May God bless us as we turn and
consider his word together this morning. We'll turn to the chapter
we read in the book of the Exodus, chapter 17, and we'll read verse
14. Exodus chapter 17. We'll focus our minds this morning
on verse 14. And the Lord said unto Moses,
Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the
ears of Joshua. For I will utterly put out the
remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.' It's really the first
half of this verse I want us to consider primarily this morning. The Lord said unto Moses, Write
this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of
Joshua. Now, of course, I imagine we
all know the history, at least simply the history of the children
of Israel leading up to this time. They had been in slavery
in Egypt, and the Lord had brought them out of Egypt at the time
of the Passover. They had been brought to freedom. They had been brought then through
the Red Sea, and the Egyptians and the Egyptian army had been
drowned in the Red Sea. The children of Israel, the Hebrews,
were now free from that slavery that they had been under. They
were in the wilderness, in the desert. And in the chapters before
this, we read of how God provided for them in the wilderness. God
gave them water at Marah, God gave them manna and the quails.
And we read together in the first half of this chapter, God gave
them water from the rock, where Moses smote the rock with his
rod and the water came out to satisfy the thirst of the people. So God had brought them out of
slavery. God had brought them through
the Red Sea and God had provided for them in the wilderness. And now, We are told that Israel
are faced with their first enemy, as it were. The first enemy rises
up against them. Having come into freedom and
liberty, now here is an enemy. And that is the Amalekites. We read, then came Amalek and
fought with Israel in Rephidim. The Amalekites come up against
them. Who then were the Amalekites? Well, the Amalekites were the
descendants of Amalek. And we read in Genesis that Amalek
was the grandson of Esau. So we can think immediately,
can't we, how these people here, the Israelites, the descendants
of Jacob, And we have here the descendants of Esau, who was
the grandfather of Amalek. And these Amalekites, they lived
in the region where Israel now was, down in the Sinai Peninsula.
And they were generally a nomadic people. They wandered from place
to place with their flocks and their herds, but they were mainly
in the area where the children of Israel were at this point
down in Sinai. And they came up against the
children of Israel. They came to fight against the
children of Israel. It was entirely unprovoked. Entirely
unprovoked. The children of Israel didn't
seek a fight. They didn't seek war with the people of Amalek. An unprovoked attack and the
children of Israel have their first rising up of an enemy against
them. In the book of Deuteronomy, we're
told a little bit more about what happened when the people
of Amalek fought with Israel. We're told, and Moses spoke to
the people, that Amalek, what he did unto thee by the way when
you came forth out of Egypt, this is what he did. He met thee
by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble
behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary, and he feared not
God. So here we have a picture of
what happened. The children of Israel were journeying
in the area of Sinai, and the people of Amalek attacked them
from behind. He smote the hindmost part of
thee. As they were journeying a vast
company, he came from behind and attacked those at the back,
or at the rear, of the company. And those who were feeble, perhaps
those who were tired, and those most affected by thirst, who
were at the back of the company, the Amalekites attacked them
at their weakest point, when thou wast faint and weary. Naturally, they were faint and
weary, because they needed water. And that's when they and where
they were attacked. And we're told why. He feared
not God, we have described here a very unkind action, an unprovoked
attack, ultimately an attack on God. They had no fear of God,
the Amalekites, and they had no respect for his people. So
Israel faced their first enemy, having now been freed from Egypt. Well, how can we think of this
in relation to us today? Well, often the picture is used,
freedom from Egypt and passing through the Red Sea, a picture
of salvation, a picture of being freed from sin, freed from condemnation
and slavery, being brought out of that state of deadness and
being brought into life, being brought into a journey, walking
with the Lord. And when the Lord then brings
his people into life, they then have a journey to walk. And it's
often described as a wilderness to walk through. This world,
to a Christian, can feel like a wilderness. But yet the Lord
has brought them out of Egypt and has set them on that journey.
