“God’s plan for you is better than any plans you have for yourself.”
Sermon Title: GOD’S WAY OF SUCCESS
Scripture Text: JOSHUA 1:9
Sermon Notes:
JOSHUA 1:5-9 NIV
5 No one will be able to stand up against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you. 6 Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their forefathers to give them. 7 Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. 8 Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. 9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.
“God’s plans for you are better than any plans you have for yourself.”
ASSIGNMENT. ASSURANCE. ANCHOR.
I. ASSIGNMENT
JOSHUA 1:6 NIV
6 Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their forefathers to give them.
JOSHUA 1:5 NIV
5 No one will be able to stand up against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
“There is no such thing as success apart from mission.”
“God does not need worthy men. He makes men worthy.”
EPHESIANS 2:10 NIV
10 For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
REFLECT.
Do you know God’s purpose for your life?
II. ASSURANCE
JOSHUA 1:5 NIV
5 No one will be able to stand up against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
JOSHUA 1:9 NIV
9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.
“In whatever man does without God, he must fail miserably, or succeed more miserably.” — George MacDonald
“The success of God’s work through you is intimately related to the reality of his presence with you.”
“He who has God and everything has no more than the man who has God alone.” — C.S. Lewis
REFLECT.
When was the last time you stood in breathless wonder of the presence of God?
III. ANCHOR
JOSHUA 1:7-8 NIV
7 Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go.
8 Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.
“The Success or failure of our mission is tied to our relationship to the truth.”
JOSHUA 1:8 NIV
8 Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.
PROCLAIM IT
JOSHUA 1:8 NIV
8 Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.
POSSESS IT
JOSHUA 1:8 NIV
8 Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.
“God’s people always live from the Word.”
REFLECT.
What possess you – Word or the world?