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A Promise You Shouldn’t Have Made

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This entry is part 10 of 16 in the series Joshua | The Promise You Can Trust
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13 September 2020

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YouVersion Bible App Event (13 September 2020): https://bible.com/events/40249044

Week 10 “Joshua: The Promise You Can Trust”

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
~ Romans 8:28

In today’s message, you will learn how to respond when you make a promise you shouldn’t have.

Do you have faith to trust God even when you were deceived?

Do you have faith that God will be faithful to you even when you have failed?

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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Sermon Notes

YouVersion Bible App Event (13 September 2020): https://bible.com/events/40249044

A Promise You Shouldn’t Have Made | Week 10: Joshua

14 So the men took some of their provisions, but did not ask counsel from the Lord. 15 And Joshua made peace with them and made a covenant with them, to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore to them.

Joshua 9:14-15 (ESV)

Takeaways

  1. Deceived into a Promise
  2. Buyer’s Remorse
  3. Keeping Your Word

They answered Joshua, “Because it was told to your servants for a certainty that the Lord your God had commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you—so we feared greatly for our lives because of you and did this thing.

Joshua 9:24 (ESV)

Respond with Holy Communion

  • Seek Counsel of the Lord
  • Use Your Mistakes for Your Benefit
  • Overcome Evil with Good

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

Romans 8:28 (ESV)

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Church@Home Resources

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Coming Events

August

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

September

  • 6 – ELC Youth Back-to-School Pool Party at the O’Brien’s outdoor pool
  • 8 – Back to School Day, West Ada | Remote Learning
  • 8 – Pray America | 12:00-12:30pm, Heritage Park Gazebo, Eagle
  • 10 – Ladies Book Club | 6:30pm, Zoom Meeting
  • 11 / 12 – Lawn Care Team | 9am, Eagle LifeChurch Grounds
  • 12 – Men’s Breakfast on Zoom
  • 16 – Building Immunity God’s Way Seminar, Dr. Steven Baker | 7pm, Eagle LifeChurch & Online
  • 20 – Water Baptism | Directly After Church, 4521 W Morgan Creek Ct EAGLE, ID 83616

October

  • 30 – Pumpkin Carving Party | 6-8pm, Eagle LifeChurch
  • xx – ASPIRE Women’s Event | 6:00pm, Eagle LifeChurch POSTPONED TO SPRING 2021, Date TBD

If you want to say “YES” to Jesus let us know here.
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The Comeback

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This entry is part 9 of 16 in the series Joshua | The Promise You Can Trust
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YouVersion Bible App Event (06 September 2020): https://bible.com/events/39038988

Week 9 “Joshua: The Promise You Can Trust”

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
~ Romans 8:28

In today’s message, you will learn how God can take your worst mistake or greatest pain and turn it around for good.

Do you have faith to trust God with your biggest regret?

Do you have faith to give God your deepest hurt?

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)

Learn more about our Return to Indoor Worship Services here.

WORSHIP BY GIVING

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YouTube Video

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Sermon Notes

YouVersion Bible App Event (06 September 2020): https://bible.com/events/39038988

The Comeback| Week 9: Joshua

And the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not fear and do not be dismayed. Take all the fighting men with you, and arise, go up to Ai. See, I have given into your hand the king of Ai, and his people, his city, and his land. 2 And you shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king. Only its spoil and its livestock you shall take as plunder for yourselves. Lay an ambush against the city, behind it.”

Joshua 8:1-2 (ESV)

Takeaways

  1. Do Not Fear
  2. The Future is Past
  3. God makes Good from Bad

Then the Lord said to Joshua, “Stretch out the javelin that is in your hand toward Ai, for I will give it into your hand.”

Joshua 8:18 (ESV)

Response Then & Today

  • Uncut stones
  • Offerings/sacrifice on them
  • Wrote the law of Moses
    • The blessing and The curse

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

Romans 8:28 (ESV)

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Coming Events

August

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

September

  • 6 – ELC Youth Back-to-School Pool Party at the O’Brien’s outdoor pool
  • 8 – Back to School Day, West Ada | Remote Learning
  • 8 – Pray America | 12:00-12:30pm, Heritage Park Gazebo, Eagle
  • 10 – Ladies Book Club | 6:30pm, Zoom Meeting
  • 11 / 12 – Lawn Care Team | 9am, Eagle LifeChurch Grounds
  • 12 – Men’s Breakfast on Zoom
  • 16 – Building Immunity God’s Way Seminar, Dr. Steven Baker | 7pm, Eagle LifeChurch & Online
  • 20 – Water Baptism | Directly After Church, 4521 W Morgan Creek Ct EAGLE, ID 83616

October

  • 30 – Pumpkin Carving Party | 6-8pm, Eagle LifeChurch
  • xx – ASPIRE Women’s Event | 6:00pm, Eagle LifeChurch POSTPONED TO SPRING 2021, Date TBD

Today is the Day of Salvation

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How God used Italian to save a New York Catholic.

I was recently chatting with a person in our church who shared with me a wonderful story about how God used them to lead their aunt to salvation in Christ.

A common theme in conversations with people in our church, is the deep anxiety of their heart that a person in their life or family is not saved.

