Tag: christian
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Conduit Not Container
3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 4who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.-2 Corinthians 1 I remember…
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Choose
14“Now therefore fear the LORD and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness. Put away the gods that your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD. 15And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the LORD, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond…
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We Trust the Author
14“And now I am about to go the way of all the earth, and you know in your hearts and souls, all of you, that not one word has failed of all the good things that the LORD your God promised concerning you. All have come to pass for you; not one of them has failed.–Joshua 23 I…
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Witness
34The people of Reuben and the people of Gad called the altar Witness, “For,” they said, “it is a witness between us that the LORD is God.”–Joshua 22 Reuben, Gad, and half of Manasseh had land on the other side of the Jordan. After being released by Joshua to go home, they built an altar. Word got…
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A Moment with Levi
41The cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the people of Israel were in all forty-eight cities with their pasturelands.–Joshua 21 A few things that stood out to me this chapter. NAMES. The Levites had three clans: Kohath, Merari, Gershon. The priests had to be from the line of Moses’ brother…
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An Interesting Death
6And he shall remain in that city until he has stood before the congregation for judgment, until the death of him who is high priest at the time. Then the manslayer may return to his own town and his own home, to the town from which he fled.’”–Joshua 20 The difference between murder and manslaughter…
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Extra Portion
49When they had finished distributing the several territories of the land as inheritances, the people of Israel gave an inheritance among them to Joshua the son of Nun. 50By command of the LORD they gave him the city that he asked, Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim. And he rebuilt the city and settled in it.–Joshua 19…
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Putting Off
2There remained among the people of Israel seven tribes whose inheritance had not yet been apportioned. 3So Joshua said to the people of Israel, “How long will you put off going in to take possession of the land, which the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you?–Joshua 18 The Hebrew word has a range of…
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Zelophehad’s Daughters
3Now Zelophehad the son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, had no sons, but only daughters, and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 4They approached Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the leaders and said, “The LORD commanded Moses to give us…
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Remember Joseph Became Two
4The people of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, received their inheritance.–Joshua 16 When we read the Joseph story, we recall both the hardship and the grace. Not only was God with Joseph, but Joseph in a way was with Israel. Through Joseph, Israel was saved from starvation and had a future. What his brothers meant for…