1) JOSHUA - EX 17:13; 24:13; NUMBERS 13:1 - 14:38; DEUT 31: 1-8; JOSHUA
A. KEY VERSE - JOSHUA 24:15
B. CHARACTER
1. SERVANT MINDED AND LOYAL - EX 24:13; NUM 14; 6-10
2. OBEDIENT - JOSHUA 6: 1- 21
3. COMMITTED AND INFLUENTIAL - JOSHUA 24: 14-27
4. WISE - DEUT 34:9
5. FAITHFUL - HEB 11:30
C. CHALLENGES
1. REMAINING LOYAL TO MOSES AND OBEDIENT TO GOD WHEN OTHERS WERE WORSHIPING IDOLS
AND COMPLAINING - EX 32:17; NUM 14: 6-10
2. LEADING THE ISRAELITES THROUGH THE FLOODED RIVER JORDAN AND PREPARING THEM TO ATTACK
A FORTIFIED CITY - JOSHUA 3:1 - 6: 27
3. DIVIDING THE LAND FAIRLY AND PREPARING TO THE ISRAELITES TO CONTINUE TO SERVE AND OBEY
GOD WHILE IN THE PROMISED LAND - JOSHUA 13:8 - 24:28
D. LESSONS LEARNED
1. WHEN PEOPLE DEDICATE THEIR LIVES TO GOD THROUGH FAITHFUL AND HUMBLE SERVICE, GOD CAN
USE THEM FOR A GREATER PURPOSE. GOD MAY HAVE A PLAN FOR YOU, EVEN IF IT'S IN SOMEONE
ELSES SHADOW - JOSHUA 1: 1-9
2. GOD WANTS US TO TRUST HIM, EVEN IN THE MIDDLE OF OPPOSITION AND PERSECUTION- NUM 14:6-10
2) GIDEON - JUDGES 6-8
A. KEY VERSE - JUDGES 6:15
B. CHARACTER -
1. DOUBTFUL AND RELUCTANT - JUDGES 6: 13-17, 27, 36-40; 7: 9-15
2. MIGHTY AND BRAVE - JUDGES 6; 12; 7:16 - 8:21
3. HUMBLE - JUDGES 8; 22,23
4. IRRESPONSIBLE - JUDGES 8: 24-27
5. FAITHFUL - HEB 11:32
C. CHALLENGES
1. TRUSTING GOD WITHOUT FEAR OF DEATH AND WITHOUT DEMANDING A SIGN-JUDGES 6:25-40;7:10-15
2. TAKING ON THE ENORMOUS RESPONSIBILITY OF THE MIDIANITES WITH 300 MEN - JUDGES 7: 1-22
3. STANDING FIRM AND RESISTING THE TEMPTATION TO BECOME THE FIRST KING OF ISRAEL- 8: 22,23
4. ACTING RESPONSIBLY AS A LEADER AND JUDGE - 8: 24-27
D. LESSONS LEARNED
1. GOD CAN DO GREAT THINGS EVEN WITH A DOUBTFUL, AFRAID PERSON
2. LEADERS SHOULD BE GREAT EXAMPLES OF BEING SPIRITUALLY RESPONSIBLE - 8: 24-27