These slides went with a sermon given on 11/2/2014 at Plymouth Meeting E. C. Church. You can find the audio feed of the sermon and the sermon notes at www.pmecc.org, our church website.

1. God’s Ultimate
Daylight Savings
Miracle
Joshua 10:12-27

2. The Background
(10:1-5)

3. This is real
HISTORY of Israel,
not fiction.

4. It was God’s plan to
give CANAAN to the
Israelites.

5. Israel won several
major victories, and
the King of Jerusalem
feared JOSHUA and
the Israelites. (10:1)

6. The King of Jerusalem
called on 4 Amorite
kings to join him in
battle against ISRAEL
forming a league of 5
nations. (10:3)

7. The King of Gibeon
TRICKED Joshua then
called on Joshua at
Gilgal to keep his
covenant and help
them. (10:4)

8. The Battle (10:5-15)

9. God promised Joshua
a VICTORY, so he led
his army 25 miles to
Gibeon at night and
sprung a SURPRISE
attack on the Amorites
outside Gibeon.

10. God helped by
sending large
HAILSTONES from
heaven at the
enemy.

11. Joshua was instructed
to destroy them all, but
there wasn’t enough
TIME in the day. He
needed more DAYLIGHT
hours.

12. Joshua prayed, “SUN,
stand still over Gibeon!”
(10:12) Many of these
pagan enemy
WORSHIPED the sun!

13. The Outcome
(10:16-27)

14. God had POWER
over the sun.

15. The sun STOOD STILL
until the enemy was
defeated. Time stood
still for about a day. A
unique MIRACLE
(10:14)

16. What is important is
not HOW God did it,
but THAT God did it!

17. The five kings hid in
a CAVE. Joshua told
his men to roll huge
STONES up against
the entrance

18. The news of this battle
spread, and other
cities in Canaan were
afraid of the Israelites
and the POWER
of their God.

19. The Lessons

20. God will accomplish
His PURPOSES.

21. The Amorites of
Southern Canaan acted
to HINDER or prevent
God’s plan for the
Israelites to conquer
Canaan.

22. God acted to preserve
his people to bring the
MESSIAH into the world
in line with His
promises in Genesis
12:1-3.

23. When we pray to God,
it may not result in the
SUBTRACTION of our
problems, but it will
definitely be the
ADDITION of
power.

24. God has the power
to provide VICTORY.

25. God created TIME.
(Genesis 1:1-5)

26. God will END time
when Christ returns

27. God has the power
to STOP time
temporarily.

28. God will DESTROY
all the enemies of
righteousness.

29. God uses the
AVAILABLE who
have big FAITH.

30. We study these
stories to
encourage our
FAITH.
(Romans 15:4)

31. Do you have the
faith to pray for
MIRACLES?