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Well, if you are a follower of Jesus, author Max Lucado says: \u201cIt\u2019s not a rich uncle who has left you a fortune. It is your Heavenly Father.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Max: <\/strong>I think, perhaps, the most undiscovered truth in the church today is this idea of heirs with Christ\u2014or co-heirs with Christ. Can you imagine if you are a co-heir with the daughter of Bill Gates\u2014I mean, a co-heir\u2014not just a distant cousin\u2014but a co-heir?\u00a0 You know, it\u2019s the Apostle Paul who really advances this thought\u2014especially in Romans, Chapter 8\u2014where he calls us, not just heirs of Christ, but co-heirs with Christ. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>This is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> for Wednesday, December 9<sup>th<\/sup>. Our host is the President of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Dennis Rainey, and I\u2019m Bob Lepine. If, in fact, we are joint heirs with Jesus, just exactly what is it we are entitled to?\u00a0 We\u2019re going to explore that idea today with Max Lucado. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>1:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tStay tuned. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Thanks for joining us. So, do you think most people listening to us right now\u2014Christians who are listening\u2014do you think they are living spiritually vibrant or spiritually sluggish lives?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Well, according to our guest, there are a lot of them that don\u2019t feel like they are winning. They feel like they are losing. But before we get to what his book is about, I want to introduce Max Lucado to our listening audience. They don\u2019t really need an introduction, but I\u2019ll give them one anyway. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br>Welcome back, Max. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Max: <\/strong>Thank you. It\u2019s a great honor. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>It\u2019s a privilege to have you here. Max has written 32 books. He\u2019s got a new one out\u2014what you are talking about, Bob\u2014it\u2019s called <em>Glory Days. <\/em>You\u2019ve actually come across some research from the REVEAL study which really talks about the spiritual health of the church. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>2:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tShare that with our audience because it really is interesting. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Max: <\/strong>It is. It\u2019s the most comprehensive study that exists today as far as the spiritual development of people who call themselves Christians\u2014and that\u2019s a broad phrase\u2014they would say there is a time in their lives in which they made a commitment to Christ\u2014and from that end of the spectrum all the way to those who are very, very active in church life. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, when you study a thousand churches\u2014the members in a thousand churches\u2014only 11 percent of all of those people would say that their spiritual life is vibrant \/ that they are making a spiritual progress\u2014that they are really discovering what it means to love God and to love their neighbor\u2014only 11 percent. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Let me just bounce something off of you, though, because, when you share that in your book\u2014and I kind of pondered it\u2014I thought: \u201cWe do follow the perfect human being. There is a very real sense in which a Christian \/ a true follower of Christ isn\u2019t going to ultimately match up and have his experience match the reality of heaven until he goes there, when we strip away our selfishness and our propensity to sin.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>3:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, you\u2019re saying, at some level, there are 100 percent who are going, \u201cI\u2019m not where I ought to be spiritually\u201d; right?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Yes, and I would think a lot of people might even say: \u201cIntroduce me to those 11. Do they have pride or something?\u2014I mean, seriously.\u201d\u00a0 Comment on that, if you would, because I know you\u2019ve had to deal with it in your own life. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Max: <\/strong>I think what this study discovered is that there are many people\u2014in fact, most people would say that their faith is not taking them where they had hoped it would; and they don\u2019t know why. Now, all of us go through chapters like that; but as a pastor, I\u2019ve wondered, \u201cHow can we, number one, mobilize people who are in that season of life?\u2014and number two, do we have to stay stuck \/ do we have to stay stalled out?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think that\u2019s what has fascinated me about the Book of Joshua in the Old Testament\u2014\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>4:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014I\u2019ve always loved the Book of Joshua\u2014but when I saw that study of the people who consider their spiritual life as in the doldrums, so to speak, I thought: \u201cYou know, Joshua talks about this because it\u2019s a story about people who were wandering in the wilderness,\u201d\u2014you know, 40 years walking in circles\u2014\u201cWhat did Joshua do?\u00a0 What did the children of Israel discover that allowed them to come out of that wilderness wandering and step into the Promise Land?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, when I presented this to the church, I said, \u201cLet\u2019s look at it from this angle\u2014if you consider that your spiritual life is less than it could have been or what you want it to be, what if we studied Joshua, looking for tidbits and nuggets that would help us to enter into our glory days \/ our own Promised Land experience?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You have pastored the same congregation in San Antonio for almost three decades now?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Max: <\/strong>Yes\u2014since 1988. