Everyone has a place

Speaker: Rev. Dr. Shu-Ling Lee

Scripture: Joshua 13:1-21:45

Introduction - Details Matter

Matthew 1 - Genealogy of Jesus

Book of Numbers

Joshua 13 - We Never Fully Arrive

I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me.

—Phil 3:12

Joshua 14-15 - Be Faithful to the Lord and Trust He Will be Faithful

Joshua 16-17 - Women are to be Honoured just like Men

Joshua 17-21 - Stop Complaining about Life

Conclusion

May God, who gives this patience and encouragement, help you live in complete harmony with each other, as is fitting for followers of Christ Jesus. 6 Then all of you can join together with one voice, giving praise and glory to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 7 Therefore, accept each other just as Christ has accepted you so that God will be given glory.8 Remember that Christ came as a servant to the Jews to show that God is true to the promises he made to their ancestors. 9 He also came so that the Gentiles might give glory to God for his mercies to them.

—Romans 15:5-9 NLT

Standing Together in the Long Campaign

Speaker: Pastor Jonathan Moe

Scripture: Joshua 10:1-12:24

The Big Idea: A courageous community is formed through long obedience together, because God does His deepest work in the long middle.

Key Verse:

Joshua waged war against all these kings for a long time.

—Joshua 11:18 NIV

Point 1: Most of God’s Work Happens in the Long Middle

- God’s promises are often fulfilled through sustained faithfulness rather than instant success.

- The miracles demonstrated God’s power, but the long campaign revealed Israel’s trust. They kept following because God had promised to go before them.

Community Application: Most of our growth doesn’t happen at conferences or retreats. God often does His deepest work in the long middle.

Point 2: Endurance is a Community Discipline

- What does a community that endures do?

i. Share a common vision

ii. Endures through mutual responsibility

• “bear one another’s burdens…” - Gal 6:2

•”Bear with one another in love.” - Eph 4:2

Community Application: Instead of asking what I want this church to become, we can ask how I can be a part of what God is building here?

Point 3: Faithfulness Over Time is its Own Kind of Miracle

We can live according to our value schemes, independent of His love and His covenant, but we’ll pay the price. Or, we can elect to be faithful to Him and discover His faithfulness.

—John Huffman, Mastering the Old Testament

This is why the New Testament so often describes the Christian life in communal terms:

- “Encourage one another daily” (Hebrews 3:13)

- “Consider how to stir up one another” (Hebrews 10:24–25)

- “Let us run with endurance the race set before us” (Hebrews 12:1–2)

For our community, what does that look like?

- It keeps showing up

- It keeps carrying one another

- It keeps remembering God’s faithfulness.

Don’t Miss Your Life: Stop Chasing Vapour

Speaker: Rev. Aaron Owen

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 9

If You Chase What Doesn’t Matter… You’ll Miss What Does

4 REALITIES OF LIFE WE MUST EMBRACE

i. Your Life Is in God’s Hands (v.1-3)

ii. Your Life Is Short (v.4-6)

iii. Your Time Is Unpredictable (v.11-12)

iv. Your Life Is a Gift from God – Receive It (v.7-10)

Reflection

• Where in my life am I trying to control outcomes instead of trusting God with them?

• If this season of my life ended sooner than I expected, what would I regret not being present for?

• Where might I be busy with things that feel urgent but are ultimately empty (hevel)?

• What good gifts from God am I currently overlooking or failing to enjoy?

• Where am I so focused on what’s next that I’m missing what God has placed in front of me right now?

Courageous Community: Outsmarted but bound

Speaker: Rev. Kelly J. Tam

Scripture: Joshua 9:1-27 (NLT)

The way of faith is not the way of the crowd.

—Eugene Peterson

Joshua 9: A story of deception and integrity.

I. Seeking God protects the Community. (verse 14)

II. Courageous communities are known for keeping their word. (verses 18-19)

III. Integrity is measured in the hard moments. (verse 20-21)

Sermon Notes

Courageous Community: What’s in your tent?

Speaker: Rev. Dr. Ho-Ming Tsui

Scripture: Joshua 7

I. How Sin Grows In Us (v. 20-21)

II. How Sin Spreads Beyond Us (v. 1-17)

III. How God’s Grace Moves Toward Us (v. 18-19, 22-26)

Conclusion:

A valley of trouble can be a door of hope (Hosea 2:15)

Sermon Notes

Courageous Community: When obedience looks foolish

Speaker: Rev. Alex Chan

Scripture: Joshua 6:1-27

BIG IDEA: A courageous community is willing to look foolish in obedience to God — and models a living faith for the next generation.

i. The Passage (Joshua 6:2–5)

God’s plan looked foolish — but His presence makes the marching possible, and persistence keeps you going when nothing seems to change.

ii. The Faith We Pass On (Joshua 4 | Hebrews 11)

Every generation builds on the stones laid before them.

iii. The Cross (1 Corinthians 1:18)

The ultimate foolish plan.

iv. Our Response

What wall is God asking us to face?

“See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands.”

—Joshua 6:2

Withdrawing To Advance - The Readiness of Jesus

Speaker: Rev. Jonathan Nip

Scripture: Mark 1:35-39, Luke 4:42-4

Courageous Community: Godly Preparation before the Battle

Speaker: Rev. Shu-Ling Lee

Scripture: Joshua 5:1-15

Courageous Community: Crossing the River

Speaker: Pastor Angela Luk

Scripture: Joshua 3:1-4:24

Courageous Community moves in faith together and in step with God through every generation.

I. Faith steps in before the waters part (3:1-17)

II. Faith moves us forward together (3:14-17)

III. Remembrance fuels future courage (4:1-24)

Application

What is a “stone of remembrance” - a specific moment when God came through for you - that you can encourage someone with this week?

Courageous Community: God Uses Even The Unlikely

Speaker: Rev. Shu-Ling Lee

Scripture: Joshua 1:10- 2:24 (NLT)

“Every experience God gives us, every person He puts into our lives, is the perfect preparation for a future only He can see”.

—Corrie Ten Boom

“We are who we are in Christ as a result of a series of someones.”

—Dallas Willard

-What does it look like to be a leader in a courageous community?

-What does it look like to be a courageous community that is united in faith and by godly leadership?

-What does it look like for God to bring unlikely people to en-courage us in faith?

I. God tends to call and build up the unlikeliest of leaders (1:10-15)

II. A Courageous Community take time to mature and grow (1:16-18)

III. God can even work through the most unlikely of people to en-courage His people (2:1-24)

The 4 Strikes Against Rahab

5 Qualities Rahab Exemplified

CONCLUSION

Who might be God asking you to talk to outside your social circle or who may not be a Christian yet?