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understand that whatever the Lord has given us to do in the natural, He's already done in the spirit. We don't have to wait for everything to come wrapped up with a bow. We simply need to walk. That's what the Lord said to Joshua and the children of Israel: "Arise, go over this Jordan" (verse 2). It didn't matter that they were getting ready to face the Hittites, Ammorites, Amalekites or all the other "ites." It didn't matter that it seemed unbelievable and impossible. God was in it, so it was doable; they just needed to start walking. It's the same for you and me today. Remember, you're not walking for yourself. You're doing it for the kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ. Where Haven't You Walked Yet? The enemy meant this recent season of upheaval we've all faced for bad—but God is turning it for good. He's causing an explosion of people to be saved and healed all over the world. The believers and ministers and churches that are prospering right now are the ones preaching the Word. They're conquering the whole world for the Lord. That's their responsibility—and ours too. God is giving it to us because He believes in acquisition, just as He did in Joshua's time. Joshua 1 continues… From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast. There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them. Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper withersoever thou goest (verses 4-7). Isn't that a beautiful passage? God promised to prosper Joshua and the children of Israel Jesse Duplantis is president and founder of Jesse Duplantis Ministries, with international headquarters in Louisiana and of ces in the U.K. and Australia. For more information, visit jdm.org. they know. They watched my sta˜ and me build the ministry headquarters debt free and under budget. More than that, we acquired land all around us. In the 40-plus years I've been in ministry, I've continued to refuse to go into debt. Praise God! We've always been debt-free. Why? Because while I knew that what God had given me to do was unbelievable and impossible, it was also totally doable—because it was totally of Him. Like Joshua getting ready to enter the Promised Land, I was ready to take Him at His Word and walk on untrodden ground. Joshua—Untrodden Ground When the children of Israel reached the Jordan River, they were on the verge of entering the Promised Land. God had raised a new generation, and Joshua was leading it. At the end of his life, after the children of Israel had, in fact, entered and acquired much of the Promised Land, Joshua 13:1 says, "Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the LORD said unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed." I believe that's the same message God has for us today. There's still land to be taken. There's still work to do for the kingdom of God, and it's time for this generation to do it. The fi rst nine verses of Joshua 1 contain a powerful lesson on what it means to take the land. Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying, Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel. Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses (verses 1-3). God told Joshua to walk on untrodden ground, places he'd never been before. He's got the same message for us. It's time to walk in places we've never walked before—spiritually, physically, fi nancially. Of course, we must jdm.org. Watch Jesse Duplantis on C H A N N E L Duplantis on C H A N N E L Sun. 8 a.m. | Mon. 8 a.m. Sat. 7 a.m. | 8 p.m. | midnight ET 1 8 : B V O V i

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