1 00:00:01,200 --> 00:00:04,300 We Are One church. We love God love. 2 00:00:04,300 --> 00:00:07,100 People love his mission and love his church. 3 00:00:07,500 --> 00:00:09,700 Welcome to the one Church podcast. 4 00:00:15,500 --> 00:00:19,600 Hello and welcome to the first one Church podcast of 2023, 5 00:00:19,900 --> 00:00:21,300 whether you're listening to this on a morning. 6 00:00:21,300 --> 00:00:24,300 Commute on a late-night run or at any point in between we are 7 00:00:24,300 --> 00:00:27,300 so glad to have you with us. My name is Callan and my prayer 8 00:00:27,300 --> 00:00:32,600 for you today is from Psalm 78, 24 to 25, He reigns down manner 9 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:35,000 for them to eat, he gave them bread from Heaven. 10 00:00:35,100 --> 00:00:37,700 They ate the food of angels, God gave them all. 11 00:00:37,700 --> 00:00:40,500 They could hold just as God provided daily for the 12 00:00:40,500 --> 00:00:42,100 Israelites. I pray that, you know. 13 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:45,600 His Heavenly provision today as you listen and engage with his 14 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:48,300 word, he will receive as much food for your soul as you can 15 00:00:48,300 --> 00:00:51,000 hold. So prepare yourself and be ready 16 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:53,600 to be fed as we're heading to the north site for a great 17 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:56,200 message, recorded on the 8th of January from pasta season. 18 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:01,900 So last Sunday was New Year's day. 19 00:01:02,300 --> 00:01:05,800 I've not forgotten that already, I hope and it was such a great 20 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:08,300 time together. Wasn't as one church meeting 21 00:01:08,300 --> 00:01:11,300 together and I hope you've caught up with David's message. 22 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:13,400 It's, they're available on the YouTube channel. 23 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:16,300 If you haven't heard it already, or if you want to catch up 24 00:01:16,300 --> 00:01:17,700 again. But part of what they would 25 00:01:17,700 --> 00:01:21,800 spoke from last week was from Ephesians chapter 4 and he 26 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:26,000 picked out seven words for the house this year, which were 27 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:29,500 Purity. Humility others unit. 28 00:01:29,900 --> 00:01:35,000 A blessing safety and Grace and those are amazing words. 29 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:38,500 I think of as we go through this year but to know as well that 30 00:01:38,500 --> 00:01:41,900 the father has a plan and he has a plan not just for us 31 00:01:41,900 --> 00:01:45,100 individually. But for us, as a church, moving 32 00:01:45,100 --> 00:01:48,800 forward together, and as David said last week, we believe that 33 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:52,300 the Lord wants to release the ministry Gifts of Apostle 34 00:01:52,300 --> 00:01:56,500 Prophet, evangelist pastor and teacher in our church to a 35 00:01:56,508 --> 00:01:58,700 greater level. Why? 36 00:01:58,700 --> 00:02:01,500 Well, the answer is there in Ephesians 4 and he again, 37 00:02:01,500 --> 00:02:04,500 highlighted this last week to equip his people for works of 38 00:02:04,500 --> 00:02:09,500 service so he wants us equipped for the mission so that the body 39 00:02:09,500 --> 00:02:12,900 of Christ might be built up. So he wants us all as a body as 40 00:02:12,900 --> 00:02:16,500 a group of people together, working together to be built up 41 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:19,000 until we all reach, unity in the faith. 42 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:23,600 So he wants us to walk in a spirit of unity and to become 43 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:26,400 mature. He wants us to move into greater 44 00:02:26,500 --> 00:02:29,200 maturity to get strong. Ang in our faith. 45 00:02:30,100 --> 00:02:32,500 So over the next six months, we're going to have an exciting 46 00:02:32,500 --> 00:02:36,900 time on Sunday mornings together as we release some keynote 47 00:02:36,900 --> 00:02:40,300 messages throughout this six months spoken by those with the 48 00:02:40,300 --> 00:02:43,500 leaning towards those different giftings and we're going to 49 00:02:43,508 --> 00:02:48,500 follow each keynote message with a series around that theme. 50 00:02:48,500 --> 00:02:51,100 Just with the aim of building up the body, equipping us for our 51 00:02:51,100 --> 00:02:53,600 mission with Jesus. So I think that's really 52 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:55,700 exciting. And I'm so excited about this 53 00:02:55,700 --> 00:02:58,700 next six months and teaching in the life of Church. 54 00:02:59,300 --> 00:03:01,500 So, I believe that David is a Pioneer. 55 00:03:01,500 --> 00:03:04,700 My husband, David. If you don't know him, I'll tell 56 00:03:04,700 --> 00:03:07,200 you a little bit about him because he lives so much in the 57 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:09,400 future. He's always thinking about 58 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:11,600 breaking new ground. In fact, I always think it's the 59 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:14,800 next day or the next month if I not because of living with David 60 00:03:14,900 --> 00:03:17,700 and I was feeling a year older than I am because he's always 61 00:03:17,700 --> 00:03:21,600 saying, well, you're nearly this age and I think that is a side 62 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:25,600 of an Apostolic gifting because as David spoke at the beginning 63 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:29,100 of the year and us together as we lead one, Church forward, 64 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:32,200 Ephesians 4 tells us that the ministry gifts, such as the 65 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:35,700 apostolic gift after the building of the whole body to be 66 00:03:35,700 --> 00:03:39,300 equipped together. In other words, we believe that 67 00:03:39,300 --> 00:03:42,800 intentionally releasing this Apostolic gifting intentionally, 68 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:45,700 releasing the building and the Breakthrough anointing. 69 00:03:45,700 --> 00:03:49,300 The Pioneer spirit means that we're all going to become more 70 00:03:49,300 --> 00:03:53,300 of a Pioneer people. If we're willing to sew over 71 00:03:53,300 --> 00:03:56,300 January, we're going to teach into this whole thing of being a 72 00:03:56,300 --> 00:04:00,000 Pioneer people. So what is a Pioneer? 73 00:04:00,100 --> 00:04:03,600 Well, a Pioneer picture is, I was thinking of the pictures 74 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:05,900 that might go with that word pioneer. 75 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:09,200 Something like climbing the mountain cutting through the 76 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:14,400 jungle, flying to the moon going boldly, where others have not 77 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:17,300 been. So the idea is going ahead, 78 00:04:17,300 --> 00:04:21,200 making a way I know when I was a little girl and if anybody else 79 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:23,600 loved these books, but I used to love these books called Little 80 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:27,000 House on the Prairie, anybody recognize that title, you know, 81 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:30,000 there was a TV Series this by the same title. 