MY NEXT STEP TODAY IS:

I need to receive Jesus Christ as my personal Savior for the first time.
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I need to be baptized.
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I need to attend Starting Point.
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I need to join a serve team.
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I need to join a small group.
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Dig Deeper:

1. Who comes to mind when you hear the word “strong”? Who comes to mind when you hear the word “courageous”? Why? What about them makes them strong and/or courageous in your mind?
2. What is courage? How does our culture define courage?
3. Do you feel courageous most days? Why or why not?
4. Read Numbers 13:27-28. Who are “they” and what did they report? What does the word “however” communicate in the passage?
5. Read Numbers 13:30-32. What were the ten fearful spies focused on? What were Joshua and Caleb focused on?
6. Read Numbers 14:10. How do the people respond to Joshua and Caleb?
7. Describe a time when focusing on circumstances led you to not do something you knew God was leading you to do.
8. Share about a recent time when God led you to step out in faith.
9. Read Numbers 14:22-23. How did God respond to the people grumbling and their disobedience? Who was allowed to enter the land?
10. Read Joshua 1:1-2. What do you know about Moses and how God used him to lead the Israelites? What do you think it was like for Joshua to follow in Moses’ footsteps?
11. Read Joshua 1:3-4. What daunting task was Joshua faced with? Discuss in detail what that would entail, including how he would have to lead others.
12. Read Joshua 1:5-6. What promises does God make to Joshua? What is courageous faith formed by? Why can we be strong and courageous?
13. God doesn’t give us the full picture beforehand, but He does give us His promises. What would be preferred sometimes instead of His promises? What do His promises provide to us instead?
14. Read Joshua 1:7. What is God saying to Joshua here? What does God mean by the term “success”?
15. What can people try to fuel their lives with instead of God’s Word? Why might they try to do so?
16. Read Joshua 1:8. How can we carefully know and observe God’s instruction to us?
17. What does it mean to observe? What does it mean to meditate? What is the Hebrew word for meditate?
18. Read Luke 6:46. Why does God expect people to obey His Word? What happens when we are obedient to His Word?
19. Read Isaiah 41:10. What does it mean for God to hold onto you with His righteous right hand?
20. What does it look like to obey God throughout our day?
21. Read Joshua 1:9. When God calls us to be obedient, He provides His presence to empower us. Describe a time when you have been empowered by God through His presence in your life.
22. Why do you think God goes to such great lengths to remind Israel of His presence with them? How should this practically encourage us in our faith today?
23. Read Hebrews 13:5. As a believer in Christ, we have the promise of the Holy Spirit. What is that promise?
24. Read Joshua 1:10-11. How does God prepare Joshua immediately after sharing to be strong and courageous?
25. How do you see God preparing you at this time to be strong and courageous?

Live It Out:

What does it mean to have courageous faith? It is:

1. Formed by God’s Promises. Do you trust or doubt God’s promises in the Word? Is your faith being formed by faith in God or fear in your circumstances?
2. Fueled by God’s Word. Are you fueling your heart daily with God’s Word? Meditating on it?
3. Fanned by God’s Presence. Do you trust that God’s presence is with you and for you as a follower of Jesus? He hasn’t left or abandoned you!

Knowing these ways to develop courageous faith, what step of courage is God calling you to take in your life? Courage to obey God in the present is fueled by reflecting on what He’s done in the past through Jesus Christ. Reflect on what God has done in your own life that provided you with courageous faith. Then, reflect on ways in which you can be more obedient to Him as He prepares you for the future.

Reading Plan
Monday: Numbers 13:27-28
Tuesday: Numbers 13:30-32
Wednesday: Numbers 14:22-23
Thursday: Joshua 1:1-6
Friday: Joshua 1:7-8, Luke 6:46
Saturday: Joshua 10:9-11, Isaiah 41:10, John 16:33