We have prayed for them for years, and nothing.

God is still at work.

Even when we don’t see it. God is working.

Even when we’ve given up hope. God is working.

Even when we think that someone is beyond the reach of God. God is working.

Here is the story of “Salvation in Italian.”

Salvation in Italian

My Sicilian family resides in upstate New York. I was raised Catholic but praise be to God on December 16, 1978 I came to know Jesus as Lord and Savior of my life!

Over the past several years, I have shared the gospel with my elderly aunt. She is the matriarch of our family and a true gem! Her responses have always been, that she believed in God but did not know that Jesus was God. She was still clinging to her ideas of praying to dead saints, including Jesus’ mother Mary, and placing priests and the pope in high positions.

After sharing with her many times over the years, I felt compelled one day to call her and try to convince her to accept Jesus as her Savior. Unfortunately, she resisted and felt that she was in good shape the way that she was. From then on I would only share with her about the things of the Lord in general and what He has done in my life.

When I hung up the phone the Lord said to me,

“This is the day of salvation“!

On Saturday morning August 15, 2020 (in the middle of the global COVID-19 pandemic), my older sister called me at 6 AM to tell me that my aunt wasn’t doing well and that she just wanted me to know. My aunt turned 87 the day before. When I hung up the phone the Lord said to me “this is the day of salvation“!

I knew I had to talk to her and share the gospel once again in hopes that she would accept Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior.

I sought God’s counsel about how to approach her and He reminded me how much she has enjoyed the letters I’ve sent her written in Italian. So that was my clue to give her the gospel in Italian! I got on Google and translated the sinners prayer into the Italian language.

Sinners Prayer in Italian as shared to PJ’s aunt.

When I called her we chatted a bit about how she wasn’t feeling well but it wasn’t dire. I asked if I could pray for her and she said yes, and then I told her about the Lord and asked her if she wanted to pray the sinner’s prayer, repeating after me.

She said, “Yes.”

She went right into it without one ounce of resistance! It was beautiful! Then I told her about how Heaven is now her home.

God had been working on my aunt’s heart all through the years. When the time came she was ready. She even revealed to me how she now realized she could go straight to God in prayer instead of to a confessional, and that the priests and the pope were just people like us.

Little did I know when I went to bed the night before that the next morning the angels in heaven would be rejoicing over the salvation of my aunt!

PJ Messimer (Testimony)

Would you like to accept Jesus as savior of your life?

Would you like to know that Heaven is your home?

Say, “YES” to following Jesus today.

Faith that Leads to Trouble

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This entry is part 8 of 16 in the series Joshua | The Promise You Can Trust
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Week 8 “Joshua: The Promise You Can Trust”

YouVersion Bible App Event (30 August 2020): https://bible.com/events/38435357

Sin’s regular pattern is…
I saw it.
I wanted it.
I took it.
It killed me.

In today’s message, you will learn how one person’s unfaithfulness can sabotage a family, a community, and a nation. From victory to trouble, breaking God’s word breaks you.

Do you have faith to trust God even when your eyes seek personal gain? Learn how to cultivate a faith that leads to victory, not trouble.

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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Sermon Notes

YouVersion Bible App Event (30 August 2020): https://bible.com/events/38435357

Faith that Leads to Trouble| Week 8: Joshua

But the people of Israel broke faith in regard to the devoted things, for Achan the son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of the devoted things. And the anger of the Lord burned against the people of Israel.

Joshua 7:1 (ESV)

Takeaways

  1. Sin has a consistent pattern. “I saw it, I wanted it, I took it. I died.” | James 1:13-15, Colossians 3:5
  2. One person’s disobedience can bring trouble for a whole family or even a whole nation.
  3. God knows, even when you hide your sin.
  4. Repentance or confession doesn’t always free us from the earthly consequences/punishment of our sin.
  5. Waiting for God’s timing can reap great rewards.

And Achan answered Joshua, “Truly I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel, and this is what I did: 21 when I saw among the spoil a beautiful cloak from Shinar, and 200 shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing 50 shekels, then I coveted them and took them. And see, they are hidden in the earth inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”

Joshua 7:20-21 (ESV)

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Prayer

If you want to say “YES” to Jesus let us know here.
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LifeGroups

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Church@Home Resources

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Coming Events

August

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

  • 30 – ELC Youth | 5pm, Fireside Studio

September

  • 1 – Pray America | 12:00-12:30pm, Heritage Park Gazebo, Eagle
  • 3 – Ladies Book Club | 6:30pm, Zoom Meeting
  • 4 & 5 – Lawn Care Team | 9am, Eagle LifeChurch Grounds
  • 6 – Youth Back-to-School Pool Party at the O’Brien’s outdoor pool
  • 8 – Back to School Day, West Ada | Remote Learning
  • 12 – Men’s Breakfast
  • 16 – Building Immunity God’s Way Seminar, Dr. Steven Baker | 7pm, Eagle LifeChurch

October

  • 30 – Pumpkin Carving Party | 6-8pm, Eagle LifeChurch
  • xx – ASPIRE Women’s Event | 6:00pm, Eagle LifeChurch POSTPONED TO SPRING 2021, Date TBD

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