Wilderness Strong (8 of 9)
Series: Joshua
Jeff Ecklund
Joshua 5:8-12
Joshua 5:8-12 (NKJV) 8 So it was, when they had finished circumcising all the people, that they stayed in their places in the camp till they were healed.?9 Then the Lord said to Joshua, ''This day I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.'' Therefore the name of the place is called Gilgal to this day.?10 Now the children of Israel camped in Gilgal, and kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight on the plains of Jericho.
?11 And they ate of the produce of the land on the day after the Passover, unleavened bread and parched grain, on the very same day. 12 Then the manna ceased on the day after they had eaten the produce of the land; and the children of Israel no longer had manna, but they ate the food of the land of Canaan that year.?
Now Joshua has crossed the Jordon with the people of Israel, he has laid memorial stones in a place of remembrance, he has circumcised the generation that was never marked by God and now they observe the Passover which was remembering the deliverance that God affected in Egypt...and they are now faced with the stronghold that is called Jericho...
In Joshua Chapter 3, it says, ''after three days that the officers went through the camp'' and you get a picture of preparation...
It takes some preparation to move from old things into new things...One thing we haven't touched on much...Is the ''fitness'' that it took to make the crossing, encounter opposition and ultimately gain what God had desired....
So, I want to talk about fitness for a bit this morning...
Our nation is obsessed with fitness, we know we ought to, sometimes try to, have some seasons of success and more of failure...We see the result of fitness, want it...(hate those who run miles each week...just kidding!)
(From the Reader's Digest) ONE WOMAN WROTE: Determined to lose weight, I decided to join a FITNESS CLASS that met three times a week. But ...
Series: Joshua
Jeff Ecklund
Joshua 5:8-12
Joshua 5:8-12 (NKJV) 8 So it was, when they had finished circumcising all the people, that they stayed in their places in the camp till they were healed.?9 Then the Lord said to Joshua, ''This day I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.'' Therefore the name of the place is called Gilgal to this day.?10 Now the children of Israel camped in Gilgal, and kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight on the plains of Jericho.
?11 And they ate of the produce of the land on the day after the Passover, unleavened bread and parched grain, on the very same day. 12 Then the manna ceased on the day after they had eaten the produce of the land; and the children of Israel no longer had manna, but they ate the food of the land of Canaan that year.?
Now Joshua has crossed the Jordon with the people of Israel, he has laid memorial stones in a place of remembrance, he has circumcised the generation that was never marked by God and now they observe the Passover which was remembering the deliverance that God affected in Egypt...and they are now faced with the stronghold that is called Jericho...
In Joshua Chapter 3, it says, ''after three days that the officers went through the camp'' and you get a picture of preparation...
It takes some preparation to move from old things into new things...One thing we haven't touched on much...Is the ''fitness'' that it took to make the crossing, encounter opposition and ultimately gain what God had desired....
So, I want to talk about fitness for a bit this morning...
Our nation is obsessed with fitness, we know we ought to, sometimes try to, have some seasons of success and more of failure...We see the result of fitness, want it...(hate those who run miles each week...just kidding!)
(From the Reader's Digest) ONE WOMAN WROTE: Determined to lose weight, I decided to join a FITNESS CLASS that met three times a week. But ...
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