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But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.” … Joshua 24:15 A mother was correcting her daughter. The mother said, “Young lady, are you going to do this? Yes or no?” The daughter replied “OR, I choose OR.” Totally rebellious, not good behavior, but clever. Strange? Not really, we do that in the Lord. The Lord says if Baal is god,Read More →

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See! I have given Jericho into your hand … Joshua 6:2 When Joshua faced Jericho, a fortified city in lockdown, he may have felt as if he was facing an impossible situation (Josh. 5:13–6:27). But then a Man with a drawn sword appeared to him. Some theologians think the Man was Jesus Himself. Joshua anxiously asked if He would be backing the Israelites or their enemies in the forthcoming battle. “‘Neither one,’ he replied. ‘I am the commander of the Lord’s army’” (5:14 nlt). Joshua bowed in worship before he took another step. He still didn’t know how Jericho would be delivered into his hand, but he listened to God and worshipedRead More →

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The Israelites set out . . . to cross over the Jordan, with the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before them … Joshua 3:14 The Israelites may have wondered what would happen when they crossed the Jordan River. Could they trust God to make dry ground appear in the riverbed? Was God guiding their new leader, Joshua, as He had led Moses? Would God help His people defeat the threatening Canaanites who lived just across the river? To learn the answers to these questions, the Israelites had to engage in a test of faith—they had to act. Exercising their faith allowed them to see that God wasRead More →

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Not a word failed of any good thing which the Lord had spoken … —Joshua 21:45 God said, “I will be with you. I will not leave you” (Josh. 1:5).  That promise still holds true for you and me today! … Leroy Faith never knows where it is being led; it knows and loves the One who is leading. —Oswald ChambersRead More →