12 YEAR ANNIVERSARY

Don’t Quit

September 7, 2025

 

Joshua 1:2-3 (NIV) Now then, you and all these people, get ready to cross the Jordan River into the land I am about to give to them—to the Israelites. I will give you every place where you set your foot, as I promised Moses.

Judges 2:2-3 (NIV) You shall not make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall break down their altars. Yet you have disobeyed me. Why have you done this? And I have also said, ‘I will not drive them out before you; they will become traps for you, and their gods will become snares to you.

Judges 2:10 (NIV) After that whole generation had been gathered to their ancestors, another generation grew up who knew neither the Lord nor what he had done for Israel.

4 Lies That Make Us Stop

• The lie of .

Philippians 3:13-14 (GW) Brothers and sisters, I can’t consider myself a winner yet. This is what I do: I don’t look back, I lengthen my stride, and I run straight toward the goal to win the prize that God’s heavenly call offers in Christ Jesus.

Hebrews 6:1 (NLT) So let us stop going over the basic teachings about Christ again and again. Let us go on instead and become mature in our understanding.

• The lie of .

Colossians 1:11 (NCV) God will strengthen you with his own great power so that you will not give up when troubles come, but you will be patient.

• The lie of .

1 Samuel 15:22-23 (NLT) But Samuel replied, “What is more pleasing to the Lord: your burnt offerings and sacrifices or your obedience to his voice? Listen! Obedience is better than sacrifice, and submission is better than offering the fat of rams. Rebellion is as sinful as witchcraft, and stubbornness as bad as worshiping idols. So because you have rejected the command of the Lord, he has rejected you as king.”

• The lie of .

Lamentations 3:22-23 (NIV) His compassions never fail. They are new every morning.

Matthew 6:11 (NIV) Give us today our daily bread.

Galatians 6:9 (NIV) Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

1. Recommit to the mission.

Matthew 6:33 (NIV) But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

• Love God
• Find
• Love Each Other
• Change the World

            2. Identify untaken ground.

Joshua 13:1 (NIV) When Joshua had grown old, the Lord said to him, “You are now very old, and there are still very large areas of land to be taken over.

John 4:35 (NIV) Open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.

          3. Confront compromise.

Deuteronomy 5:32 (NIV) So be careful to do what the Lord your God has commanded you; do not turn aside to the right or to the left.

Psalm 119:3 (NLT) They do not compromise with evil, and they walk only in his paths.

          4. Build for the next generation.

Psalm 145:4 (NIV) One generation commends your works to another; they tell of your mighty acts.