Choose You This Day: A Link Church Theme Study

By David Willis and Robert Willis

In this first installment of the Link Church Theme Studies, Pastors David and Robbie Willis issue a bold call to a life of full surrender to Jesus Christ. Building from the words of Joshua in the Old Testament, they call for decision in three arenas:

1) Choose You This Day to Be More Like Christ
2) Choose You This Day--Your Altitude
3) Choose You This Day to Be a Worshipper, Not a Complainer

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Sep 15, 2022
• ISBN: 9781387611799

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LINK CHURCH—WHO WE ARE

PURPOSE

Link Church exists to glorify Jesus Christ by empowering people to get linked to God, to others, to community, and to the nations.

VISION

Together, we will establish a home for our Link family—a place where people from diverse cultural backgrounds gather to worship God in unity, transforming no less than ten percent of the population of Johnson County and impacting the nations of the world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

MISSION

The mission of Link Church is expressed in five words: Empower, Equip, Embrace, Enjoy, and Engage.

Copyright September 2022 by Robert Willis and David Willis. Quotations from this book may be used as long as the original intent and thoughts of the authors are accurately represented.

ISBN: 978-1-387-61179-9

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ABOUT THE AUTHORS

David and Brittany Willis are the Lead Pastors of Link Church, a multi-site church in Arkansas. They have two children, Allie and Sam. David is known for his dynamic preaching style and personable approach to ministry. He began preaching the Gospel at age thirteen and has a passion to see lives transformed through the power of the Holy Spirit.

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Robbie and Anna May Willis serve as Discipleship Pastors with Link Church. They have been blessed with eight children. Two have gone on to be with the Lord, while the other six continue filling their home with joy and laughter. Robbie holds a Master of Arts in Christian Ministries from Assemblies of God Theological Seminary.

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Choose You This Day

A study developed from a sermon series preached at link church in august 2022

All Bible Quotes are taken from the Modern English Version

by David Willis and Robbie Willis

CONTENTS

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

PART 1: CHOOSE THIS DAY TO BE MORE LIKE CHRIST—EPHESIANS 5:1-2

INTRODUCTION

#1 Choose You This Day to Look Past What Everyone Else Sees in People and See the Potential of Who They Could Become

#3 Choose You This Day to Allow God’s Will to be More Important Than Your Want

#4 Choose You This Day to Show Loyalty and Love Even When It is Not Returned to Us by Those We Are Closest To

CONCLUSION

PART 2: CHOOSE THIS DAY—YOUR ALTITUDE—HOW HIGH ARE YOU GONNA FLY? KEY TEXT: ISAIAH 40:28-31

INTRODUCTION

#1 Choose You This Day to Wait on God’s Timing

#2 Choose You This Day to Wait on God’s Direction and Path

#3 Choose You This Day to Wait on God’s Word

#4 Choose You This Day to Wait to Speak

PART 3: CHOOSE THIS DAY TO BE A WORSHIPPER, NOT A COMPLAINER—KEY TEXT: PSALM 103:1-5

INTRODUCTION

#1 Choose You This Day to be a Worshipper in Silence and in Wanting

#2 Choose You This Day to be a Worshipper in Heartbreak

#3 Choose You This Day to be a Worshipper Even in the Midst of Your Trials and Tribulations

#4 Choose You This Day to be Joyful as You Worship and at Times, as Needed, Be Excessive

CONCLUSION

CONCLUSION

SOURCES CONSULTED

INTRODUCTION

"Now fear the Lord, and serve Him with sincerity and faithfulness. Put away the gods your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt. Serve the Lord. If it is displeasing to you to serve the Lord, then choose today whom you will serve, if it should be the gods your fathers served beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites’ land where you are now living. Yet as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." -Joshua 24:14-15

Joshua’s time as Israel’s leader was drawing toward its sunset. This man had never been like other people. When his mentor, Moses, spoke with God, Joshua always remained as close as possible. God came down and spoke to Moses face to face. That’s incredible! It is possible, however, that Joshua’s hunger for God rivaled that of Moses himself. When Moses left the tent of meeting after talking to God, Joshua stayed there (Exodus 33). He refused to leave God’s presence!

When Moses died and Israel needed a new leader, Joshua was the natural choice. The Bible does not offer a lengthy defense of his qualifications. Rather, it simply says that Joshua, "was full of the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands on him. And the children of Israel listened to him and did as the Lord commanded Moses" (Deuteronomy 34:9).  Everyone knew that God was with Joshua because he had demonstrated an unshakable love for God and had faithfully served Moses.

Having led God’s people to victory after victory, Joshua had now mostly fulfilled his purpose. His reflections turned both to Israel