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Robert Jeffress - Survival Tip #1: Don't Panic (Part 2)

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Dr. Robert Jeffress | Robert Jeffress - Survival Tip #1: Don't Panic (Part 2) | July 7, 2026

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This is pathway to victory with dr. robert jeffress.
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Hi, i'm robert jeffress
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And welcome again to pathway to victory.
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When faced with danger, people respond in one of three ways,
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Fight, flight, or freeze and panic.
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And while the first two may have their place,
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Panic is never an option for a christian.
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As believers, we face very real attacks
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From a hostile culture, from our own sinful nature,
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And from an adversary who's determined to take us down.
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So, how do we stand our ground?
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That's our focus today with survival tip #1: don't panic,
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On today's edition of pathway to victory.
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If you've ever felt like your faith is under attack,
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Like the world is trying to wear you down,
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You're not imagining it.
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The cultural pressure and spiritual opposition is real,
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But you don't have to face it alone.
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In his powerful book, "courageous,"
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Stand firm in the grace of god.
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Now, what in the world does that mean?
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You know, whenever we think of grace,
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We think of god's undeserved favor
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That resulted in our salvation,
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And that's certainly one aspect of grace.
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God's undeserved favor.
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Somebody said it's god's undeserved burst of generosity.
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The bible says for no other reason
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Than the great love with which god loved you,
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He sent christ to die for you and me.
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It's nothing we deserved.
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It's his grace, his undeserved favor.
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Ephesians 2:8-9, "for it is by," what?
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"grace you have been saved,
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Through faith, that not of yourselves,
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It is a gift of god,
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Not of works lest any man should boast."
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But grace also refers to, in the bible,
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God's supernatural help,
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God's supernatural help.
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Remember, in 2 corinthians 12,
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Paul prayed three times
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That god would remove this physical ailment.
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He had a thorn in the flesh,
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And every time, god said what?
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No.
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That didn't stop paul from asking. he asked again.
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No.
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Third time he asked. no.
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And god said, paul, my grace is sufficient for you.
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My supernatural help.
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And that's what grace is.
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It's god's supernatural help
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That stiffens our spiritual spines with courage.
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That's why we don't need to fear.
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God has promised us his grace.
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Without courage, the difficulties of life
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Would cause us to despair.
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I came across these words by the great bible expositor,
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Warren wiersbe, who just went home
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To be with the lord last week.
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He said fear and faith can't live together
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Very long in the same heart.
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Either fear will conquer faith and will quit,
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Or faith will conquer fear and will triumph.
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You know, i look in the bible
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And find one man who was certainly a profile
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Of the kind of courage we're talking about.
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His name was joshua.
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Joshua was somebody who faced a daunting task,
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But he refused to panic in that situation.
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Turn over in your bibles to the old testament
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To joshua 1 for just a few moments.
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You remember joshua.
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He was the protege of the great leader moses,
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And moses thought he was going to lead
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The children of israel into the promised land,
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But god had different plans.
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It would be moses' successor who did that,
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And you remember in the opening part of joshua 1:2,
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"the lord said to joshua,
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'moses, my servant is dead.
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Now, therefore, arise.'"
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He was saying, joshua, moses is home with me.
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And now it's your turn to carry on the great assignment
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And the great plan i have for israel.
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I can imagine how joshua must have felt.
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You want me to follow moses?
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The guy who led the israelites out of egypt?
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The guy who parted the red sea?
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The guy who had that famous movie made about him?
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You want me to follow him?
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How in the world am i going to pull that off?
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I can identify with that.
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Those of you who are watching this broadcast
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Or listening to it who may not be familiar
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With our church here, the first baptist church of dallas,
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This church has a rich history,
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151 years old.
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For the first 100 years of those 151 years,
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For 100 years, this church only had two pastors,
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George w. truett and w. a. criswell,
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Two mighty men of faith.
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Almost 12 years ago, i can't believe it,
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God called me to come and be the pastor
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At this great church, the greatest honor of my life,
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But even though i knew i was supposed to come,
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I had a moment of hesitancy about that.
