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Ready for Battle: Provision

<image courtesy of Lawrence Op> We all face moments during life’s many battles when we come to the incontrovertible realization that we just do not have what it takes to push through: …the obstacles are too big …circumstaces are too hard …finances are too tight …we’re sorely outnumbered …and, most (more…)

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Ready for Battle: Trust

<image courtesy of powerbooktrance> – One of the recurring themes throughout Joshua is the need to follow the instructions God gives the people.  The importance of this will become painfully clear later in the story of Israel as the nation endures the consequences of ignoring God’s instruction.  But, here again (more…)

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Getting Ready for Battle: Remember, God is Powerful

<image courtesy of c.p.storm> For the LORD your God dried up the Jordan before you until you had crossed over. The LORD your God did to the Jordan what he had done to the Red Sea when he dried it up before us until we had crossed over. He did this so (more…)

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What Battles are You Facing?

<Image courtesy of army.mil> So much of life seems like it involves ‘battle.’  Think of how we describe much of what we endure in a single day: At the beginning of the day: we fight to get out of bed. During the day: we fight to maintain attention. Sometime in (more…)

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Some of My Own Journey

<image courtesy of Mykl Roventine> – My Grandma used to have a little plaque on one of the walls in the room I slept in when visiting her.  On it was the cartoon image of a teddy bear riding a rocking horse with the following phrase written out in script: (more…)

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Question: Have I Waited?

<image courtesy of wallyg> We’ve been asking the question of how to know when to take steps of faith—and finding answers by asking other questions. The first questions was “Are First things First” Another question worth asking is the same as the title for this post: HAVE I WAITED? The (more…)

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Question: Have I Put First Things First?

<Image courtesy of aschaeffer> – We’re answering the question of “How do I know when to take that leap of faith?” with a series of other questions found in Joshua chapter 3. The Ark of the covenant is mentioned NINE TIMES in Joshua 3—and until now, it hasn’t been mentioned (more…)

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Is That Enough?

As the story of Rahab and the spies in Joshua 2 continues, we get a deeper look at what faith is… perhaps gaining a perspective that isn’t celebrated as much as it should be. The story continues and indicates that faith is obedience.  In a world where belief and obedience (more…)

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What a Mess!

Image from iboy_daniel – I’ve been walking through the book of Joshua here on the ol’ blog and at this point we’re looking at chapter two as a bit of a case study on ‘faith’ (since Rahab, a central character in this passage is heralded later as an example of (more…)

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