773 05202012Morn

Pastor Richard "Buddy" Wimberly "But You Shall Go Over" Deuteronomy 4:22

Deuteronomy 4:22

How many never met my father?

How many met him but never really knew him?

How many knew him well?

(brief words from volunteers)

(brief lead-in from the pastor)

(Video approx. 20 minutes)

(Look at all God has blessed us with through the years and rehearse them to our children)

Deu 4:7 For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?

Deu 4:9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;

(Dad knew he had finished his course, He encouraged me) (His fear of ministry was that there was no retirement)

Deu 4:22 But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good land.

(We have and will face again challenges bigger than we are… but God)

Deu 4:38 To drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this day.

(His blessings are way out of proportion to our abilities)

Deu 6:10 And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,

Deu 6:11 And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;

(Fear and doubt will cause you to stumble at God’s promises)

Deu 7:17 If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?

(Nothing is bigger than our God) (The battle is the Lord’s)

Deu 7:21 Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the LORD thy God is among you, a mighty God and terrible.

Deu 7:22 And the LORD thy God will put out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee.

(The trials and lean times of the past were for our humility to honor our God) (Consider the end)

Deu 8:16 Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;

Deu 8:17 And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.

Deu 8:18 But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.

(Just as Joshua built upon the foundation that had been laid with Moses – we are building upon the foundation that laid with my dad) (I want to keep alive the vision of our God and pass it on to our children after us to carry it to their children…)

(Dad was not allowed to go in to this land with us but he (like Moses) saw it)

(CD: Soldier Won the Battle)