82 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:34,400 It was set in the 1870s and 80s, probably very much, a girly sort 83 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:36,300 of book. I would say maybe although if 84 00:04:36,308 --> 00:04:39,100 you're a man here and you enjoyed them, don't feel that 85 00:04:39,100 --> 00:04:44,700 for the in any way bad but it was all about this family in the 86 00:04:44,700 --> 00:04:47,400 US and they were in the wild west, you know, traveling 87 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:49,800 through the Prairies making away. 88 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:54,600 Moving into Uncharted Territory. To be a Pioneer is the opposite 89 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:58,600 of being a settler. Now, I'm not saying by saying 90 00:04:58,600 --> 00:05:01,500 that that you can't be settled in your heart, you can't be at 91 00:05:01,500 --> 00:05:06,500 peace in yourself and be a Pioneer for Jesus, because I 92 00:05:06,500 --> 00:05:10,200 believe that you can be both, but to be a Pioneer for Jesus is 93 00:05:10,200 --> 00:05:14,300 to carry a heart for the kingdom as a whole and to be flexible 94 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:16,000 and willing to be inconvenienced. 95 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:19,200 Even if it's for the bigger good, if the, for the bigger 96 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:23,900 picture, As followers of Jesus were all called to be pioneers. 97 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:27,400 And if you don't yet know him, if you're in this room and you 98 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:32,400 don't know Jesus, then know that Jesus calls us to a life of 99 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:34,000 adventure. And I believe for all of us. 100 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:35,400 That's the life that we really have. 101 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:38,700 Always wanted to live a life of adventure and I certainly 102 00:05:38,700 --> 00:05:41,400 wouldn't have believed when I was 14 years old and I sat in 103 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:45,000 the school hall in Cambridge and I heard the gospel. 104 00:05:45,100 --> 00:05:48,400 I heard the good news that Jesus died for me so that I could be 105 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:50,900 forgiven and so that I could have a whole new life, a new 106 00:05:50,900 --> 00:05:53,200 life that would go into eternity. 107 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:55,700 I don't think I could ever have imagined. 108 00:05:55,700 --> 00:05:58,400 Does that 14 year old girl, where that would have led me 109 00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:01,100 just following Jesus, where it would have led me in my life 110 00:06:01,100 --> 00:06:03,600 just because I said yes to Jesus. 111 00:06:03,900 --> 00:06:08,400 And we're to continue to say yes to Jesus during our prayer and 112 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:11,600 fasting time this week, someone shared a quote which just stuck 113 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:13,600 with me. It said, faith is the 114 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:17,000 stubbornness to keep living out the yes that we gave to God 115 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:18,900 yesterday. I'll say that. 116 00:06:18,900 --> 00:06:23,200 Again, faith is the stubbornness to keep living out the yes that 117 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:25,300 we gave to God. God yesterday. 118 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:29,500 And how much will become pioneers and bear fruit for 119 00:06:29,500 --> 00:06:32,200 Jesus. Will depend on how much we say 120 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:35,500 yes to him. I wonder how much are you 121 00:06:35,500 --> 00:06:38,000 willing in your heart right now? We've just prayed, Jesus, have 122 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:40,800 it all. And we really willing to say yes 123 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:43,500 to Jesus, whatever it is. He calls us to do. 124 00:06:43,900 --> 00:06:47,100 So we are a Pioneer people. And today's key passage is in 125 00:06:47,100 --> 00:06:50,800 the first chapter of the Book of Joshua there, in the old part of 126 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:53,700 the Bible, in the Old Testament, a little bit of background. 127 00:06:53,700 --> 00:06:56,100 The people of Israel were brought out of slavery in Egypt, 128 00:06:56,200 --> 00:06:58,100 Egypt. They went through the Red Sea 129 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:02,000 and then they wandered in the desert for 40 years and this 130 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:04,800 group that's there waiting at the edge of the promised land is 131 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:09,400 an entirely different group, only Joshua and Caleb are still 132 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:11,700 alive. Having gone through the desert 133 00:07:11,700 --> 00:07:14,800 because they believe God when everyone else refused to believe 134 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:17,800 and go into the promised land at the time when God intended. 135 00:07:18,300 --> 00:07:20,800 And so they all died off in the wilderness. 136 00:07:20,900 --> 00:07:24,500 And even Moses, their great leader who was described as 137 00:07:24,500 --> 00:07:28,100 knowing god face to face as a man knows a friend. 138 00:07:28,700 --> 00:07:31,100 He's died. And now a new leader has to rise 139 00:07:31,100 --> 00:07:34,100 up and that is Joshua and it's time to go into the promised 140 00:07:34,100 --> 00:07:37,700 land and possess the land. So this is where we catch up 141 00:07:37,700 --> 00:07:40,700 with the story. So this is just your chapter one 142 00:07:41,300 --> 00:07:45,500 so just read along with me. After the death of Moses, the 143 00:07:45,500 --> 00:07:48,100 servant of the Lord. The Lord said to Joshua, son of 144 00:07:48,100 --> 00:07:51,100 nun. Moses assistant, Moses, my 145 00:07:51,100 --> 00:07:54,500 servant is dead. Now then you and all these 146 00:07:54,500 --> 00:07:56,100 people get ready to cross the River. 147 00:07:56,100 --> 00:07:59,400 Jordan into the land, I'm about to give them to the Israelites. 148 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:02,100 I will give you every place where you set your foot. 149 00:08:02,100 --> 00:08:05,700 As I promised Moses, your territory will extend from the 150 00:08:05,700 --> 00:08:08,100 desert to Lebanon. And from the Great River, the 151 00:08:08,108 --> 00:08:11,200 Euphrates, all the hittite country to the Mediterranean Sea 152 00:08:11,207 --> 00:08:13,600 in the west. No one will be able. 153 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:16,800 Able to stand against you all the days of your life as I was 154 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:18,500 with Moses. So I will be with you. 155 00:08:18,500 --> 00:08:21,500 I will never leave you nor forsake, you be strong and 156 00:08:21,500 --> 00:08:24,100 courageous because you will lead these people to inherit the 157 00:08:24,100 --> 00:08:27,000 land, I swore to their ancestors to give them. 158 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:30,400 Wow, well, let's just pray for a moment. 