A Light to My Path: A Renewed Passion

A Light to My Path: A Renewed PassionPastor Reuben FoncardasJoshua 1:6-9We become devoted to God and His Word when we passionately live our lives to complete the mission God has called us to fulfill. As God commanded Joshua, He commands us to be strong and courageous because of three realities.1. God made a ____________.“Be strong and courageous, for you will distribute the land I swore to their fathers to give them as an inheritance.”(v. 7; cf. I Peter 1:3-4)2. God gave us ____________.“Above all, be strong and very courageous to observe carefully the whole instruction my servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you will have success wherever you go.”(v. 7; cf. Hebrews 4:12)God’s power that guarantees success comes through His Word and is conditioned on three things (v. 8):• That we ____________ about it.• That we ____________ about it.• That we ____________ by it.3. God assured us of His ____________.“Haven’t I commanded you: be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”(v. 9; cf. Matthew 28:18-20)