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journey to your promised land
Priscilla Shirer
LifeWay Press®. Nashville, Tennessee
Published by LifeWay Press®
© 2009 Priscilla Shirer
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Our God is a God of ___________________.
Yahweh was offering the children of Israel _________________ in
their lives.
John 10:10, “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy;
I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.”
Of all the Jews who had the chance to experience the promised
land, only ________ took God up on His offer.
Israel had been in captivity in Egypt approximately ______ ________.
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In the Old Testament, the deliverer was _____________. In the New
Testament, the deliverer is ___________ ____________.
The only way to have a relationship with God is through His Son,
___________ ____________.
Each of us must __________ if we want to go where God is leading.
In order to get milk and honey, the Israelites had to __________
__________ from the place where Pharaoh ruled.
Galatians 5:1, “It was for freedom that Christ set us free;
therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a
yoke of slavery.”
There must be deliverance to even begin the journey.
Just like Israel, we need to be delivered from:
Two questions:
1. Have you been freed from the person of the Enemy in your life?
a. A ____________
2. Have you been freed from the places where the Enemy reigns?
b. A ____________
Israel needed deliverance from Pharaoh; we need _______________
____________ ___________.
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Exodus 13:17
“Now when Pharaoh had let the people go, God did not lead
them by the way of the land of the Philistines, even though it
was near; for God said, ‘The people might change their minds
when they see war, and return to Egypt.’ ”
God ___________ the wilderness for the people of Israel.
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Job 42:5
“I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear;
But now my eye sees You.”
You can’t see miracles unless there is an ________________
_______________ you can’t figure out for yourself.
There are some things we don’t know about ourselves until we are
put in a position where we have to see God’s power _____________
____________ ________.
God will _____________ us by His Holy Spirit. ___________ Him
with the wilderness.
God wants to develop us, and He uses the wilderness to do it.
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God is predictable in His ____________________, but He is
completely unpredictable in His __________________.
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Psalm 46:10
“Cease striving and know that I am God; I will be exalted
among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”
We have to let God be God when it comes to how He wants to
______________ our lives.
Your victory is ____________________ in Scripture.
Moses said four things:
Standing and stillness are ________________________ for
watchfulness.
Abundant life, promised land living is not for _________________
—it is for today—watch for it.
Be __________________.
Be _____________.
Be ___________________.
Be ____________.
_____________ yourself to be quiet. Train yourself not to open your
mouth in arrogance or complaining.
The same God who worked on our behalf ___________________ is
the same God who can work on our behalf _____________.
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Our responsibility is not to figure out or fix the wilderness. Our
responsibility is to _____________ to the wilderness.
Exodus 13:17-18
“Now when Pharaoh had let the people go, God did not lead them
by the way of the land of the Philistines, even though it was
near; for God said, ‘The people might change their minds when
they see war, and return to Egypt.’ Hence God led the people
around by the way of the wilderness to the Red Sea; and the
sons of Israel went up in martial array from the land of Egypt.”
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Allure: to entice by charm; to attract
Romans 8:18
“For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not
worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us.”
Intimacy with us is God’s __________.
2. The ___________ of God
“Therefore”
The “therefore” is the connecting link between the hugeness of our
sin and the far greater enormity of His love for us in spite of that sin.
The wilderness reveals to us:
1. The _________________ of God
Hosea 2:14
“Therefore, behold, I will allure her,
Bring her into the wilderness
And speak kindly to her.”
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3. The _______________ of God
The same ___________ who was willing to pay a price for His
beloved people in the Old Testament is the same God who
loved us so much He was _______________ ______ _______ ___
___________, _________ ___________ in the New Testament.
He was willing to send His ________ begotten Son to die on the
cross of Calvary.
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You know you are in the oasis of complacency when:
1. The promised land starts looking way _______ ____________.
2. You start feeling like you __________ __________________.
You can’t do what you’ve ______________ __________ and
______________ _______________________ _________________.
3. The _____________ _____________ trying to hinder your
progress.
If we want to move on to promised land living, we have to start
doing things differently.
“Nevertheless”
The people _______ and ___________ ___________ not to believe.
John 10:10
“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy;
I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.”
The only two who made the trip to the promised land were
______________ and _____________.
Numbers 13:23
“Then they came to the valley of Eshcol and from there cut
down a branch with a single cluster of grapes; and they
carried it on a pole between two men, with some of the
pomegranates and the figs.”
The spies had proof of God’s ability, a “cluster” of proof.
They were willing to do things differently.
What kind of _____________________ do you have in your life?
For ______ ___________ they traveled in a circle around
Kadesh-barnea.
What kind of influencer are you?
The wilderness is not a ___________ to the promised land;
_____________ in the wilderness is the barrier to the promised land.
Romans 8:19, “The anxious longing of the creation waits
eagerly for the revealing of the sons of God.”
Kadesh-Barnea was an oasis, the ___________ ______
_____________________.
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Moses had to _________ before Joshua could become leader.
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God doesn’t call people because they are equipped. He
_____________ them because He’s _______________ them.
The area of __________________ and __________________
in your life is probably the area where God wants you to
experience the most victory, where He wants the biggest
ministry to come from your life.
The time for mourning does come to an end—_______ _______ ___.
God doesn’t call us to do the possible. He calls us to do the
____________________ and then He equips us to handle it.
Joshua 3:1
“Then Joshua rose early in the morning; and he and all the sons
of Israel set out from Shittim and came to the Jordan, and they
lodged there before they crossed.”
1. Joshua _____________ _______________________ in obedience
to God.
The land of promise is often lost by ___________________
or ___________________________.
What do we miss because we don’t obey immediately?
2. Joshua _____________ ______________________, in spite of
insurmountable odds.
Joshua 3:1-2
“Then Joshua rose early in the morning; and he and all the sons
of Israel set out from Shittim and came to the Jordan, and they
lodged there before they crossed. At the end of three days the
officers went through the midst of the camp.”
3. Joshua _______________________ the presence of God.
Joshua 3:3
“They commanded the people, saying, ‘When you see the ark
of the covenant of the Lord your God with the Levitical priests
carrying it, then you shall set out from your place and go after it.’ ”
John 5:19
“Jesus answered and was saying to them, ‘Truly, truly, I say to
you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something
He sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, these
things the Son also does in like manner.’ ”
Joshua 3:5
“Then Joshua said to the people, ‘Consecrate yourselves,
for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.’ ”
4. Joshua _______________ God’s miracles all around him.
Start living today like God has already performed the biggest
miracle of your life.
Joshua took God at His __________.
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