And he's provided for them food and water for their souls from
the word and the blessing of God. But one thing is clear,
that having been brought out of condemnation and out of sin,
being brought into life and into a journey of the Christian path,
very soon, the believer finds opposition. Very soon they come
across, as it were, their first enemy, the first battle, the
first fight to fight. They come across Amalek, and
they are attacked, perhaps at their weakest point. A Christian is attacked by the
world, find the world to be an enemy, or the spirit of the world,
the opposition that's all around us, the spirit of the world which
is anti-God, anti-Christ, and against his word, and of course
the temptations of the world, which want to and seek to draw
us away from the Lord. The Christian finds an enemy
of the flesh, For they find that still within us are weaknesses,
still within us are doubts and fears and unbelief. Though the
Lord has called us, though the Lord has blessed us, though he's
given us faith, we're not made holy and perfect overnight. There's
sin within. We find an enemy very quickly
in our flesh, as it wars against the spirit. We, of course, also
become more acutely aware of the devil, that great foe who
would draw us away from the Lord, who would bring us down, who
would cause us to doubt, who would cause us to sin and to
fall, who would ever fight against us because we bear the mark and
the seal of Christ on our hearts. The world, the flesh, and the
devil work together at times to attack the children of God.
And it is not long, having enjoyed the blessing and liberty of faith
in Christ, that a Christian finds that there is an enemy to fight. Children of Israel were attacked
at their weak point, when they were faint, and when they were
weary, perhaps when they were off their guard, may find that
the enemy, the world, the flesh, the devil may take us by surprise. Least expected it, still rejoicing
in what the Lord has done, and yet suddenly there is a foe. Well, what happened then in these
events? Amalek come and fight with Israel
in Rephidim. And Moses said unto Joshua, choose
us out men and go out. Fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I
will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine
hand. So Joshua is told to fight, to gather men together to fight
against Amalek. They're being attacked. They
have to respond. They have to fight back. And
Joshua is tasked to bring men together. They were not a well-formed
army. They were not a well-organized
people. And Joshua has to gather men
together to go and fight against this enemy. And Moses, at the
same time, will go up to the top of the hill and he goes up
with Aaron and with her And he goes up with his rod in his hand,
the rod that he had smote the Red Sea with, the rod which had
performed many of the miracles, the plagues in Egypt. He goes
with that rod up to the hilltop with Aaron and Hur. And the battle
commences. And Joshua and his men fight
against Amalek and the army. And we read that when Moses holds
up his hands with the rod in his hand, It becomes apparent
that while he does that, the battle swings in favor of the
Israelites. They start to prevail. They start
to gain the victory. And then as his arms grow tired,
and drop down, and the rod is no longer held aloft, and his
arms hang by his side, it becomes apparent that Amalek start to
prevail. They start to gain the victory, they start to gain ground,
and the battle seems to go in their favor. And the two seem
to be, indeed are, directly linked. Moses lifts up his hands, and
the battle goes in one side. Moses drops down his hands, and
the battle goes in the other. Moses' hands were heavy. He gets
tired holding up his hands for a long time. If any of us try
to hold up our arms for a long period of time, certainly if
we have something in our hands, they become tired. It's hard
work. So they get a stone and Moses
sits down. And Aaron and Hur go one side,
one side, one the other side of Moses and they hold up his
hands. So the hands are constantly held up. So the rod is constantly
held aloft. And while those hands are up,
Israel prevails, and Israel, ultimately we read, Joshua discomfited
Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. They win the
battle, they win the day. All linked directly with the
lifting up of Moses' hands. That is the event, the battle
against Amalek. But what is key, what I want
to focus on today, Moses is told, write these things down. Write
it down. Write it in a book, or as it
would have been in those days, write it on a scroll. Write down
what's happened and read that. Rehearse it in the ears of Joshua. Remind Joshua of what happened. Remind him of these events. Remind
him of how we prevailed. Remind him of how God brought
about the victory. Write it. Read it. Don't forget it. You see, Joshua,
through these events, had learned an important lesson. He was ultimately
to become leader when Moses died. There would be more battles to
fight. There would be Amalek to fight again. Don't forget
these events. Don't forget what happened. Write
it down. Remember it. Rehearse it. Read it again. Now you see, as we come across our
enemies in our soul, And the Lord will give strength and help
in fighting that battle. And yet how right it is to remember
that we might remember what the Lord has done in the past, because
we will need that lesson for the future, because there will
be another battle to fight. Write it down, rehearse it in
the ears, of Joshua. Well then, what did Joshua need
to be reminded of? What did Joshua need to remember? Because Joshua and the children
of Israel in future years would find themselves fighting Amalek
again. This is not the final battle
with Amalek. We read time and again of the
battle with Amalek. They would come up again What
did Joshua need to remember? What key lessons had he learned
from these events? Well, firstly, he had learned
the need to fight. The need to fight. Moses told Joshua to choose out
men and go and fight. When Moses was at the side of
the Red Sea, He said, stand still and see the salvation of the
Lord. The Lord will fight for you and he shall hold your peace.
