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A Memorial
Please allow me to state the obvious: It was GOD who performed the miracle (parted the Jordan River). It was the PEOPLE who prepared the memorial (12 stones). If you had been in God’s place and performed that miracle, how might you have handled this whole memorial thing? Would you have settled for just any 12 river rocks the men chose…
No Fear?
You’ve probably seen these “No Fear” slogans around. I often spot them on the back window of 4-wheel drive monster trucks–those trucks with tires taller than most cars. I don’t know, I guess they want us to think they don’t fear anything. (Except maybe a bigger, badder monster truck?) Actually, deep down, I think they must be afraid of…
Following God
Truer words could not have been spoken to the people of Israel then, and more fitting words could not be spoken to us in our present crisis. Indeed, we have not been here before, have we?! It sounds as if the four priests who carried the ark were directed in some supernatural way as they walked so that they went exactly where the Lord wanted them to. And the…
The Destructiveness of Sin
No doubt you’ll recognize these words from Achan’s confession. God had clearly forbidden the taking of plunder from the city of Jericho–all gold, silver or bronze was to be dedicated to the Lord, and everything else was to be burned. But Achan said, “When I saw in the plunder a beautiful robe from Babylonia, two hundred shekels of silver and a bar…
God’s Word
Things are changing very rapidly these days, aren’t they? We are realizing just how fragile our health, our economy, and our way of life really are. In uncertain times, what a treasure it is to have the Lord’s assurance, “I will be with you; I will not fail you or forsake you” (Joshua 1:5). Next week’s Scripture Memory Calendar verse also…
The Presence of Holy God
As he was surveying Jericho, Joshua saw a man standing opposite him with his sword drawn. “Are you for us or for our adversaries?” Joshua asked. “No,” he replied. “I have now come as Commander of the Lord’s Armies.” At this Joshua threw himself to the ground in reverence and asked, “What has my Lord to say to His…