The first step to winning in the spiritual battle is to stand as close to Christ as you possibly

can.

When facing a strong adversary, it's good to have a strong ally.

Coming up today on a new beginning, Pastor Greg Lorry shows us where to find our help.

I'm no match for the devil.

I'm not even a match for a demon.

But if I stand on the Lord and the power of his might,

I don't have to be afraid because greater is he that is in me that he that is in the world, right?

This is the day when the lost I found. This is the day for a new beginning.

Amazing grace how sweet the sound But can you hear all the angels are seeing it

This is the day, the day when life is big is in

Kids learn early on the playground

That if a bully is bigger than them them it's good to have a friend

who's bigger than the bully a bully who's met his match is no longer a threat well as pastor

Greg just said greater is he that is in us than he that is in the world our adversary is no match for

our almighty god we stand in victory when we stand with the Lord.

A good lesson on that today on a new beginning. As Pastor Gray continues his series, Joshua,

living in the land of promises. This is the day to day when life begins.

Okay, grab your Bibles and turn to Joshua chapter 5 in the title of my message is overcoming or overcome.

And we're looking at the story of how Israel came into the promised land, the land that God had given them. Make no mistake about it.

God is given to the Jewish people, the land of Israel, and he's given to them Jerusalem as their capital. But here now in the book of Joshua, the wilderness wanderings have come to an end,

that first generation that doubted God are not entering into the promised land

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