Pastor Mike Impact Ministries

The nation of Israel arrived safely on the other side of the Jordan River. Their crossing was a great miracle, and it sent a great message to the people of the land (5:1). The Canaanites were already afraid (2:9-11), and now their fears totally demoralized them. You would have expected Joshua to mobilize the army immediately and attack Jericho. After all, the people of Israel were united in follow...

24 that all the peoples of the earth may know the hand of the LORD, that it is mighty, that you may fear the LORD your God forever."   In Joshua 3, we learned that before the people of Israel could experience the miracle of crossing the Jordan River into the Promise Land, they had to receive the “Word of Faith”, a message from God through His servant Joshua, that gave them specific instructio...

For the past several days we have been talking about the “Word of Faith” that was share with Joshua, the leaders, and the people of Israel as they faced their first major obstacle between them and the Promise Land, where they could claim their inheritance. They needed a message and a miracle, and the LORD was ready with both! Today, I want to challenge you to take the “Step of Faith” that must be...

9 So Joshua said to the children of Israel, "Come here, and hear the words of the LORD your God."  Today, it is obvious that we are facing challenges in families, in our churches, in our nation, and in our world that we have never faced before! If we ever needed a word from the LORD, it is today! In Joshua 3, the people of Israel have come up to the edge of the flooded Jordan River and t...

We probably are living in the most exciting and challenging days of human history. For one, there are more people on planet earth than there has ever been. Today’s population is over 8 billion and is projected to be almost 10 billion by the year 2050, just 26 years from now. With more people, there are more challenges and of course more problems. Chaos and confusion, wars and rumors of war, violen...

In Joshua 3 and 4, God illustrates for us three essentials for moving ahead by faith and claiming all that He has for us: the Word of faith, the walk of faith, and the witness of faith. If we are to cross the Jordan’s in our life, face the Jericho’s, and defeat the giants, those obstacles and mountains that stand between us and the place of victory, we must learn to live by faith! In 2 Corinthians...

5 And Joshua said to the people, "Sanctify yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you.".   If the Book of Joshua teaches us one thing, it is that we must learn to live by faith everyday if we are to live victorious and exciting Christian lives! I will never forget arriving at Lynchburg Baptist College in 1971, shortly after my salvation experience, and attending Thomas R...

"Beware that you do not forget the LORD your God by not keeping His commandments, His judgments, and His statutes which I command you today, lest--when you have eaten and are full, and have built beautiful houses and dwell in them; and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold are multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied; when your heart is lifted up, and...

This weekend is a very special time! Tomorrow, Memorial Day, is a special day that that has been set aside to remember! So, I thought I would jump ahead in our Joshua study to this next chapter for a few days to help us make this a special time of remembrance.   At 8 am in the morning, I personally have the opportunity to join with some veterans in my military community, Sneads Ferry NC, Mimosa Ba...

Joshua 3:1-5 4 Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure. Do not come near it, that you may know the way by which you must go, for you have not passed this way before." 5 And Joshua said to the people, "Sanctify yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you.".   Welcome to Pastor’s Chat today! Well, from the video you can see t...

We are looking at the faith of Rahab the harlot. She had a courageous faith (vv. 1-7), a confident faith (vv. 8-11), a concerned and contagious faith (vv. 12-14), and today we will find that Rahab had a covenant faith (vv. 15-24).   A covenant is simply an agreement, a contract between two or more parties, with certain conditions laid down for all parties to obey. You find a number of divine coven...

We are looking at the faith of Rahab the harlot. Remember only two women have their name listed in Hebrews 11, God’s Hall of Faith Heroes. One is Sarah, Abraham’s wife whose faith gives her the miraculous privilege of giving birth to Isaac, the son of promise, at the age of 90. The other was Rahab the harlot whose faith saved her and her family and gave her courage to risk her life to hide the spi...

Yesterday we learned how that Rahab the harlot expressed a courageous faith in the God of Israel when she risked her life to hid the spies that God in His divine sovereign providence brought to her house. Today we will be looking at the source of Rahab’s confident faith that proved she had a genuine faith. Remember that the Book of Joshua is about living by faith as we face the giants and Jericho’...

The story of Rahab the harlot ought to be a great source of encouragement to many of us who have so many regrets in our past. We participated in activities and have done things that we really would not like for anyone to know and that we would like to forget. The devil then convinces us that we are so bad that God would never forgive us and if He did, there is still no way that He would ever use u...

The storyline of the Bible is the story of people who by faith meet God and their lives are forever changed. When we come to Joshua 2, we meet a very interesting woman named Rahab, and throughout Scripture she is most often referred to as “Rahab the Harlot”, or the “prostitute”. God choses to reveal what kind of God He is often by the people He calls and uses to fulfill His kingdom purposes. When...

Whenever God calls and commissions us to attempt a great work for Him in this world, He will also equip us, enable us, and encourage us to be successful! That is the story of Joshua that we read about in Joshua chapter one. Now that Joshua has been encouraged by God’s commission, His promises, His written Word, and His commandment (vv. 1-9), and he has encouraged his leaders (vv. 10-15), we find t...

Life is full of challenges! No sooner than God called and commissioned Joshua to take the place of the great Moses and lead the people of Israel into the Promise Land, there was an issue with three of the tribes. We must face the reality that the Christian life is not a bed of roses but is a time of troubles, trials, temptations, testing, and tribulation. Jesus had warned His disciples in John 16:...

For the past several days we have been looking at how God encouraged His servant Joshua to lead the people of Israel to cross the Jordan River and conquer the Promise Land. In verses 1-9, God gave Joshua a commission, gave him His promises, gave him His Word, and gave him His command to go! Every day in our spiritual journey we face new challenges, problems, and issues and we need to be encouraged...

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go."   Joshua is Israel’s new leader who is to accomplish what many would consider to be an impossible task. He is to lead a new generation of Israelites across the Jordan River and conquer the giants and all the enemies in the Promise Land and then divide...

Joshua 1 is an exciting chapter where God has given a new leader to the nation of Israel, to lead them into a new land, and to let them experience a new life of blessing and victory. For Joshua to accomplish his new task he needed encouragement, so God gave him at three specific encouragements and three promises to enable him with confidence to by faith trust the LORD on this journey. First Joshua...

Joshua was called by God to lead the people of Israel across the Jordan River, to lead them to victory over their enemies in the Promise Land, and then divide to each of the twelve tribes their inheritance in the land. The LORD also gave him promises to encourage him to fulfill these assignments. As we study through the Book of Joshua, we will see how God kept all His promises and Joshua was succe...

Joshua 1:5-9 5 No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life; as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you nor forsake you. 9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go."   Joshua was called by God to lead the people of Israel across the Jordan River, to...

First, today on this beautiful Sunday here in North Carolina, I want to give a shoutout to all the awesome mothers out there. Happy Mother’s Day! I have been blessed to have two of the greatest mothers in all the world in my life. My mother, Albertina Agnes Kozlovsky Grooms, was a Godly mother who loved and prayed for all her children and grandchildren and was a beautiful example of the Proverbs 3...

1 After the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, it came to pass that the LORD spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' assistant, saying: 2 "Moses My servant is dead. Now therefore, arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, to the land which I am giving to them--the children of Israel. Everything rises and falls on leadership. Every failure can be attributed to a leadership f...

1 After the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, it came to pass that the LORD spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' assistant, saying: 2 "Moses My servant is dead. Now therefore, arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, to the land which I am giving to them--the children of Israel. For the past several days we have been looking at the history and background of Joshua and...