Called to Lead: Transformation, Equipping, and Protection

1. "But the reality is The truth is that There are people following you You have influence in people's lives Even without you knowing it I mean there are your kids And your spouses And your neighbors And your co-workers That somehow in some way You are influencing them And leadership is influence And as we start taking this new journey together We are going to look at the book of Joshua We're going to look at this calling That God had on Joshua's life And my hope is Is that as we look at the book of Joshua We will see that we have the same calling As believers" [42:00] (44 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


2. "God offers An invitation Of love That offers full forgiveness That you will be fully seen And fully known And fully loved To everyone And that offer of forgiveness And love and grace And mercy is extended to all people For his name For his glory And if you're in here this morning And you've never placed your faith in Jesus You've never trusted in Jesus As your Lord and your Savior I just want to say this up front Because there are a lot of people Who have a lot of promises That God gives us in Scripture" [44:26] (36 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


3. "When God calls you He transforms you We're introduced to a person here Found in scripture His name is Joshua Now to give you some context Of who Joshua is Joshua was Moses' protege His number two His assistant He walked with Moses Now Moses was a staple In the community He was a staple in the community He was the man Like if you're thinking of someone In our culture today That is like the person That everybody looks up to That nobody has any qualms with He is that person That's who Moses is He's leading the people Through the wilderness He frees them out of slavery" [49:07] (41 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


4. "When God calls you He equips you Look at verses 3 through 5 In verse 3 Every place That the spirit of God And the soul of your foot Will tread upon I have given you Just as I have promised To Moses We see here God's sovereign provision God going before you Knowing what you need And the beauty is Is after Jesus Died and rose again He's talking to his disciples And he says I'm going to leave you They go Oh no And he says No it's okay It's better that I leave you Because I'm going to send you A helper And the helper has a name And the name is God Which is the Holy Spirit" [57:10] (42 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


5. "When God calls you He protects you Look at verses 5 and 6 I just read verse 5 Where he says I will not leave you Or forsake you So then what does he say? Be strong and courageous For you will cause this people To inherit the land That I swore to their fathers To give them God has promises That he gives us Over and over again And those promises Have been fulfilled in Jesus Now we have an enemy the enemy has an army That army is both spiritual and physical There are people That the enemy places in your life To wreak havoc on your life" [01:03:04] (31 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


6. "I think often Maybe because Of Us not experiencing Those God bumps anymore Or maybe The word that people Often use in Christianese Is backsliding Maybe we believed In Jesus for a season And then we walked away From the Lord And then like now We're exploring Our faith again Like God's power Can and will Transform you And I do not want you To give an ear To the whispers Of the devil Too often Maybe when you're driving In your car alone You've allowed The enemy to sit In your passenger seat Just sitting there Whispering all sorts of lies About you And about those around you" [56:09] (43 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


7. "I think a big problem is that we pray little I think we dream small I think we believe inconsistently And I think we trust inadequately Okay, not you Me I do those things But I think we believe in God I think it's because we pray little And dream small And believe inconsistently And trust it adequately And we will fall And we will fail You know what? Joshua Joshua could only lead the people Into the promised land But he could not ultimately give them rest He could lead them into the promised land But he couldn't ultimately give them rest But Jesus The true Joshua Jesus The ultimate God Joshua The complete Joshua Leads all people into the eternal promised land And gives them complete rest" [01:08:17] (55 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


8. "No matter what you are facing right now God is with you Are you in a storm? Are you dealing with a life circumstance? Maybe your marriage right now Is on the rocks Maybe it's You feel like it's sinking Maybe you're experiencing infertility Maybe you're just not feeling good Maybe your job is a nightmare Maybe dating life is just an absolute mess Maybe an addiction is destroying you Maybe you're suffering from anxiety And depression and loneliness God is with you Right now Right here In this very moment God has placed you in this room To hear these words God is with you So do not be afraid Do not fear Be strong and courageous Pray to God Pray big Dream big Because God is going to do something mighty In and through your life" [01:09:18] (56 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


9. "When God calls you He transforms you That doesn't mean that you're now perfect You will mess up Your spouse will mess up Your kids will mess up Your neighbors will mess up Your pastor will mess up Nobody will mess up Nobody's perfect I want to just speak to those Struggling to believe That God will transform you Because I think often We can come into a church setting And we think We're beyond being transformed By the Holy Spirit think for some of us It's our past I think you see yourself For some reason as unredeemable I think for some reason You look in the mirror And you think that God can't love me Because I did Fill in the blank And I want you to know You're not beyond God transforming" [55:08] (48 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


10. "I think for some of you You come in here today And there is something In the present Something you're dealing with Right now Maybe it's addiction Maybe it's hurt Or pain from the past That you can't let go Maybe it's bitterness Jealousy Insecurity Depression Maybe there's something going on In your life right now And I want you to know That God will transform you When God calls you He will transform you And the beauty Of the scriptures Is that they say He completes the works That he starts So If you Believe in Jesus God Will And has Transformed you" [55:29] (42 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)