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Well this week we read through the book of Joshua, and I don't know about you, but I really believe my faith is stronger this week than it was a week ago.

Just from reading this book, just by looking at what God did in history and going,

God, you're the same God right now, just like you use that tiny nation and those those couple of

believers to change this whole land and do it for your glory God you've always wanted to do, you've always wanted to do that.

You've always wanted to find the underdog,

to take this group of people that shouldn't be powerful,

that should not be able to accomplish all these things and you enable them to do it so that you get the glory after.

Like God doesn't want us chasing things that we could do in the flesh.

But to say, God, I believe, I believe that all, you're the only

factor, if you decide to do something, it will happen. Whether it's through me or whoever is just up to you, that type of faith.

And I'm more convinced than ever that people need to be alone, reading the word of God, just communing with him, like deeply because

you're going to get so many contrary messages out there. And so you need to be this man or woman of God that gets alone with

him every day and just says, okay, I'm going to wipe all of that clean. It doesn't matter what anyone else says, it's you and me.

Gosh, when I was reading just the speeches of Joshua and Caleb, I just want to go over those today. Just, man, they're so beautiful.

This is what we want to be able to say at the end of our lives.

Okay, remember how this all started?

It was 12 spies that were sent out to look at this land and

ten of them said we can't do it and there were two guys Joshua and Caleb who believed and said no we can do this God said we can do this they lost you, you know, I guess in the popular vote and everyone

started following the 10 spies and said we can't do it, but these two guys kept

believing so God says,

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