Patterns of Victory

Joshua (31 cities-states fortified w/ it’s own Kings .He was 110 years old when he died.
Lead the people for 28 years  it took 7 years to conquer 7 years to settle and divide the land.
Joshua is one of the great leaders of Jewish history. The Talmud says: “The face of Moses was like the face of the Sun, while the face of Joshua was like the face of the moon.” 1 This is understood to mean that the greatness of Joshua was reflection of his teacher, Moses, which is a tremendous compliment. But it also tells us that just as the sun is much greater than the moon, which only reflects sunlight, so too, had Moses lived to enter the Land, all of Jewish history and all of human history would have been different.
Thinking Errors:
1.      Justifying- In avoiding responsibility for their behavior a person finds a reason for what they have done. (ie. He yelled at me so I had to hit him).
2.      Blaming: In order to avoid accepting one’s own faults, a person will find fault in another person and attempt to put responsibility for their own behavior on others. They find someone else or something else or be responsible. They blame others for what has happen to them. (Ie. Everybody else is serving and worshipping other gods.)
3.      Excuse Making – A person will avoid being accountable for one’s actions by blaming situations or things for their own behavior. (ie. I couldn’t serve God because there were too many hypocrites.)
4.      Hop-overs- In order to avoid taking responsibility a person will avoid the issue. They will shift the focus from oneself to someone or changing the topic of conversation to something else.