Joshua - 7 Week Series - Teaching Notes & Small Group Guides
Joshua - 7 Week Series - Teaching Notes & Small Group Guides
The Book of Joshua proclaims the faithfulness of God to fulfill His promises to His people. His promise to the Israelites ultimately points us to the covenant blessings found in the sacrifice and reign of His Son, Jesus Christ.
By eavesdropping in on Joshua’s life, we’ll have a bird’s eye view of God’s framework for moving His family forward – and maybe even open ourselves up to the same growth that Joshua experienced himself!
This Teaching Notes & Small Group Guides pack includes everything you will need to teach this 7-week series at your church, from editable teaching notes to weekly small group discussion guides.
**Interested in using this series brand at your church? Click here to download the creative series pack that goes along with these teaching notes.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
Teaching Series Guide (Microsoft Word)
Teaching Notes (Microsoft Word)
Small Group Discussion Guides (PDF + Adobe Indesign)
SAMPLES
Series Topics
Week 1 – The Family
God has always been about family – even putting the first people in a family with one another. He reaches out to place us in His family, too. This week, we take a look at how connecting to others and becoming a part of God’s family can grow us closer to God and each other than ever before.
Week 2 – The Servant
After we become part of God’s family, we get the chance to add value to that family by serving one another and those around us. Serving others positions us to have a greater impact than ever, but it does even more than that. Come discover how serving others, ironically, is the only thing that adequately prepares us to lead them too.
Week 3 – The Apprentice
If we want to be as good of a leader as others are we have to learn to do the things that others do. Joshua’s apprenticeship to Moses changed everything for him and set him up for success. Join us this week as we learn how, just like Joshua with Moses, our apprenticeship to Jesus prepares us for our purpose.
Week 4 – The Leader
Whether it’s in our family, our church, or our jobs, God is using the same framework to build us up today as He did with Joshua thousands of years ago. The catch? Leadership is rarely what we imagine. Join us as we learn what leadership looks like, the God way.
Week 5 – Putting God First
Nothing is more important than putting God first. While learning to put Him first in every area takes a lifetime, there are some we can get correct right off the bat. If we want to honor God, one of the best places to begin is with our resources – not because He needs to receive our money but because we need to give it. Let’s look at why, together!
Week 6 – Seeking God First
When God has been providing for us and giving us the win, it’s easy to think we have Him all figured out – but God often does things differently than we expected so that the outcome is better than we imagined. Let’s look at how God never stopped being the provider for Joshua and Israel after all – the same might just be true for us today.
Week 7 – Finishing Well
Burnout. Moral failure. Depression. One of the recurring problems we see with leaders lately is that they often don’t finish well. They start off humble and accomplish great things, only to eventually blow it! We can learn from Joshua how to stay on track in God’s framework for building us. We don’t just have to struggle along the finish line – we can finish the race well.