A message from the series "Strong & Courageous." 05/24/2026 Strong & Courageous | When God Fights For You
Joshua 8-10

Bid Idea: God wins our battles when we walk His way.

When God fights for you:
1. Obedience matters. (Joshua 8) Some people are stuck because they want to know and understand God’s whole plan before doing anything.
Partial obedience still leads to full consequences. Where is God asking you to obey instead of just agreeing with Him?

2. Dependence matters. (Joshua 9) Read Proverbs 3:5-6. What we fail to pray through, we often stumble through. What are you trying to navigate without truly seeking God? Are you willing to ask Him about it?

3. Faith steps forward. (Joshua 10) Faith doesn’t sit still when God says move. What step of faith is God asking you to take right now?

A message from the series "Strong & Courageous." 05/17/2026 Strong and Courageous | Hidden Sin
Joshua 7

BIG IDEA: You cannot walk in victory publicly, while hiding disobedience privately.
Hidden sin can make you look healthy on the outside, while quietly destroying you on the inside. It’s hidden, so it’s harmless.
Some insights about hidden sin:
1. Hidden sin never stays hidden. Sometimes, the greatest threat isn’t the pressure around you; it’s the sin you’re hiding within you. What have you convinced yourself is “private” that is actually affecting everything around you?
2. God brings hidden sin into the light so that he can bring healing into your life. The problem isn’t God’s faithlessness, it’s the hidden compromises that we keep making, thinking that if no one else knows, it’s ok. What are you protecting that God is trying to heal?
3. Sin loses its power when it’s brought into the light. What stays hidden within us cannot be healed. What are you still hiding that needs to be brought into the light?
4. Repentance restores what sin destroys. What would God heal and restore if you stopped hiding it and instead surrendered it?

Dealing with sin:
1. Stop minimizing it.
2. Confess it to God. (Psalm 32:3a, 5)
3. Bring it into trusted community. (James 5:16a)
4. Remove what fuels it. (Matthew 5:29-30)
5. Build ongoing accountability. (Galatians 16:2)

A message from the series "Strong & Courageous." 05/10/2026 Strong and Courageous | Walls Fall When God Leads
Joshua 6
Big Idea: Victory belongs to God, but obedience belongs to us.

When God’s ways don’t seem to make sense, remember they’re shaping faith in you.
1. God’s leading, you’re following. God is not trying to win a battle as much as He’s trying to form a people who will continue to trust Him. (Prov 3:5-6) We believe God can leverage the wall in front of us, but we struggle to trust how He chooses to do it. (Isaiah 55:8)
2. God is transforming you in the process. God often does his deepest work in you, before He does His visible work through you.
3. God is working even when you don’t see it. God is working while you are obediently walking. (Gal 6:9)

Four clarifying questions to help you walk in obedience:
1. What wall are you staring at right now? You cannot defeat what you will not define.
2. What obedience step is God asking from you that doesn’t make sense? Do you really believe that Jesus is enough for you?
3. Where do you need to keep walking? Faith is an EVERY DAY thing.
4. What victory do you need to surrender back to God? Give God the credit and the glory that only he deserves.

A message from the series "Strong & Courageous." 04/19/2026 Strong and Courageous | When God Does the Impossible
Joshua 3-4

Joshua is the story of how God teaches ordinary people to live strong & courageous lives.

1. Make ready - cleanse spiritually
2. Move
3. Memorialize

A message from the series "Strong & Courageous." 05/03/2026 Strong and Courageous | Worship Before Battle
Joshua 5:1-15 When We Need Direction

Joshua is the story of how God teaches ordinary people to live strong & courageous lives.

