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February, 2003

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MESSAGE FROM JOSHUA
FROM CANADIAN NATIONAL DIRECTOR GERRY HIEBERT

Canadian National Director Gerry Hiebert sent this message via e-mail to all Canadian covenant keepers. We believe that covenant keepers everywhere will be encouraged by it.

On the first day of the year, God took me back to the book of Joshua. This has been a very significant story for me since I assumed leadership of this ministry in Canada. Over the next few days, as I studied the first five chapters of Joshua, I got a very strong sense that we, as a group and as individuals, have crossed our Jordan River and are now in our Promised Land.

Canaan was the inheritance promised to Abraham and his descendants by God, and I believe God is saying that we have moved into the land of our inheritance. The year ahead will be one of taking possession of the things God has promised us.

Many have received awesome promises from God and have prayed and waited in faith. We can learn a lot from the Israelites as they moved into their inheritance.

God led Joshua one step at a time, giving only enough information to take that next step. I do not believe that we are going to get much more than that. We must take each step in faith and obedience before God reveals the next part of the plan. Here are some steps we need to take.

• (Joshua 1:13) Step out with your promise—Joshua reminded the people that the land they were entering was God’s promise to them. It was His idea, not theirs, and they had to cling to His promises in the face of overwhelming obstacles. What is your promise from God?
• (Joshua 3:5) Step out in purity—Our hearts must be clean; we must be right with God, lest the enemy have something he can use against us. Let His spirit show you areas where you many need to repent or receive healing.
• (Joshua 3:15-16) Step out in faith—The flooded riverbed dried up only after the priests’ feet walked into the water. God moves after we go forward in acts of faith. Remember, we walk by faith, not by sight.
• (Joshua 5:3) Step out in relationship—The Israelites renewed the ceremony of circumcision as a reminder of their covenant relationship with Jehovah. It is God, our covenant partner, who will bring His promises to pass in our lives.
• (Joshua 5:12) Step out in a new provision—When the Israelites set up camp in Canaan, the manna stopped falling and they began to live off the fruit of the land. we must be ready to release old forms of provision and watch for God’s new ways of meeting our needs.

Old things are passing away, WELCOME TO A NEW DAY!

Gerry will share more insights related to this message at the 2003 Pacific Covenant Keepers Retreat in White Rock, British Columbia on February 14-16. For more information about the retreat, see the Special Meeting section.

The following poem was submitted by a Canadian
covenant keeper.

A POEM FOR STANDERS

Forces of despair and hate
Struggle vainly for my mate.
Despair speaks loud his fiendish plan,
“God can never save your man.
Let him go; you’ll never win.
He wants the glittering life of sin.

“He’ll never trust the nail-scarred hand;
Let him go while you still can.
Life has better things for you;
Waiting and praying will never do.
Give up; go on along your way.
Without him, there’s a better day.”

Then Jesus speaks, “I stood by you
Once you were lost and dying too.
I never, never left your side;
My arms were always open wide,
Until you put your hand in Mine
And left your old life far behind.

“What if he had been the first
To drink of Me, to quench his thirst?
What if he gave up on you,
Refused to stay and pray you through?
What if he just left you there
In your darkness and despair?

“Oh, don’t you see it clear and plain?
You were the first to own My name.
Now you can play My part toward him,
No matter if the going’s slim.
Just hold My hand and pray him through
Just like you’d want if he were you.

“My promises can never fall,
Though the need be great of small.
Pray without ceasing, night and day;
Deliverance is on the way.
I’ll send my angel to his cell,
Delivering his soul from Hell.

“The sleeper will awake and live,
And My good news to others give.
The deaf will hear, the blind will see,
When he tells them about Me.
And you will be glad you stayed
And trusted in My Word and prayed.”

-Author Unknown

“Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.” John 15:13 NIV

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