The call to discipleship includes the call to overcome. This is seen in a list of strong warnings and rewards about overcoming in the letters to the churches in Revelation.
"There is a consistent prophetic thread that stretches from the beginning of the Bible to the end. The Bible boldly proclaims that God is raising up a human King to crush all His enemies and to set up an eternal, global, spiritual, and natural Kingdom on Earth."
"Sam shares on three essential pre-battle preparations in Joshua 5: Circumcision/death of the flesh, a new way of eating/living, and a revelation of Jesus as warrior king."
While Sam was at the hospital with Amy delivering baby Joshua, Spencer Stewart delivered an impromptu sermon: Joy is an apostolic priority because the Triune God is joyful and created us in His Image to find exceeding joy in Him. Christ became a Man and died for joy. Therefore, the path to the fullest joy now and in eternity is being a disciple who abides in Jesus Christ and in His words, obeying and bearing fruit for Gods glory.