RTW 2023

Joshua said to all the people, “This stone has heard everything the Lord said to us. It will be a witness to testify against you if you go back on your word to God.”

Then Joshua sent all the people away to their own homelands.

After this, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died at the age of 110. 30They buried him in the land he had been allocated, at Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.

The people of Israel served the Lord throughout the lifetime of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him—those who had personally experienced all that the Lord had done for Israel.
Joshua 24:27-31

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But if you refuse to serve the LORD, then choose today whom you will serve. Would you prefer the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates? Or will it be the gods of the Amorites in whose land you now live? But as for me and my family, we will serve the LORD.”

Joshua 24:15

• Israel is in the Promised Land.
• God gave them the victory.
• Joshua finds himself coming near to the end of his life.
• Joshua understood the people needed to remain faithful to God.
• Joshua asks them to choose.
• A decision is before them.
• A decision that will impact future generations…but a decision that must be made in each generation.
• A generation of commitment.
• This generation took the land and saw God work.
• They are developing a meaningful and growing relationship with God.
• A generation of compromise.
• This generation heard stories about God…they were half way committed.
• They follow the Lord with “actions”, but not with their heart.
• A generation of conflict.
• This generation didn’t know the work of the LORD, were unfamiliar with His miracles, and worshiped false gods.
• Which generation are you?
• Are you helping the next generation choose to serve God?

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Testify to the goodness of God. Contribute to building the faith of the next generations!