HOLD ON TO THE GRAPES
Pastor Ryan Keltner
Deuteronomy 6:10- 11 10 When the L
ORD
your God brings you into the land he swore to your fathers, to Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob, to give you—a land with large, flourishing cities you did not build, 11 houses filled with all kinds of good things you did not provide, wells you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant—then when
you eat and are satisfied,
1. We need to leave the _________out of our faith.
Numbers 13:30-33 30 Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, “We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it.” 31 But the men who had gone up with him said, “We can’t attack those people; they are stronger than we are.” 32 And they spread among the Israelites a bad report about the land they had explored. They said, “The land we explored devours those living in it. All the people we saw there are of great size. 33 We saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them.”
A. The problem: they focused on ____________.
Mt. 19:2626 Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this
is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
Luke 1:3737 For no word from God will ever fail.”
2. We should _______ to obey God.(Numbers 13:30)
A. We need to focus on God's ______ and _________.
Numbers 14:8- 8 If the L
ORD
is pleased with us, he will lead us into that land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and will give it to us.
B. Our _______________ should be in doing God's will.
Numbers 14:99 Only do not rebel against the L ORD . And do not be afraid of the people of the land, because we will devour them. Their protection is gone, but the L ORD is with us. Do not be afraid of them.”
Grapes = the __________, __________, ________ of God.
Giants = the ________ and the __________ to the promises and the provisions of God.
We need to put obstacles into proper perspective-
______________ ______ _______.
Question: Will we live by _______ or ____________?