Outline:

I. 1:1-2 Take Courage: ______________________  

II. 1:3-5, 9 Take Courage: ____________________   

III. 1:7-8 Take Courage: ______________________

Personal Reflection & Small Group Questions

Please complete this study on your own, then bring it to your small group for discussion.

1. Looking back over your notes from this week’s sermon and text, what particularly caught your attention, challenged or confused you?

2. Is your current level of courage based on the favorability of your circumstances or the faithfulness of God’s presence?

3. Where are you tempted to "turn to the right hand or to the left" in your obedience because you think your own strategy is safer than God’s commands?

4. How is Israel’s new beginning with Joshua similar or dissimilar to believers’ new beginning in Christ?

5. In what ways is Jesus Christ the new and better Joshua?

6. Looking back over this week’s sermon and study, what one thing is most important for you to remember and apply?