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob: <\/strong>And as you look out on a Sunday morning, preaching to your folks, are you thinking to yourself, \u201cNine out of ten of these folks are stalled out\u201d?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>5:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Max: <\/strong>What a good question, Bob. [Laughter]\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I do this\u2014I speak to our congregation \/ our church, and I think\u2014\u201cWell, I think our folks are, maybe, a cut above the others,\u201d\u2014but I\u2019m wondering, \u201cDoesn\u2019t every pastor think that about his folks?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Max: <\/strong>I think we are making great progress in some ways; but at the same time, I feel like we lack depth in some of the issues that our congregation struggled with, again, 25 years ago\u2014seem to be struggling with them even more deeply: \u201cHow do I believe in the authority of the Word of God?\u00a0 Can Christ really forgive all my sins?\u00a0 How do I know Jesus <em>really<\/em> rose from the dead?\u201d These are bedrock pillars in the belief system. I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s typical of all churches \/ I can\u2019t speak for all churches\u2014I wish we could get deeper on the things that matter. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>More anchored in\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Max: <\/strong>Exactly. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014that truth. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Max: <\/strong>Exactly. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I wonder if we could go back and ask Joshua\u2014say: \u201cHey, Joshua, take a look at your congregation\u2014nation of Israel. Would you say 90 percent of them\u201d\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>6:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014I wonder if he might not have said that\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Max: <\/strong>I think so. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014even though he didn\u2019t have the REVEAL Survey\u2014because if you just check out how the book begins\u2014and I\u2019ve done a little study in the book myself\u2014and it\u2019s interesting, Max, that he begins with three charges to be courageous. Now, victory comes through courage\u2014doing your duty in the face of fear \/ in the face of obstacles. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd there are really three things in the first chapter [of Joshua], in the midst of him challenging them to be courageous\u2014that, to me, is a bit of a tipoff, just around the thing you are talking about that maybe they weren\u2019t victorious. The first thing he said in verse 6: \u201cBe strong and courageous for you will cause this people to inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give them.\u201d\u00a0 So, the first thing he gave them was a mission. He gave them God\u2019s mission for that people. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd I\u2019d apply it today\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>7:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014I think most people in church today aren\u2019t really calibrating their lives around the Great Commission. The Great Commission is the greatest mission ever given to a group of people\u2014to proclaim the gospel\u2014to lead people to Christ, baptize them, disciple them, and call them to observe all that Christ has commanded them. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe second thing he says is in verse 7. He says, \u201cOnly be strong and very courageous; being careful to do all that the law that Moses, My servant, commanded you.\u201d\u00a0 So, it\u2019s back to where you started\u2014the Scripture. Courage comes from obeying the Scripture, which means you\u2019ve got to <em>know<\/em> it. I think you are right about that. I think people are suffering from the same disease that Adam and Eve had, all the way back into Genesis, Chapter 3, when the serpent came to them and said, \u201cHas God said\u2026?\u201d\u00a0 I think that\u2019s the question for our age, \u201cHas God defined certain things as true?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>8:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd then, the last thing is in verse 9\u2014Joshua says: \u201cHave I not commanded you be strong and courageous?\u00a0 Don\u2019t be frightened. Don\u2019t be dismayed\u2026\u201d\u00a0 Doesn\u2019t that sound like our day today?\u00a0 What\u2019s His solution?\u00a0 Listen to this: \u201c\u2026for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.\u201d\u00a0 So, courage comes from experiencing the presence of God. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd I look at my own life, when I\u2019m not victorious, because I\u2019ve been through some hard things in my six-plus decades of life as well. It is real easy to forget God is there and to not look to Him in the midst of a crisis \/ in the midst of things that challenge us. Life is just one long process of one challenge after another, one loss after another, one thing that God is using in our lives to teach us to grow down deep into Him. It\u2019s our responses to those challenges that determine whether we are going to grow or whether we are going to become dull. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>9:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Can you tell Joshua, Chapter 1, is one of Dennis\u2019s favorite chapters in the Bible?\u00a0 [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I think maybe the people that Joshua was leading\u2014I think they needed encouragement\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Max: <\/strong>They did; didn\u2019t they?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014to be victorious. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Max: <\/strong>Well, you think about it. They had come out of 40 years of wilderness wandering. They had inherited an outlook of fear from their parents. They were the children of that generation that looked into the Promised Land and said, \u201cNo, the giants are too big.\u201d\u00a0 So, it\u2019s remarkable, to me, that they could, in spite of that, say, \u201cYes, we can.