159 00:08:30,900 --> 00:08:34,500 Lord, Jesus, we thank you that you are our great Pioneer Lord. 160 00:08:34,500 --> 00:08:38,000 You are the Pioneer and Perfecter of our faith and Lord 161 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:40,000 was, we unpacked this scripture Lord. 162 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:42,100 We pray that you would Inspire us. 163 00:08:42,100 --> 00:08:45,500 We pray that you would Speak to our hearts Lord, you'd speak 164 00:08:45,500 --> 00:08:49,100 directly to our Spirits. Lord, that we will be changed by 165 00:08:49,100 --> 00:08:50,800 your word and we just open our hearts. 166 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:53,000 Lord, to hear what you want to say to us right now. 167 00:08:53,700 --> 00:08:55,100 Amen. Amen. 168 00:08:55,100 --> 00:08:58,200 So Miracles, laid behind the people of Israel and miracles, 169 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:01,400 lay ahead of them. And these verses are telling us 170 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:05,300 about Joshua's dramatic, commissioning from Yahweh, into 171 00:09:05,300 --> 00:09:08,800 his new task, to go and possess the land and to lead the people. 172 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:11,900 So here's a few things out of that scripture. 173 00:09:11,900 --> 00:09:16,000 So firstly, a chapter was Adding it says, Moses, my servant is 174 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:18,000 dead. I think that's very Stark. 175 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:20,200 It's one of the most Stark sayings in the Bible, is it 176 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:21,600 Moses? My servant is dead. 177 00:09:22,300 --> 00:09:25,800 Now, I don't know if any of you have ever watched a program 178 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:29,200 called Death in Paradise, if any of you ever watch that well for 179 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:31,500 some reason, it really sort of appeals to you at this time of 180 00:09:31,500 --> 00:09:36,100 the year to watch a store, some stories about people being 181 00:09:36,100 --> 00:09:41,400 murdered on a beautiful paradise island in the Caribbean and 182 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:44,200 sometimes after church on a Sunday when they And I just need 183 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:47,900 a moment to like switch off, will sit and have a sandwich and 184 00:09:47,900 --> 00:09:50,900 watch Death in Paradise. But one thing that we find very, 185 00:09:51,100 --> 00:09:54,800 very interesting about this series and very funny apart from 186 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:57,400 the fact that there's a remarkably small police force on 187 00:09:57,400 --> 00:10:00,100 the island who were very inappropriate close. 188 00:10:00,100 --> 00:10:03,700 I think for being police and also a very large number of 189 00:10:03,700 --> 00:10:05,800 murders, considering how small it is. 190 00:10:06,100 --> 00:10:07,900 But each episode starts in a similar way. 191 00:10:07,900 --> 00:10:09,900 There's usually this dramatic start. 192 00:10:10,100 --> 00:10:12,900 Somebody is dead and somebody will say something like, oh, 193 00:10:12,900 --> 00:10:13,800 he's dead. Ed. 194 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:16,100 And then this music comes on, it goes to do. 195 00:10:16,100 --> 00:10:19,900 Do do, do, do, do do. It's like the Caribbean tune 196 00:10:19,900 --> 00:10:22,500 which is really sort of like light and Lively. 197 00:10:22,500 --> 00:10:25,700 And for some reason we always find that funny but here it's a 198 00:10:25,708 --> 00:10:28,500 bit like that. It says Moses is dead. 199 00:10:29,500 --> 00:10:31,200 Moses is dead. He's buried. 200 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:35,000 And the chapter is ended. So the end of Deuteronomy, the 201 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:39,300 book before Joshua, we now led into Joshua. 202 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:43,500 And the story moves forward and even the setting is the same 203 00:10:43,500 --> 00:10:46,500 because the Israelites are still camped on the plains of Moab 204 00:10:46,700 --> 00:10:48,900 east of the Jordan River and God. 205 00:10:48,900 --> 00:10:53,500 Now addresses Joshua, he's saying there's no surprise that 206 00:10:53,500 --> 00:10:56,100 there's going to be this new leader and that the new leader 207 00:10:56,100 --> 00:10:57,900 is going to be Joshua. The people would have really 208 00:10:57,900 --> 00:11:01,000 realized that by now, because he's already proven himself 209 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:04,000 Joshua, to be a man of Faith. He's Brave in battle. 210 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:06,500 He's a good leader. He's a spiritual man. 211 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:09,600 Think of all the time that Josh, you're spent you read about him 212 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:12,800 spending time. In the tent of meeting it says, 213 00:11:12,800 --> 00:11:15,200 Moses will come out of the tendon, Joshua would stay in 214 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:18,300 their meeting with God. He was obedient to God. 215 00:11:18,300 --> 00:11:21,600 He's even been commissioned publicly by Moses when Moses was 216 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:24,800 still alive. So it wasn't any surprise God 217 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:26,800 had said about him. He was a man in whom is the 218 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:31,100 spirit and that he followed the Lord wholeheartedly and Israel 219 00:11:31,100 --> 00:11:34,600 saw that the Lord had given him. It says, in Deuteronomy, 30 for 220 00:11:34,700 --> 00:11:37,200 a spirit of wisdom. So that's a great leader, isn't 221 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:38,700 it? Someone full of the spirit. 222 00:11:39,300 --> 00:11:42,400 Someone Knowing the Lord wholeheartedly and with the 223 00:11:42,408 --> 00:11:47,000 spirit of wisdom. So there's a new day coming. 224 00:11:47,500 --> 00:11:51,600 Secondly, they had to get ready now then you and all these 225 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:55,000 people get ready. So this journey ahead was not 226 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:56,800 going to be just about the leader it says. 227 00:11:56,800 --> 00:12:01,100 And all these people not even about the close team around 228 00:12:01,100 --> 00:12:04,600 Joshua, the people, every single one of the people had to be 229 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:08,600 ready to step out together. How could they get ready for the 230 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:12,300 unknown? Well, any Pioneer has never been 231 00:12:12,300 --> 00:12:14,800 this way before. This is going west. 232 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:18,000 This is the Great Adventure and God had already given them 233 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:19,500 promises. And he's going to lead them 234 00:12:19,500 --> 00:12:22,400 step-by-step. And so often, this is the case. 235 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:24,200 Yes, God gives us great promises. 