June 2021

Before we get into today’s chapters, let’s go back and review God’s promises to Moses. This will help you better understand why what happened in these next chapters, had to happen. Let’s dig in…. Keep reading in my blog where there are links to dig deeper, check out maps of Israel in Joshua’s day and

Have you ever been scammed? I have, more times than I’d care to admit. It’s when you fall for a clever scam artist and you end up losing money — or worse. Did you know that God could help you when you face a situation that may not be in the up-and-up? That’s the lesson

The Israelites just had a victory over Jericho — with God’s help! They couldn’t have done it without Him. However, one person disobeyed God’s command. Since this battle belonged to the Lord, so did the spoils. It only took one person’s greed and lust of the eyes, to ruin it for everybody, including 36 who

Yes, a holy war is about to begin as God leads the Israelites into the Promised Land. What makes this different from other wars is we already know the outcome. Not just that this is a history book, but God tells Joshua, Jericho is yours! Nothing like knowing you’re going to win before the battle

The Israelites are about to enter the Promised Land. Joshua, Caleb, and some others who were youngsters when Moses led them out of Egypt, probably remembered the parting of the Red Sea. Here, they were facing the Jordan River. It wasn’t as big as the Red Sea, but at this time of year, it was

The Jericho adventure starts with the introduction of an unlikely hero, Rahab, the prostitute. God’s reputation preceded Him and the Israelites. Back then, news spread rather quickly considering they didn’t have social media. Stories spread by traveling family, friends and merchants. The residents, as well as the king of Jericho knew about the parting of

Today we start on a new adventure. God led Moses from the burning bush to Pharaoh, to the Red Sea, to Mt. Sinai, then finally to Mt. Nebo across the Jordan River from the Promised Land. Unfortunately, Moses would never enter the land of Canaan. Why? Because Moses disobeyed God’s orders once at Meribah where

Moses’ life is over. He’s 120 years old. He helped God lead the people, but in several occasions, he didn’t do what God told him to do. And, because of his disobedience, he can’t enter the Promised Land. I’m sure you can think of times in your life when you blew a great chance you

Guess what?! We’re almost done trudging through Deuteronomy! This is the next to the last part! You may be wondering why God wanted Moses to be so repetitive. Or maybe… why did it have to be so detailed? So, comprehensive? Clearly, God loved the Israelites — just as He loves each and every one of

God could not be any clearer. If you obey His commandments, you are blessed. If you disobey, you are in big trouble — you are cursed. In fact, the more people disobey, the worse it gets for the whole community, state, even the country. Right now, in Arizona there several major wildfires burning. One of