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Summit Life with J.D. Greear

Joshua: The God Who Fights for Us

Summit Life with J.D. Greear

J.D. Greear Ministries

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.91.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

In military terms, surrender is a bad thing. It means you’ve failed or given up. But in spiritual terms, surrender is the best decision you’ll ever make! As Pastor J.D. continues our series called, The Whole Story, he’s describing what it means to submit yourself completely to God’s will and direction. We’re looking at the story of Joshua and the battle of Jericho and learning how to give up control to God’s leading.

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0:00.0

Today on Summit Life, an important perspective shift from Pastor J.D. Greer.

0:04.4

What is it that you keep hidden in your tent because you feel like you can't trust God with it?

0:10.0

Because Lordship is one of those words that's got to be total if it has any meaning at all.

0:15.0

In order for Jesus to be Lord at all in your life, he's got to be Lord of all.

0:20.0

He doesn't come to be a part of your life.

0:22.6

He comes to take the whole thing over.

0:33.7

Welcome to Wednesday here on Summit Life, the Bible teaching ministry of pastor, author, and

0:39.0

apologist J.D. Greer. As always, I'm your host, Molly Vitovich. So let's talk military strategy

0:45.4

for a minute. Surrendering is a bad thing when you're looking to win a battle. Can we agree on that?

0:50.7

It means you've failed or given up and the fight is over and you're on the losing side.

0:55.7

But let's talk in spiritual terms. Surrender is actually the best decision you'll ever make.

1:01.3

You'll actually win. You say, Molly, how is that possible? Well, today, Pastor Jady describes

1:06.9

what it means to submit yourself completely to God's will and direction. We're learning

1:12.1

how to give up control as we look at the story of Joshua in the Battle of Jericho. Pastor J.D.

1:17.3

titled this message, The God Who Fights for Uses. So let's dive right in. Here's Pastor J.D.

1:25.4

One of my favorite 1980s movies is Hoosiers.

1:30.0

For what it is worth, I think that when we get to heaven, we will see that Western culture

1:34.3

reached its pinnacle in the late 1980s.

1:38.2

Chicago, REO's Speedwagon, Run DMC, Whitney Houston, Chuck Norris, Bon Jovi, 1.0,

1:43.7

Top Gun, the Empire Strikes Back, the Indiana Jones trilogy. Come on, Chuck Norris, Bon Jovi 1.0, top gun, the Empire Strikes

1:45.1

Back, the Indiana Jones trilogy. Come on, y'all. I know that not everyone agrees with me in that

1:50.1

assessment, but that's just because you're not fully filled with a spirit yet. Hoosiers came out

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