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GIVE ME THIS MOUNTAIN
Joshua 14 : 12
Now therefore give me this mountain whereof the LORD
spoke in that day, for thou heardest in that day how the
Anakim were there, and that the cities were great and
fortified. If it so be that the LORD will be with me, then I
shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD said."
Sheshai, Ahiman and Taimal
A DIFFERENT SPIRIT Numbers 14 : 24
But because my servant Caleb has a different spirit and follows me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he went to, and his descendants will inherit it.
SLAVE MENTALITY Vs. A DIFFERENT SPIRIT
OUR IDENTITY : SONSHIP Vs. SLAVERY / POSITION / POWER / MONEY
Romans 8 : 14 - 17 For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God.
15 The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about
your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.” 16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. 17
Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that
we may also share in his glory.
Galatians 4 : 3 – 7 So also, when we were underage, we were in slavery under the elemental spiritual forces of the world. 4 But when the set time
had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those under the law, that we might receive
adoption to sonship. 6 Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.” 7 So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his
child, God has made you also an heir.
POSITIVE MENTAL ATTITUDE Attitude determines your altitude
An Optimist sees
opportunity
in every
calamity;
A Pessimist sees
calamity
in every
opportunity.
Numbers 13 : 28, 33 "The people who live there are powerful, and the cities
are fortified and very large. We saw descendants of Anak there. WE SEEMED LIKE GRASSHOPPERS IN OUR OWN
EYES AND WE LOOKED THE SAME TO THEM"
INTEGRITY
Joshua 14 : 7 – 8 And I brought back an honest and accurate report.
My companions who went with me discouraged the people, but I stuck to my guns, totally with
GOD, my God.
DEPENDANCE ON GOD INSTEAD OF HUMAN WISDOM
Jeremiah 17 : 5 - 7
“Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who draws
strength from mere flesh and whose heart turns away
from the LORD.” That person will be like a bush in the
wastelands; they will not see prosperity when it comes.
They will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a
salt land where no one lives. 7 “But blessed is the one
who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him.”
Human wisdom is foolishness in God’s sight
1 Corinthians 3 : 19
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in
God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the
wise in their craftiness”
CHANGE OR BE A FAILURE, A DIFFERENT MINDSET. OLD COVENANT Vs. NEW COVENANT TEACHING
The only constant in this world is change
LETTING GO OF THE PAST
Philippians 3 : 13
Brothers and sisters, I do
not consider myself yet to
have taken hold of it. But
one thing I do: Forgetting
what is behind and
straining toward what is
ahead.
HEAR AND OBEY GOD’S VOICE
Deuteronomy 1 : 20 – 22 Then I said to you, “You have reached the hill country of the
Amorites, which the LORD our God is giving us. 21 See, the LORD your God has given you the land. Go up and take possession of it as the LORD, the God of your ancestors, told you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.” 22 Then all of you came to me and said, “Let us send men ahead to spy out the land for us and bring back a report
about the route we are to take and the towns we will come to.”
TIMINGS
Ecclesiastes 9 : 11 I have seen something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does
food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned; but time and chance happen to them all.
MAKING THE RIGHT DECISIONS
Deuteronomy 1 : 20 - 22
Then I said to you, “You have reached the hill country of
the Amorites, which the LORD our God is giving us. 21
See, the LORD your God has given you the land. Go up
and take possession of it as the LORD, the God of your
ancestors, told you. Do not be afraid; do not be
discouraged.” 22 Then all of you came to me and said,
“Let us send men ahead to spy out the land for us and
bring back a report about the route we are to take and
the towns we will come to.”
CONFRONT CHALLENGES / BOLDNESS