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DedicationBeing determined to accomplish a great task is the best means by which to see success, therefore, there can truly be no better virtue that can aid us in getting down to the business of life than to begin with the right attitude toward God through His Son Jesus the Christ. Summing this all up in this lesson, Pastor: Landis is teaching about the first step to assure progress in the spiritual realm: “Dedication” Listen & Learn. |
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| Old Testament Scripture Reading: Joshua 3:1 – 5 (NASB) |
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Josh 3:1 Then Joshua rose early in the morning; and he and all the sons of Israel set out from Shittim and came to the Jordan, and they lodged there before they crossed.
Josh 3:2 And it came about at the end of three days that the officers went through the midst of the camp;
Josh 3:3 and they commanded the people, saying, “When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God with the Levitical priests carrying it, then you shall set out from your place and go after it.
Josh 3:4 “However, there shall be between you and it a distance of about 2,000 cubits by measure. Do not come near it, that you may know the way by which you shall go, for you have not passed this way before.”
Josh 3:5 Then Joshua said to the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you.” |
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| New Testament Scripture Reading: John 17:1 – 18 (NASB) |
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John 17:1 These things Jesus spoke; and lifting up His eyes to heaven, He said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify Thy Son, that the Son may glorify Thee,
John 17:2 even as Thou gavest Him authority over all mankind, that to all whom Thou hast given Him, He may give eternal life.
John 17:3 “And this is eternal life, that they may know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast sent.
John 17:4 “I glorified Thee on the earth, having accomplished the work which Thou hast given Me to do.
John 17:5 “And now, glorify Thou Me together with Thyself, Father, with the glory which I had with Thee before the world was.
John 17:6 “I manifested Thy name to the men whom Thou gavest Me out of the world; Thine they were, and Thou gavest them to Me, and they have kept Thy word.
John 17:7 “Now they have come to know that everything Thou hast given Me is from Thee;
John 17:8 for the words which Thou gavest Me I have given to them; and they received them, and truly understood that I came forth from Thee, and they believed that Thou didst send Me.
John 17:9 “I ask on their behalf; I do not ask on behalf of the world, but of those whom Thou hast given Me; for they are Thine;
John 17:10 and all things that are Mine are Thine, and Thine are Mine; and I have been glorified in them.
John 17:11 “And I am no more in the world; and yet they themselves are in the world, and I come to Thee. Holy Father, keep them in Thy name, the name which Thou hast given Me, that they may be one, even as We are.
John 17:12 “While I was with them, I was keeping them in Thy name which Thou hast given Me; and I guarded them, and not one of them perished but the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
John 17:13 “But now I come to Thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they may have My joy made full in themselves.
John 17:14 “I have given them Thy word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
John 17:15 “I do not ask Thee to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the evil one.
John 17:16 “They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
John 17:17 “Sanctify them in the truth; Thy word is truth.
John 17:18 “As Thou didst send Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. |
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| #1) Set your mind on Christ.
#2) Prepare for battle realizing that an attack does not constitute a loss.
#3) Recover quickly and continue to fix your hope on the prize. |
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