Reading Scripture is not easy. Scripture is the raw, uncensored history of an ancient people chosen by God because of the faith of their forefather. It’s all of our history ultimately. The people living in the land God had chosen for His people were driven out because of their sins; and God did not spare…

That’s a question that goes all the way back to Adam and Eve. Do you trust God? After I read Joshua 7, as I thought about how hard it was to read about Achan, I thought about what we see played out today. After Jericho was taken, God told the Israelites to destroy everything in…

In our early morning prayer group we were asked this question to think about and share with one another. It occurred to me that this is a wonderful way to start a conversation with God. Remember when You… As we each shared our personal experiences I was struck by how individual each encounter with God…

Joshua 5 is a short chapter but it is filled with wonderful truth. 40 years before, Israel was in fear of the people of Canaan, so much so that they could not trust the Lord to protect them. And now…Now when all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along…

Because the hand of the Lord is powerful, the people are experiencing God working for them just as their parents experienced His powerful hand when He held back the Red Sea so they could cross safely. Now they are crossing the Jordan River during the spring flood stage. Joshua 4:18. And what does God command…

Have you read the stories of the Bible and thought they were just stories or that they happened so long ago they have become like so many other stories; not relevant to our lives today? Joshua told the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do amazing things among you.” Joshua 3:5. And He…

Anyone whose heart is open and not closed. We come to a remarkable chapter. The people are about to enter into Canaan, the land promised to them by God. Israel may have problems in fully trusting God, but the nations in Canaan have heard and taken note of a people who are led by God…

Joshua begins immediately with the Lord speaking with Joshua, Moses’s aide and one of 2 spies sent 40 years before to see the land and report back to the people. He was faithful in faith in God then and he is faithful to God now. Imagine…God is telling him to get the people ready…it’s time…

Deuteronomy 34 closes with the death of Moses after the Lord takes him up to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, to show Moses all the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. The Lord whom He loved was with him and buried him. Can you imagine leading so great a…

We don’t ever in this day and age hear of someone pronouncing blessings on others. In Deuteronomy 33 that is what Moses is doing for the people and each tribe receives their own blessing. This morning in our early morning prayer group we prayed and talked about how we might be getting in the way…