Stacking Stones

This sermon message centers on a church's nine-month capital campaign journey to raise $2 million for a new children's building. Pastor Sam draws a powerful parallel between the Israelites crossing the flooded Jordan River in Joshua 4 and the church's own step of faith, emphasizing that God often waits until circumstances are beyond human ability before He provides, so that His power and provision are clearly seen. Just as God told Joshua to have the priests step into the flooded river before the waters parted, the church was called to step out in faith before the finances were in place. Pastor Sam also unpacks the biblical concept of stacking stones as memorials of God's faithfulness, tracing the practice through Jacob, Moses, Joshua, and Samuel. He connects this to Isaiah 28:16 and 1 Peter 2, explaining that Jesus is the chief cornerstone and that every believer becomes a living stone, a walking testimony of God's provision and grace. The children's building project is framed not as a monument to money or construction, but as a legacy investment in the next generation of faith, with the stone memorial box serving as a tangible reminder for future generations of what God accomplished through the church's collective sacrifice and obedience.