularity, money, me obsession, and sexual compromise. 337 00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:35,440 This is the gods that Joshua was talking about. 338 00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:39,120 All right, Joshua said. I don't care what culture does. 339 00:25:39,560 --> 00:25:43,560 I've made my choice. The idols we worship today, 340 00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:48,000 church are exactly the ones that the people in Joshua's time 341 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:51,920 worshipped. Exactly the same popularity and 342 00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:55,320 social media validation, likes, follows subscribers. 343 00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:58,280 Online influence can become an idol. 344 00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:03,000 Many believers measure their worth by how many people react 345 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:05,160 online instead of how God sees them. 346 00:26:06,120 --> 00:26:10,200 Galatians 110 says, Am I now trying to win the approval of 347 00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:16,520 human beings or of God? Another one Appearance and 348 00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:19,800 image. Obsession with how we look, body 349 00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:24,640 image, fashion trends, filters, the idol of perfectionism, 350 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:29,000 believing if I look good enough, I'll be valuable. 351 00:26:30,360 --> 00:26:33,800 But one, Samuel, 16, seven says people look at the outward 352 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:36,520 appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart. 353 00:26:38,280 --> 00:26:42,720 He cares far more about the state of your soul than it does 354 00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:49,120 about the size of your lips. He does. 355 00:26:55,580 --> 00:27:01,020 Some of us need to spend a whole lot more time reading God's love 356 00:27:01,020 --> 00:27:04,900 lavished upon us in His Word, then reading what the world is 357 00:27:04,900 --> 00:27:09,740 saying about us through images that are coming up, setting a 358 00:27:09,740 --> 00:27:13,100 bar or an expectation of what we should look like and what we 359 00:27:13,100 --> 00:27:17,500 should be #3 achievement and success. 360 00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:22,520 Grades, sports, career, dreams, talents, giftings. 361 00:27:22,840 --> 00:27:28,280 These are easy, idle traps when they define our identity. 362 00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:31,200 And you know what? Often we can speak to young 363 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:33,600 people about this because they're often doing these 364 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:35,560 things. But do you know parents in the 365 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:37,160 room? And I know our parenting seminar 366 00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:40,200 is going to go here. Do you know often we are the 367 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:43,360 cause because of a lack of identity in us? 368 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:46,880 We're pushing our children to be successful, to build ourselves 369 00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:50,080 up. If they are the best at then we 370 00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:54,800 are good, then we are successful and it's putting value on us. 371 00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:57,920 The pursuit of success without God leads to burnout and 372 00:27:57,920 --> 00:28:01,360 emptiness. Matthew 1626 says what good 373 00:28:01,360 --> 00:28:04,440 would it be for someone to gain the whole world yet forfeit 374 00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:07,880 their soul? There are so many more 375 00:28:08,120 --> 00:28:11,120 relationships and romance, pleasure and entertainment, 376 00:28:11,120 --> 00:28:14,320 money and possessions. And then the God of this age, 377 00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:18,280 which has been the God of every age, self, the idol of me, 378 00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:25,000 independence, self-image, and the rise of my truth, my way, my 379 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:28,480 life. The idol of self is pride, 380 00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:31,360 believing that I am enough without God. 381 00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:36,760 Proverbs 3 verse 5 to 6 encourages us to trust in the 382 00:28:36,760 --> 00:28:39,640 Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own 383 00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:44,880 understanding in all your ways. Acknowledge Him and He will make 384 00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:48,880 your path straight. Every single one of us has to 385 00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:52,440 make our own choice. Will I let culture? 