Outline for message preached May 7, 2017, entitled “Pass Your Past.”

INTRODUCTION

  1. Joshua is the culmination of a journey.
  2. Ex-od-Us.
  3. Deuteronomy 6:23.
  4. If you are not “in” your journey is not finished.
  5. TEXT: Joshua 1:1-3.
  6. Phases of a child of God:
    1. Bondage.
    2. Wandering.
    3. Victory.
  7. God’s people are always on the move.
  8. The word “past” comes from the word “pass.”

OUTLINE

  1. Why you must pass your past.
    1. You cannot change your past.
    2. As long as you are working on your past you cannot work on your future.
    3. Looking back tends to distort reality.
  2. You must pass your Glory days.
    1. Exodus chronicled some of Israel’s greatest victories.
    2. We have to get past leaders.
    3. We must get past the law.
    4. We must follow the Lord.
  3. You must pass your Gory days.
    1. Numbers-Deuteronomy chronicled some of Israel’s greatest failures.
    2. Every saint has a past. Every sinner has a future.
  4. Joshua will enable you to pass your past.

CONCLUSION

  1. PRAYER.