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

Daily Devotional from Joshua 3–Verse 5Then Joshua said to the people, ‘Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.’We want to see the Lord do mighty acts and wonders among us. We want Him to make obvious to us the way to go and to overcome seemingly impossible barriers and foes on our behalf. The pattern is there:Listen to the Lord through His Word and His appointed min...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Joshua 2--Verse 1And Joshua the son of Nun sent two men secretly from Shittim as spies, saying, “Go, view the land, especially Jericho.” And they went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab and lodged there.Do you think that because of your sin, God would never use you to advance His kingdom? That might seem reasonable to our thinking - He is holy and He...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Joshua 1–Verse 9Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.What an amazing promise. The Lord is with us wherever we go, just like He was with Joshua and the Israelites. Did that make life easier? No, but it made them have more strength, more courage, less fear, and no dism...  Read More

Daily Devotional for Deuteronomy 34–Verse 8And the people of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days. Then the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.Moses was 120 years old when he died.  Then his followers mourned and wept for him for 30 days.  There is a time to mourn the loss of a loved one, and grief is a valid emotion. But isn’t it wonderful to know for Christians,...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Deuteronomy 33–Verse 29...who is like you, a people saved by the LORD…I just love Moses’ reminder to the Israelites to remember their place before the Lord. Who is like the Israelites, a people saved by the Lord? Well… we are. Through Jesus’ sacrifice, we all have the opportunity to step into salvation and into the family of God. The saved family. A saved people.If we are a p...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Deuteronomy 32—Verse 47It is no empty word for you, but your very life.Have you ever seen a baby lay hold of a warm bottle of milk? Have you ever seen a man bite into a savory cut of steak? Oh, man, it’s like nothing else matters. Their eyes roll back in their head as they ingest the nourishment into their very soul.Spending time in God’s word is very much the same. Whether i...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Deuteronomy 31–Verse 14And the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, the days approach when you must die. Call Joshua and present yourselves in the tent of meeting, that I may commission him.”I love how this passage shows the God-ordained transition of leadership between Moses and Joshua. Sometimes, it’s easy to forget that we won’t be in the positions we hold forever. There will be t...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Deuteronomy 30--Verse 14But the word is very near you. It is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you can do it.“Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul” has been a theme throughout Deuteronomy. The command to love God above all else is possible because of His words. When we keep His words in our hearts and in our mouths, we are encouraged to ful...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Deuteronomy 29--Verse 29The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.The fact is, there are many things we don’t know and won’t know this side of heaven, and that’s ok. We serve a God who knows everything, and He has given us all we need to know. As believers, ...  Read More