Beyond Joshua- Tim Land

Today we are pleased to have Missionary Tim Land and his family Jenny, Whitney and Katelyn.  The Lands serve in the country of Cameroon, Africa. To learn more about the Land family visit their website www.thelandsinafrica.org or to send them e-mail at thelandsinafrica@gmail.com 

Pastor Tim's Notes:

INTRODUCTION
There are sad statements in the Bible. Pastor shared one last week - Revelation 20:11-15. Let's look at another statement today that I pray will not be said of our generation.
TEXT
Judges 2:10-13 NKJV
"When all that generation had been gathered to their fathers, another generation arose after them who did not know the Lord nor the work which He had done for Israel.” 11 “Then the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord , and served the Baals;” 12 “and they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt; and they followed other gods from among the gods of the people who were all around them, and they bowed down to them; and they provoked the Lord to anger."
Beyond Joshua!
What are we giving our kids in our world today? Our World will help us make sure it is A Life FULL anger, frustration, stress, anxiousness, pain, lust of the flesh, fear, confusion, and disillusionment.
It is easier to build a child than to repair an adult.
Who in here came to know Jesus as a child?
Who accepted Christ as an adult?
If you accepted Jesus as an adult, you are in the minority today! Statistics tell us this.
 If you would have accepted Jesus Christ as a child, would your life have been different? Would you have had hope? Would you have had the same experiences of sin? It is our job to mentor our children in ALL things, not just math, reading, science, relationships, BUT IN THE MOST IMPORTANT AREA--JESUS!!
Let’s look at some of our instructions: Deuteronomy was written after 39 years of wandering in the desert... Right before they crossed the River Jordan into the Promised Land... No one (Moses, Joshua, Caleb) alive could remember the 1st Passover- Deliverance from Egypt - God's Divine Provision when leaving... Crossing the Red Sea... Receiving the Law at Mount Sinai...
We find Moses with His last chance to teach these people. Our Last words are normally very important...
Deuteronomy 6:3-21 NKJV
Therefore hear, O Israel, and be careful to observe it, that it may be well with you, and that you may multiply greatly as the Lord God of your fathers has promised you a land flowing with milk and honey. 4- Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one! 5- "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. 6- And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. 7- "You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. 8- "You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 9- "You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. 12- "then beware, lest you forget the Lord who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. 13- "You shall fear the Lord your God and serve Him, and shall take oaths in His name. 14- "You shall not go after other gods, the gods of the peoples who are all around you 16- You shall not tempt the Lord your God as you tempted Him in Massah. 17- "You shall diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God, His testimonies, and His statutes which He has commanded you. 18- "And you shall do what is right and good in the sight of the Lord , that it may be well with you, and that you may go in and possess the good land of which the Lord swore to your fathers, 20 When your son asks you in time to come, saying, What is the meaning of the testimonies, the statutes, and the judgments which the Lord our God has commanded you?’ 21- "then you shall say to your son... NIV says "Tell him...!"
Deuteronomy 5:32-33 NKJV
“Therefore, you shall be careful to do as the Lord your God has commanded you; you shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. You shall walk in all the ways which the Lord your God has commanded you, that you may live and that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which you shall possess." Why did the Children of the next generation not follow? If we dont prepare our kids to FOLLOW our Jesus; If they dont EXPERIENCE ALL that Jesus has for them, we are ensuring that they will find another way to live!
Life Will Find A Way!
APPLICATION
1. What will our children believe?
- Future
2. What will we tell them?
-Failure
-Faithfulness
3. What will we model before them?
-Faith
- Just Dragging them to Church is not enough… Deut 6: says, Hear, Observe, Love, Teach, Talk about it when you walk, Talk when you sit, Talk about it when you put them to bed, Talk about it when you get up, Make reminders, Post signs about it, Even on your property gates,
THEN………HE WILL GIVE YOU…
Vs 10-11 - Houses full of good things, Cities that you didnt build, Wells you did not dig, Vineyards you didnt plant,
Vs 12 - and WHEN YOU HAVE ENDULGED and are full DONT FORGET THE LORD! We get so accustomed to having, we forget our need! We get so comfortable, we forget whats at stake! Did you know that you can go to McDonalds every day at meal time, and still starve to death! We have to make an investment! (to buy something)
It's the same at Church, in Gods Presence. We can also turn the tables on us, because some people walking in the doors of our church are starving to death spiritually, because we arent serving them. Every church that we have ever been in, it has taken PEOPLE JUST LIKE YOU to get the whole job done.
Pastors, Teachers, Leaders, Helpers, Nursery, Ushers... Even us in the pew, our attutude matters. Our responses, reactions, matter. This challenge works right here in Woodward, America. Who is starving because we won't serve?
This is what drives us to Cameroon, also. I want to be found faithful in what God has called me to do.
CONCLUSION
INSERT SLIDES
Cameroon Slides / Crisis
I want to be found faithful in my marriage, in my fatherly responsibilities, in my relationship with Jesus, and in my Obedience to Gods direction. What about you today?
Will you help us? How? By giving & praying.
Will you pray about Going?
Who has God Called, and to WHERE? Will YOU Answer today? Pray... Give... Go... Judges 2:10 "When all that generation had been gathered to their fathers, another generation arose after them who did not know the Lord nor the work which He had done for Israel.” Never let it be said...
Let's commit to go Beyond Joshua!