<strong>TITLE:  EXERCISING FAITH OVER FEAR</strong>

<strong>TEXT: JOSHUA 10:1-15</strong>

<strong>INTRODUCTION</strong>
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 	<li>People are saying, “God is doing something in this.” or :”God is saying something in this.” <u> </u></li>
 	<li>Let us be clear, God did not just start doing and talking</li>
 	<li>God said, “Do not be afraid. Do not be discouraged.”</li>
 	<li>It is the difference between 4 and 2?</li>
 	<li>The king of Jerusalem heard how Joshua totally destroyed Ai as he did Jericho <u> </u></li>
 	<li>The king heard that Gibeon had made peace with Israel</li>
 	<li>The king convinced four other kings to help him attack Gibeon <u> </u></li>
 	<li>The Gibeonites called on Joshua to assist them <u> </u></li>
 	<li>Joshua and his entire army, including his mighty men of valor, came… <u> </u></li>
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<strong>GOD WAS SPEAKING “WHAT WAS” WHILE JOSHUA WAS SEEKING “WHAT WILL”</strong>
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 	<li>God said, “I have given you the victory…” before Joshua started fighting</li>
 	<li>God was already in the future watching it happen</li>
 	<li>God has given you the victory before you start fighting</li>
 	<li>Do not focus on what you see. Focus on what God said</li>
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<strong>GOD SAID WHAT GOD SAID</strong>
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 	<li>Joshua 1:5, “<em>No one shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life</em>” <u> </u></li>
 	<li>Joshua 10:8, “<em>Not one of them shall stand before you</em>”<u> </u></li>
 	<li>Aren’t you glad that God says what He said?</li>
 	<li>Even more, aren’t you glad that God does what He said?</li>
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<strong>GOD DOES WHAT GOD SAID</strong>
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 	<li>God threw them into confusion before Israel who <u> </u></li>
 	<li>Defeated them at Gibeon</li>
 	<li>Chased them along the road to Beth Horon and struck them down</li>
 	<li>God threw down large hailstones from heaven (more died from the hailstones than the children of Israel killed with the sword) <u> </u></li>
 	<li>God causes the sun to stand still for Joshua <u></u></li>
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