{"id":1715,"date":"2011-06-21T06:16:04","date_gmt":"2011-06-21T13:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eaf.net\/pantinghart\/?p=1715"},"modified":"2011-06-21T07:16:39","modified_gmt":"2011-06-21T14:16:39","slug":"the-thrill-of-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/pantinghart\/2011\/the-thrill-of-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"The Thrill of Victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lectura\" style=\"width:220px\">\n<p style=\"display:inline; margin:0; padding:0\">Reading:<\/p>\n<h3>Joshua 6:2-4, 12-20<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p>Where did Joshua get the faith to believe and the faithfulness to obey? Is my source different?<\/p>\n<p>Am I as careful about the &#8220;little&#8221; details of God&#8217;s will as (I think) I am about the &#8220;big&#8221; details?<\/p>\n<p>How might own personal faith and faithfulness both feed and feed off of the faith and faithfulness of those under my authority?<\/p>\n<p>Do I see my victories as depending at least in part on the faith(fulness) of my fellow &#8220;marchers&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p>Why is my faith so weak? And what can I do to nourish the faith I do have? And how do I increase in faith?<\/p>\n<p>What is God&#8217;s role and what is my role in my experiencing victory today?<\/p>\n<p>What am I being or doing that actually contributes to my own defeat? Or the defeat of my fellow &#8220;marchers&#8221;?<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin:1em 50px\">&#8220;The unnatural experience at Jordan prepared Israel for the abnormal approach at Jericho. But <em>unnatural<\/em> and <em>abnormal<\/em> were now relative terms. The Israelites were slowly getting acquainted with God&#8217;s ways of doing things&#8230;and they were perfectly natural and normal by His standards.&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.anabaptists.org\/clp\/youth\/3-494.html\">Satisfied With Faithful Obedience<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Israelites may have looked ridiculous going around Jericho but that was before the end of the story. <em>Then<\/em> the ones who ridiculed were also the ones who were defeated.&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.anabaptists.org\/clp\/youth\/12-499.html\">God Gives Jericho to Israel<\/a>)<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading: Joshua 6:2-4, 12-20 Where did Joshua get the faith to believe and the faithfulness to obey? Is my source different? Am I as careful about the &#8220;little&#8221; details of God&#8217;s will as (I think) I am about the &#8220;big&#8221; details? 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