The Covenant Renewed Joshua Ch24

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The Covenant Renewed - Joshua Ch24

• Christ Church Cottingham
• 3rd January 2010

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2009 What a Year!
9 New Members
Manna Life Growing From Strength to Strength
18 to 25 Group Formed
6 Baptisms
More competition Credit Crunch affects Manna
Coffee
Sparewell Land purchased
Steve Crossley Resigned as Minister
Various members gifting revealed
A new Growth Group for New Christians
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Joshua Teaching Series in 2009

• Talks on Joshua
• Introduction Ch 1
• Rahab Trust in a Scarlet Chord Ch2
• Crossing the River Jordan Ch3 to 5
• Joshua - The victory of Faith Ch 6
• What we can learn from the Battle at Ai Ch7 to 8
• The Gibeonite Deception Ch 9
• Defeat of the five kings Ch 10
• Dividing the Promised Land Ch 14
• Dealing with the little things Ch 17
• Unity Ch 22

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Gods Sovereignty

• Joshua ch 24
• V3 I took
• V4 I gave
• V5 I sent
• V6 v8 I brought
• V10 I would not listen
• V11 I delivered
• V12 I sent
• V13 I have given
• V14 God works to His eternal purposes, and who
  can stop them from happening?
• Such a God is to be feared and obeyed!

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Covenant Renewed at Shechem

• When the people promised to serve the Lord
  Joshuas reply was
• You cannot serve both Jehovah and worship idols
  too
• Today you must choose who you will serve
• As for me and my house we will serve the King
• The people promised to serve the Lord our God
  and obey Him
• This covenant was recorded in the Book of the Law
• A large stone was set-up under the oak near the
  holy place of the Lord as a reminder of the
  covenant
• Why? because Joshua didnt believe that the
  Israelites would be faithful
• Joshua believed that they would drift away from
  God into idolatry.

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What Does this mean to me in 2010?

• Start of the New Year is a good opportunity to
  renew our covenant with God.
• To look back and remember our salvation and to
  give thanks.
• To look forward and re-commit ourselves to God
  and to what He has in store for us.
• We can do this corporately now through the words
  of a prayer on the next slide.

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Prayer of Re-Commitment

• Dear God,
• Thank you for sending your Son to die on the
  cross and to rise again
• Thank you that because He died and rose again I
  can know forgiveness from sin and the promise of
  eternal life with You
• Thank you for saving me and that my life is
  changed, renewed
• Now at the start of this New Decade I promise to
  serve You and You only
• Help me please to be obedient to Your word
  through the power of Your Holy Spirit. Amen

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Looking Forward to 2010

• In 2 weeks we will be starting a new series
  called
• Time to Grow Up
• Studies in the book of James
• James is a very practical book with
• emphasis on vital Christianity
• using nature to illustrate spiritual truth
• unpopular subjects such as controlling ones
  tongue
• Plenty of material for Sunday mornings and Growth
  Groups

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What are you looking forward to in 2010?

• 2010 stretches out before us, what are you
  looking forward too?
• Please pray that we as a church will see Gods
  vision for this church develop and grow
• That God would bless His work here at Christ
  Church
• For the process of seeking and finding a new
  minister
• That firm plans for a suitable building will be
  put in place
• Prov 29 v 18 Without Vision the people perish