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The Promise of Relationship

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This sermon is part 15 of 16 in the Joshua | The Promise You Can Trust
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11 October 2020

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Week 14 “Joshua: The Promise You Can Trust”

You have gained your brother.
~ Matthew 18:15

In today’s message, you will learn how God has promised us a relationship that we can trust.

But our human relationships are often tattered because of broken promises and shattered trust.

How do we negotiate the inevitable conflicts in human relationships?

In Joshua 22, we learn how to reconcile to God and to others. This parallels Jesus’ instructions in Matthew 18 about what to do when someone sins against you.

This is the “THE PROMISE YOU CAN TRUST.”

Be strong and courageous, for you shall cause this people to inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give them.

Joshua 1:6 (ESV)

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THE PROMISE OF RELATIONSHIP | Joshua: Week 14

But take careful heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, to love the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways, to keep His commandments, to hold fast to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.

Joshua 22:5 (ESV)

HOW TO RELATE TO GOD

  1. Love the Lord your God
  2. Walk in His Commandments
  3. Hold Fast to Him

And when they came to the region of the Jordan which is in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben, the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh built an altar there by the Jordan—a great, impressive altar.

Joshua 22:10 (ESV)

HOW TO RELATE TO OTHERS

Now when Phinehas the priest and the rulers of the congregation, the heads of the divisions of Israel who were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben, the children of Gad, and the children of Manasseh spoke, it pleased them. 31 Then Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said to the children of Reuben, the children of Gad, and the children of Manasseh, “This day we perceive that the Lord is among us, because you have not committed this treachery against the Lord. Now you have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the Lord.”

Joshua 22:30-31 (ESV)
  1. Go to them one-on-one
  2. Try a mediator
  3. Bring it before the church

“If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. 16 But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses. 17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.

Matthew 18:15-17 (ESV)

NEXT STEPS: Respond in Prayer

  • Be reconciled to God in Christ Jesus through Love.
  • Be reconciled to others through repentance and forgiveness.
  • Join a Serve Team to help Ealge LifeChurch reconcile others to God. (complete the CONNECT form below)

All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. 20 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 21 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

2 Corinthians 5:18-21 (ESV)

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Coming Events

October

DAILY – Heal Our Land Call to Prayer | 7:14am/pm

  • 11 – ELC Youth, “Meeting Jesus – Nicodemus” | 5:00pm, Fireside Studio
  • 14 – ELC Worship Practice | 6:30pm, Worship Center
  • 15 – Ladies Book Club | 6:30pm, Zoom Meeting
  • 16 – Lawn Care Team | 10am, Eagle LifeChurch Grounds
  • 25 – COMMUNITY OUTREACH: Pumpkin Patch Drive-Thru | 6-7pm, Eagle LifeChurch
  • 28 – ELC Worship Practice | 6:30pm, Worship Center
  • 31 – Light the Night Block Party | 6-8pm, Murphy’s House (email Pastor Brad)

November

  • 3 – ELC Staff Meeting | 7:00pm, Zoom Meeting
  • 7 – Men’s Breakfast | 8:30am, Eagle LifeChurch
  • 13 & 14 – ELC Women’s Retreat | Friday Night & Saturday, Eagle LifeChurch

December

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Gifted to Serve

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This sermon is part 13 of 16 in the Joshua | The Promise You Can Trust
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04 October 2020

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Week 13 “Joshua: The Promise You Can Trust”

And Joshua captured all these kings and their land at one time, because the Lord God of Israel fought for Israel.
~ Joshua 10:42

In today’s message, you will learn how God gifts his people to serve His promise.

In Joshua 12-21 we learn how to live in our gifting to serve the greater purpose of our life.

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This is the “THE PROMISE YOU CAN TRUST.”

Be strong and courageous, for you shall cause this people to inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give them.

Joshua 1:6 (ESV)

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GIFTED TO SERVE | Joshua: Week 13

“Now Joshua was old and advanced in years, and the LORD said to him, “You are old and advanced in years, and there remains yet very much land to possess.”

Joshua 13:1 (ESV)

HOW TO LIVE A PURPOSEFUL LIFE IN THE PROMISE

  1. There is More to Do
  2. Live in Your Gifting
  3. Use Your Gift to Serve Others

I am still as strong today as I was in the day that Moses sent me; my strength now is as my strength was then, for war and for going and coming. 12 So now give me this hill country of which the Lord spoke on that day, for you heard on that day how the Anakim were there, with great fortified cities. It may be that the Lord will be with me, and I shall drive them out just as the Lord said.”

Joshua 14:11-12 (ESV) Emphasis Added

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Thus the Lord gave to Israel all the land that he swore to give to their fathers. And they took possession of it, and they settled there. 44 And the Lord gave them rest on every side just as he had sworn to their fathers. Not one of all their enemies had withstood them, for the Lord had given all their enemies into their hands. 45 Not one word of all the good promises that the Lord had made to the house of Israel had failed; all came to pass.

Joshua 21:43-45 (ESV)

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Coming Events

October

DAILY – Heal Our Land Call to Prayer | 7:14am/pm

  • xx – ASPIRE Women’s Event | 6:00pm, Eagle LifeChurch POSTPONED TO SPRING 2021, Date TBD

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Rest in the Promise

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This sermon is part 12 of 16 in the Joshua | The Promise You Can Trust
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27 September 2020

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Week 12 “Joshua: The Promise You Can Trust”

And Joshua captured all these kings and their land at one time, because the Lord God of Israel fought for Israel.
~ Joshua 10:42

In today’s message, you will learn how trusting in God brings rest in His promise

In Joshua 11 we learn three keys to experience the REST of God in the land of promise

This is the “THE PROMISE YOU CAN TRUST.”

