God has you on an exciting journey.

Here's Nancy Lee DeMoss.

You know, if we were writing the script for our lives, we would not assign to ourselves the tasks that God assigns us.

We would play it safe.

We would do something we think we could manage.

This is the Revive Our Hearts podcast for Monday, September 22, 2014.

Do you ever wake up in the morning feeling overwhelmed by fear of the unknown, fear of your

to-do list, fear that you won't be able to handle the day?

We're about to continue studying the life of a biblical character whose task list seemed

impossible to tackle.

I think this story will make you feel less overwhelmed.

So let's begin lessons from the life of Joshua Part 8 before we conquer.

One of the important things to look for when you're studying the scripture is repeated words or phrases.

You know, when God says something one time, it's important.

When God says something twice in the close context, like verily, verily,

I say to you, God repeats something that makes it emphasized. It means you better really listen

to what he's saying. And if he says it three times, then that's really triple emphasis.

And we're going to see one of those passages where God says something

multiple times, and we need to pay close attention to what he's saying. Now, let me give you the

context here. In Joshua chapter one, we've seen that Moses has died, and God has spoken to Joshua

and has said, you are the next leader of the children of Israel.

Joshua had been Moses' assistant for 40 years as the children of Israel had been traveling in the wilderness.

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