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat, to me, is so encouraging because I think we live in a day in which <em>many<\/em> people look at God\u2019s Word and criticize it \/ denounce the existence of God. We assume things are on a steady decline, and they are going to keep in this direction forever. That may be true. <em>Yet<\/em>, here is an example of which things were turned around, literally, from one generation to the next in just a matter\u2014a short period of time. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>10:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Yes. One generation perished\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Max: <\/strong>Yes\u2014exactly. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014the other generation moved into the land. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Max:<\/strong> Flourished\u2014flourished. And in seven years, they defeated 31 kings. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI, sometimes, think we <em>assume<\/em> we\u2019re going to struggle all the time. We just <em>assume<\/em> we\u2019re going to have so many challenges\u2014that we\u2019re going to lead a defeated, marginalized life \/ we\u2019re going to limp our way into heaven. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m thinking that the Book of Joshua is in the Bible to call us to a different level of hope, and courage, and faith\u2014like you said\u2014in the sense that they discovered a sense of courage that allowed them to do what they\u2019d never seen done before. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>It is sometimes wrong to allegorize parts of the Bible and to say, \u201cThis is a metaphor for this, and this is a metaphor for that\u201d; but when it comes to bondage in Egypt, wandering in the wilderness, and then, crossing the Jordan into the Promised Land, there\u2019s an appropriate spiritual allegory here. Egypt represents slavery\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>11:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014bondage to sin. The wilderness represents kind of the life we\u2019re all living. The river and the Promised Land represents being in the presence of God and ultimately eternity\/ crossing into heaven\u2014but there is part of heaven we can experience now. That\u2019s part of the\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Max: <\/strong>Absolutely. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014message of this book; right?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Max: <\/strong>And thanks for clearing that up because I grew up singing songs that left me with the impression that the Promised Land was only after this life in heaven. It certainly will be after this life in heaven, but we enter into our Promised Land right now. The truth of the matter is that Canaan was full of challenges for Joshua\u2014just like our lives are full of challenges today\u2014but God guided the children of Israel into those challenges, and they were victorious. And the Book of Joshua gives us some powerful principles\u2014some of which, Dennis has already pointed out\u2014going first into the Word of God. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat same REVEAL study that I referred to indicated that those who <em>did<\/em> enjoy what they described as victorious Christian living attributed it first and foremost to daily time in God\u2019s Word\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>12:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014not in changing churches, not coming up with a new denomination, or listening to a different broadcast\u2014but spending <em>daily<\/em> time in God\u2019s Word was the common denominator among people who really felt like their spiritual life was flourishing more than languishing. <br><br>That\u2019s exactly what God told Joshua, \u201cMediate on these words every day.\u201d\u00a0 So, we can begin doing that immediately and expect that we are going to begin discovering some victories as a result. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>You speak in your book about how the concept of an inheritance or heritage is mentioned numerous times in the Book of Joshua. Don\u2019t you think that a lot of Christians forget who they are and forget that they have royal blood in their veins and that they have a position in Jesus Christ?\u00a0 They are not a nobody\u2014God is ordering their steps and they, too, have an inheritance. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>13:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Max: <\/strong>I think, perhaps, the most undiscovered truth in the church today is this idea of heirs with Christ\u2014or co-heirs with Christ. It\u2019s the Apostle Paul who really advances this thought\u2014especially in Romans, Chapter 8, and, of course, in the epistle to the Ephesian church\u2014where he calls us, not just heirs of Christ but co-heirs with Christ. Can you imagine if you are a co-heir with the daughter of Bill Gates?\u00a0 I mean, a co-heir\u2014not just a distant cousin\u2014but a co-heir. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br>Well, the Scriptures say, \u201cWe are co-heirs with Christ.\u201d\u00a0 This means that every attribute at the disposal of Christ is an attribute to which I can have access. I can have access to the patience of Christ, the faith of Christ, the joy of Christ, the hope of Christ. This is an <em>astounding<\/em> discovery to me, and it was revolutionary in my own life. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThis theme of being a co-heir with Christ immediately takes off the table the idea that: \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>14:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cI\u2019ll never get better,\u201d or \u201cI\u2019ll never overcome this,\u201d or \u201cOur family cannot be saved.\u201d\u00a0 This is the reason the Apostle Paul said, \u201cI can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.\u201d I can do all things because I have access to the very power of Christ, and the same power that raised Christ from the dead is the same power that is living and alive in me. This is an exciting discovery, I think, for the Christian. