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The Choice Is Yours

Bishop Terry L. Hill, Jr.Sunday, November 16, 20251130am
📖 Joshua 24:11-15
In Joshua 24:11–15, we were reminded that God had already fought for Israel, given them victory, and provided land, towns, and provision they did not earn—so their next step was not waiting on God, but choosing how they would respond. The message pressed us to take a critical assessment of our own lives and recognize where God has carried, healed, provided, and protected us, refusing to confuse the resource with the Source. From that assessment, we were called into a conscious acknowledgement…
Key Points
1.
Take a critical assessment of our lives and acknowledge what God has already done and provided.
2.
Make an intentional, visible choice to serve the Lord rather than living in divided commitment.
3.
Choose today—delay is a decision, and choosing not to act is still a choice.
4.
Let our decision be matched by surrendered action—serving the Lord with our whole selves, not merely words.
📖 Joshua 24:11-15
[11] And ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand. [12] And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow. [13] And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat. [14] ¶ Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD. [15] And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
Sermon Summary

In Joshua 24:11–15, we were reminded that God had already fought for Israel, given them victory, and provided land, towns, and provision they did not earn—so their next step was not waiting on God, but choosing how they would respond. The message pressed us to take a critical assessment of our own lives and recognize where God has carried, healed, provided, and protected us, refusing to confuse the resource with the Source.

From that assessment, we were called into a conscious acknowledgement and corresponding action: choosing today whom we will serve, making the decision obvious through proclamation and a life that matches our confession. The invitation challenged us to stop delaying, stop living with divided loyalties, and to surrender ourselves fully—declaring with Joshua, "as for me and my family, we will serve the Lord."

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