But on this occasion, Moses doesn't say, well, the Lord is in control,
the Lord knows, the Lord can do all things, let's just stand
still and wait for the Lord to destroy the people of Amalek.
The Lord was able to do that, the Lord could have done that,
but that wasn't the way. Joshua is told, you must choose
out men and you must go and fight. You have a role, you have a battle,
and you must go. And Joshua needed to remember
this when future battles came. There would be a fight to fight.
There would be a need to go out and take up arms and fight against
this enemy. You must be involved in this
battle. And you must need to remember
that when the future came. We must fight is our first lesson. We must fight. We are engaged
in spiritual warfare. We are engaged in the battle.
We are told to fight the good fight of faith. And that means
we are to actively flee these things. We are to flee temptation
and battle against it. We are to flee from those things
which draw us away from God. We are to fight with the Word
of God against the temptations of the devil. We are, you see,
involved in the battle. Take one example, well known
and often quoted. Think of Joseph, presented with
temptation from Potiphar's wife to commit adultery. What does
he do? He flees the opportunity and
he makes sure he is not near Potiphar's wife so that the temptation
is not there. You see, he actively fights that
he may walk close to the Lord. Contrast that with David. When
David sins, he sees Bathsheba bathing on the rooftop. Does
he actively fight the temptation? Does he close his eyes or does
he go downstairs? And no, he invites the temptation. He enjoys the temptation. And
he inquires and he brings Bathsheba to him in the palace. You see
the contrast there. One fought the fight, Joseph
did. And no doubt it was a battle.
And no doubt his flesh was tempted. And yet he fought. David didn't
in that situation. Fight the fight. Joshua must
go out with the battle. We are to flee temptation. We are to battle against it.
And we are to battle in drawing near to God. You see, that's
a battle so often. To walk close with the Lord,
to draw near to him. That's a battle. Our flesh draws
us away. The world draws us away. The
devil tempts us away. And yet we are to battle on in
prayer, seeking to draw near to God. Joshua must be involved
in the fight. We're told, aren't we, to crucify
our flesh. Crucify our flesh. And that's what it can feel like
so often. Crucify our flesh. That's painful. That's hard. A long, painful
death, crucifixion. And that's what it can feel like
for our nature. If we're trying to crucify these
idols or trying to take away these temptations, when that's
what we go after, it can feel like this battle. of suffering
within ourselves. Joshua, you must fight. Joshua,
there will be more battles. Joshua, Amalek will come again.
You will have to fight. Christian, you may have had a
battle, and you may think that's it. You may think that's over.
You've won. And now it's an easy life from
here on till glory. Amalek will come again. There
will be another battle. There will be a new temptation.
There will be a new idol. There will be something else.
Fight the good fight of faith. Hold on to, cleave to eternal
life. Walk near to your Lord. When
you see the temptation coming, join Joseph and run in the other
direction. You see, the believer is not
taken over, as it were. The charismatics would teach
that when we're converted, we are taken over by the spirit.
We become completely new, completely renewed. And as it were, we coast
along. It's an easy life now. We coast
along as a holy being. And there's no battle to fight
because we're as God in our hearts. We're filled with the spirit.
That's not the experience of the Christian. That's not the
experience of the believer. We don't coast along in easy
holiness. There's a battle to fight and
Joshua must be involved in it and so must we. So he must remember
this for future battles. It must be written down and it
must be rehearsed in his ears. Secondly, Joshua was taught in
these events the vital importance of prayer. The vital importance
of prayer. Moses went up the top of the
hill. And when Moses lifted up his hands, Israel prevailed. When he dropped them down, Amalek
prevailed. He was in an attitude of prayer, an attitude of intercession,
lifting up the rod of God. And that is when Israel prevailed. It was vitally important for
Joshua to remember that it was God that would fight the battle.