236 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:27,600 He says things to us like stand still and see what the Lord will 237 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:30,000 do. And at the same time, he says, 238 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:33,800 other things such as as you walk through the fire, I will go with 239 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:35,900 you. So we're also expected to walk 240 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:38,900 forward. They have to get ready thirdly 241 00:12:38,900 --> 00:12:41,900 this was a momentous moment now then you and all these people 242 00:12:41,900 --> 00:12:44,300 get ready to cross the river into the land. 243 00:12:44,300 --> 00:12:46,200 I'm about to give them to the Israelites. 244 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:49,000 I will give you every place where you set your foot. 245 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:53,400 As I promised Moses, this is a truly momentous moment in the 246 00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:57,600 history of the people of Israel. It was six centuries earlier God 247 00:12:57,600 --> 00:13:00,300 had promised Abraham, you can read about it. 248 00:13:00,300 --> 00:13:05,200 In Genesis 12, and Genesis 15 that he would possess this land. 249 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:07,000 This land will be possessed by his ancestors. 250 00:13:07,100 --> 00:13:10,500 Sisters and the Jordan River now must be crossed. 251 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:14,800 It's the final barrier into this promised land and then will come 252 00:13:14,800 --> 00:13:17,800 the battles the unknown ahead. They could all have been 253 00:13:17,800 --> 00:13:20,600 petrified. In fact, I'm sure they had their 254 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:24,800 moments like a deer in the Headlights. but God encourages 255 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:29,400 Joshua, and he encourages all the people, Fourthly it will 256 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:31,900 mean change. So it says your territory will 257 00:13:31,900 --> 00:13:34,400 extend. Now this is a change because up 258 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:37,300 till now they've been this. These people wandering in the 259 00:13:37,300 --> 00:13:40,500 wilderness and now they're entering this land and its vast 260 00:13:40,500 --> 00:13:43,100 and they have to possess it and they must conquer. 261 00:13:44,300 --> 00:13:47,100 And Josh, your May well have remember the seen a generation 262 00:13:47,100 --> 00:13:50,900 before. When people went into the land, 263 00:13:50,900 --> 00:13:54,400 the spies went into the land right at the start of what was 264 00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:56,600 to be, their journey in the wilderness because of their 265 00:13:56,600 --> 00:13:59,700 Disobedience, the spies went into the land, under a, they 266 00:13:59,700 --> 00:14:03,400 came back and they said, oh, they were huge cities there and 267 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:06,500 it was there were two fortified for us to take and they said 268 00:14:06,500 --> 00:14:09,200 there were giants in the land and we look like grasshoppers in 269 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:12,700 our in our own eyes and we look like grasshoppers in their eyes 270 00:14:13,700 --> 00:14:16,400 and the people didn't go in at that point. 271 00:14:17,100 --> 00:14:21,500 There was a lot of fear, but somehow now, it feels different 272 00:14:21,700 --> 00:14:23,400 for a star. All the doubters are dead. 273 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:26,800 Now, they're all their voices are silenced their in the grave, 274 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:29,400 but Joshua really needs to hear encouragement. 275 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:31,400 I'm sure those thoughts would have maybe gone through his 276 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:36,800 head, and he does, Fifthly as they pioneered God promised to 277 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:39,900 walk with them. God promises Joshua says as I 278 00:14:39,900 --> 00:14:42,000 was with Moses, so I'll be with you. 279 00:14:42,100 --> 00:14:44,800 I will never leave you or forsake. 280 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:47,200 You what? An amazing promise. 281 00:14:48,300 --> 00:14:52,200 Moses and God were very close. As I said, God said about Moses. 282 00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:55,100 He was like a friend. He talked to him face-to-face 283 00:14:55,500 --> 00:14:58,400 and yet God is saying here I'm going to be with you just as I 284 00:14:58,408 --> 00:15:02,500 was with Moses. And the words here, I will never 285 00:15:02,500 --> 00:15:05,200 leave you or forsake you. They mean, I'll never relax my 286 00:15:05,200 --> 00:15:08,300 efforts on your behalf or I'll never desert. 287 00:15:08,300 --> 00:15:11,700 You, I'll never abandon you. Maybe you're here this morning, 288 00:15:11,700 --> 00:15:14,200 you need to hear that from God, that he's never going to leave 289 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:16,300 you. He's never going to forsake you 290 00:15:16,800 --> 00:15:18,300 because it's true for you as well. 291 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:22,500 But Joshua wasn't expected to do this alone and neither were the 292 00:15:22,500 --> 00:15:24,900 people. The battle was the Lord's and 293 00:15:24,900 --> 00:15:30,100 the Lord was with them. And 6li it would involve courage 294 00:15:30,500 --> 00:15:35,200 be strong and courageous as God. In some form, God says the same 295 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:36,900 thing, three times through this passage. 296 00:15:36,900 --> 00:15:39,400 So I have a feeling he wants to get his point over. 297 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:41,700 He's hammering, it home, be strong, and courageous. 298 00:15:41,700 --> 00:15:45,200 He says, then he says, be strong and very courageous. 299 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:50,200 And then, finally, in a verse a little bit after, so, verse 9, 300 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:54,100 he says, have I not commanded. You be strong and courageous do 301 00:15:54,100 --> 00:15:57,100 not be afraid. Do not be discouraged for the 302 00:15:57,100 --> 00:15:57,700 Lord. Your God. 303 00:15:57,700 --> 00:16:00,200 God will be with you wherever you go. 304 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:04,400 And suddenly they will see incredible things. 305 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:07,100 You will lead these people to inherit the land. 306 00:16:07,100 --> 00:16:13,100 Says God a promise made years ago is about to be fulfilled and 307 00:16:13,100 --> 00:16:15,400 is an interesting Journey they've got a head. 308 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:17,900 Okay? So that's the Israelites at this 309 00:16:17,900 --> 00:16:21,900 point in their history and for us as well, we're always 310 00:16:21,900 --> 00:16:26,000 pioneering because there's change and seasons and there's 311 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:29,200 much ahead. I've just been thinking about 312 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:32,900 some key moments in my own life and in mine and David's life 313 00:16:33,500 --> 00:16:36,300 that led into are stepping into a new season because I feel 314 00:16:36,300 --> 00:16:38,300 we're at another new season right now. 315 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:42,700 One for me, was when I finished my degree and then I did some 316 00:16:42,700 --> 00:16:45,700 teacher training and I was desperate to leave Nottingham 317 00:16:45,700 --> 00:16:47,100 which was the place where I was living. 