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Because i looked at my predecessors and thought,
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How in the world am i supposed to follow those men,
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Men of great distinction
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And preaching ability and leadership capabilities?
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How am i going to follow them?
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But god gave me that assignment.
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I understand how joshua must have felt,
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Why he was shaking in his sandals at the thought of that.
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Who am i to fulfill what you had done through moses?
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And yet god said i'm giving you the mantle of leadership,
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And he said not only am i giving you
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The leadership of israel, i'm giving you an assignment.
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He said, cross this jordan,
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You and all of this people,
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To the land which i am giving to them,
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To the sons of israel.
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In other words, i want you to descend the eastern bank
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Of the jordan river valley.
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I want you to cross the jordan
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At high flood times throughout the year.
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I want you to go to it
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At the time the river's going to be deepest
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And i want you to ascend the western bank
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And to conquer the armies of the nephilim,
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The men of great size, numbers 13:32.
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No wonder joshua could have been naturally frightened
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By that assignment.
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Fear is an understandable response to danger.
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But the good news is we can all learn
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How to take courage in those difficult times.
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You know, there's some of you listening to me right now.
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God hasn't called you to follow a great leader
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Like he called joshua or me to do,
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But maybe god is nevertheless calling you
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To what seems like an impossible situation.
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God has put you in what seems like
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An impossible environment to succeed in.
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Maybe god's given you a task to do
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That you think there is no way
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You can pull that off on your own.
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Never forget, god says don't panic,
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I'm going to be with you.
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It is possible not to panic
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As long as you take advantage of god's resources.
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I came across this most interesting quote
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From leadership blogger, seth godin.
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I want you to listen to this carefully.
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He said fear is a natural reaction to risk.
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While risk is real and external,
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Fear exists only in our imagination.
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And get this, fear is the workout we give ourselves
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Imagining what will happen if things don't work out.
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Isn't that great?
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Fear is the workout we give ourselves
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When we just imagine what will happen
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If things don't work out.
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He went on to say it's possible to have risk,
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A good thing, without debilitating fear,
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Or it's best friend, obsessive worry.
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How did joshua keep from panicking
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And that impossible task he had been given to do?
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I want you to notice that god gave joshua
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Two limitless resources,
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The same limitless resources he gives to you and me
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To face impossible situations.
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First of all, he gave joshua courage from god's promises.
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Courage from god's promises.
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In this passage, joshua 1,
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I want you to notice the three promises
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That god gave to joshua.
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First of all, god promised
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That the israelites would enter the land.
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Look at verses 3 and 4,
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"every place on which the sole of your feet treads,
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I have given it to you,
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Just as i spoke to moses.
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From the wilderness and this lebanon,
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Even as far as the great river,
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The river euphrates, and all the land of the hittites,
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And as far as the great sea,
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That is the mediterranean, toward the setting of the sun,
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This will be your territory."
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Never forget this land
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That is being battled over right now in the middle east,
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God gave that land to israel.
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Secondly, god promised that the israelites
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Would be victorious over their enemies.
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Look at verse 5.
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"no man will be able to stand before you
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All the days of your life.
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Just as i have been with moses, i will be with you,
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I will not fail you, nor will i forsake you."
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He said, i'm going to give you victory over your enemies.
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But you know, when you and i think about our enemies,
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We think about godless unbelievers,
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We think about the devil.
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Those are all real enemies,
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But the greatest enemies we face are within,
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Our own fallen nature.
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The remnant of it that still loves to sin
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And is naturally disposed to oppose god.
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We've got to realize we've still got that draw inside of us
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That we have to overcome.
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The good news is, 1 john 5:4 promises
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"for whatever is born of god overcomes the world
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And this is the victory that has overcome the world,
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Our faith."
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The bible has given us a promise
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That just like the israelites
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Would be victorious over their enemies,
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We can be victorious over sin in our life.
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Romans 6:7 says, "we have been freed from sin,
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And therefore, we should act like it."
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As paul said in romans 8:31,
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"if god is for us, who can be against us?"
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Thirdly, god promised the israelites
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That they would divide the land as an inheritance.
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Verse 6, god said to joshua,
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"be strong and courageous,
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For you shall give this people possession of the land
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Which i swore to their fathers to give them."
