“Then the Lord said to Joshua…” Joshua 6:2 God’s voice breaks through the silence. In the tense moments before the battle of Jericho, as the Israelites face an seemingly insurmountable obstacle, God speaks. This simple phrase, “Then the Lord said…
“Then the Lord said to Joshua, ‘See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men.’” Joshua 6:2 God’s promises are not a blank check. In our enthusiasm to exercise faith, it’s easy to…
“Now the gates of Jericho were securely barred because of the Israelites. No one went out and no one came in.” Joshua 6:1 What do you see when you look at the walls before you? For the Israelites standing at…
“When the whole nation had finished crossing the Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua, ‘Choose twelve men from among the people, one from each tribe, and tell them to take up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, from…
In the future, when your children ask you, ‘What do these stones mean?’ tell them that the flow of the Jordan was cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters…
So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant went ahead of them. Joshua 3:14 Life’s journey often feels like wandering in a wilderness, searching for meaning and direction. The Israelites’…
Now the Jordan is at flood stage all during harvest. Yet as soon as the priests who carried the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge, the water from upstream stopped flowing. It piled up in…
So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant went ahead of them. Joshua 3:14 Change is an inevitable part of life, yet it often fills us with anxiety. In the…
The priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord stopped in the middle of the Jordan and stood on dry ground, while all Israel passed by until the whole nation had completed the crossing on dry ground.…
“Now the Jordan is at flood stage all during harvest. Yet as soon as the priests who carried the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge, the water from upstream stopped flowing.” Joshua 3:15 (NIV) God’s…
“So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant went ahead of them. Now the Jordan is at flood stage all during harvest. Yet as soon as the priests who carried…
“See, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth will go into the Jordan ahead of you. Now then, choose twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe. And as soon as the…
