Joshua Week 9: A Burdened Heart

Joshua Week 9: A Burdened Heart

Encourage * Scripture * Prayer * Next Steps Week 9 Scripture: Joshua 23 As his life was coming to an end, Joshua’s heart was burdened for the future of the children of Israel: God’s unfailing faithfulness and their responsibility to be faithful to Him. Perhaps he...
Joshua Week 9: A Burdened Heart

Joshua Week 8: Snatching Defeat

Encourage * Scripture * Prayer * Next Steps Week 8 Scripture: Joshua 16-20 Starting in Chapter 15 of Joshua, we have a long section of the book that is dedicated to describing how the Promised Land was allocated to God’s people. Remember—while God had promised this...
Joshua Week 9: A Burdened Heart

Joshua Week 7: Dividing the Land

Encourage * Scripture * Prayer * Next Steps Week 7 Scripture: Joshua 14 Joshua 14 is a continuation of land allotment, which was Joshua’s responsibility. Joshua 14:3 says, “their inheritance was by lot” (in Hebrew meaning portion or destiny). The majority of the...
Joshua Week 9: A Burdened Heart

Joshua Week 6: Pause and Reflect

Encourage * Scripture * Prayer * Next Steps Week 6 Scripture: Joshua 11 & 12 One of my favorite movies of all time is The Princess Bride. At a key point in the movie, Inigo Montoya tells the hero of the movie in his thick Spanish accent, “Let me ‘splain . . . No,...
Joshua Week 9: A Burdened Heart

Joshua Week 5: Taking the Land

Encourage * Scripture * Prayer * Next Steps Week 5 Scripture: Joshua 9:1-27 At the beginning of the book of Joshua, God’s direction (with promise) to Joshua was: “Be careful to do according to all the law that Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right hand...
Joshua Week 9: A Burdened Heart

Joshua Week 4: Victory and Defeat

Encourage * Scripture * Prayer * Next Steps Week 4 Scripture: Joshua 6:1-27, 7:1-26 In Joshua chapters 6 and 7, we see the Israelites at their best and at their worst. We see them unquestioningly follow God’s plan for the battle of Jericho—a plan that was scoffed at...