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When forced to stand at the crossroads of belief and unbelief, God’s people choose belief. God’s people risk believing. Nowhere is this better exemplified than in Joshua’s story. You could argue that the central message of the book of Joshua is this headline: God keeps His promises. Trust Him.

Three times, Joshua declares God did what he said he would do. The Lord gave all he had sworn to give. The Lord gave rest according to all he had sworn to their fathers. Not a word failed of any good thing which the Lord had spoken. All came to pass.

Learn from Joshua. Take a risk. Believe in God. He will do what he has said he will do.

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Some of our greatest ministry times have been among the wonderful Navajo people in Arizona and New Mexico. While we were there we had a chance to explore this majestic canyon known as Canyon Desha. Actually our son was there first. He and his friend, Michael, went there a year before us to do some youth outreach and later he brought his pictures out of his visit to the canyon. Here are these beautiful rock ledges and outcroppings that hover high above the canyon below. And we were enjoying these scenic photos until we got to the ones where my son and his friend Michael were acting like the college students that they were.

Yes, they were perched precariously in various positions on the edge of some of those rock formations. Our minds immediately rushed to the tragedies and the deadly falls we knew of that resulted from getting too close to the edge of a cliff. Needless to say, our son was treated to an unwelcome parental treatise on what might have happened. The view is so nice from those pinnacles! No one really wants to hear about the dangers.

I’m Ron Hutchcraft and I want to have A Word With You today about “When Winning Is Dangerous.”

Our word for today from the Word of God comes from Luke 4 where the Devil three times is coming to Jesus and interrupting Him face to face. Beginning at verse 5, the second temptation, “The Devil led Him up to a high place and showed Him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. And he said to Him, ‘I will give You all the authority and splendor for it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to.’ So if You worship me Jesus, it will all be Yours.’” Jesus answered, “It is written, worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.”

Well, the Devil took Jesus to a high place to tempt Him. He’s still doing that. He’s trying that strategy on people like you and me. He loves to exploit high places to get you to fall. He also likes to use the low places. He tried that first with Jesus when he was really hungry for 40 days and he tried to get Jesus to meet a legitimate need, but outside of God’s boundaries. But when Satan can’t get us to compromise when we’re down, he goes after us when we’re up. Like a time when you’ve really done something well or you’ve been given recognition or a good position.

A high place could be a time when your dream is finally starting to come true, or when a relationship you wanted is starting to click, or when the career or the money is starting to happen, when you’ve just had a great spiritual experience or victory. You feel as if you’re looking at kingdoms that could be yours. You’re perched on the edge. The view is great and you’re in no mood to hear about the dangers. But that’s what makes you a prime candidate to fall.

One danger is that you’ll compromise to get to a place you really want to be. Just a little bending of the knee the Devil would say, a sexual compromise, an integrity compromise, a family compromise. He’s saying, “Hey, it’s almost in your grasp. If you’ll just stretch a little morally, you can be yours.”

Listen, if the Devil gets you to the top, you can be sure he’s going to push you over the cliff. It’s also tempting to compromise to stay in a good spot once you’ve gotten there. You’ve waited a long time to get to this point and you don’t want to lose it. The Devil knows that, and he’ll try to use that to get you to sacrifice something that you would otherwise never sacrifice. The problem with high places is that we depend on ourselves when we’re there. In the low places we were really trusting God, but now we’re on a roll. So we tend to push Jesus to the edge. It’s easy to be full of ourselves when things are looking good. But that’s when you are on the edge of a deadly fall.

Maybe God has brought you to a high place; maybe the Devil has brought you to a high place. But either way, you can be

One wrong comment at dinner, and your grown kid shuts down. Again. Now you're rehearsing every word, wondering if you'll ever be close. Authors Jim Burns and Ron Deal tackle reconnecting with adult child relationships strained by disagreements, broken trust, and old wounds. On FamilyLife Today with Dave and Ann Wilson, discover why trying harder to fix your kid might actually push them further away.

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• Jim Burns' book, When Your Adult Child Strays: Trading Heartache for Hope.
• Jim Burns' book, Doing Life with Your Adult Children: Keep Your Mouth Shut and the Welcome Mat Out.
• Jim Burns' When Your Adult Child Strays digital course.
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• FamilyLife Blended podcast: Jim Burns, When Adult Children Stray.

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Your solution starts with what you have ... not with what you lack.  Today on BOLD STEPS, Mark Jobe concludes his message In the Black with a look at what it takes to walk in financial freedom.  We’ll uncover how debt can cost us far more than money ... and why every breakthrough involves discipline fueled by faith.  Take your next step toward managing life God’s way ... listen to Bold Steps with Pastor Mark Jobe.

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When we can finally see the good coming, waiting for it feels unbearable. Naomi spots a path to redemption and starts scheming to speed it up. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller shows the danger of forcing God's hand. Discover why writing a check we want God to cash rarely ends well.

This is part one of the sermon, "Manipulating Grace."

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02:25 – Hope Is a Beautiful Thing: What keeps us pressing on.
05:04 – Ruth's Heart Dreams: Could Boaz be the one?
07:43 – Reality Is Stubborn: The gap between hope and now.
10:21 – Winnowing Tonight: Naomi's plan takes shape.
13:00 – At His Feet: The bold, risky move on the threshing floor.
16:37 – Just a Leap of Faith: Is Naomi's plan actually trust?
17:46 – What's Wrong With a Shortcut: Why not just take the path?
21:30 – Wrestling with God's Timing: The seasoning the wait provides.

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Thank God for young people who demonstrate the kind of courage we can admire and emulate. 

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