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Now, look, god gave the israelites a piece of real estate.
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He said, it's going to be long to you forever,
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But god has given you,
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He's given me something even more valuable
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Than a plot of land.
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Peter describes it in 1 peter 1:4.
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He says, "we are to obtain an inheritance
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Which is imperishable and undefiled
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And will not fade away reserved in heaven for you."
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Did you know god has an inheritance for you?
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It is on deposit in heaven right now,
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And there is nothing that can ever cause
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That inheritance to be lost.
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It is the promise of eternal life.
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Romans 11:29 says, "for the gifts
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And the calling of god are irrevocable."
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God has promised you that inheritance.
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He said, with that truth,
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Why should you ever be discouraged?
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Joshua promised his people when he was about to die
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In joshua 23:14, "not one word of all the good words
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The lord, your god, has spoken to you has failed.
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All have been fulfilled for you.
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Not one of them has failed."
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Joshua receive courage from god's promises.
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But there's a second limitless resource he gives us all
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And that is courage from god's presence.
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Look at verse 9.
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"the lord, your god, is with you wherever you go."
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Now folks, think about that.
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God has promised no matter what situation you're facing
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In your work, in your family, any other venue of life,
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God says i am with you wherever you go.
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Jesus promised that in matthew 28:20.
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He said, "and lo, i am with you always."
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Always, even until the end of the age.
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I want you to notice something here in joshua 1:6-9,
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Again, i didn't really see this until this week.
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I want you to notice how he repeats
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A certain phrase three times.
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Verse 6, "be strong and courageous.
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For you shall give this people possession of the land."
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Verse 7, "only be strong and very courageous.
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Be careful to do all according to the law,
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Which moses, my servant, commanded you."
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And then verse 9, "have i not commanded you?
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Be strong and courageous."
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See, three times he says be strong and courageous.
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Be strong and courageous.
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There's a reason for that.
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The word strong in hebrew 'hazak'
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Refers to an internal strength.
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We're to strengthen ourselves internally, but courageous?
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That is an outward manifestation of the inward strength.
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Only when we strengthen ourselves internally
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By relying on god's promises and god's presence,
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Only then will we act in a bold, courageous way.
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I want to go back to the question i asked you
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Earlier in the message.
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What is it you're most fearful of right now?
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Maybe you're worried about the culture,
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The ungodly culture you, your children,
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And grandchildren are facing.
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Maybe you're worried about international tensions
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As they escalate in north korea or iran.
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If i were guessing, i would imagine
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What you fear most is much closer to home.
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Maybe it's an illness,
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Maybe it's the possibility of losing your job,
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Maybe it's a financial concern you have.
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Let me encourage you to do something this week.
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Make a list of those two or three things
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That seem to be sapping your spiritual strength,
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And then find a corresponding promise from god's word,
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Maybe using your bible concordance
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That has a promise for you concerning that fear.
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For example, if you have a financial concern,
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You're afraid that you won't be able to provide
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For yourself or your family,
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You might want to read and even memorize matthew 6:25-26.
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"jesus said, 'for this reason, i say to you,
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Do not be worried about your life
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As to what you shall eat or what you shall drink,
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Nor for your body as to what you shall put on.
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Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?
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Look at the birds of the air. they do not sow.
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Neither do they reap, nor gather into the barns,
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And yet your heavenly father feeds them.
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Are you not worth much more than they?'"
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You know, to give in to your fear
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Is to assume that you are powerless.
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And you and i are powerless apart from god,
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But in christ, when we have a god
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Who has limitless promises and a limitless presence,
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He can do all things.
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We are not alone if we are in christ
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And christ is capable of doing everything.
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I love the words of peter craft
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Who said god has more power in one breath of his spirit
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Than all the winds of war, all the nuclear bombs,
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All the energy of all the suns and all the galaxies,
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All the fury of hell itself.
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How many of you believe in a god like that?
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-a god who can do anything? -(audience applauding)
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He can do anything.
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Therefore, as he said to joshua,
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Why should you tremble or be dismayed?
