Joshua was called by God to take action. Here's Nancy Lee DeMoss. You're to fight the battle. You're to mortify the

deeds of the flesh. You are to work out your own salvation. You are to blot out the memory of

Amalek. You're responsible in this battle. You can't just say, oh, I'm just going to sit here and hope

God will overcome all these enemies in my life.

You have to fight.

This is the Revive Our Hearts podcast for Friday, August 8th, 2014.

All week, we've been looking at the life of a regular man who was used by God.

Nancy's continuing in the series Lessons from the Life of Joshua, Part 1, Learning to be victorious.

Think back to a time when you've seen a sports team beat a really tough opponent to win a national championship.

What happens?

Or what happens when an army wins a decisive victory over the enemy? What happens next? We celebrate. We have a victory party. You've seen pictures of some of

these celebrations after a great victory, whether it's a Super Bowl victory or a military victory.

I think back to pictures we've seen a VE Day in 1945 of New York City and just the throngs

of people in the streets cheering.

And we honor our heroes.

We have speeches.

We have parades.

We have write-ups in the newspaper.

We have interviews.

Medals may be given out. Super Bowl rings, especially if the winner was an underdog, as was the case in the battle

we've been studying in Exodus chapter 17, where the Israelites were fighting against the

Amalekites. The Israelites were the underdog, but God gave a great victory by

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