Be strong and courageous, for you shall cause this people to inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give them.

Joshua 1:6 (ESV)

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Rest in the Promise | Week 12: Joshua

And the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for tomorrow at this time I will give over all of them, slain, to Israel. You shall hamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire.”

Joshua 11:6 (ESV)

Three Keys to Rest in the Promise Land

  1. Hamstring the Horses | Joshua 11:6-9, Psalm 20:7
  2. Destroy the Kingdoms of this World | Joshua 11:10-20, Deuteronomy 20:18, Ephesians 6:12
  3. Inherit Rest | Joshua 11:21-23, Matthew 11:28-30

So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD had spoken to Moses. And Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their tribal allotments. And the land had rest from war.

Joshua 11:23 (ESV) Emphasis Added

Respond with Prayer

  • Ask Jesus to “Cut and Burn” the weapons of your war.
  • Ask the Spirit to destroy the kingdom of the world in your heart.
  • Rest in the inheritance of God’s promise.

“Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

Matthew 11:28-30 (ESV) Jesus Speaking to the Disciples

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Coming Events

September

DAILY – Heal Our Land Call to Prayer | 7:14am/pm

  • 20 – ELC Youth | 5:00pm, Fireside Studio

October

  • 1 – Ladies Book Club | 6:30pm, Zoom Meeting
  • 2 – Lawn Care Team | 9am, Eagle LifeChurch Grounds
  • 10 – Men’s Breakfast | 8:30am, Eagle LifeChurch
  • 14 – ELC Worship Practice | 6:30pm, Worship Center
  • 28 – ELC Worship Practice | 6:30pm, Worship Center
  • 30 – Pumpkin Carving Party | 6-8pm, Eagle LifeChurch
  • TBD – Women’s Retreat | Eagle LifeChurch
  • xx – ASPIRE Women’s Event | 6:00pm, Eagle LifeChurch POSTPONED TO SPRING 2021, Date TBD

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Building Faith 2021

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In March of 2020, our Membership voted unanimously to empower the Deacon Board to proceed with the IMAGINE2020 plan launched in 2018 to refinance our existing mortgage and secure a remodel loan up to $100,000 and add an additional $50,000 cash.

Here is an update on how God is helping us accomplish this amazing objective.

GOALS

The goal of the refinance is to save the church money long term and position us for a brighter financial future

Our goal is to renovate our church building to provide a more welcoming and friendly facility for first-time guests, families, and the fellowship of the church family.

Remodel Master Plan

We plan to fully convert the Fireside Room into a multi-purpose studio for kids, youth, and adult ministries. 

Project – Fireside Studio

We plan to fully convert the Fireside Room into a multi-purpose studio for kids, youth, and adult ministries.

Project – Lobby

We will renovate the hallway at the entry of the building by making an open-concept lobby.

Project – Mother’s Room

We will convert the old office into a new Mother’s Room.

Project – Worship Center (Stage / Media Booth)

We will paint and re-floor the Worship Center. We will renovate the stage and build an enclosed media booth.

Project – Offices

We will relocate the office upstairs where we can have two offices.

Project – Signs

We will replace the sign on the corner of Park & Floating Feather, and put a new sign on the building.

FINANCING

Actual construction costs may make all or some of the goals possible.  We are currently accepting bids. We will see a savings of almost $300,000 with this plan.

We expect to begin construction this Spring and have a goal to be finished in Summer 2021.

Current Mortgage:

  • Loan Amount:
    • Original: $533,000
    • Remaining: $471,320
  • Interest Rate: 7.750%
  • Monthly Payment: $3818.48
  • Terms: 20-yr. (balloon payment April 2031) / 30-yr. amortization (2041)
  • Interest Cost: $330,000+/- between now and maturity
  • Balance Due: $318,000+/- Due April 2031

During August 2020, the Deacon Board reviewed three offers for refinancing and unanimously decided to accept a new 15-year loan that will save the church almost $105,000 in interest, get us out of debt sooner, and infuse $100,000 cash for work on the remodel. It will also allow us to pay off an additional $318,000 over the next 15 years.

We also received counsel from the Southern Idaho Ministry Network Superintendent and area Presbyter, as well as from the mortgage company, AG Financial.

The only downside to the new mortgage is a $767/month increase in the monthly payment.  In faith, we believe God will provide the increase needed to cover this expense because the benefit is so much more.

New Mortgage Offer:

  • Loan Amount: Approx. $589,500
  • Initial Interest Rate: 4.750%
  • Monthly Payment: $4,585+/-
  • Terms: 15-year term / 15-year amortization (2035)
  • Interest Cost: $235,000+/-
  • Balance Due: $0

As part of this process, we received a Brokers Opinion of Value (BOV).  The BOV is used by the lending agencies to access the value of the church property as-is.  The BOV concluded that the church building is worth $1,617,990 ($110/square foot, $110,000 per acre).  This is an increase from $1,197,593 accessed in 2010.  Therefore, our church property has increased in value $420,397 (35%) in 10 years.  This increase will be updated on the fixed assets portion of the balance sheet at the end of this year.

PRAYER

  • Will you continue to pray for us as we expect to close on the loan this week?
  • Will you pray that we will find a competitive and affordable bid for the remodel?
  • Will you pray that God will provide even more financially so that we can go above and beyond in the plans that he has for us?
  • Will you pray that unity will be sustained through the pandemic and the construction process!

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