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This week i was reading mark batterson's book "all in."
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And in that book he tells a story
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About a group of missionaries a century ago
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Who were known as one-way missionaries,
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And the reason they were called one-way missionaries
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Is because when god called them to an assignment,
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They didn't buy a round-trip ticket.
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They bought a one-way ticket fully planning to die
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Wherever god called them.
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But that wasn't all.
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In addition to buying a one-way ticket,
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Instead of packing their suitcases,
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They would pack their coffins
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With all of their earthly goods
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And bring their coffins with them
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So that they would be buried wherever they died
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In service to the lord.
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One of those one-way missionaries was a. w. milne.
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He felt the call of god to set sail
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For the new hebrides islands in the south pacific.
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He went there fully knowing that every missionary
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Who had gone before him had been martyred by the tribesmen,
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And yet he wasn't fearful of death.
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He went boldly knowing that he was answering god's call.
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Why?
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He was willing to die because he had died to himself first.
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A. w. milne ministered in the new hebrides for 35 years.
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When he died, the tribesmen buried him
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In the coffin he had brought
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And they erected a tombstone.
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And this was the epitaph the tribesmen put on his tombstone.
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"when he came, there was no light.
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When he died, there was no darkness."
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When he came, there was no light.
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When he died, there was no darkness.
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What is it that gave a. w. milne the courage
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To face and live in that kind of situation?
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He relied on god's promises.
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Jesus said, "do not fear the things you're about to suffer.
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Be faithful until death
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And i will give you the crown of life."
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And secondly, he relied on god's presence.
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He believed the promise of jesus, who said in hebrews 13:5,
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"i will never leave you and i will never forsake you.
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That's why paul could say, with confidence,
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God has not given us the spirit of fear,
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But of power, of love, and of a sound mind.
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Don't panic.
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(bright prestigious music)
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Two simple words. don't panic.
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So easy to say, but often so difficult to live out.
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Now, in closing today,
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Let me share an encouraging word from gregory in arizona.
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He wrote, "in recent years, i chose to run away from god.
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My niece pointed me to your bible teaching
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And i was completely convicted
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About the state of my relationship with god.
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He has reached out and touched me
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And set my feet on a path back home to him."
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Well, we rejoice with you, gregory.
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And to those of you who give the pathway to victory,
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Thank you for helping us touch lives all around the world.
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Now, stay right there.
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I'll be back with more pathway to victory in just a moment.
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Christians today are living in hostile territory.
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The attacks are real, the opposition is fierce,
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And the stakes couldn't be higher.
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That's why i wrote "courageous"
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To give you the biblical tools you need not just to survive,
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But to stand strong and thrive.
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In "courageous,"
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You'll find 10 biblical survival strategies
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Drawn straight from scripture that will give you fresh fire
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And real hope no matter what you're facing.
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Survivors have two things in common,
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A different response to trouble
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And a different perspective on life.
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In "courageous," i'll give you 10 biblical strategies
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To develop both and come out stronger on the other side.
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Request your copy of "courageous"
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Plus the complete teaching series on cd and dvd.
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As christians, we are living in a threatening environment.
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We have an adversary, the devil,
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Who is intent on destroying everything important to us.
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Thank you for partnering with pathway to victory.
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Right here at home and around the world.
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(bright prestigious music)
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When we rely on god's promises and presence,
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We can face any threatening situation with courage.
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But courage alone isn't enough.
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We also need to know what we're up against.
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That's why survival tip number two is so critical.
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Every first responder will tell you
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The moment you lose track of your surroundings,
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You're in serious danger.
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Next time, we'll learn how to gain situational awareness.
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Stay tuned for a preview of what's coming up next
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In our series courageous.
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How aware are you of the testing situations
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You find yourself in?
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How aware are you of what is really happening around you?
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You say, well, pastor, that's a stupid question.
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I know what's happening around me.
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Do you?
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Do you really understand the situation you're in?
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Set your dvr and join us next time
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For survival tip #2, gain situational awareness.
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Here on pathway to victory.
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Robert Jeffress - Survival Tip #1: Don't Panic (Part 2)

July 7, 2026 | 27:29

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