318 00:16:47,100 --> 00:16:49,600 I thought I would like to go and live in a different part of the 319 00:16:49,608 --> 00:16:52,600 country and I tried to go somewhere else. 320 00:16:53,500 --> 00:16:56,500 And it wasn't really a case of making a decision. 321 00:16:56,500 --> 00:17:00,800 There was a god really literally made it very clear to me that I 322 00:17:00,800 --> 00:17:03,800 was to stay in Nottingham. Now, I think about it staying in 323 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:07,200 Nottingham was something that made a massive difference in my 324 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:10,200 life and actually led to a lot of things that would never have 325 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:14,300 happened if I hadn't stayed there in 1990, I remember David 326 00:17:14,300 --> 00:17:16,800 and I are leading. We used to be youth pastor. 327 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:21,099 So we're leading the youth work at our, our old church and 328 00:17:21,099 --> 00:17:23,500 remember the Lord speaking to us, we had a very Lovely. 329 00:17:23,500 --> 00:17:26,800 Big Hall where we met and we did a great setup each week. 330 00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:30,900 It was just a great place to meet together and yet we felt 331 00:17:30,900 --> 00:17:33,600 from Deuteronomy chapter 1, the Lord say you've stayed long 332 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:37,100 enough at this mountain break camp and advance and so we 333 00:17:37,100 --> 00:17:41,900 rented the YMCA right down in the middle of town on a Friday 334 00:17:41,900 --> 00:17:44,700 night and we used to go in and you say a whole afternoon to set 335 00:17:44,700 --> 00:17:49,000 it up to make it look amazing. And we really, really grew as a 336 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:52,000 youth work in that time, just because of that little step of 337 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:56,000 obedience, Was an amazing time, amazing time of encounter and 338 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:58,100 breakthrough for those young people. 339 00:17:59,500 --> 00:18:01,400 And then I was thinking about coming to Leicester where the 340 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:05,100 Lord spoke to us from Genesis chapter 12 and said go from your 341 00:18:05,100 --> 00:18:06,600 country. Your people and your father's 342 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:08,500 household to the land, I will show you. 343 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:12,100 It doesn't seem a very big step for us going from Nottingham, 344 00:18:12,100 --> 00:18:15,100 where we lived coming to Lester. And yet it was a massive step or 345 00:18:15,100 --> 00:18:17,300 it felt like a massive step to come and Lead. 346 00:18:17,300 --> 00:18:21,400 What was 20 Life Church? And who knows what would have 347 00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:23,700 happened? If we hadn't done that, it was 348 00:18:23,700 --> 00:18:26,600 an amazing thing that happened in our life and it just led to 349 00:18:26,600 --> 00:18:29,000 the next step for us a new season. 350 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:33,500 And then four years ago when God said no to an additional 351 00:18:33,500 --> 00:18:37,900 opportunity, that was a possibility for David and the 352 00:18:37,900 --> 00:18:41,200 Lord said to him to keep on going with what he was doing. 353 00:18:42,500 --> 00:18:44,500 And I know it was hard. I know it was hard for him. 354 00:18:44,500 --> 00:18:48,200 That moment where he faced some disappointment in his life and 355 00:18:48,200 --> 00:18:50,800 yet we were, I don't think we'd have, we'd have been here where 356 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:55,000 we are as one church right now. If David hadn't said yes to 357 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:58,600 embrace and disappointment and to embrace a new opportunity and 358 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:03,100 a new day, And right now I believe we're a changing of the 359 00:19:03,100 --> 00:19:06,200 season. For some of us this big changes 360 00:19:06,200 --> 00:19:08,600 ahead for others, small adjustments. 361 00:19:09,300 --> 00:19:12,100 But even in our own lives, people have had babies. 362 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:14,900 There have been deaths in our family. 363 00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:20,500 Parents getting older neighbors, arriving or moving changing and 364 00:19:20,500 --> 00:19:23,900 job children. Getting older health challenges 365 00:19:24,300 --> 00:19:26,600 breakthroughs in our walk with Jesus, there's all sorts of 366 00:19:26,608 --> 00:19:29,200 things happening for just look out over any group of people, 367 00:19:29,500 --> 00:19:32,600 any of our sites here in. One Church will see, people are 368 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:34,500 facing all sorts of different things. 369 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:38,700 And as a church as well, we're more than aware than ever. 370 00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:43,600 That church is all about people and it's not about buildings and 371 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:45,700 we're always following our Good Shepherd. 372 00:19:46,500 --> 00:19:49,800 I had a picture in worship. I shared last Sunday and it was 373 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:53,000 very, very clear of Jesus dressed as a good shepherd, with 374 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:56,400 those Shepherd's crook holding out his hand, and saying, come 375 00:19:56,400 --> 00:20:01,400 with me into 2023. Follow me, and Jesus is the Good 376 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:04,500 Shepherd, and he goes ahead of us and somebody came up to me 377 00:20:04,500 --> 00:20:05,700 after the service, and they were so excited. 378 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:07,200 Excited. They said at that very same 379 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:10,300 moment, I grabbed my wife because I had exactly the same 380 00:20:10,300 --> 00:20:14,400 picture at the same time of Jesus saying, come and follow me 381 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:17,300 through this year. Let's just go back to the 382 00:20:17,300 --> 00:20:19,700 passage. I'm going to apply it to us as a 383 00:20:19,708 --> 00:20:23,900 people, as a church. So, firstly, a chapter is ending 384 00:20:23,900 --> 00:20:25,300 Moses. My servant is dead. 385 00:20:26,500 --> 00:20:28,700 Well, as well as changes in our lives Church. 386 00:20:28,700 --> 00:20:31,000 Life is changing a bit at the moment as well. 387 00:20:32,300 --> 00:20:37,400 Our leader has not died but some am grateful for that but some 388 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:39,100 things will never be the same again. 