386 00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:56,680 Will I let friends? Will I let precious? 387 00:28:56,960 --> 00:29:01,760 Will I let the modern day idols define who I am? 388 00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:08,600 Or will I declare this day As for me and my house, we will 389 00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:10,480 serve the Lord. Can I tell you each and every 390 00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:12,440 person here today, this is super important. 391 00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:17,280 Faith is personal. It is not congregation, it is 392 00:29:17,280 --> 00:29:19,640 personal. Say faith is personal. 393 00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:28,240 My faith is my own, but it carries generational impact. 394 00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:33,600 You can set the tone for your family by having an authentic 395 00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:36,400 faith. You can set the tone for your 396 00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:41,680 friendships by having an incredible faith and you can set 397 00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:44,600 an incredible future for those you've been given influence 398 00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:47,280 over. If you make a declaration that 399 00:29:47,280 --> 00:29:49,800 is for me in my house, we will serve the Lord. 400 00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:53,800 So I want to give you 2 things that we can take from Joshua's 401 00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:57,960 life very quickly this morning before we go that I would love 402 00:29:57,960 --> 00:30:02,920 to encourage each and every one of us to take from Joshua on how 403 00:30:03,640 --> 00:30:06,680 how to do this work in the secret place. 404 00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:11,760 How to do this work behind the scenes so that you can step away 405 00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:18,040 from the idols that want to take over and influence and dictate 406 00:30:18,040 --> 00:30:21,480 the future of your life. I want to give you these two 407 00:30:21,480 --> 00:30:24,720 very quickly this morning because they are things that we 408 00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:28,640 can take from Joshua's life that you and I need to know. 409 00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:32,400 Number one, don't leave the tent. 410 00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:36,560 Say don't leave the tent, you're going to go. 411 00:30:36,560 --> 00:30:41,840 What is this about? In Exodus 33, verses 7 to 11, 412 00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:46,160 there is a particular story about in the wilderness when 413 00:30:46,160 --> 00:30:50,120 Moses pitches the tent at the special tent that houses the 414 00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:55,080 presence of God, where his presence would come down like a 415 00:30:55,080 --> 00:30:59,440 cloud. All right, And in that tent God 416 00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:03,880 would speak directly with, as with Moses, the Bible says as a 417 00:31:04,040 --> 00:31:09,400 friend, say as a friend, that's how God wants to know you as a 418 00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:13,240 friend. But there's a detail we can't 419 00:31:13,240 --> 00:31:16,720 miss from Joshua's story that is so significant found in verse 420 00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:21,200 11, Exodus 3, verse 11. It says then Moses would return 421 00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:23,440 to the camp. Now let me give you context. 422 00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:30,680 The Presence of God tent was set up outside of the camp and when 423 00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:35,280 Moses would go to the tent, people would stand outside of 424 00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:38,600 their tents in the camp. Now in context that youth camp, 425 00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:41,720 the tents were a long way from the tent meeting where they 426 00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:44,960 actually came together to worship the Lord and hear the 427 00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:47,560 word of God. This was the same in that time, 428 00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:54,680 there was a distance, but when they would stand outside, Moses 429 00:31:54,680 --> 00:31:56,720 would go into the tent at the cloud. 