Daily Devotional from Joshua 15–Verses 16And Caleb said, "Whoever strikes Kiriath-sepher and captures it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter as wife."Here we see Othniel, the nephew of Caleb going after a prize....a wife. All he had to do to win the prize was to show himself a capable military leader and capture a city. God had allotted the land to the tribe of Judah, but they had to conquer it...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Joshua 14--Verse 14Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh. It makes sense that Hebron would go to Caleb. Hebron was a significant place. Some 500 years prior to this, Abraham purchased it to bury his wife, Sarah. And eventually all the patriarchs were buried there. Therefore, when the spies (of which Caleb was one) came into the promised land they immedia...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Joshua 13–Verse 7I myself will drive them out from before the people of Israel. Only allot the land to Israel for an inheritance, as I have commanded you. Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes and half the tribe of Manasseh.Joshua was old and advanced in years, meaning he was really old! Yet much of the land that God had promised to Israel had y...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Joshua 12–Verse 24…the king of Tirzah, one: in all, thirty-one kings.Wow, what a list of success! There are more defeated kings listed here than Doritos in a chip bag! Besides all the kings that Moses and Joshua defeated, the thing that stands out to me is the title that Moses gets in this chapter. “Moses, the servant of the Lord.” What a beautiful, humbling title to hold.It’...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Joshua 11--Verse 15Just as the LORD had commanded Moses his servant, so Moses commanded Joshua, and so Joshua did. He left nothing undone of all that the LORD had commanded Moses.Joshua was faithful to the original command God gave Him to be strong, courageous, and careful to follow all the directions given through Moses. Throughout our reading today, we see how Joshua faced ...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Joshua 10--Verse 13“Sun, stand still at Gibeon, and moon, in the Valley of Aijalon.” And the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, until the nation took vengeance on their enemies.What a miraculous God we serve, who listens to us and moves on our behalf. The sun was stopped in the sky for a whole day. What does this show us about our God? Well, I think it’s clear here that w...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Joshua 9–Verse 14So the men took some of their provisions, but did not ask counsel from the LORD.Joshua didn’t seek the Lord and was deceived by the Gibeonites.Even though a decision may seem clear or simple, it’s important that we rely on the Lord for wisdom and discernment. What seems right in our own eyes may take us in the wrong direction. The Word says that all who ask f...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Joshua 8– Verse 34And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessing and the curse, according to all that is written in the Book of the Law.A battle was just won and Israel celebrated by sacrificing to God and hearing His Word. In life we have many victories and I hope in those moments we choose to honor the Lord. This battle was intense; Israel’s strategy was geniu...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Joshua 7–Verse 13bYou will not be able to stand against your enemies until you remove what is set apart.Hidden sin affects everyone, not just the one hiding it—especially when it comes to light. Achan’s sin affected all of Israel and his whole family paid the consequence. Sin must be dealt with. When sin is brought to light, it holds no more power and the enemy of our soul ca...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Joshua 6–Verse 16And at the seventh time, when the priests had blown the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, “Shout, for the Lord has given you the city.”I love the story of Jericho! Maybe because we watched the Veggie Tales episode about it a LOT, and it’s engraved in my memory! Seriously though, sometimes God asks us to do things that just don’t seem to make sense.Stay in ...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Joshua 5--Verses 13-14a (CSB)When Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in his hand. Joshua approached him and asked, “Are you for us or for our enemies?” “Neither,” he replied. “I have now come as commander of the Lord’s army.”This was a practical question. The Israelites were about to attack Jericho when an unknown s...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Joshua 4–Verse 7These stones shall be to the people of Israel a memorial forever.If we’re not careful, we can tend to forget the miracles God works in our lives. Therefore, we need to devise methods for remembering. And, not only that, but passing on the stories to our children, and our children’s children to the third and fourth generation. But this will require some ingenui...  Read More