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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)

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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

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?

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Pulling the plank out of your eye

Speaker: Pastor Timothy Sreedharan

Scripture: Matthew 7:1-6

Judging Others

1 “Do not judge, or you too will be judged.

2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

3 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?

4 How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye?

5 You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

6 “Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

—Matthew 7:1-6

I. Judge others in the way you would have them judge you

II. Judge yourself before judging someone else

III. Judgement without reflection exposes a lack of love

How do we live this out?

- Reflection

- Community

- Recognition of sin

- Appreciation for the grace

Reflection:

- In what way is God inviting you to slow down & examine the plank in your eye?

- Is there a person God is inviting you to talk about the speck in their eye?

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Pulling the plank out of your eye

Speaker: Pastor Timothy Sreedharan

Scripture: Matthew 7:1-6

Judging Others

1 “Do not judge, or you too will be judged.

2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

3 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?

4 How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye?

5 You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

6 “Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

—Matthew 7:1-6

I. Judge others in the way you would have them judge you

II. Judge yourself before judging someone else

III. Judgement without reflection exposes a lack of love

How do we live this out?

- Reflection

- Community

- Recognition of sin

- Appreciation for the grace

Reflection:

- In what way is God inviting you to slow down & examine the plank in your eye?

- Is there a person God is inviting you to talk about the speck in their eye?

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?

Courageous Community: Courage Begins with a Call

Speaker: Rev. Ho-Ming Tsui

Scripture: Joshua 1:1-9

I. The Call to Be Courageous Often Comes in the Middle of Pain (vv. 1–2)

II. Courage Comes from Standing on What God Has Promised (vv. 3–6)

Promise 1: Provision (v. 3-4)

Promise 2: Protection (v. 5)

Promise 3: Presence (v. 5-6)

III. Courage Develops When We Keep Returning to Who God Is (vv. 7–9)

The soaring love of God

Speaker: Rev. Sophia Wong

Scripture: Deuteronomy 32:10-13

S- God stirs the nest.

Like an eagle that stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, that spreads its wings to catch them and carries them aloft.

—Deuteronomy 32:11

To stir the nest means: To shake / To disturb / To remove comfort/ To create movement

Disruption is not abandonment; it is divine transition.

1. From Dependence to Responsibility (Growing Up)

2. From Singleness to Covenant (Marriage & Family)

3. From Stability to Uncertainty (New Seasons)

4. From Earthly Life to Eternity (Final Transition)

What “nest” is God stirring in your life right now?

O- God overshadows us.

The Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.

—Genesis 1:2

His presence is not only protective, it is also purposeful.

A- God assists us.The Three Phases of Growth

Phase 1: Protection — (Foundation Stage)

Phase 2: Stirring — (Growth & Stretching Stage

Phase 3: Soaring — (Maturity & Impact Stage)

Where is God asking you to step out in faith?

R- God rescues when we fall.

I carried you on eagles’ wings.

—Exodus 19:4

Real love includes: Discipline / Boundaries/ Wisdom

Resurrection People-Our Worship

Speaker: Pastor Kelly J. Tam

Scripture: Revelation 1:17–18a

The resurrection of Jesus leads us to worship a presence.

17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as if I were dead. But he laid his right hand on me and said, “Don’t be afraid! I am the First and the Last. 18 I am the living one. I died, but look—I am alive forever and ever!

—Revelation 1:17-18a

37 Jesus replied, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment.

—Matthew 22:37-38

1. Worship with our hearts means we have honest grief and joyful praise.

2. Worship with our body means our whole being praises and declares the King.

3. Worship with our souls means our worship is a spiritual encounter.