430 00:31:56,720 --> 00:32:00,080 The presence of God would descend on this tent, and 431 00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:06,200 Joshua, who was not invited to go into the tent like Moses, 432 00:32:06,520 --> 00:32:12,560 would stand at the door. So everybody else stood at the 433 00:32:12,560 --> 00:32:17,480 tent doors of their tents, but Joshua stood at the tent door of 434 00:32:17,480 --> 00:32:21,840 the presence of God. Here's what's amazing. 435 00:32:21,840 --> 00:32:27,800 It says this, when Moses would finish being as a friend with 436 00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:31,240 God in the tent, he would return to the camp. 437 00:32:32,080 --> 00:32:37,560 But his young aide, Joshua did not leave the tent. 438 00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:43,880 Joshua was a warrior. He was a young man who was 439 00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:47,720 Moses's assistant. But most importantly, Joshua was 440 00:32:47,720 --> 00:32:51,160 a present seeker. He sought the presence of God. 441 00:32:51,920 --> 00:32:56,520 He learned the secret of leadership and strength was to 442 00:32:56,520 --> 00:33:01,160 not leave God's presence, but to linger. 443 00:33:02,240 --> 00:33:04,440 Say that word this morning. Linger. 444 00:33:05,640 --> 00:33:08,160 Why? Because the tent was a place of 445 00:33:08,160 --> 00:33:13,560 encounter with God. Joshua stayed when others left. 446 00:33:14,080 --> 00:33:16,560 Why? Because Joshua wasn't content 447 00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:20,040 with second hand faith. He wanted God for himself. 448 00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:25,280 Great men and women of God are formed in lingering moments to 449 00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:27,520 church. Don't leave the tent. 450 00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:33,160 Some of you every single month hear the call out to come and 451 00:33:33,160 --> 00:33:37,560 pray in the House of God on the first weekend of the month and 452 00:33:37,560 --> 00:33:41,720 you're like, it doesn't fit in the calendar. 453 00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:45,880 It's not comfortable. I don't even know if I could 454 00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:49,600 pray that long. Could I Commission you? 455 00:33:49,600 --> 00:33:51,360 Could I encourage you this morning? 456 00:33:52,520 --> 00:33:55,760 Come and be found. Don't leave the tent. 457 00:33:57,760 --> 00:34:01,000 Would you practice lingering in the presence of God? 458 00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:04,920 Because the presence prepares you for your purpose. 459 00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:09,040 Joshua didn't know it yet, but one day he would lead Israel 460 00:34:09,040 --> 00:34:13,320 into the Promised Land. What prepared him was his time 461 00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:16,840 lingering in the presence of God at the tent. 462 00:34:17,560 --> 00:34:23,280 Joshua 19, says God says to him, be strong and courageous for the 463 00:34:23,280 --> 00:34:24,440 Lord. Your God will be with you 464 00:34:24,440 --> 00:34:29,080 wherever your wherever you go. You know your courage for 465 00:34:29,080 --> 00:34:32,679 tomorrow is fueled by your presence with God today. 466 00:34:34,600 --> 00:34:38,560 Linger in the tent. The second thing that Joshua did 467 00:34:38,560 --> 00:34:43,199 that is marks me about this young man that prepares him to 468 00:34:43,639 --> 00:34:47,320 put aside the idols of the day, make a declaration, say As for 469 00:34:47,320 --> 00:34:52,600 me in my house we serve the Lord is that he was OK at being 470 00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:56,800 halfway up, say halfway up. What does this mean? 471 00:34:57,680 --> 00:35:03,280 In Exodus 2413 to 14, he says this So Joshua and his 472 00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:07,480 assistant, sorry, Moses and his assistant Joshua set out and 473 00:35:07,480 --> 00:35:13,160 Moses went up the mountain of God and he said to the elders 474 00:35:14,040 --> 00:35:19,640 means the church leadership wait here for us at the bottom of the 475 00:35:19,640 --> 00:35:22,440 mountain until we return for you. 