“Joshua & Rahab: the Courage of Faith”

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Bringing it Home “Joshua & Rahab: The Courage of Faith” 1. This week Pastor Jeremiah said that, “These days, in this noisy world, we February 12, 2012  Dr. David Jeremiah have to work very hard at silence.” Getting quiet with God is essential if you Hebrews 11:30-31 are going to be able to hear God speak His promises to you. Talk about some personal strategies you can adopt to increase your spiritual, and relational, Sermon Notes quiet time with God. I. Joshua Surrounding the Walls of Jericho - Hebrews 11:30; Joshua 6

A. The Promise of Faith - Joshua 1:6, 9; 6:2; Romans 8:31, 37

B. The Plan of Faith - Joshua 6:3-5

2. Are there specific plans you are resisting that are connected to some of God’s C. The Principles of Faith promises? What is keeping you from trusting Him and simply “walking quietly around the city walls”? 1. The Principle of Silence - Joshua 6:10

2. The Principle of Submission - Joshua 5:13-15; 6:8

3. The Principle of Strategy

4. The Principle of Spirituality 3. Pastor Jeremiah helped us see that God’s people succeed when they put God “in the center of their strategy.” What strategies do you need to place God in D. The Precepts of Faith the center of? How will it change those strategies when you do that? 1. God's ways are not man's ways. - I Cor. 1:27; Isaiah 55:9

2. God's weapons are not man's weapons. - II Corinthians 10:4

3. God's work is not man's work. - Joshua 6:16; Hebrews 11:30

II. Rahab Living on the Wall of Jericho - Hebrews 11:31; Joshua 2

A. The Confession of Her Faith - Joshua 2:8-11

B. The Covenant of Her Faith - Exodus 12:13

C. The Completion of Her Faith - Joshua 6:16-17, 2-23, 25; Matthew 1:5-6; 21:31-32; I John 5:4

Small Group Questions 3. Look up the following verses and identify the promises from God in the Bible:

Getting Started Romans 8:31 1. Can you remember an important promise you’ve received in life, maybe from

a close friend or family member?

Romans 8:37-39

Matthew 11:28-29

2. What did it do to your relationship with that person when he or she came Philippians 4:19 through with their promise? How about if someone didn’t come through on a

promise?

John 14:27

John 14:16-17, 26

Digging Deeper

1. If you had to cross a river on dry ground, like the Israelites, conquering a city

with trumpets might seem far from impossible. Can you recall any “river 4. Now go back over the previous list of verses again and talk about some of the crossing” promises that God has fulfilled in your life? What affect does that plans we may have to follow in order to receive those promises. In other have on your faith in God’s ability, and willingness, to take care of you with words, how might we have to cooperate with God to receive those promises? future promises?

5. Sometimes the promises of God are drowned out by the raging “ambient 2. Usually we have to follow some plans in order to receive promises. You might noise” in the world around us. What kind of noise around your life keeps you say that “plans precede promises.” One of the reasons we don’t receive the from focusing on God’s promises for you? Or, what kind of cultural noise promises of God is because we simply don’t submit to them. Can you think of comes from the world that keeps us from “hearing” spiritually? everyday examples of needing to follow a plan in order to receive a promise?