More notes from Christine Caine sermon

As promised, here are some more of my notes from the sermon that Christine Caine gave when she came to visit my church. 

This sermon is based on the book of Joshua from chapters 5-6 when the Israelites were preparing to take possession of Canaan. These chapters also talk about their conquest of Jericho. 

Her sermon is about how to get to our "promised land" and lists a few examples of what might be holding us back. I added my own thoughts in parentheses.  

There is a process to possessing the next phase of what God wants us to do:

We have to pay our own price of our own promised land. (It requires our participation, faith, and perseverance.)

Sometimes a sense of entitlement creeps up on us and we expect to be given the inheritance that was given to those that lived before us. 

It is possible to be delivered in the wilderness but not free in the promised land. (How?) Sometimes a weight can be holding us back from our destiny. An example of a weight can be a bad relationship, unforgiveness, etc. These weights keep us from moving into our next phase. 

If the person that you are getting all your advice/wisdom from is going a different direction in life than you, and they are leading you away from where God is leading you, then they aren't leading you to the promised land. 

"Now Jericho was securely shut up because of the children of Israel; none went out, and none came in." (Joshua 6:1 NKJV)

The Israelites paid the price, they let go of the past, moved on, and moved in to their promised land. 

So what do I do when I walk into my promised land and there is a big, impenetrable wall? (Like the wall of Jericho.) 

I recognize that He is God and I am not. 

In the book of Joshua, the Israelites faced a giant wall in Jericho, in their promised land. Then God gave them a unique and unheard of battle strategy: they were to walk around the wall of Jericho seven times. 

(It pays to be willing to do what God is asking us to do to get to the promised land. Even if it's a little out of the ordinary. He will come through with all He promises. Sometimes we have a part to play and we have to make that brave effort to follow His leading because He will lead us to victory.) 

If your words don't line up with the promises of God then don't say anything until you can say what God says. (Keep your faith alive.) 

So keep moving forward to your own promised land, march around 7 times (obey God in what he asks you to do and don't give up). And shout with praise because the wall is coming down. :)