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INWARD TRANSFORMATION

land returned to the people giving a
negative/unbelief report. They saw themselves as
smaller than the problem. They viewed themselves as
devoured by the situation. Although God had told
them to go in and possess the land, they instead
choose to transfer their low view of themselves to the
enemy. Their report was negative and displeased
God.
Caleb and Joshua saw the same obstacles as the
ten other spies. But they choose to agree with God
instead of the circumstances. Caleb affirmed God’s
promise saying, “Let us go up at once and possess it,
for we are able to overcome it.” While the majority
rebelled and grumbled, the faithful affirmed God’s
promise. Ask yourself, “Which side do I stand with as
you face the situations in your life today?”
“ 31 But the men that went up with him said, “We
are not able to go up against the people because they
are stronger than we.” 32 They gave the children of
Israel a bad report of the land which they had spied
out, saying, “The land through which we have gone as
spies is a land that devours its inhabitants, and all
the people whom we saw in it are men of great
stature. 33 And there we saw the giants, the sons of
Anak, which come from the giants, and in our eyes we
were like grasshoppers, and so we were in their
eyes.” Numbers 13:31-33

DAY TWENTY-NINE:

Paul to Titus, "This is a faithful saying, and these
things I want you constantly to affirm,…”

HOW TO GUARD YOUR SOUL

We’ll finish this section with some practical
wisdom from the Proverbs in the next couple of days.
Not only did God instruct the Jews to practice these

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