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Ta l k 5 : T H E H E A RT O F A S O L D I E R
INTRODUCTION
A. We have been enlisted in an ambitious mission to win the
world for Christ.
We are now carrying this mission to hostile territories. The
mission will take allthat we have. This is our call. Our personal
fulllment and happiness are tiedup in our responding to the call of
the ord. We will never be contented livinga mediocre life. We are
in a life and death struggle to save the world and thefuture of our
children. We need to go for total victory. As long as there is
war!poverty! families breaking up and a world of grave in"ustices!
we will not stopthe battle.
#. We never loose sight of the fact that we have a victorious
$od. %e promisedthat %e would win the battle. %e is our captain. %e
enlists us for life. We aresoldiers for the ord and our children
and their children will ght the samebattle with us.
C. &ote the title of the talk! 'The %eart of a (oldier).
'%eart) is a key word. Weare an army at war. An army in good shape
and we want our heart to be ingood shape. The attitudes of the
heart of a true soldier can be seen in somekey warriors of the
bible.
THREE GREAT SOLDIERS
a. JOSHUA Three lessos !ro" #h$s sol%$er*. Trust + ,&umbers
-/-0-12 3oshua was sent as one of the twelve scouts
to spy out the 4romised and. They all agreed that the land
waseverything $od promised! a land 5owing with milk and honey. They
alldidn6t agree that they could take the promise for themselves.
7ost ofthem saw the giants in the land and wanted to shrink from
the promise of$od. Only 3oshua with Caleb focused on the promise of
$od not on thefears of the giants in the land. %e chose to trust
$od and push on with themission.
What are some of our fears that blind our vision of the promise
of $od tobe '8amilies in the %oly (pirit 9enewing the 8ace of the
:arth)! and get usfocusing on the giants that obscure our way/
- 7aterialism! complacency! apathy- Current government
structures and policies- 7edia opposed to $od- Overwhelming
economic in"ustices that seem insurmountable
The call is for us to be like 3oshua and keep focused on the
promise of$od! not the fear of giants in the land.
;. Obedience + ,3oshua Are we ready to listen
and obey>
. :ndurance + 8orty years in the desert with 7oses! dealing with
a weakhearted group of comrades in arms! the forming of an alliance
of all thenations against 3oshua and the ?sraelites ,3oshua @/-0*2!
he endured the
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complaining of the tribes of ?srael ,3oshua -=/-0-2! and the
list of trialshe faced can go on.
We will face trials "ust as 3oshua did. ?s our heart
strengthened to endurethe hardships>
a. Da&$% Three lessos !ro" #h$s sol%$er
B. Youth+ avid was the last recommended from his family to serve
theord. ,-(amuel -
