”What Do These Stones Mean?” by Neal Pollard

June 7 2020 - Sunday AM Sermon

"What Do These Stones Mean to You?" - Joshua 4

Introduction

• "If your _____ self  could talk to you, what would it say?"
• "The man on ____ of the mountain didn't ____ there"
• Joshua gets 12 Israelites to carry out a stone from the Jordan to build _____
• "What Do These Stones Mean?"

We raised up strong _______ (1-7)

• Such people work _____ and not in _____ with each other
• Eph. 4:11-12; 1 Tim. 3:1-12; 4:6-16; 1:5; 3:15; Romans 12:16; Phil 2:2

We built something that ______ (3-7)

• It was to become a memorial to them _____ (7)
• God knows we need a ____; Today we're living _____ (1 Pet. 3:9)

We had the ____ to go into uncharted ____ (8-14)

• They could look back to these ____ as they looked ahead at _______
• Prov. 29:18; Luke 14:28-32; Acts 1:8

We trusted God to bring us up out of the ____ (15-18)

• The events of 2020 are taking their toll on the ____ and many in the ____
• Psa. 18:12; 69:2; 77:16; 29:3; 147:18
• Keep your eyes on the ____ and not the _____

We led our _____ to something ______ (19-24)

• They could tell them:
  • We were able to do something ____ (22)
  • The Lord was ____ for that (23)
  • We experienced what we'd heard God had ____ in the past (24)
  • We learned a lot about _____ because of that (24)
• Whatever good we do to grow the church is because of ______ 

Conclusion:  You need a ____ _____ moment before your ____ moment!

 

Duration 31:26