Guest Speaker: Ryan Leak

Main message: Caleb's courage came from trusting that God was with him — not from his own strength — and that same faith can enable us to face our hardest "mountains" by choosing perspective, posture, and persistence. At any age or season, instead of shrinking from difficulty, we can ask God, "Give me this mountain," trusting his strength.

Key points:

• Choose your perspective: the Israelites saw the same land but most saw giants; Caleb saw God's promise — you can choose how to interpret your circumstances.
• Quiet fearful voices: faith sometimes requires silencing the loud, doubting crowd so you can follow God's call.
• Choose your posture while you wait: honest about hardship ("though...") yet rejoicing and trusting God ("yet"); God may give you "deer feet" to climb, not always remove the mountain.
• Choose persistence: Caleb waited ~45 years and at 85 still asked for the hardest land — don't hand God your disqualifications (age, past, season).
• Reframe burdens as possible assignments: God may have given you a mountain because he trusts what he's building in you; rely on God's power, not your own.

Scriptures mentioned: Joshua 14:12, Joshua 14:10, Numbers 13 (including vv.1, 27, 30, 33), Numbers 14:22, Habakkuk 3:17-19