I Choose To Trust God's Plan

I Choose Pt. 2 | April 14, 2024
Pastor Wes Morris 

Joshua 6:1-11 (NIV) The gates of Jericho were tightly shut because the people were afraid of the Israelites. No one was allowed to go out or in. But the Lord said to Joshua, “I have given you Jericho, its king, and all its strong warriors. 
 
You and your fighting men should march around the town once a day for six days. Seven priests will walk ahead of the Ark, each carrying a ram’s horn. On the seventh day you are to march around the town seven times, with the priests blowing the horns. When you hear the priests give one long blast on the rams’ horns, have all the people shout as loud as they can. Then the walls of the town will collapse, and the people can charge straight into the town.”
 
After Joshua spoke to the people, the seven priests with the rams’ horns started marching in the presence of the Lord, blowing the horns as they marched. And the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant followed behind them. Some of the armed men marched in front of the priests with the horns and some behind the Ark, with the priests continually blowing the horns. “Do not shout; do not even talk,” Joshua commanded. “Not a single word from any of you until I tell you to shout. Then shout!”  So the Ark of the Lord was carried around the town once that day, and then everyone returned to spend the night in the camp.
 
 
✓ We live paralyzed by fear. 
 
✓ We worry about what people will say.
 
Proverbs 29:25 (GNT) It is dangerous to be concerned with what others think of you, but if you trust the Lord, you are safe.
 
✓ We wrestle with doubt.
 
Joshua 1:9 (NLT) This is my command—be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.

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I CHOOSE TO TRUST GOD‘S PLAN
 
 
 I. LET GOD TAKE THE LEAD.
 
Jeremiah 7:23 (NIV) Obey me, and I will be your God and you will be my people. Walk in obedience to all I command you, that it may go well with you.
 
 
II. KEEP MOVING FORWARD. 
 
Joshua 6:14 (NLT) On the second day they again marched around the town once and returned to the camp. They followed this pattern for six days.
 
II Corinthians 5:7 (ESV) We walk by faith, not by sight.
 
 
III. KEEP WORSHIPING. 
 
Joshua 6:15-16, 20 (NLT) On the seventh day the Israelites got up at dawn and marched around the town as they had done before. But this time they went around the town seven times. The seventh time around, as the priests sounded the long blast on their horns, Joshua commanded the people, “Shout! For the Lord has given you the town! 
 
When the people heard the sound of the rams’ horns, they shouted as loud as they could. Suddenly, the walls of Jericho collapsed, and the Israelites charged straight into the town and captured it.