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Sanctify Yourself: Total Preparation for God’s Wonders

Theme: Total Fitness — Spirit, Soul, and Body
Text: Joshua 3:5 (KJV)

“And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the Lord will do wonders among you.”

Introduction — Total Fitness Before Total Breakthrough

Church, Joshua 3 places Israel at a turning point. They are no longer wandering, but they have not yet arrived. Behind them is the wilderness; ahead of them is promise. Between them stands the Jordan River—overflowing at flood stage. And Moses is gone. Leadership has shifted. Seasons have changed.

Before God touches the river, Joshua addresses the people and gives one command:

“Sanctify yourselves.”

This is not just a spiritual phrase—it is a total-life instruction. Joshua is saying, Get ready in your whole being. In today’s language, Joshua is calling Israel to Total Fitness—spirit, soul, and body—because you cannot step into a new season with an unprepared life.

God does not just want spiritually excited people with emotionally cluttered souls and undisciplined bodies. God’s wonders flow through whole, aligned lives.
Before tomorrow’s wonders, there must be today’s total preparation.

Sermon Body — Total Fitness in Action

1. God Prepares the Whole Person Before He Moves the People

Joshua doesn’t say, “Pack up.” He says, “Sanctify.”
Why? Because where God is taking you requires more than movement—it requires maturity.

• Spirit: Align with God
• Soul: Renew your mind and emotions
• Body: Get ready to move in obedience

You can’t cross a flooded Jordan out of shape spiritually, unstable emotionally, and undisciplined physically.

2. Sanctification Begins in the Spirit

Sanctification starts with the spirit—our connection to God.

Prayer, repentance, worship, obedience—this is spiritual conditioning. Just like an athlete trains before the game, believers must strengthen their spirit before stepping into challenge.

If your spirit is weak, everything else struggles.

3. Sanctification Continues in the Soul

The soul is the mind, will, and emotions.

Israel had wilderness thinking—fear, doubt, complaining. God could part rivers, but He had to reset their mindset.

Some of us are spiritually saved but emotionally stuck.
Sanctification says:

• Let go of bitterness
• Release fear
• Renew your thinking

You can’t carry old trauma into new territory.

4. Sanctification Shows Up in the Body

Faith is not passive. Bodies had to walk. Feet had to step. Priests had to carry the ark.

God didn’t float Israel across the Jordan—He made them walk through it.

Your body matters:

• Discipline
• Consistency
• Obedient action

You can believe God all day, but if your feet don’t move, nothing changes.

5. Tomorrow’s Wonders Depend on Today’s Total Obedience

Joshua says, “Tomorrow the Lord will do wonders.”
But sanctification was required today.

• Spirit obeys today
• Soul aligns today
• Body responds today

You can’t expect a breakthrough with partial obedience. Total fitness leads to total victory.

6. God Does Wonders Among Aligned People

The Bible says God would do wonders among them.

That means:

• United spirits
• Harmonized souls
• Willing bodies

Just like a healthy

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