389 00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:43,300 And this is going to affect some of us more than others, but we 390 00:20:43,300 --> 00:20:46,400 should all be aware that it is affecting others in our body 391 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:49,800 because we're all one family, the one Center building on frog 392 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:53,300 Island will change for the better over the next six months 393 00:20:53,300 --> 00:20:56,900 as it gets renovated and made into an amazing place that will 394 00:20:56,900 --> 00:21:00,300 be ascending Hub. A discipleship hub for our city. 395 00:21:01,100 --> 00:21:03,400 We won't drop our children off for midweek groups in high 396 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:04,900 Fields anymore. Some of you going to be very 397 00:21:04,900 --> 00:21:07,700 disappointed because it's going to be so much easier to park 398 00:21:07,700 --> 00:21:11,300 your cars at frog Island. But will drop them off for 399 00:21:11,300 --> 00:21:15,400 number 12. And lots of not just great 400 00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:18,200 parking but the room is ready and we're believing for amazing 401 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:21,900 growth over this season with our children and our young people as 402 00:21:21,900 --> 00:21:24,800 we go into a new building and just even in this time of 403 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:27,300 pilgrimage this time of pioneering that we're going to 404 00:21:27,300 --> 00:21:29,200 see growth. We're going to see new Harvest. 405 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:34,500 And for a period, some friends in our church may not be in the 406 00:21:34,500 --> 00:21:37,400 same room. And we want to acknowledge that 407 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:40,200 for some people that's different but you know change has always 408 00:21:40,200 --> 00:21:43,700 been here to stay in our church history I think of David and I 409 00:21:43,700 --> 00:21:45,900 are arriving and there was one service, then it went to two 410 00:21:45,900 --> 00:21:48,400 Services. Then we went to moat Community 411 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:52,100 College, then we became North Saito be site and it says and 412 00:21:52,100 --> 00:21:54,000 City. Sights City site, 6 birthday 413 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:55,900 next week. Bronson side. 414 00:21:55,900 --> 00:22:00,200 It's seven years today since we got the keys for the oak Center 415 00:22:00,800 --> 00:22:03,200 meeting together. Then we met in the cube with met 416 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:05,800 in a re the arena and then there's the Journey of all 417 00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:07,600 Nations. She's Church who were joined 418 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:10,800 with that planted out and then came back together and did all 419 00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:14,600 sorts of things in in history and we rejoice in are so 420 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:17,800 grateful for yesterday. For some of us we were part of 421 00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:20,200 the Journey of a past church that we were part-time and for 422 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:22,800 some of us we haven't been part of a church. 423 00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:24,800 We are new to Jesus. We are new to this. 424 00:22:25,900 --> 00:22:27,700 But if we're all of us, it's a new year. 425 00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:31,200 And the vision continues, we're going in the same direction. 426 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:34,700 Loving God, loving people loving his mission, loving is church 427 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:37,000 and we're making adjustments together. 428 00:22:38,300 --> 00:22:40,700 For some of us it's going to feel just like turning over in 429 00:22:40,700 --> 00:22:44,300 bed and for others it's going to be a big like moving house or 430 00:22:44,300 --> 00:22:47,100 something like that. But if we're all doing the 431 00:22:47,100 --> 00:22:51,100 Christian Life, as Jesus intends us to, then all of us are going 432 00:22:51,100 --> 00:22:55,000 to feel like we're on a Pioneer in Journey because he's always 433 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:57,600 calling us to follow him. And look at the life that he 434 00:22:57,600 --> 00:23:00,900 lived. Secondly, we have to get ready 435 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:03,500 now then you and all these people get ready? 436 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:06,200 We get. Ready in response to his call. 437 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:08,200 Whatever is asking of each of us. 438 00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:13,000 This week I've been with others ringing. 439 00:23:13,300 --> 00:23:16,700 People from Central site to ask whether they'd be willing to go 440 00:23:16,700 --> 00:23:20,500 and be part of the OB site. For the next six months, I have 441 00:23:20,500 --> 00:23:23,500 to say, I love our church because people's response has 442 00:23:23,500 --> 00:23:29,700 been so willing and so flexible and it's been amazing people 443 00:23:29,700 --> 00:23:34,300 saying yes all over. The verse in Psalm 110, that 444 00:23:34,300 --> 00:23:36,700 says your people be willing in the day of your power, just 445 00:23:36,700 --> 00:23:40,600 definitely true of our church. But how do we prepare for the 446 00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:43,000 next step, in our journey will for Joshua and the people they 447 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:46,400 were to get their supplies ready, food, water, armor 448 00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:50,300 weapons, and for us to, let's make sure our devotions are in 449 00:23:50,300 --> 00:23:53,200 place that we're receiving the food of the word of God, that 450 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:56,800 we're receiving, the water of the holy spirit that we putting 451 00:23:56,800 --> 00:23:59,900 on the armor of God. Every day that we're lifting up 452 00:23:59,900 --> 00:24:02,300 the weapons of our Warfare word and praise. 453 00:24:02,500 --> 00:24:06,800 So on. It's been so good these days of 454 00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:10,600 prayer and fasting but let's continue making prayer. 455 00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:13,300 A big part of our life groups, for example, so that we really 456 00:24:13,300 --> 00:24:15,700 support and encourage each other keep each other going. 457 00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:19,600 Thirdly, this is a momentous moment. 458 00:24:19,900 --> 00:24:22,400 I will give you every place where you set your foot as I 459 00:24:22,408 --> 00:24:25,600 promised Moses. That was a radical promised to 460 00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:28,700 Joshua as he stepped out, he would take ground. 461 00:24:29,300 --> 00:24:31,800 I remember as a teacher when I was a teacher going into the 462 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:35,500 buildings of the schools where I worked and literally, I would 463 00:24:35,500 --> 00:24:39,800 step over the threshold into the school building each day and say 464 00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:42,100 to myself or say to the Lord. Thank you. 465 00:24:42,100 --> 00:24:45,000 You give me every place where I set my feet was just something 466 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:48,700 that God called me to do. For us, he's spoken of the 467 00:24:48,700 --> 00:24:51,500 future. I've never known a year as like 468 00:24:51,500 --> 00:24:54,000 20, 20, 20. We've had so many words, so many 469 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:58,500 prophecies so many things. And as we step out, we're 470 00:24:58,500 --> 00:25:01,900 expecting blessing, and momentum, and joy and 471 00:25:01,900 --> 00:25:05,000 breakthrough. He has many people in this city. 472 00:25:05,100 --> 00:25:09,200 North south east and west. So we need to believe his 473 00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:12,700 promises, and we need to step out and listen to his voice and 474 00:25:12,700 --> 00:25:16,700 follow. Full state will mean change your 475 00:25:16,700 --> 00:25:20,200 territory will extend. We realize there's going to be 476 00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:22,100 change and we all react to change differently. 