Fighting for Joy

The joy of the Lord is your strength.
- Nehemiah 8:10

The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart leaps for joy.
- Psalm 28:7

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace… so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
- Romans 15:13

When Moses sent them to explore Canaan, he said, “Go up through the Negev and on into the hill country. See what the land is like and whether the people who live there are strong or weak, few or many. What kind of land do they live in? Is it good or bad? What kind of towns do they live in? Are they unwalled or fortified? How is the soil? Is it fertile or poor? Are there trees in it or not? Do your best to bring back some of the fruit of the land.”
- Numbers 13:17-20

We went into the land to which you sent us, and it does flow with milk and honey! Here is its fruit.
- Numbers 13:27

But the people who live there are powerful, and the cities are fortified and very large. We even saw descendants of Anak there.
- Numbers 13:28

But the men who had gone up with him said, “We can’t attack those people; they are stronger than we are.” And they spread among the Israelites a bad report about the land they had explored. They said, “The land we explored devours those living in it. All the people we saw there are of great size.””
- Numbers 13:31-32

“We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes.”
- Numbers 13:33

And they spread among the Israelites a bad report about the land they had explored. They said, “The land we explored devours those living in it. All the people we saw there are of great size.”
- Numbers 13:32

The land we explored devours those living in it.
- Numbers 13:32

That night all the members of the community raised their voices and wept aloud. All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole assembly said to them, “If only we had died in Egypt!”
- Numbers 14:1-2

If only we had died in Egypt!
- Numbers 14:2

Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had explored the land, tore their clothes and said to the entire Israelite assembly, “The land we passed through and explored is exceedingly good. If the Lord is pleased with us, he will lead us into that land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and will give it to us. Only do not rebel against the Lord. And do not be afraid of the people of the land, because we will devour them. Their protection is gone, but the Lord is with us. Do not be afraid of them.”
- Numbers 14:6–9

1. Tore their clothes
2. Only do not revel against the Lord
3. Do not be afrraid of them