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"Now the Lord said to Abram: 'Get out of your country, from your family and from your father's house, to a land that I will show you." (Genesis 12:1)
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I. Preparing to Climb the Mountains
"But suppose they will not believe me or listen to my voice; suppose they say, 'The Lord has not appeared to you?'" (Exodus 4:1)
- Spiritually: 1) Wholeness, 2) Spiritual Wellness, 3) Sustained through Worship
- Emotionally: 1) Self-Examination, 2) Insight into Religious Standing, 3) Acknowledges Readiness for the Journey
- Socially: 1) Conduct, 2) Morality, 3) Idealization
- Culturally: 1) Present Family Standing, 2) Future Family, 3) Family Placement in Household of God, 4) Heritage: Moses was an Egyptian
- Environmentally: 1) Resources, 2) Carrying the Ark, 3) Rope over the Wall, 4) Loud Trumpet Warning
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II. Through the Vast Deserts
"The Lord our God, we will serve and His voice we will obey."
(Joshua 24:24)
- Steadfastly: 1) Following the Pillar of Cloud and Fire, 2) Divine Liturgy and Holy Communion, 3) Psalms and Prayers, 4) Happiness and Hymns: Song of Moses
- Obediently: 1) Our Burning Bush, 2) Church's Sacred Staff of Power, 3) Ark of Covenant Today, 4) Conquering Life's Circumstance
- Purposefully: 1) Forsaking the Pleasures of Sin, 2) Choosing to Suffer, 3) Slave and Shepherd, 4) Promise Land Bound, No Looking Back
- Without Murmuring: 1) Manna and Quail, 2) Wisdom, 3) Courage, 4) Optimism
- Continually Serving: 1) Helping the Helpless, 2) Inspiring Others, 3) Reverence, 4) Likeness to the Lord Jesus Christ
III. Crossing the Jordan into the River Valley
"Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had known all the works of the Lord which He had done for Israel." (Joshua 24:31)
- Humility: 1) Obscurity in a Ravine, 2) Sepulcher Unknown, 3) Feeling More for Others, 4) New Dispensation
- Purity of Heart: 1) Aaron to Eleazar, 2) Caused Crumbling of World's Oldest City, 3) Following the Leader, 4) Leading the Lost
- Patience: 1) God will Provide Directions, 2) His Authority First, 3) Fortifying the Camp: Not Forsaking the Assembly, 4) Waiting and Listening, 5) Without Division
- Longsuffering: 1) Great Battles and Weary Hands, 2) Keep the Passover, 3) Being the Encourager, 4) Stricken in Years
- Giving to God: 1) Dividing the Spoils, 2) Tithing, 3) Our Inheritance, 4) Treasure in Heaven
IV. Glimpses of the Rainbow over the Land of Milk and Honey
"'Obey My voice, and do according to all that I command you. So shall you be My people, and I will be your God, that I may establish the oath which I have sworn to your fathers, to give them 'a land flowing with milk and honey,' as it is this day.'" And I answered and said, "So be it, LORD." (Jeremiah 11:4–5)
- Fervency: 1) Love, 2) Nurturance, 3) Character, 4) Desire
- Growing in Knowledge: 1) Biblical, 2) Traditions, 3) Rituals,
4) Doctrine
- Faithfulness and Dedication: 1) Wholly Abiding, 2) Dependent on God, 3) Talents, 4) Gifts, 5) Altruistic, 6) Committed
- Evangelical: 1) "Slow of Speech," 2) Sharing of Survival, 3) Saving Souls, 4) Salvation
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