477 00:25:22,100 --> 00:25:25,100 I've been researching yesterday, if I must have researching how 478 00:25:25,100 --> 00:25:27,700 to settle chickens, I'm not thinking of having any chickens, 479 00:25:27,900 --> 00:25:30,800 but how to settle chickens into a new chicken coop. 480 00:25:31,100 --> 00:25:33,600 And apparently what you do is you put them inside a box or 481 00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:36,700 that's recommended that put them in a cardboard box and put them 482 00:25:36,700 --> 00:25:39,200 inside the coop. So they still feel sort of quite 483 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:41,100 safe and then they graduate will come out. 484 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:44,500 But people say, I've heard it said that chickens are a bit 485 00:25:44,500 --> 00:25:48,000 like people in terms of some of the earlier adopters and some of 486 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:49,400 them are later. Adopter. 487 00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:51,800 So some will settle in quicker than others. 488 00:25:52,900 --> 00:25:54,400 I wonder what sort of a doctor are you? 489 00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:57,500 Because early adopters, you just talk to them about an idea and 490 00:25:57,500 --> 00:25:59,700 they'll say, oh yeah. I was thinking about that I'm 491 00:25:59,700 --> 00:26:03,300 in. The early majority will say, 492 00:26:03,300 --> 00:26:07,000 hmm, let's pause will just give us a day or two and then we'll 493 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:09,600 get back to you. Then there's the late majority 494 00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:12,400 who say, give us some time to think and process, I'll come 495 00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:16,100 back to you in two to three weeks. and then there's the 496 00:26:16,108 --> 00:26:18,700 later doctors who might say something like well it's 497 00:26:18,700 --> 00:26:23,100 unlikely but we'll let you know in a year's time I wonder what 498 00:26:23,100 --> 00:26:27,600 sort of chicken are you? What sort of person are you? 499 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:31,500 This isn't just change that we're doing right now in church 500 00:26:31,500 --> 00:26:34,100 for change sake. It's following the cloud, it's 501 00:26:34,100 --> 00:26:36,700 following what we believe God is asking us to do. 502 00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:40,900 So there are a few changes. I was thinking of the people who 503 00:26:40,900 --> 00:26:44,900 work in the high fields building in our preschool, for example, 504 00:26:44,900 --> 00:26:49,200 it feels quiet at the moment. The tots that meets their this 505 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:52,200 week is going to be slightly different atmosphere. 506 00:26:53,300 --> 00:26:54,600 After the 5th of February, we're good. 507 00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:57,200 Not going to have any more togethers for a quite a few 508 00:26:57,200 --> 00:26:59,500 months that will be different for all of us. 509 00:26:59,500 --> 00:27:01,700 We're going to plan some encounter nights for some Sunday 510 00:27:01,700 --> 00:27:04,800 evenings. Thinking about the Israelites 511 00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:09,100 band of pioneers, even their food would change in Joshua 5. 512 00:27:09,100 --> 00:27:11,600 It says, the next day was the first time they ate food grown 513 00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:14,400 in Canaan, roasted grain and bread made without yeast. 514 00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:17,300 The manner stop falling down and the Israelites no longer had 515 00:27:17,300 --> 00:27:19,600 any. So the manner that they were 516 00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:22,900 receiving from Heaven up till then stopped because they were 517 00:27:22,900 --> 00:27:25,600 now eating the food of the land, and I have to say it, probably 518 00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:29,200 tastes better. So some of this change, we're 519 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:32,300 ready to embrace it. What's coming is better than 520 00:27:32,300 --> 00:27:36,100 what we've had 50. As we Pioneer, he promises to 521 00:27:36,100 --> 00:27:39,100 walk with us. This is the season to lean into 522 00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:42,900 him. We don't just work for him, you 523 00:27:42,900 --> 00:27:45,500 know, that, don't you? We don't just work for Jesus. 524 00:27:46,100 --> 00:27:49,900 We were with Jesus, and he walks with us. 525 00:27:50,500 --> 00:27:52,100 So it's something we do together. 526 00:27:52,100 --> 00:27:56,800 We are together. We say Lord, help us see you at 527 00:27:56,800 --> 00:28:00,200 every turn. Help us to follow you at every 528 00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:05,200 moment. 68 will involve courage like you said to Joshua. 529 00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:10,500 And again and again, God says to us, and I want you to hear this 530 00:28:10,500 --> 00:28:13,000 today. Be strong and courageous, be 531 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:16,600 strong and very courageous. And finally have I not 532 00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:18,900 commanded. You be strong and courageous. 533 00:28:18,900 --> 00:28:21,700 Do not be afraid. Do not be discouraged for the 534 00:28:21,700 --> 00:28:23,500 Lord. Your God will be with you 535 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:26,700 wherever Wherever you go. So I think it's safe to say that 536 00:28:26,700 --> 00:28:30,400 he's saying to me and he's saying to you be strong and 537 00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:33,100 courageous, what? Amazing encouragement, what 538 00:28:33,100 --> 00:28:36,600 amazing promises and like those pioneering. 539 00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:42,600 Israelites, he is with us. And seventhly we will in see 540 00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:45,500 incredible things. You will lead these people to 541 00:28:45,500 --> 00:28:48,600 inherit the land. I just want to say to you today. 542 00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:51,900 What are you believing for? What are you believing for? 543 00:28:51,900 --> 00:28:54,800 What you believed me for in your own life, in your family? 544 00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:58,500 What are you believing for? In this site here for reaching 545 00:28:58,500 --> 00:29:02,100 out to this area of our city. What are you believing for? 546 00:29:03,100 --> 00:29:05,000 What are you believing for in Leicester? 547 00:29:06,700 --> 00:29:10,200 What do we believe in for in owed, be in bronston and in the 548 00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:13,200 city and in the central part of our city? 549 00:29:14,900 --> 00:29:19,700 So Joshua was a Pioneer and you know, his name has the same root 550 00:29:19,700 --> 00:29:25,800 as the name, Jesus, it means the Lord saves and we follow him. 551 00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:30,000 We bring his kingdom rule. We are Pioneer people. 