476 00:35:24,400 --> 00:35:33,360 But Joshua was trusted to go halfway up part way up Mount 477 00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:38,080 Sinai with Moses. He couldn't enter the cloud like 478 00:35:38,080 --> 00:35:42,000 he couldn't enter the tent. There's something found here for 479 00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:46,760 us church. But he waited faithfully at his 480 00:35:46,760 --> 00:35:50,240 post until Moses returned. Now I don't know if you've read 481 00:35:50,680 --> 00:35:55,000 these accounts of Moses in the book of Exodus, but this happens 482 00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:59,080 often that Moses is called into the 10 or is called up the 483 00:35:59,080 --> 00:36:02,240 mountain and he stays for a long time. 484 00:36:02,680 --> 00:36:06,720 One of one of these times is so significantly long that the 485 00:36:06,720 --> 00:36:09,960 people believe Moses to be dead and not returning. 486 00:36:12,480 --> 00:36:20,360 It's a serious way. But Joshua is content at being 487 00:36:20,360 --> 00:36:23,760 halfway up. There's something significant 488 00:36:23,920 --> 00:36:26,400 found here for you and I because you know what? 489 00:36:26,400 --> 00:36:29,760 Many of us in our faith do not like the seasons where we're 490 00:36:29,760 --> 00:36:35,320 called to be alone and God's calling us halfway up. 491 00:36:35,480 --> 00:36:37,680 He's saying, I don't want you down there in the camp. 492 00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:40,360 They're doing things. They're building calves. 493 00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:45,200 They're getting unrest, you know, they're getting uneasy. 494 00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:51,000 They tout I don't want you there, but you're not yet 495 00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:57,240 allowed there. Are you OK at being halfway up? 496 00:36:58,600 --> 00:37:02,960 Do you know halfway up forms things in our lives that cannot 497 00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:08,240 be done in the crowd that we often expect must be done in the 498 00:37:08,240 --> 00:37:11,240 presence on the top of the mountain. 499 00:37:11,760 --> 00:37:15,920 And yet this young man who makes a declaration As for me and my 500 00:37:15,920 --> 00:37:18,520 house, we're going to step away from these idols. 501 00:37:18,760 --> 00:37:23,240 We are going to serve the Lord and leads the nation of Israel 502 00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:28,240 into the promise promise 40 years before is formed, 503 00:37:28,440 --> 00:37:34,600 lingering alone at the tent and halfway up church. 504 00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:40,560 I know, I know prophetically this morning that many of us are 505 00:37:40,560 --> 00:37:44,120 being called into this sacred season right now. 506 00:37:45,640 --> 00:37:50,720 We want to, we want to right now go marching into the promised 507 00:37:50,720 --> 00:37:55,520 land and take the giant town God saying right now I need you to 508 00:37:55,520 --> 00:38:00,400 obediently stay halfway up. I need you to linger at the 509 00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:03,800 tent, for I am forming something in you. 510 00:38:04,240 --> 00:38:07,160 Joshua did not complain about being not allowed to go into the 511 00:38:07,160 --> 00:38:10,400 glory cloud. He'll sit and rush back to camp. 512 00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:16,760 He simply waited. Sometimes our purpose is learned 513 00:38:16,760 --> 00:38:22,920 in waiting, not in the position and not in the activity, but 514 00:38:22,920 --> 00:38:27,720 alone, halfway up. God was training Joshua to be 515 00:38:27,720 --> 00:38:35,280 patient, to honor authority, and to value His presence even more 516 00:38:36,680 --> 00:38:42,080 than being in the thick of it right now. 517 00:38:42,080 --> 00:38:45,920 I wonder if you are sitting in this auditorium, if God is 518 00:38:45,920 --> 00:38:50,560 asking you to come into this season of lingering and halfway 519 00:38:50,560 --> 00:38:55,560 up, maybe it feels like others are experiencing more getting 520 00:38:55,560 --> 00:39:00,360 ahead or being noticed. But like Joshua, you're being 521 00:39:00,360 --> 00:39:03,480 called to be formed in waiting halfway up. 522 00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:07,760 Waiting is not wasted, it's preparation. 523 00:39:09,360 --> 00:39:13,960 So we have to pray in the season that God is inviting us into. 524 00:39:14,400 --> 00:39:16,720 God, help me to trust you in the waiting. 