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Week 2 · As I Was with Moses
Newsong Community Church · October 18, 2026
Joshua 1:1–18
- GOD PREPARES BEFORE HE CALLS (Exodus 33:11; Numbers 27:18)
- Joshua was tested, served, and lingered in God’s presence.
- Joshua was corrected, and stayed faithful when others didn’t.
- God has been preparing Braden the same way, through His Word, prayer, faithful people, and hard seasons.
- NOW ARISE (Joshua 1:1–2)
- God honors the past.
- God doesn’t let us live there.
- The leader changed; the promise didn’t.
- III. AS I WAS WITH MOSES (Joshua 1:3–9)
- Same God, new chapter. (v. 5)
- Strength and Courage, commanded three times. (vv. 6, 7, 9)
- Strength comes from the Word, not imitation. (v. 8)
- IV. THE PEOPLE’S RESPONSE (Joshua 1:16–18)
- Following is a choice.
- Commitment comes with prayer.
- Three commitments:
- Pray for Braden and family by name
- Invest in him and his family
- Commit to your participation in the family of God at Newsong
TODAY’S RESPONSE (Joshua 4:4–7)
- Memorial stones: write one thing God has done through Newsong.
LOOKING AHEAD
- October 25: Consecration of Braden and his family, a sending prayer for Scott and Marcie, and a second set of stones with our dreams for Newsong’s future.
Reflection & Application Questions
- Joshua spent forty years being prepared before God said “now arise.” Looking back, how has God used past seasons, including hard ones, to prepare you for where you are today?
- Joshua learned by serving Moses and lingering in God’s presence. Who has invested in you spiritually, and who could you invest in during this season?
- God honored Moses but told the people “now arise.” What is the difference between honoring the past and living in it, and where might God be asking you to move forward?
- God told Joshua to be strong and courageous three times. What makes transitions frightening for you, and how does God’s promise in Joshua 1:5 speak to that fear?
- Joshua’s strength would come from meditating on God’s Word day and night. What would it look like for you to build a daily rhythm of reading Scripture?
- The people committed to follow Joshua and pray for him. Which of the three commitments is God asking you to act on first?
- Praying for Braden and his family by name,
- Investing in him and his family
- Stay engaged and strong in the Newsong Community
Time of Response
Take a few minutes of silence. Allow your own thoughts to quiet and be still. Where does the Holy Spirit want you to decrease so that Christ could increase in your life? What part of your life, if reduced, would make more room for you to thrive spiritually?
QUESTIONS TO ASK WHILE READING SCRIPTURE
What does this reveal about God?
What does this reveal about you in relation to God?
What do you need to do about it?
The Covenant Prayer from John Wesley's Covenant Service, 1780 (adapted)
I am no longer my own,
but Yours.
Put me to what you will,
rank me with whom you will.
Put me to doing,
put me to suffering.
Let me be employed for You or laid aside for You,
exalted for You or brought low for You.
Let me be full,
let me be empty.
Let me have all things,
let me have nothing.
I freely and heartily yield all things
to Your pleasure and disposal.
And now, O glorious and blessed God,
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,
You are mine,
and I am Yours.
So be it.
And the covenant which I have made on earth,
let it be ratified in heaven.
Amen.
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How Can I Be Intentional When Reading Scripture?
One Method To Use When Reading Scripture:
The S.O.A.P.S. Method
S.cripture: Write down the Bible passage you will be studying.
O.bservations: Examine the text and write down what you notice and see. Start with the obvious and move to the deeper.
A.pplication: Apply God’s Word to your life in a practical way. What is God saying about Himself, about you and about what He is calling you to?
P.rayer: Respond to God’s Word with your own words.
S.hare: Commit to share what God is showing you with someone else.
- Inductive Bible Study:
- Observation (what does the passage say?)
- What is happening in the passage?
- Who is involved in the passage?
- What happened before and after the passage.
- Where are they located and how is that influencing the passage.
- Interpretation (what does it mean?)
- What is the passage saying considering everything I have observed and what I know from the rest of Scripture
- What does the scripture say within context of the entirety of Scripture?
- Application (how does it apply to my life?)
- What does the passage say about God?
- What does the passage say about me and to me?
- What am I being called to DO because of the passage of Scripture?
How do I talk with God?
WAYS TO PRAY
One Way to talk with God is to:
Pause.
Rejoice.
Ask.
Yield.
ANOTHER OPTION
Adoration
Confession
Thanksgiving
Supplication: Requests