552 00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:32,800 So we're just going to pray for a moment. 553 00:29:32,800 --> 00:29:37,400 Just want to ask you to bring your heart to Jesus because for 554 00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:40,400 some of us, when we talk about pioneering, when we talk about 555 00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:43,200 going forward into a new year, there's something in our heart 556 00:29:43,700 --> 00:29:45,100 that just sort of holds. Back. 557 00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:48,600 Which is going to bring any doubt I want to bring to bring 558 00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:55,600 any doubt today, any fear? Even any cynicism you recognize 559 00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:58,900 them cynicism in your heart that just says something like oh here 560 00:29:58,900 --> 00:30:01,000 we go again. Oh, that's alright. 561 00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:06,200 For them. And he caution I need to hear 562 00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:12,000 Jesus saying to you personally, today, be strong and courageous, 563 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:15,400 be strong and very courageous. Have I? 564 00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:18,900 Not commanded. You do not be terrified or 565 00:30:18,900 --> 00:30:23,400 discouraged, be strong and courageous. 566 00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:32,500 Could you just bring him your heart right now? 567 00:30:34,100 --> 00:30:36,800 Say Lord, I'm willing to be a Pioneer for you. 568 00:30:37,900 --> 00:30:40,300 I'm willing to step out and follow your voice. 569 00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:47,900 I'm willing to get ready. And willing for change. 570 00:30:52,100 --> 00:30:54,700 Because yes, there's a Pioneer in every one of you. 571 00:30:58,300 --> 00:31:01,400 And you know how I know that because Jesus is the Pioneer and 572 00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:05,700 Perfecter of our faith and he lives within us by his spirit. 573 00:31:06,300 --> 00:31:09,000 So just see that you are strong in Jesus. 574 00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:12,300 Q. Jesus. 575 00:31:14,400 --> 00:31:19,100 God lord is speak today at over this wonderful group of people 576 00:31:19,100 --> 00:31:23,200 here and everyone listening strength to bodies. 577 00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:28,300 Strength to bodies right now in Jesus name that we will be 578 00:31:28,300 --> 00:31:31,000 strong for this year. That would be strong in our 579 00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:35,700 health will be strong, in our minds will be strong in our 580 00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:40,200 relationships and every part of our Lives will be strong in our 581 00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:43,700 Spirits. Thank you. 582 00:31:43,708 --> 00:31:46,400 Jesus! Just receive right now that 583 00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:50,400 strength from the holy spirit that strength from him to come 584 00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:55,900 and fill you. If you ready to respond, just to 585 00:31:55,900 --> 00:32:00,000 say, I want to be a Pioneer this year, I'm going to go where 586 00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:01,500 maybe where I've never been before. 587 00:32:01,700 --> 00:32:06,200 I'm going to step into something new and just stand with me right 588 00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:07,900 now, where you are to stand with me. 589 00:32:07,900 --> 00:32:12,000 I'm standing already because I want to Be a Pioneer. 590 00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:16,700 We're called a Pioneer for Jesus of cord to go out and to make a 591 00:32:16,700 --> 00:32:18,800 way for others who will come behind us. 592 00:32:19,700 --> 00:32:21,900 Thank you. Jesus Lord, we worship you. 593 00:32:22,300 --> 00:32:23,900 Why not start to just worship Him. 594 00:32:25,100 --> 00:32:26,700 You might want to lift your hands up and handle. 595 00:32:26,700 --> 00:32:29,000 If you speak in tongues, you might want to speak in tongues, 596 00:32:30,300 --> 00:32:32,700 just speak out to him. Let's let praise rise in this 597 00:32:32,700 --> 00:32:34,700 place. The say, Lord. 598 00:32:34,700 --> 00:32:37,300 We love you. We want to follow you. 599 00:32:38,300 --> 00:32:40,700 You are our strength. Be strong and courageous. 600 00:32:41,500 --> 00:32:43,300 Do not worry. Do not be afraid. 601 00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:46,600 He's with you. He's with you. 602 00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:50,900 Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Pastor, Susan for 603 00:32:50,900 --> 00:32:52,900 that message. It's going to be a brilliant 604 00:32:52,900 --> 00:32:56,100 month as we talked about being a pioneering people, and if you 605 00:32:56,100 --> 00:32:58,900 need anything or would like to respond to that message at all, 606 00:32:58,900 --> 00:33:02,600 know that we are here, get in touch today, there is so much 607 00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:04,800 coming up in the life of one church. 608 00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:12,800 And here is your family news for our midweek groups are back for 609 00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:16,400 everyone age. 7 to 25. We can't wait to see you at 610 00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:19,100 reach Revolution, real and young adults. 611 00:33:19,600 --> 00:33:23,300 Regroup is now meeting at the one Centre in frog Island and we 612 00:33:23,300 --> 00:33:26,000 can't wait for another amazing year. 613 00:33:27,300 --> 00:33:31,000 Little ones is also starting back this week, little ones, 614 00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:32,900 groups are groups for under fives. 615 00:33:32,900 --> 00:33:35,400 And they're grown-ups. And anyone is welcome on a 616 00:33:35,400 --> 00:33:38,300 Monday Tuesday and Thursday. And if you'd like to know more 617 00:33:38,400 --> 00:33:43,300 get in touch on the 22nd of January on Sunday night at 7 618 00:33:43,300 --> 00:33:45,300 p.m., we have an encounter night. 619 00:33:45,500 --> 00:33:48,100 Everyone is welcome. And don't miss out on the chance 620 00:33:48,100 --> 00:33:51,000 to worship be inspired and encounter God together. 621 00:33:51,800 --> 00:33:55,200 And finally, save the date. One church together is on the 622 00:33:55,200 --> 00:34:00,400 5th of February at 15 and 11:30 a.m., we can't wait to see you 623 00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:04,000 there. The Lord bless you and keep you 624 00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:06,600 the Lord. Make his face shine upon you and 625 00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:09,800 be gracious to you. The Lord turn his face toward 626 00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:00,300 you and give you peace. 15 and 11:30 a.m., we can't wait to see 627 00:34:00,300 --> 00:34:04,000 you there. The Lord bless you and keep you 628 00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:06,600 the Lord. Make his face shine upon you and 629 00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:09,800 be gracious to you. The Lord turn his face toward 630 00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:11,600 you and give you peace.