It is vitally important to remember that they must commit their fight,
commit all these battles into his hands. They must pray. And without that, Amalek will
prevail and Israel will be destroyed. And we must remember this second
lesson for every battle we must fight. For every struggle with
temptation, we pass through the vital importance of prayer. Cast it all upon God. Cast it all upon your Lord. You see, what the devil will
say to us so often is he will bring a temptation before us.
He will put something in front of us that our flesh would go
after because he knows our weak points. He would bring it before
us and then he will say, you need to fight. You need to fight
against this temptation. You need to battle against this.
And when we find within us that actually our flesh actually goes
after that temptation, our flesh enjoys that temptation, our flesh
would fall into it quite easily. He then says, well, now you must
despair. Look what you are, look what
you've done. Look what you do. Look how far you would fall.
Look how far you have fallen. Look how quickly you stumble
under my temptation. It's because you've tried to
fight yourself. You see, he needed to remember
the vital importance of prayer, that God would fight for them. One once said, didn't they, that
we must fight as if everything depends on us. And we must pray
as if everything depends on God. How true that is. We are engaged,
but we pray with the vital knowledge that we can do nothing without
Him. And without Him, the battle will
not be won. We need the arms to be lifted up. We need God
to appear for us. when the Apostle wrote about
the armour of God in the Ephesians. How does he end that list, taking
on the various items of the armour of God? And he ends that list
praying always with all prayer and supplication. Vitally important. Take the shield, take the sword,
take the helmet and so forth, but pray always. This is, as
it were, the Christian's secret weapon. This is how we prevail
to bring it to the Lord in prayer. Because God does answer. This
lesson, this event shows Joshua, God answers, God works. When
those hands were lifted up, God brought about the victory. And
God does and hear and answer our prayers. He will bring the
victory. to those who cast all upon him.
He will give strength. He will give help. He will give
us the grace to go on. There may well be stumbles. There
may well be times when, as it were, the arms drop down and
we feel Amalek prevailing. When prayer seems to be hard
work, our hands become heavy and we give up praying. And then
we find Amalek's coming again. Do you know that? Do you know
what I'm talking about? When you feel that prayers become
heavy, it's hard work. You feel like giving up praying.
The doubts fill your mind. Your faith seems weak. The Lord
seems distant and you give up praying. What happens? What do
you find in the coming days? Temptations are stronger. The
world is more appealing. Your strength is gone. Your determination
to fight has gone. May the Lord bless us with more
prayer. He needed to remember this lesson.
Rehearse this in the years of Joshua. Remember these events
when you come to another battle. It was as the arms were lifted
up that Israel prevailed. The vital importance of prayer. Thirdly, what's the third lesson
for him to remember? Well, it was to remember the
importance of support and of fellowship. Where do we see that
in these events? Moses' hands became heavy and
hung down. What happened? Did they say,
well, come on, Moses, you need to be stronger? Come on, Moses,
you need to lift up your hands. Don't you realize the battle
depends on you, Moses? Did they give up and say, well,
Moses is tired, there's nothing more we can do? Amalek's going
to win the victory because Moses' hands have grown heavy. No, what
do they do? Aaron and Hur come to him and they hold up his hands. They hold him up. They realise
how important it is. But they don't leave it all to
him. They hold up his hands for him. They set him down on a stone
so that he can rest. And they hold up his hands. They
realize they must be lifted up. But they realize that Moses needs
them. Moses needs their support. Here's the third lesson. For
the battle that we fight, we can underestimate the blessing
of having others to support us. Having others to hold us up.
Having others to pray for us, to encourage us, to instruct
us. The great blessing of fellowship. Moses needed Aaron and Hur in
his time of need. Israel needed Aaron and Hur in
their time of need as Joshua fights the battle. How thankful
he was for Aaron and Hur holding up the hands of Moses. As I say, we can underestimate
the blessing of support and of fellowship. And we can underestimate
and forget our vital duty to support others. When we see someone
struggling, pray for them. When we see that they're in a
difficult situation, and when we see perhaps that they're surrounded
with temptation, pray for them. Encourage them. Seek to bring
them into fellowship with yourself and with God, all the support
of God's people. We read when Paul wrote to Timothy,
Paul expresses how thankful he was for the support of others. He was in prison, He was alone
in many ways when the churches, in the physical sense, were not
with him. He was alone, and yet he enjoyed support from God's
people. When he wrote to Timothy, he
says that when, he says, the Lord give mercy unto the house
of Onesiphorus, for he oft refreshed me and was not ashamed of my
chain. But when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently
and found me. The Lord grant unto him that
he may find mercy of the Lord in that day. And in how many
things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very
well." See, the Apostle Paul, he was in Rome, either in prison
or under house arrest. And yet this man, Onesiphorus,
he found out where he was. He made inquiries, where's Paul?
