In this sermon, Pastor Anson McMahon walks us through Joshua chapter 17 to expose our natural, human tendency to seek maximum blessing with minimum effort.

Contrasting the bold, expectant faith of the five daughters of Zelophehad with the entitled, excuse-making complaints of the tribe of Manasseh, Pastor Anson reminds us that God's primary objective for our lives is not our temporal comfort, but our deep faith and radical obedience.

Ultimately, we are challenged to stop managing our sins and turning miracles into inconveniences, looking instead to the cross where our ultimate dissatisfaction is cured by the free, unmerited grace of King Jesus.

Key Points

• God wants me to have confidence in His promises: A promise is only as good as the character of the one who makes it, and b ...