Champion: The Power Of Everybody: Hebrews 11:30-31

By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after being marched around by the Israelites for seven days. By faith Rahab the prostitute welcomed the spies in peace and didn’t perish with those who disobeyed.
Hebrews 11:30-31 (CSB)

Now Jericho was strongly fortified because of the Israelites-no one leaving or entering. The Lord said to Joshua, “Look, I have handed Jericho, its king, and its fighting men over to you.  March around the city with all the men of war, circling the city one time. Do this for six days.
Joshua 6:1-3 (CSB)

1. Everybody Worships

When Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in his hand. Joshua approached him and asked, “Are you for us or for our enemies?”“Neither,” he replied. “I have now come as commander of the Lord’s army.” Then Joshua bowed with his face to the ground in worship and asked him, “What does my lord want to say to his servant?”The commander of the Lord’s army said to Joshua, “Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did that.
Joshua 5:13-14 (CSB)

Early on the seventh day, they started at dawn and marched around the city seven times in the same way. That was the only day they marched around the city seven times.  After the seventh time, the priests blew the trumpets, and Joshua said to the troops, “Shout! For the Lord has given you the city…So the troops shouted, and the trumpets sounded. When they heard the blast of the trumpet, the troops gave a great shout, and the wall collapsed.
Joshua 6:15-20 (CSB)

2.  Everybody Marches

By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after being marched around by the Israelites for seven days.
Hebrews 11:30 (CSB)

And he ordered the army, “Advance! March around the city, with an armed guard going ahead of the ark of the Lord.”
Joshua 6:7 (NIV)

3.  Everybody Believes

By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after being marched around by the Israelites for seven days.
Hebrews 11:30 (CSB)

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Champion: Time To Decide: Hebrews 11:23-29

By faith Moses, after he was born, was hidden by his parents for three months, because they saw that the child was beautiful, and they didn’t fear the king’s edict.
Hebrews 11:23 (CSB)

Faith…

1.        Chooses

By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter and chose to suffer with the people of God rather than to enjoy the short-lived pleasure of sin.
Hebrews 11:24-25 (CSB)

2.         Thinks

For he considered reproach for the sake of the Messiah to be greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, since his attention was on the reward.
Hebrews 11:26 (CSB)

3.         Leaves

By faith he left Egypt behind, not being afraid of the king’s anger, for he persevered, as one who sees Him who is invisible.
Hebrews 11:27 (CSB)

4.         Practices

By faith he instituted the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn might not touch them. By faith they crossed the Red Sea as though they were on dry land. When the Egyptians attempted to do this, they were drowned.
Hebrews 11:28 (CSB)

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Champion: Don’t Let Anyone Steal Your Dreams: Hebrews 11:22

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By faith Joseph, as he was nearing the end of his life, mentioned the exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions concerning his bones.
Hebrews 11:22 (CSB)

1.         Discover Your Dreams

Then Joseph had a dream. When he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more. 6 He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had: 7 There we were, binding sheaves of grain in the field. Suddenly my sheaf stood up, and your sheaves gathered around it and bowed down to my sheaf.”8 “Are you really going to reign over us?” his brothers asked him. “Are you really going to rule us?” So they hated him even more because of his dream and what he had said.9 Then he had another dream and told it to his brothers. “Look,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun, moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”10 He told his father and brothers, and his father rebuked him. “What kind of dream is this that you have had?” he said. “Am I and your mother and your brothers really going to come and bow down to the ground before you?” 11 His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.
Genesis 37:5-11 (CSB)

But Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place of God? 20 You planned evil against me; God planned it for good to bring about the present result—the survival of many people. 21 Therefore don’t be afraid. I will take care of you and your children.” And he comforted them and spoke kindly to them.
Genesis 50:19-21 (CSB)

2.         Hang On To Your Dreams

…So Joseph was there in prison.  But the Lord was with Joseph and extended kindness to him. He granted him favor with the prison warden. 22 The warden put all the prisoners who were in the prison under Joseph’s authority, and he was responsible for everything that was done there. 23 The warden did not bother with anything under Joseph’s authority, because the Lord was with him, and the Lord made everything that he did successful.
Genesis 39:20-23 (CSB)

3.         Help Others Fulfill Their Dreams

Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “Today I remember my faults.  Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and he put me and the chief baker in the custody of the captain of the guards.  He and I had dreams on the same night; each dream had its own meaning.  Now a young Hebrew, a slave of the captain of the guards, was with us there. We told him our dreams, he interpreted our dreams for us, and each had its own interpretation.  It turned out just the way he interpreted them to us: I was restored to my position, and the other man was hanged.”
Genesis 41:9-13 (CSB)

4.         Finish Your Dreams

By faith Joseph, as he was nearing the end of his life, mentioned the exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions concerning his bones.
Hebrews 11:22 (CSB)

Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will certainly come to your aid and bring you up from this land to the land he swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”  So Joseph made the sons of Israel take an oath: “When God comes to your aid, you are to carry my bones up from here.” Joseph died at the age of 110. They embalmed him and placed him in a coffin in Egypt.
Genesis 50:24-26 (CSB)

 

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Champion: Leaning On The Lord: Hebrews 11:21

 

1. My Faith Is Like A Seed, It Has To Grow.

By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and, he worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff.
Hebrews 11:21 (CSB)

3 Levels of faith
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When my faith grows…

A. I Bless Others

By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and, he worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff.
Hebrews 11:21 (CSB)

B. I Worship the Lord

By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and, he worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff.
Hebrews 11:21 (CSB)

C. I Stop Relying on Myself

By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and, he worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff.
Hebrews 11:21 (CSB)

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