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And there is a fundamental paradigm shift that goes along with this that you talk about in the book that everybody has to kind of get their head around. It is\u2014well, the way you say it in the book is: \u201cIn the wilderness, you strive. That\u2019s when you\u2019re wandering and not yet where God wants you. In Canaan, you trust\u2014that\u2019s how God wants you to be living\u2014that\u2019s the Promised Land.\u201d\u00a0 <br><br>So, what\u2019s the difference between striving and trusting?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Max: <\/strong>I think it\u2019s the difference between earning and receiving. When I was 15 years of age, my dad surprised me by placing the keys to an old Plymouth on the dinner table and telling me, \u201cThat\u2019s your new car.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Wow. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Max: <\/strong>I was thrilled because I had been told all my life\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>15:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014every time I asked him for a car\u2014he said, \u201cYou\u2019re going to have to earn it \/ pay for it. Convince your mom to give it to you,\u201d\u2014you know. He\u2014but something happened to him one day. He came across this old Plymouth. In a moment of weakness, he bought it; and he <em>gave<\/em> it to me. So, I inherited that car. Now, I still had to start it. I still had to open the door. I still had to drive it. I still had to care for it, but I inherited that\u2014it was <em>mine<\/em> \/ it was given to me. I had to learn to live in it and to use it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThis is the promise of Christ\u2014we have inherited the presence of Christ in our lives\u2014it is there. It is a\u2014the court records of heaven have been changed\u2014forever altered. We are children of God. So, let\u2019s take the keys. Let\u2019s move forward in faith. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br>What I am trying to do is address that Christian, who is always wondering: \u201cAm I ever going to have a car?\u00a0 Am I ever going to have the strength?\u00a0 Am I ever going to have a happy marriage?\u00a0 Am I ever going to have a deeper faith?\u00a0 Am I ever going to learn to pray?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>16:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd really, this is a mindset that is a stronghold among many Christians. They just assume they never will. They are just happy to get to heaven by the skin of their teeth; you know?\u00a0 They are not thinking they are going to have victories. I\u2019d like us to stand against that and activate within the church a series of Canaan-level conquests and see the Jericho walls come down. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>It\u2019s the difference between looking at life and saying: \u201cI\u2019m never\u201d\u2014like you said\u2014\u201cI\u2019m never going to get there. I\u2019ve got to keep striving,\u201d and saying: \u201cI\u2019m already there. I just have to figure out how to live there.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Max: <\/strong>What God said to Joshua: \u201cEvery place you step, that land will be yours.\u201d\u00a0 Now, that is an interesting promise. He didn\u2019t say, \u201cGo out and fight for the land.\u201d He said, \u201cFight from victory\u2014I\u2019ve already given you the land. So, just keep marching and believe, by faith, that I\u2019m going to provide this as you step forward.\u201d\u00a0 Again, Joshua had to step forward. They had to step into the Jordan River before the river opened. They had to start walking around Jericho before the Jericho wall came down. So, they took their steps of faith; but, boy, God responded in great victory. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>17:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>The walls may not come down on your time table, though. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Max: <\/strong>Exactly. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Those steps of faith that I have taken\u2014some of the most difficult ones were when I stepped out, and I did not see what I hoped I would see.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>When it\u2019s Day 6 of the march and you\u2019re thinking, \u201cWhen is this thing going to happen?\u201d\u2014right?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Exactly\u2014and I just want to\u2014you know, we\u2019ve got listeners who are facing all kinds of issues\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Max: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014I mean, in their marriage, with their kids, in their own personal lives\u2014single parents \/ blended families. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMax, allow us to kind of step into your mind for a moment and take us to how you start your day and how you practice that because I do think it begins at the beginning of the day. That sounds kind of \u201cDuh!\u201d but we have to think rightly about ourselves. What are the thoughts you have about yourself that help remind you\u2014where do you get that from?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Max: <\/strong>I appreciate your mentioning this because I sure don\u2019t want to leave the impression that this is easy; and I don\u2019t want people to feel an additional guilt in addition to the challenges because they feel guilt because they can\u2019t face their challenges. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>18:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m really hoping to do just the opposite. I\u2019m trying to say: \u201cNow, God is with you. I know it\u2019s tough, but you have every reason to believe that these challenges will not last forever.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd I believe it all begins in doing exactly what we\u2019ve discussed\u2014understanding our <em>identity<\/em> in Christ. In the case of Joshua, God told him, \u201cGo and receive the land I am giving to you as an inheritance.\u201d\u00a0 We receive the same commission from God, \u201cGo and receive the life I am giving to you as a co-heir of Christ.\u201d\u00a0 <br><br>Well, there is a great place every day\u2014I wake up, and I look in the mirror, and I say, \u201cI\u2019m a co-heir with Christ\u2014not because I\u2019m good, not because I\u2019m smart, not because I\u2019m good-looking,\u201d\u2014 because I\u2019m none of those.