And he took time. to go and visit him. He sought
him out diligently and found him. He wasn't ashamed that the
apostle was in chains in prison. He wasn't ashamed of Paul. He
wasn't ashamed of the gospel. And he saw it as his duty to
go and support Paul, encourage him, speak with him, have fellowship
with him, speak about the things of God with him. And Paul says,
oh, the Lord have mercy on the house of Nesareth. He oft refreshed
me. The Lord grant him that he may
find mercy of the Lord in that day. You see, what an encouragement
it was for Paul that he took the time to go and support him. As it were, he came underneath
and held up his hands. A blessing of support and a fellowship
cannot be underestimated. As we face the battle of the
day, what a privilege to come on a Sunday morning with like-minded
believers who are also going through the same battles, whether
we know it or not, whether they tell us or not, they are going
through the same battles, the same temptations as we are. Here
is our support to hold up our hands. There was a third lesson
that Joshua needed to remember. He had the people of God with
him. He had the blessing of fellowship with them. Fourthly, Joshua needed
to remember to trust in God alone, to fight for the Lord alone. What does Moses do at the end
of this? Moses built an altar and called the name of it Jehovah
Nisai. That means the Lord is my banner,
my banner. We can think of that in military
terms. how there would be a standard or banner that was held up, and
the regiment would gather around that banner. That is the banner
that they fought under. That was what brought them together.
The Lord, my banner. As they went out to fight, they
fought under the Lord's standard, under the Lord's banner. They
were his army, they were his soldiers, and they fought with
him, and they fought under him. Joshua, remember, trust in God. You fight in God's army, and
God will give the victory. It wasn't Joshua's military prowess
that won the victory. It wasn't even Moses holding
up of his hands, though it was, of course, intricately linked,
that brought the victory. It was God. It was the God that
Moses prayed to. It was the God that Joshua believed
in and served. It was the God who had freed
them from Egypt. It was their God, their captain, their king. They were under his banner. We can claim no credit for the
perseverance of the saints. We cannot come to glory at the
end and say, well, look at the fight I fought. Look at the battles
I won. Look how strong, look how impressive
I am. Look how well I persevered. We
claim no credit for the Lord brought the battle, rather the
Lord brought the victory. Joshua, remember this when Amalek
comes again. Remember this when another temptation
comes and another fight has to be fought. Remember this. The
Lord is your banner. You're in his army. He brought
the victory. Trust in God alone. May we always
look to him. May we always rest on him. Another lesson that Joshua needed
to remember was the importance of thanksgiving. The importance
of thanksgiving. Moses, at the end, built an altar. He built an altar to offer sacrifice
of thanksgiving to God, to acknowledge that it was God who had brought
the victory, that God was their king, And here he worships. The people give thanks unto God. Write it in a book. Rehearse
it in the years of Joshua. When you come to another battle,
remember how you gave thanks at the end of the last one. When
you come, when Amalek comes again, remember the altar that Moses
rose up. Remember the thanksgiving of
the battle that's victory last time. Remember the past blessing,
for that will encourage you and confirm your faith. for the future. Remember the altar that was raised.
Remember with thanksgiving. What does the hymn say? We'll
praise him for all that is past and trust him for all that's
to come. Joshua, praise him for the past. Praise him for the altar. Praise
him for the battle that was won at Rephidim. And as you do that,
trust him for all that's to come. Maybe we can look back, even
in this last week, and you think of those things, was there something
last Sunday that you were worried about? Something last Sunday
that you thought was going to be a great problem, a great mountain,
a great hindrance? Or you knew there was a Opportunity
for sin and a temptation around the corner that you couldn't
avoid. You had to perhaps be involved in something. You had
to go somewhere and you're afraid what might happen or you might
fall. Can you look back now and can
you say, well, the Lord was my help. The Lord was my banner.