525 00:39:17,040 --> 00:39:19,880 Teach me to stay faithful even when I can't see everything 526 00:39:19,880 --> 00:39:27,960 you're doing, Joshua said. I, I can see Joshua and the way 527 00:39:27,960 --> 00:39:31,960 he processes this. It says halfway up, but all way, 528 00:39:32,200 --> 00:39:35,400 all the way faithful. This is why he's entrusted to go 529 00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:39,640 to the promised land. So this morning, I wonder if 530 00:39:39,640 --> 00:39:43,720 there are those in this auditorium who are not content 531 00:39:43,720 --> 00:39:47,960 for our next generation to be alone in this Joshua generation. 532 00:39:48,640 --> 00:39:52,920 I'm 44 and I will be counted in the Joshua generation. 533 00:39:54,640 --> 00:39:57,560 Are you here this morning and you're 44 and you want to be 534 00:39:57,560 --> 00:39:59,440 counted in the Joshua generation? 535 00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:04,280 That says I'm not going to be swayed by the idols of this day. 536 00:40:04,600 --> 00:40:07,520 In actual fact, I'm not just going to go, I'm I'm not going 537 00:40:07,520 --> 00:40:10,760 to do that quietly or I'm just going to debate about it on 538 00:40:10,760 --> 00:40:12,920 social media. No, I'm just going to draw a 539 00:40:12,920 --> 00:40:18,600 line in the sand and say, As for me and my house, we will serve 540 00:40:18,600 --> 00:40:23,680 the Lord and so obediently. We're going to be OK with 541 00:40:23,680 --> 00:40:28,360 lingering in the presence of God and being formed halfway up. 542 00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:31,960 There's anybody here this morning that says, I know, I 543 00:40:31,960 --> 00:40:34,840 know. I've been set apart to be a part 544 00:40:34,840 --> 00:40:37,800 of this next Joshua generation. Would you stand to your feet 545 00:40:37,800 --> 00:40:42,960 right now in obedience and in faith to that call, in faith to 546 00:40:42,960 --> 00:40:49,640 being marked by God to lead in this next generation, this next 547 00:40:49,640 --> 00:40:54,360 season, and say, I'm going to live out the purpose of God for 548 00:40:54,360 --> 00:40:57,640 my life. I'm not going to conform to the 549 00:40:57,640 --> 00:41:01,360 ways of the world. I'm going to follow his way. 550 00:41:02,040 --> 00:41:04,080 Father, right now you see the people standing. 551 00:41:06,400 --> 00:41:08,480 You see their faith and their expectation. 552 00:41:10,280 --> 00:41:16,280 God, I pray right now for a boldness and a tenacity and a 553 00:41:16,280 --> 00:41:21,160 strength and a courage like you bestowed to Joshua to come on 554 00:41:21,200 --> 00:41:26,200 each and every one of them. Encourage them that you are with 555 00:41:26,200 --> 00:41:31,440 them every step of the way. You are strong and you are 556 00:41:31,440 --> 00:41:35,440 courageous. God is with you wherever you go. 557 00:41:37,960 --> 00:41:42,280 But God, but I thank you for their faith in responding to 558 00:41:42,280 --> 00:41:49,040 being OK to linger in your presence, away from the crowd, 559 00:41:49,840 --> 00:41:54,960 away from the murmurings, away from the culture, but being 560 00:41:54,960 --> 00:42:01,280 formed halfway up. Because I know God, you're going 561 00:42:01,280 --> 00:42:06,880 to entrust this generation with something significant in our 562 00:42:06,880 --> 00:42:15,200 nation, a beautiful nation, a nation rich in multicultural 563 00:42:15,200 --> 00:42:21,440 history, a a nation rich in faith of people from all over 564 00:42:21,440 --> 00:42:26,520 the world, a nation rich in multi generations. 565 00:42:27,480 --> 00:42:30,680 Oh, we know your heart for our nation, God. 566 00:42:31,160 --> 00:42:36,080 And so we stand in faith, saying and declaring this morning, As 567 00:42:36,080 --> 00:42:39,320 for me and my house, would you say it with me this morning As 568 00:42:39,320 --> 00:42:42,840 for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. 569 00:42:44,200 --> 00:42:47,240 As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. 570 00:42:47,960 --> 00:42:51,920 Father, right now, for each person, I pray for the courage 571 00:42:52,160 --> 00:42:55,840 and the clarity in their calling this morning for all that you've 572 00:42:55,840 --> 00:42:59,200 called them. To God, we thank you that you 573 00:42:59,200 --> 00:43:02,560 are pouring your spirit out across the nations of this 574 00:43:02,560 --> 00:43:06,200 world. You're allowed to do what you 575 00:43:06,200 --> 00:43:12,080 want to do in us so that we are prepared to do incredible things 576 00:43:12,080 --> 00:43:15,840 like Joshua did. Go and face giants and not see 577 00:43:15,840 --> 00:43:21,040 them as that, but as territory for the Lords in Jesus mighty 578 00:43:21,040 --> 00:43:25,960 name and all those who believed it said Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, 579 00:43:26,000 --> 00:43:26,400 Amen.