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014not because you\u2019re an author, or a pastor, or a speaker.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Max: <\/strong>No, not one bit. And I can\u2019t add to that, and I can\u2019t take away from it. I can just accept it. My best work has never increased it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>19:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMy worse mistake has never diminished from it. It\u2019s a gift of salvation \/ it\u2019s the great grace of Christ. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And one of the things that helps you remember that has to be opening this Book\u2014you said it earlier\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Max: <\/strong>Absolutely. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014and just reading it\u2014\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Max: <\/strong>Absolutely. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014because the pages do remind you who wins in the end. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Max: <\/strong>Absolutely. So, every day, we trust that the Lord is going to speak to us. To me, I have to have some of God\u2019s Word in the morning. I have a friend who spends two or three hours in God\u2019s Word every morning. I wish I did; but I do spend regular time in God\u2019s Word, reading through Scripture. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt seems to me that just exactly what I need is what God provides through His Word because it\u2019s living and active. It can touch places where I cannot be touched by anybody else. It can go to depths that I cannot be reached by anyone else. So, that time in the Word\u2014that time assuring myself that I\u2019m still God\u2019s child\u2014I begin every prayer by saying: \u201cFather, I am Your child \/ I\u2019m Your child. By Your choice, I\u2019m Your child.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>20:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tTo me, that just puts the day on the right track. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I\u2019ve been, recently, reading the Book of John. One of the things that Barbara and I have talked about, as we read our Bibles in the morning, is the phrase that\u2019s used in there that Christ uses: \u201cI don\u2019t do anything that I don\u2019t see the Father doing. I don\u2019t speak any words that I don\u2019t hear the Father speaking.\u201d\u00a0 Here is the God-man, Jesus Christ, who He, Himself, was dependent upon God to show Him the works He had for Him\u2014to tell Him what to say \/ what to speak. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019ve just been chewing on that and going, \u201cHow often am I asking the Father: \u2018What are the works?\u00a0 What are the words?\u2019\u201d\u00a0 That is where we get our identity\u2014as we listen to the Father and we\u2019re reminded: \u201cThis is not just any father. This is the Lord God Almighty. He\u2019s the One who provides. He wants to speak with me daily and fellowship with me.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>21:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cI need to practice His presence and enjoy Him all day long.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You know, at our <em>Weekend to Remember<\/em><sup>\u00ae<\/sup> marriage getaways, we tell couples that, if you are not intentional and purposeful in building into and strengthening your marriage relationship, it will drift toward isolation. I think what you are saying, Max, is that, if we\u2019re not intentional and purposeful about building into our relationship with Jesus, we will find ourselves in a spiritual wilderness as well. This is something that we have to be purposeful and disciplined with. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd you think about the season that we are in right now\u2014this is a perfect setup\u2014not only for us to be intentional about walking with Jesus\u2014understanding who Jesus is \/ keeping our hearts and minds focused on Jesus\u2014but it\u2019s also a great setup for us to be able to communicate this to our children. I know we\u2019ve had a lot of people, over the last week-and-a-half, who have been getting in touch with us to order the Christmas tree ornaments that Barbara has created this year that have the names of Jesus in different languages to hang on the Christmas tree. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>22:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe have also created a series of 12 ornaments for children\u2014\u201cThe Twelve Names of Christmas<sup>\u2122<\/sup>\u201d we call it. There is an ornament for: Jesus is the Light of the World, Jesus is the Lamb of God, He\u2019s the King of kings, and He is the Lion of Judah. There is a book that comes with it so you can read to your kids as you hang these ornaments on the tree\u2014a little more about who Jesus is. This is the kind of intentionality that we think needs to be a part of every family. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd let me just encourage our listeners\u2014go to our website, FamilyLifeToday.com. We also have copies available of Max Lucado\u2019s book, <em>Glory Days: Living Your Promised Land Life Now<\/em>. You can order all of these resources from us, online, at FamilyLifeToday.com; or you can call 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then, the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>23:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAsk for more information about the ornaments or about Max\u2019s book, <em>Glory Days<\/em>. We\u2019ll be happy to send these resources out to you. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, as we are just weeks away from 2016, I think most of our listeners are aware this is a critical time of year for ministries like <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. We\u2019re hoping to hear from listeners over the next couple of weeks. In fact, we\u2019d love to hear from you today if you can help with a yearend contribution in support of this ministry. When you make a donation today, your donation is going to be matched. In fact, it\u2019s going to be tripled. 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