Walking in Truth

Sometimes, you need a little reassurance. When you’re learning a new skill, it’s nice to have your teacher tell you that what you’re doing is going in the right direction. And if you’re not, they’ll let you know! Well today, Pastor Johnny talks about how God reassured Joshua in leading all these people into new territory. Sure, there were some fears of the unknown, but God has a way of bringing a peace in a way that no one else can compete with. Do you have this kind of peace, knowing God’s in control?

You think about a large rock and there’s little chance of something breaking through the outer surface of the rock because it’s so hard. Now think of you heart being hard like that rock. How is anything supposed to seep into your heart if you’re unwilling? Today, Pastor Johnny wants you to have a soft heart that’s open to hearing from God. Will you listen to God’s Word and be willing to take action in a way that honors and glorifies Him? Don’t let your heart be like a hard rock. Change from within!

Sometimes, you’ll do something to mark the end of one season and the start of a new one. Maybe you have a celebration dinner or you do an outing that marks the end of an era. Perhaps you establish some traditions in a new house or you break some habits that you’ve been holding on to far too long. Well today, Pastor Johnny explains the purpose behind what God asked His people to do before entering the promised land. It may have seemed like weird timing, but God’s ways are always right .

When you think of statues or even of ruins from ancient history, it reminds you of what has happened in the past. But too often today, you can go about your merry way, moving forward. But sometimes, it’s important to remember where you’ve come from in order to know where you’re going. Today, Pastor Johnny talks about ways you can put-into-practice remembering what God’s done so that you don’t forget. Otherwise, that long-term memory might fail you when you may need it the most.

Typically, before something big happens in your life, there’s some preparation that needs to happen. Before you graduate from school, you’re required to learn the things that prove you earned your degree. Before you get married, you work at communicating and trusting another person. Before you have a baby, you take classes that train you to know what to do during labor. Well today, Pastor Johnny teaches on how God’s people needed to prepare for a new chapter in their lives.

Don’t you love it when there’s a theme that weaves its way throughout a story? It has a purpose and is important to how the story ends. Well today, Pastor Johnny highlights a theme that’s woven throughout the Bible and you’ll be impressed with how it’s inserted into the passage being covered. God has a way of reaching your heart in every story told in the Bible and it happens again with this story. His love for you can’t be measured. His love is thicker than the red blood He gave for you.

You don’t have to always see something to believe that it exists. The wind is something unseen, but it’s obvious that it’s there and you see how it affects everything around you…especially when a hurricane hits. Well today, Pastor Johnny talks about a woman having a lot of faith in something she hasn’t seen, but she’s heard of it. What about you? Do you have this kind of faith in God? Is it easy to believe things that are promised, even though you can’t see God physically? Take some notes from Rahab today.

You’re facing a moral dilemma and you have to make a decision that will cause criticism no matter what. So how do you decide? Well today, Pastor Johnny gives an example of someone who made a controversial choice that put her life at risk, but she felt it was worthwhile. The question for you is…when is it the right time to go against the rules of government in order to follow God rather than men? Ultimately, God will hold you accountable for whatever decisions you make and if they line up with what He says.

It’s easy to be afraid when you don’t know what the outcome will be. If you don’t know the end of a story, you’re on the edge of your seat, wondering what’s going to happen and if it will end the way you hope it will, with good overcoming evil and the enemy being beaten. But what Pastor Johnny talks about today is the idea of being faithful in the middle of the story, before the ending concludes and everything gets made right. Are you able to get past your fear and live in the present with hope and confidence?

There’s a job you’ve been given to do, but it requires multiple roles within your job description. Maybe you even feel unable to meet the expectations that are ahead of you, or you feel unworthy of filling the shoes of the one who held your position before. Well here’s a newsflash. You’re not alone. Today, Pastor Johnny talks about a man named Joshua who wore many hats and had much responsibility. Did he waste that opportunity or did he make the most of it? Listen today to find out!