1. Identify with God (vs 1-9) Put aside the old self and align with God to put on a new self.
2. Provisions of God (vs 10-12) Depend on what God provides at any given time. Turn to God and seek His provision for you each day.
2 Tim 3:16-17
3. Surrender to God (vs 13-15) Let God be the Lord of your life.
Matt 16:24-25

US - Battle - Victory - Spiritual - Reflection
GOD - Identify - Dependence - Surrender - Victory

A message from the series "Strong & Courageous." 04/19/2026 Strong and Courageous | Faith That Sees
Joshua 2
Joshua is the story of how God teaches ordinary people to live strong & courageous lives.
Courage grows out of faith that sees.
FAITH SEES BEFORE IT SEES! Faith that sees believes what is true about God and acts on it, before circumstances change.
Rahab had a divine appointment that she acted on in faith.
Faith that sees:
1. Sees God clearly. …”I know that the LORD has given you the land…” 2:9a Faith isn’t about seeing everything clearly. It’s about seeing God clearly.
2. Sees fear differently. “…all who live in this country are melting in fear…” 2:9b Faith doesn’t remove fear, it redirects it. Courage is not the absence of fear, it’s overcoming fear through faith. Every fear we face bows before God.
3. Sees the need to act. Rahab…was shown to be right with God by her actions… James 2:25 see also Hebrews 11:31
Faith isn’t just something you believe, it’s something you build your life on.
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1

A message from the series "Strong & Courageous." 04/12/2026 Strong and Courageous

Joshua 1:6-9
Joshua is the story of how God teaches ordinary people to live strong & courageous lives.

BIG IDEA: God grows courage in us as we trust His presence, stand on His promises, and live by His Word.
Do you feel ready for what’s in front of you? Will you trust God when you don’t feel ready to?

The beginning of strong & courageous:
1. God uses new seasons to grow courage. God leads ordinary people into new seasons that require them to trust Him.
2. God grounds our courage in His promises, not our performance. Courage grows when you trust what God has promised more than what you can produce.
3. God builds courage through His presence. Courage isn’t self-confidence, it’s God-confidence.
4. God forms courage through our obedience to His Word. Meditation is keeping God’s Word in your mind long enough that it begins to shape your life.

Where is God trying to form courage in you right now?
1. Is God calling you into a new season you don’t feel ready for? Step forward anyway and trust God.
2. Is there a promise of God you need to stand on instead of your own ability? Learn to trust God through the process.
3. Is there a place you need to trust that God is with you? Pray to experience God’s presence.
4. Are there ways for you to begin to root yourself in God’s Word this week?

A message from the series "Unexpected King." 03/29/2026 The Unexpected King
The King Who Saves the Lost | Luke 19:1-10

BIG IDEA: Jesus is the King who seeks and saves the lost.
If you haven’t come to Christ, it’s likely that you haven’t realized your need for Him.

1. Zacchaeus was in plain sight but was still unseen, not hiding, but overlooked.
Who are the unseen “Zacchaeus’s” in your world that God is showing you that you’ve been overlooking?
2. Jesus sees the lost and saves them. God is able to save the hopeless.
See Luke 19:10.

TWO CHALLENGES FOR THIS WEEK:
CHALLENGE #1: See one person. I can’t reach people I don’t see.
CHALLENGE #2: Stop and move toward them. Jesus stopped, so can I.

A message from the series "Unexpected King." 03/22/2026 The Unexpected King
The King Who Welcomes Sinners | Luke 7: 36-50

BIG IDEA: Jesus is the King who welcomes sinners and honors humble hearts.

Two things become clear from this parable:
1. Religion can sit close to Jesus and still miss His heart. We invite Jesus into our lives, but we. Fail to honor Him for who He is. Holiness moves toward sinners to restore them. Self-righteousness is the sin that hides behind good behavior.
2. Grace flows to the people who know they need it. Grace is not a reward for good people, it’s a rescue for humble people.

Which chair best represents your heart right now, pride or humility? What steps can you take this week to move toward humility and grace?
Who in your life might feel like they do not belong? How can you reflect the welcoming heart of Jesus toward them this week?

A message from the series "Unexpected King."