He was my strength. He stood with me as I committed
it to him. And now you look back and you
give thanks. Can you raise your water with Moses? But you say,
but what about, I've got another battle. I've got something else
coming next week. I've got something else coming.
How am I going to fight that? You see, the altar's been built.
Remember the thanksgiving. Praise him for all that is past
and trust him for all that's to come. Lastly, Joshua needed to remember
this, the second half of the verse. Write this for a memorial
in the book and rehearse it in the years of Joshua, for I will
utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. Amalek were not destroyed on
this occasion at Rephidim. Amalek keeps on coming up against
Israel. We read it in the book of Judges,
we read it in the book of Samuel, It would appear Amalek probably
was really destroyed under David, but it's not clear at that point.
But certainly for many, many years to come, Amalek is going
to rise up against Israel. There are going to be more battles
to fight. But remember this, Joshua, write it down and read
it. I will utterly put out the remembrance
of Amalek from under heaven. They will one day be destroyed
by my power. God will one day have the final
victory over these people who attacked Israel when they were
weak and weary in the wilderness. Remember this as we battle on
through the future years of a Christian pathway. Remember it as we struggle. Remember that one day it will
come to an end. One day, sin Temptation, the
devil, the world and the flesh will be removed. One day we'll
be entirely new creatures, resurrected in glory. One day the devil will
be cast into everlasting burning to be seen and known no more. One day we will worship with
unsinning and purified hearts. One day we shall see him as he
is. And one day we shall lay down the armor of God and we
shall praise him in newly cleaned white robes. You see, one day
Amalek will be destroyed. I will utterly put out the remembrance
of Amalek from under heaven. Remember that as you face the
next battle. It may not be the last one, and
there may be many more to have, but remember this. One day will
be the end. One day will be the final glorious
victory. His people will and must persevere. What a glorious truth. How encouraging
for Joshua. Write this down. Remember this
for the days to come. Remember this for the battles
to come. Remember that your foe is under
ultimately God's hand. God is able to do great things. God is able to bring the victory. And Paul is speaking to the people
in the book of Acts. He says this. He was confirming
the souls of the disciples and exhorting them to continue in
the faith and that we must, through much tribulation, enter into
the kingdom of God. Continue in the faith. Take another
step. in your warfare, because we must,
it's sure, certain that you must, through much tribulation, but
it is also certain and sure that we must enter into the kingdom
of God. Write it for a memorial in a
book, rehearse it in the ears of Joshua. Just one final thought
this morning. We think of all this, wonderful
encouragements and instructions for us. And Moses is an encouragement
for us to pray. Just remember this and think
about this this afternoon by yourself. Moses, he also stands
as a glorious type of the Lord Jesus Christ, who interceded
for his people, interceded for Israel as he held up his hands
on the rod of God. we have in heaven above a great
intercessor. Here we are down below as Joshua
was. Here we are in the thick of the
battle. Here we are with Amalek coming time and time and time
again in our time of weakness and our time of weariness. Here
we are in the midst of the battle and yet there on the hill above
us is one with his arms outstretched, is one whose arms never tire,
who's one whose arms never drop down. In glory, he intercedes and pleads
for us as we face the battle. And through him, we have access
to God. And our prayers enter in and we are heard and they
are answered. The Lord Jesus Christ stands,
as it were, not with a rod, but with marks of sacrifice, marks
of love, marks of suffering, marks of a finished work. He
hands, stands with his arms outstretched with crucified hands. They are
accepted. They, through him, our prayers
are heard. Our intercessor is still there
as we battle on. We must be victorious through
him. Weary believer this morning.
Tired believer, look up. Maybe Joshua, every now and again,
during a fight, he looked up. Looked up to the hillside, and
there he saw Moses with his arms outstretched. Weary Christian
this morning, look up. Because above us is a savior
with his arms outstretched. Above us is a pleading intercessor
with a high priest who still bears his wounds. Look up. Pray to him. Remember what he's
done before. Look to him for the future. And may he be our help and our
blessing. May we be encouraged this morning
to go on. We have battles to fight. And
we have opposition to face. But we are more than conquerors
through him that loved us. Write this. for a memorial in
a book and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua. May God add his
blessing this morning.